The Middle Schoolers describe their experiences at North Branch School in the collaborative poem below. Please enjoy their thoughts and vision of their school and the pictures posted following their words. This Space by the NBS Middle School, September 2022, inspired by Beth Strano’s untitled poem This space is an equal, […]
NBS Student Pulitzer Center Finalist
In April, North Branch Middle Schoolers attended a virtual workshop led by the Pulitzer Center, learning about their mission to find and share underreported stories. Students each chose a story from the Center, then used words or lines from it to write a poem. Entering the poems in the Pulitzer Center’s “Fighting Words” poetry contest […]
An Invitation to Brave Space
NBS Middle Schoolers created online collage slides to illustrate each line of the poem “An Invitation to Brave Space” by Micky ScottBey Jones. Follow the slides to read the poem and see the students’ interpretations. The poem in its entirety is posted lasted. The Middle Schoolers both captured the essence of the poem and made […]
Poems by Shel Silverstein
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Primary Poetry
Summer’s primaries got creative at Friday assembly, presenting their seasonal haikus and descriptive diamantes. It is surprising how much feeling and imagery they were able to create with so few words.