North Branch News May 26, 2017
School will be CLOSED on Monday, May 29!!!!!
Graduation & End of Year Program Thurs., June 1st 6:30 PM
Upcoming School Events:
Monday, May 29th– School Closed
Thursday, June 1st – Last Day of School & GRADUATION
Saturday, June 10th – Playground Structure demo and construction 9 am @ NBS
We hope to see all of you Thursday, June 1st at school for our End-of-year program and graduation. The program begins at 6:30 PM and will be held, weather permitting, at North Branch School. If it rains, we will have graduation at Nelson United Methodist Church (this is across from Tye River Elementary School on route 29 south of Lovingston.)
We have many thank yous and goodbyes to say, including . Three of our Middle School students will be graduating this year. Children in Primaries, Juniors, Seniors, and Middle School will have a part in the program. As we are trying to be more environmentally responsible by eliminating the need for plates, utensils, and napkins, a cookie table will follow the ceremonies. Please bring a finger food to share (veggies, fruit, cookies.)
We hope to have EVERY FAMILY of school age children (Pri – MS) attend. Nursery families are welcome if you wish, but are not expected to attend. School-age children will be seated with their group and are expected to be a polite and attentive audience throughout the program.
Oscar thanks all student who participated in the 2017 Spring Mini Soccer Tournament. Congratulations to Las Piñas Alfa Agresvias in Group 1 (Middle School & Seniors), and the Dulces SaCoRas in Group 2 (Juniors and Primaries) for taking first place.
ANNUAL FUND participation: 88%! Please thank your child(ren)’s teachers by helping their class reach 100%. Once the entire school reaches 100%, North Branch receives $2,000 in challenge donations. That will really help out when the bill for the new HVAC system comes in. Please check in with Bonnie if you have any questions.
A HUGE THANK YOU to all who helped with BandFair XV including musicians, lip sync performers, our fabulous emcee & sound techs, silent auction committee, donors & bidders; cake walk organizers, walkers & bakers; food preparers and sellers, children’s area by Little Planets, face painters, the set-up & clean-up crew, parking crew, special sales; all of our sponsors & our wonderful hosts at Cardinal Point Winery. It was a great day AND you raised $7,000 for the Financial Assistance Fund and the Naomi Scherr Memorial Scholarship Fund.
News flash – Cork Raffle makes $6,000 for teacher/staff bonuses, thanks to all of your efforts and a boost to get us to $3,000 from David & Elizabeth Ferrall, so we received the full matching donation! Congratulations to Charlotte for selling the winning ticket and to Susan Butler & Amy Moore for selling the 2nd & 3rd place tickets. Amy also sold the most tickets by 5/19, and Paul & Jennifer Miller sold a boat load of tickets at Band Fair. (Many thanks also to Elizabeth Ferrall for starting BandFair 15 years ago & to Jennifer Miller for the idea of the cork raffle!)
Help needed to staff the North Branch booth at Nelson Community Day on June 17th. See Bonnie.
Don’t forget to sign up for:
Ancient Wisdom Camps at NBS (for ages 4-13, 5 sessions June-August), contact Jeanine or Phoebe Haupt
Art Camp (for ages 5-12, 5 sessions June & July), contact Michael Donegan
This is the LAST Newsletter of the year. Have a GREAT & SAFE Summer!!!
North Branch School
2017-2018 Calendar*
SUMMER WORK DAYS: June 24 and August 19
Aug. 30 (Wed) 1st day for N, Half day for EP, and all Primary classes
Aug. 31 (Thurs) 1st day for Jrs, Srs, MS; full day for all Primary classes
Sept. 1 (Fri) full schedule for all
Sept. 4 (Mon) Closed-Labor Day
Oct. 9 Staff Work Day—no students
Oct. 20 Grandparents Day—special assembly
Nov. 4 3rd Annual Dragon Dash 5K & Fun Run
Nov. 7 Parent-Teacher conferences—no school for students
Nov. 20 Nursery Thanksgiving celebration, 11:45 am
Nov. 21 Thanksgiving Supper celebration, 5:30 pm
Nov. 22- Nov. 24 Fall Break
Dec. 20 (Wed.) St. George and the Dragon performance 1:30 & 7(all school age students are expected to attend)
Dec. 20 (Wed.) Winter Break begins following 7 pm St. George
Jan. 2 (Tues.) School opens 8:30 am
Jan. 15 Martin Luther King Day (school in session)
Feb. 2 Bill Staines Concert at NBS
Feb. 19 President’s Day/Staff Work Day (school closed)
Feb. 20 2nd snow make-up day
Feb. 21 1st snow make-up day
April 2-6 Spring Break
April 25th Annual North Branch Golf Classic
May BandFair XVI
May 28 Memorial Day (school closed), 3rd snow make-up day
June 1 Last day of school/graduation (unless extra snow days needed)
* A more complete calendar will come during the first month of school.
