From the seniors and middle school, a grand finale that was familiar to many!
Monthly Archives: October 2011
NBS Cross Country Team goes to the Oakland Invitational
The newly formed North Branch running team went to Oakland School today to participate in the 1.5 mile cross country invitational. The team did wonderfully and everyone finished strongly! We were fortunate to have beautiful weather and a great course to run. Thank you, Jebb, for coaching the runners (and tying shoes with her special knot technique).
After stretching, before the race
Lining up - there were nine teams at the race
Enjoying the after-race water bottle
Congratulations to one of our students who placed 6th
The North Branch team placed 8th! Congratulations to all of you!
The book fair is now online!
Our book fair is now online! You can order books for your child or the school (or yourself)! The books will be shipped free, to North Branch, when the book fair has ended.
Grandparent’s Day 2011
Yesterday, North Branch School hosted its annual Grandparent’s Day. We had one of our largest turn-outs yet! Grandparents came to school at 11:30 to enjoy lunch with nursery students, tours of the woods with Seniors, class visits with Primaries and Juniors, and tours of the annex and more with middle schoolers. At 2:30, we had a special assembly that showcased each class.
Our appreciative audience
Early Primary’s endearing welcome to all the grandparents:
Ealry Primary opened the show with a funny song
Senior class recorder players
Primary II shares their poem about monarch butterflies
Primary Two and the Juniors sing “I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.”
The seniors play Amazing Grace:
Pumpkins, recorders, Capture the Flag and The Lion Sleeps Tonight!
Right before assembly on Friday afternoon, the Juniors and Seniors played a large game of Capture-The-Flag. Everyone was so happy to have a beautiful, not-rainy day.
Get Out of Jail!
The flag gets captured
After games, at assembly, we enjoyed several performances. Jessie’s Early Primary class sang us a song for Halloween. Early Primary students got to perform it on their own first. Then we had an encore for everyone to join in; many older students remember this song from their early days at North Branch.
Friends from Primary Two share a creation they made together
We were also treated to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” led by Craig Green. He always does such a fantastic job guiding the students in wonderful performances. In fact, it was this performance, led by Craig, that inspired the North Branch blog!
The Middle School ensemble played “Go from my Window.”
Also, from assembly a few weeks ago, here is an interesting chart that Jess’ Wednesday group compiled on their morning nature walks.
The many flowers of our field
A Native American Assembly
At yesterday’s assembly, the Junior (3rd-4th grade) class ended their unit on Native Americans with an amazing presentation of dioramas, costumes and a song. Earlier in the day, Jess’ class had a Native American feast that featured food eaten 500 years ago: venison, berries, squash, beans, fish and more. At assembly, the class presented their villages from different U.S. regions and talked about what they learned. Here they are making their entrance. More pictures and video to follow!
Early Primary on Friday, October 7th
I don’t often get to post pictures of Jessie’s Early Primary (pre-K) class. Here are two from Friday morning.
Circle time is fun in Early Primary!
Jessie's class gets a lot of calls
