In December, students in Mrs. John and Mrs. Peters' science classes learned about stored energy. They conducted experiments by building tracks to experiment with marbles and energy transfer. Those tracks are just begging for some Hot Wheels aren't they?
Coming Up in Community Ed!
Youth Enrichment: Toothpick and Marshmallow STEM Night - Jan. 11, 6 to 7 PM. Parent/child activity night to create 2 and 3d shapes, letters, towers, bridges, snowflakes and more. $5 per family - geared towards younger children
Youth Recreation:
Toddler Football Sports Camp - Jan. 18, 5:30 to 6:30 PM. $5 a child, geared towards ages 2-4. All registered children will get a squishy ball of their own to keep!
Little Stomper Beginner Clogging Class: Jan. 18 - Feb. 15. Age 3-7 5-5:30 PM
Family Clogging Beginners Ages 8 and Older: Jan. 18 - Feb. 15, 5:30-6 PM
Pre-Teen Beginner Precision Clogging Dance Class Age 4-12: Jan. 18 - Feb. 15, 4:30 - 5 PM
Good to know!: Move and Learn Room: FREE open play opportunity at the North Branch Area Education Center, Jan 9 - June 6. Geared towards ages 3 and under - no registration necessary.
Registration here: https://northbranch.cr3.rschooltoday.com/public/getprogram/ or call 651-674-1025.
Board & Brush DIY Workshop
Join us for an off-site Board & Brush Brought to You workshop at North Branch High School! Just bring your creativity and a willingness to learn. We provide all the materials and instruct you step-by-step to create a beautiful piece for your home or for a gift. Choose from a variety of paint and wood stain colors in the workshop. We look forward to seeing you soon! To register and to select your project to make go to https://boardandbrush.com/woodbury/bb-brought-to-you/events/bb-brought-to-you-02-29-2024-550pm-8pm/
Board & Brush Creative Studios
451 Th Feb 29
5:50-8:00 pm $70
High School - B110
To see more examples from Board and Brush, go here: https://www.facebook.com/boardandbrushwoodburymn?mibextid=LQQJ4d
Over the holiday break, the Northern Tier Stars won the Herb Brooks Holiday Classic, Silver Division. The girls went 3-0, defeating Mora/PineCity in the Championship game. Congratulations! Way to set the tone!
Registration is open for Early Childhood Family Education's winter/spring semester. See flier for details and follow the QR to register!
In December, Mrs. John and Mrs. Peters' 5th graders were challenged to build a platform that would get a stack of books off the table. They could only use 3 sheets of paper and tape. One group was successful even without the tape! Students devised some very creative ideas!
Fifth graders from Mrs. John's class visited Mrs. Funke's to read with her first graders during comfy cozy day just before break. Students read books from the first grader's book bin, taking turns reading to each other. All the kids had a great time!
Merry Christmas to our students, staff, families, partners, and community members!
A great day was had by 6th graders on their first field trip to the Children's Theatre Company last Thursday. Students couldn't stop talking about how cool it was to see the play "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
We still believe!
Happy Holidays!
The Viking Newsletter - December 2023 is now available. Click here to read: https://www.smore.com/esfw2
Kindergartners roamed the halls of the Ed Center and the Middle School on Thursday, treating all within ear shot to Christmas carols. Thanks kids for ringing in the season! See a video at the NBAPS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nbapschools
NBAMS was honored to host a Christmas reunion between Avy and Vayda Kester on Thursday. Avy, a 2023 NBAHS graduate, left to serve in the Navy shortly after graduation. She and her sister had not seen each other in six months, until Avy walked into gym class today to surprise Vayda. Also present were parents Crystal and Christopher, and little brother Cort.
The photos tell the rest of the story. Welcome home Avy!
Preschool welcomed parent volunteers for a winter celebration last week. They completed stations including a mosaic snowflake craft, cookie decorating (cookies and frosting prepared for us by NBAHS ProStart students) , dance party and a snowball fight using the parachute!
Sixth graders just finished a Mixed Media Bee Collage project in art class. They were challenged to draw two bees from two different angles, use paint and bubble wrap to make at least one honeycomb, and add an “extra” idea to complete their scene. The free-choice extra component really allowed their creativity to shine! Some ideas included a smoker, a gnome, mushrooms, bears and elements from nature. Great work sixth graders! Middle school art teacher is Lee Ann Falen.
It took teamwork by kindergarten classes to make the cereal box domino chain during Launch last week with Mr. Grund, who used the opportunity to teach STEM concepts to students. Preschool classes also created domino chains. Cereal is being delivered to the food shelf this week!
To read "Winter Wonders: Celebrating Cheer and Community at NBAPS," Supt. Sara Paul's latest column, click the following link and scroll down: https://www.isd138.org/page/contact-the-superintendent
Kids are having a ball in esports!
NBAPS had two players that participated in the Chess League Tournament. In order to qualify they only took the top 16 players from chess out of 39 players across the state. Vincent C. finished 8th in the regular season and Aidan H. finished 10th in the regular season. In the chess state tournament they did a double elimination bracket, Aidan finished 5th in the state playoffs and Vincent finished 7th. Great job Aidan and Vincent!
Two players were invited to the All Star weekend coming up the weekend of December 15 - 17. Landon M. participated in MineCraft and Moxy S. participated in Rocket League. Congratulations to both of them!
Also congratulations to Landon and Moxy for qualifying for the state tournament as well. They teamed up to qualify for both MineCraft and Rocket League that will take place on January 11 and 13. Best of luck to both of them as they head to state!
All other players did a great job with the other games as well. Being their first year they were very competitive and continued to improve as the year went on.
Spring League is right around the corner, starting the week of February 19! Look for more information in the upcoming Community Ed winter brochure.
Thanks to our guests for a great Patron Tour on Friday. At Sunrise, we were joined by enterprising LWC students there to prepare Viking Vittles packs for students. The next Patron Tour is Friday, Feb. 2. If you'd like to join us, contact Pat Tepoorten at ptepoorten@isd138.org.
NBAHS hosted the 5th annual Know-Bowl-Ation this week! This Knowledge Bowl meet is holiday-themed and hosted by NBAHS, with questions written by previous and current coaches. In all, 30 different teams competed from 11 different schools.
All of our North Branch teams did well, and our highest placing team was North Branch 7 who placed in third (pictured in the photo with their trophy!) The members of that team are from left to right: Elinor Tetzlaff (12), Camden Rafftery (11), Jackson Thelander (11), and Hendrick Schroeder (12).
Congratulations to all the NBAHS Knowledge Bowl teams!
