North Branch Area Public Schools

For the fourth year in a row, the North Branch Area High School Air Force Junior ROTC program will compete at the 2024 National All-Service High School Drill Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida, this weekend. The high school celebrated the achievement with a walk through on Wednesday. The Vikings competition team consists of Evelina Gilkerson, Violet Hood, August Johnson, Mars Lairson, Hailey Payne, Carter Peterson, Lily Roderick, Jasmin Suppon, Connor Wessel, and Amandy Yang. The Viking Cadets will compete in Color Guard, Unarmed Regulation Drill, Unarmed Team Exhibition Drill, and Unarmed Team Inspection. Less than two percent of the thousands of Junior ROTC units nationally qualify to compete at the National All-Service High School Drill Championships. Schools accepted deserve high praise, as their mere selection denotes a level of quality few other programs can boast!

NBAHS is pleased to announce the hiring of head coaches for both the dance and girls hockey programs! Chloe Kavanagh has been hired as the new Head Dance Team Coach for the North Branch Vikettes! Chloe (Triggs) Kavanagh is a former Vikettes captain and graduate of North Branch Area High School. Chloe runs her own dance studio in North Branch and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and passion of dance with our high school team. Northern Tier Stars (Cambridge-Isanti, North Branch, St. Francis co-op) is pleased to announce that Joe Fredrickson has been selected as the new Head Girls Hockey Coach. Please join us in congratulating Coach Fredrickson in his new role with the program. Coach Fredrickson started the St. Francis girls hockey program in 1997 and coached them until 2012.

Please join us as we celebrate our Viking #Classof2024 in today’s #SeniorSpotlight! ❤️🖤 ▪️Melissa Imamovic ▪️Leah Melton ▪️Benjamin Melvin ▪️Karissa Metzger We're proud of our seniors. They are going to do AMAZING things! #Celebrate138 #VikingSeniorPride

Congratulations to (l to r) Keng Lor, Everett Thomsen, Grace Larson and Julia Munchow, who were recognized as Students of Excellence at the Resource Training and Solutions banquet April 24! Also pictured: NBAHS Principal Clint Link far right, and Asst. Principal Andrea Thiner.

Kindergartners will be hosting "We're Goin' to the Farm" spring concerts this Thursday, May 2, at 12:30 and 1:30 pm at the North Branch Area Education Center. You can livestream the shows here: https://youtube.com/live/rlVSQOdXgQw?feature=share. See flier for more details.

THIS JUST IN: A huge Viking congratulations to Amelia Bjerketvedt, who has placed 2nd in the world at the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, CA - the pinnacle of DECA competition. North Branch DECA has its first ever piece of DECA glass! Way to go Amelia!

Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the beloved hit 1992 film! A woman hiding in a convent helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she rediscovers her own. Filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing and a truly moving story, Sister Act will leave audiences breathless. Don't miss your chance to see Sister Act this Thursday through Sunday!

Please join us as we celebrate our Viking #Classof2024 in today’s #SeniorSpotlight! ❤️🖤 ▪️Madelyn Maki ▪️Alexis Mathison ▪️Mariah McBride ▪️Jarad McWilliams We're proud of our seniors. They are going to do AMAZING things! #Celebrate138 #VikingSeniorPride

A HUGE thank you to an ECMC Foundation Grant for giving current and future North Branch 8th grade art students the opportunity to learn how to weave on inkle looms. The word inkle means "strap", so these wooden looms are designed to weave long, thin, belt-like creations. Over $2040 of grant money approved by the North Branch Area Education Foundation was used to purchase 18 inkle looms, wooden shuttles and 50 spools of Maysville 8/4 cotton warp in a rainbow of over 40 different colors! Students worked in teams of 4-5 students per loom. They learned weaving vocabulary like: warp, weft, shuttle, heddles, shed, selvedge, fringe and tension bar. They also learned about different patterns you can make on an inkle loom. Each student had the opportunity to "string up" their chosen color of warp string on their team loom, heddle the top warp strands in place, and take turns weaving on their loom as well. Many students were surprised at how many steps are involved with weaving and really enjoyed how "hands on" the weaving process is. Some groups had a tough time deciding who would be the lucky winner to keep the souvenir team weaving and bring it home. We are very grateful for the funds to make this special project happen in art class! Proud NBAMS art teacher is Lee Ann Falen.

Please join us as we celebrate our Viking #Classof2024 in today’s #SeniorSpotlight! ❤️🖤 ▪️Olivia Lorge ▪️Melissa MacGlover ▪️Katherine MacMillan ▪️Lauren Magnison We're proud of our seniors. They are going to do AMAZING things! #Celebrate138 #VikingSeniorPride

Congratulations to the winners of the White Bear Center for the Arts Write Now! competition. White Bear Center for the Arts is a prestigious writing and visual arts competition open for all grades of high school students that are located in the Northeast Metro Area. Students submit original, creative writing across several different categories like poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction, and more. Winners are awarded a certificate of excellence and the ability to be published in the magazine Repose. In Mrs. Dickman's Creative Writing class, students were encouraged to participate by submitting their favorite writing piece to this competition back in January. North Branch had five students that won notable awards for this competition. Two other students' work were also showcased at the awards ceremony, which took place April 26. Asaysha Olson- Award of Excellence- Short Story Heidi Hedberg- Award of Excellence- Short Story Mars Lairson- Award of Merit- Short Story Nora Toussaint- Award of Merit- Persuasive Essay Kinsley Wilson- Honorable Mention- Short Story Jack Gilbert- Short Story Showcased Yupheng Vang- Short Story Showcased Use the QR in the photos to access the award-winning stories from NBAHS students.

Please join us as we celebrate our Viking #Classof2024 in today’s #SeniorSpotlight! ❤️🖤 ▪️Owen Link ▪️Carson Londer ▪️Keng Lor We're proud of our seniors. They are going to do AMAZING things! #Celebrate138 #VikingSeniorPride

Grade 6 Continental Math participants have finished another successful season of competition! The future of our Math Team looks bright!

Please join us as we celebrate our Viking #Classof2024 in today’s #SeniorSpotlight! ❤️🖤 ▪️Landon Olson ▪️Grace Larson ▪️Kitrin LeClaire ▪️Blake Lelm We're proud of our seniors. They are going to do AMAZING things! #Celebrate138 #VikingSeniorPride

Students in 8th Grade World Cultures learned how to play Dara, a traditional Nigerian strategy game played across all of Northern Africa. Students learned about how traditions are passed on through storytelling, and that's how this game has been passed from generation to generation. This game is believed to have been created to teach children critical thinking, strategy, and observation skills that could be transferred to hunting and trading situations. In Africa, kids dig a grid in the ground, find some stones and sticks, and play against each other that way. Our students played with paper and colored blocks. It was a hit with everyone!

Please join us as we celebrate our Viking #Classof2024 in today’s #SeniorSpotlight! ❤️🖤 ▪️Gavin Keyte ▪️Olivia Kleschult ▪️Keith Kolliboyen ▪️Taylor Krajewski We're proud of our seniors. They are going to do AMAZING things! #Celebrate138 #VikingSeniorPride

First grade students at Sunrise will be hosting its "Born to Make Music" showcase tomorrow at noon and 1 pm. See flier for additional details. You can livestream the concert here: https://youtube.com/live/9yuLrghTxIo?feature=share

REMINDER: North Branch Area High School presents "Sister Act - A Divine Musical Comedy" on May 2-4 at 7 p.m and May 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at https://nbskolvikings.com/. Look for the "tickets" link at top right.

Ms. Maggie’s friends enjoyed Earth Day with some fun crafts, outdoor activities, and of course, HUGGING some trees! ❤️

Please join us as we celebrate our Viking #Classof2024 in today’s #SeniorSpotlight! ❤️🖤 ▪️August Johnson ▪️Carli Kantorowicz ▪️Justin Kenny ▪️Samantha Keocher We're proud of our seniors. They are going to do AMAZING things! #Celebrate138 #VikingSeniorPride