It's Fire Safety and Prevention Week! Our partners at the NBFD are meeting with students to review fire safety, and participating in fire drills at every school. Here, students at Sunrise learn about smoke alarms, "stop, drop, and roll," and the equipment used by firefighters.
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Students have been learning about petroglyphs (man made rock carvings) in Mrs. Moeller's social studies class. There are over 5,000 petroglyphs at the Jeffers site in southwestern MN. Students learned a lot about early Minnesotans by studying carvings; then made their own!
On Oct 4 North branch area high school students interested in the trades attended the "Build My Future" event in Glenwood City, WI. There were many hands-on opportunities for students to participate in and talk with professionals in the trade industries.
Students in Mrs. Peters and Mrs. John's math classes recently learned to be mathematicians by practicing what it means to struggle and persevere. Students had to recreate an object without touching it. Students did a fabulous job of working together to try and solve the puzzle.
Carlos was the Star of the Week this week in Meghan Hanegraaf’s class! Stars of the Week get to stand in front of the class while classmates share what they like about them. As you can see, Carlos is a very amazing student!
Community Ed Competitive Gymnastics had a great meet last weekend at the the Spirit of the North! Violet Wholecheese scored the highest all around score of the entire meet with 37.725. The Bronze team (pictured) took 3rd place as a team and many medals.
PHOTOS:
Violet and friends (l to r): Violet, Grace, Delaney, Bailee, Raegan
Bronze team is Gen, Laurin, Avyn, Fran, Willow, McKenna, Lilly, Faye
SKOL! and congratulations!
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Mrs. Falen’s 6th grade art students used fine motor skills, knowledge about measuring, and problem-solving abilities to make their own paper “loom”. They were challenged to go beyond the traditional “plain”, simple weave (1 over, 1 under for the entire row, alternating with 1 under, 1 over for the next row). They used their creativity to alter the weft strips, the weaving pattern, and possibly the loom itself to make 3 different weavings each. Students were very proud of their work!
The Age Well Expo is coming up Friday, Oct. 20, 9:30 am - 1 pm, Chisago Lakes High School. Health screenings, booths, food, free stuff, a keynote on understanding Medicare, and much more. See flier for more details!
Students in Mrs. Cook’s Ag Food Processing class have been busy learning about food preservation and safe home canning practices. Students had the opportunity to try something new by canning carrot pickles from carrots donated by a community member. Students have worked hard to learn how to select, prepare, and safely heat and preserve high acid foods using the boiling water method. They will continue processing and canning produce and look forward to making applesauce, jam, and other canned goods this fall. Projects like these have been made possible by community donations and receipt of the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership grant.
2023-24 Family Survey
Please take a few minutes to complete the NBAPS 2023-24 Family Survey:
https://forms.gle/PuXbSw3bAHaGNtp36
Interested in attending NBAPS' Friday, Oct. 13 Patron Tour? Patron Tours start at 7:45 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. Guests enjoy refreshments in the morning, tour every site in the district, and finish the half day with a lunch prepared by high school ProStart students. In between guests visit classrooms and talk with staff, students, and leadership. It's a great way to learn more about NBAPS from early childhood all the way through high school! To attend, contact Pat Tepoorten at 651-674-1018 or ptepoorten@isd138.org.
REMINDER: Join NBAPS, the City of North Branch, and Chisago County for the fall Walk and Roll to School event on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 7:05 am. The walk will start at St. Gregory's Church. See flier for additional details!
REMINDER: Viking Victory Day is Oct. 4
Special Needs students (boys and girls) of all abilities K-12, and the transition program, are invited!
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 5:30-6:30 pm, at the stadium.
RSVP to jvoss@isd138.org by October 1.
See flier for more details.
Here we go! Spread the word- it's Alumni day for the tennis team. It's Fall Ball- Saturday October 14 at the high school tennis courts. Any alumni or friends and family are invited to come back and get on the courts. Going to be a great time! See you there!
This KARE 11 report on the U of M's new chemistry building prominently features NBAHS grad Elise Toussaint! Her appearance in the story starts at the 44 second mark. SKOL Elise!: https://www.kare11.com/video/news/local/breaking-the-news/university-of-minnesota-breaks-ground-on-new-144-million-chemistry-building/89-517d7b08-716e-40a0-88da-469f6879c14c
Students in Outdoor Adventures are working on their survival skills. The North Branch Area High School school grounds provides a wonderful opportunity to explore nature, learn about local plants and wildlife and develop knowledge and skills associated with the outdoors.
Currently students are in the process of collaboratively building wilderness survival shelters and learning how to make cordage from natural materials. The shelters will be evaluated on a variety of criteria from team collaboration and creativity to presentation and effectiveness to protect against the elements. Students are doing a wonderful job on their shelters and cordage while enjoying the fall weather!
Operation Community Connect is coming up Oct. 19, 11:30 am - 2 pm at NBAHS. Families can get connected to services they may need. See flier for complete details.
5th graders attended the Water Festival at Wild Mountain last week. Students learned about water conservation, water creatures, and native fish; and practiced casting and water safety among many other things at various learning stations. Here, students from Mrs. John's class are enjoying the event!
