North Branch Area Middle School

TOMORROW NIGHT: NBAPS is proud to welcome Jackie Bird, renowned Native American singer, hoop dancer, storyteller, and puppeteer, for an evening of storytelling!

Jackie has shared Indigenous culture around the world, including a performance at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is bringing her talents right here to North Branch this Friday, April 24.

This event is FREE from 5:30 - 7:30 pm in the NBAHS glass classroom. See flier for details and RSVP using the QR code. We'll see you there!

SPREAD THE WORD: NBAPS is proud to welcome Jackie Bird, renowned Native American singer, hoop dancer, storyteller, and puppeteer, for an evening of storytelling!

Jackie has shared Indigenous culture around the world, including a performance at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is bringing her talents right here to North Branch this Friday, April 24.

This event is FREE from 5:30 - 7:30 pm in the NBAHS glass classroom. See flier for details and RSVP using the QR code. We'll see you there!

RobiGlaciers, FTC Team 7288, leave Tuesday, April 28 for World Championships in Houston TX. Judging and competition begin Wednesday, April 29 and continue through Saturday, May 2. SKOL! and good Luck to the team and the robot. Thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising efforts to make this experience a reality!

NBAMS 6th graders in hex 5 art just made fish and various creatures to fill the huge display case “aquarium” in the hallway by the south gym. Students could work alone or with a partner to draw and paint any marine animal on a large scale. The vibrant results really showed off the student’s personalities. Notice the great white shark about to devour the Cool Ranch Doritos!

PLEASE SHARE: Help us spread the word about next Friday's Storytelling Event with Jackie Bird, nationally renowned Native American singer, hoop dancer, storyteller, and puppeteer!

Jackie has shared Indigenous culture around the world, including a performance at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is bringing her talents right here to North Branch.

This event is FREE from 5:30 - 7:30 pm in the NBAHS glass classroom. See flier for details and RSVP using the QR code. We'll see you there!

NBAMS 7th grade art students were challenged to free-hand draw a realistic insect of their choice. They broke up the body and wings into shapes, then used either pointillism, hatching or crosshatching to give dimension and a variety of values to their insect. Students had total freedom on the background. One dragonfly even has pickles behind it! Proud art teacher is Lee Ann Falen.

The Viking Newsletter is available now! Read it at: https://app.smore.com/n/vq07k

Your student is cordially invited to attend the Scholastic Book Fair, March 30 through April 6! Learn more by visiting the fair website for Sunrise River Elementary (https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/sunriseriverelemschool) or North Branch Area Middle School (https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/northbranchmiddleschool1), where you can also create a Book Fair eWallet (this allows you to add funds to a virtual account). It’s gonna be the Best. Fair. Ever! #ScholasticBookFairs

Find our fairs at: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/fair-finder.html

The NBAHS National Honor Society is hosting a blood drive next Wednesday, March 25, 8 am - 2 pm. To schedule an appointment, scan the QR code on the flier or use this link: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=NBHS

The RoboGlaciers have earned a berth at the FIRST World Championships in Houston, TX, April 29-May 2!

Only seven Minnesota teams qualified for the event. Selection is based on robot performance, awards received, judges interviews and community outreach. The RoboGlaciers are all juniors, five girls and one boy and the majority have been on the team since 7th grade.

Anyone wishing to contribute to their fundraising efforts to attend Worlds can do so here: https://www.givemn.org/organization/North-Branch-Area-Education-Foundation

If you'd like to learn more about the RoboGlaciers, check out this recent feature in the County News Review: https://www.hometownsource.com/county_news_review/news/local/breaking-the-ice-roboglaciers-create-cool-robot-to-earn-worlds-trip/article_9fc4f6e2-77c0-4165-97af-60b57e92f58b.html

Mark your calendars! Walk and Roll to School is coming up on Wednesday May 6. Participants will meet at St. Gregory's starting at 7:05 am, with the walk to follow at 7:15 am. See flier for more details.

We hope to see you there!

Join us for a Patron Tour!

Your last chance to come and see all the great things happening at NBAPS in the 2025-26 school year is coming up! Friday, April 17 is the next and final Patron Tour of the year.
The tours begin at 7:45 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m.

Attendees have the opportunity to meet with Supt. Paul and enjoy morning refreshments, tour all of the district facilities, meet principals, observe classrooms, and have the opportunity to lunch with students eager to answer questions about their experience at NBAPS!

Space is limited! If you are interested in attending a Patron Tour, please contact Community Relations Coordinator Patrick Tepoorten at 651-674-1018 or ptepoorten@isd138.org.

NBAMS 6th grade Spanish students spent a week creating games to teach Kindergarten Spanish students basic conversation words. The 6th graders then visited the Ed Center and spent the class period teaching and playing their games with the younger students. Sounds like fun!

NBAMS 7th graders completed two more impressive art units. Students learned 5 watercolor paint techniques and were challenged to use 3+ of them to paint their own free-hand drawn vacation scenes. These were quite small and around 3 1/2” square to replicate the look of a Polaroid photo. Students each chose an actual vacation they’re been on, plus a dream vacation site they aspire to travel to some day! They were asked to “capture the essence” of that location.

The other project is a cube drawing inspired by Ryan Wilson, a Los Angeles-based pop artist who works with abstract ideas on a huge scale. He is known as Thank You X. Our students worked with shapes, colors, patterns and ideas that represented them and their interests. One photo is of all 70+ projects together in a display case at the MS. Proud art teacher is Lee Ann Falen.

Students in middle school gym class are already using the weights provided through a North Branch Area Education Foundation (NBAEF) grant received in mid-February. "We got them end of last week and we are loving using them already!" said Phy-Ed teacher Kathy Crudo. Thanks NBAEF!

FRC Team 3038 Robotics Team is hosting an open house at North Branch Area High School on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The open house starts at 6 p.m. and the robotics demonstration at 6:30. Come see what the team has been up to this season!

Everyone is welcome! See flier for additional details.

NBAMS welcomed Chisago County Sergeant Puelston as the Grade 6 Honor Roll reader on Monday, Feb. 9. Sergeant Puelston has been with Chisago County since 2006 serving as a patrolman, coordinating a variety of outreach services, and leading the drone team he established in 2019. Thank you Sergeant Puelston for taking the time to join us in recognizing our Quarter 2 Grade 6 Honor Roll recipients!

The NBAMS Math Team finished the 2025-26 season strong. Five of the top 10 finishers at the middle level came from North Branch. SKOL! and congratulations to all!

NBAHS is hosting its Spring Sports Information Night on Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. See flier for additional details related to each sport.