Ethan Armstrong, Director of Communications at Open Arms Minnesota, visited Ms. Ehalt's Sixth Grade Advisory on December 5. Mr. Armstrong shared information about Open Arms Minnesota and held a Q & A session with students. Students in Ms. Ehalt's advisory handcrafted 30 blankets!

Open Arms Minnesota will deliver the blankets to clients along with their medically specific meals.

Thank you Ms. Ehalt's Advisory!
2 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Open Arms blanket donation
Open Arms blanket donation
Open Arms blanket donation
Open Arms blanket donation
Open Arms blanket donation
Open Arms blanket donation
REMINDER: Join the Vikettes Dance Team for an afternoon of dancing and celebration! They will be showcasing routines and spotlighting dancers on Saturday, Dec. 20, from 11 am to 1 pm in the NBAHS gym. Admission is $5 at the door. See flier for additional details.
2 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Dance home show
Oh what fun the NBAMS staff had playing with the theme of 6-7 on the 67th day of school!
2 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
67th day of school
Due to rural road conditions, North Branch Area Public Schools is delaying the start of the school day by two hours today, Wednesday, Dec. 10. There will be no A.M. early childhood classes. School age care will open as scheduled at 5:45 a.m. Please have students at bus stops two hours after their regularly scheduled pick-up. Schools will be open for students to begin arriving two hours later than normal.
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
weather update

Due to the weather forecast, North Branch Area Public Schools is canceling all extra-curricular activities for this evening, Tuesday, Dec. 9. All Targeted Services classes, community education events and early childhood classes are canceled for this evening. Buildings will be closed. School Age Care will remain open during its typical hours.

3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Weather update
Join the Vikettes Dance Team for an afternoon of dancing and celebration! They will be showcasing routines and spotlighting dancers on Saturday, Dec. 20, from 11 am to 1 pm in the NBAHS gym. Admission is $5 at the door. See flier for additional details.
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Dance home show
Eighth graders just finished their printmaking project!

Each student depicted their idea on a 4”x6” rubber slab, carving away about half of the area to achieve a 50/50 balance. They picked their own color combinations of printing ink and paper, creating a unique series of their best 2 or 3 prints.

This project had a focus on balance and contrast to ensure the ideas would translate well. Mrs. Falen and the students hope you enjoy their work!
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking
Crossing guards Maria Bloomquist, Vicki Noakes, and Jaime Jorgenson received coffee yesterday morning from an anonymous member of our community! They wanted to give thanks and recognize the hard work our crossing guards do every day in order to keep our students safe. Thank you to the person who took the time to honor them!
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
coffee for crossing guards
Community Ed presents "A Christmas Line - A North Pole Musical" on December 13 (7 pm) and 14 (2 pm). To get tickets to this middle school musical directed by Angela Lund, scan the QR code on the flier or use this link: https://gofan.co/app/school/MN19629?activity=Performing%20Arts

Tickets are $6. See you there!
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Christmas Line
NBAHS FFA members are again offering Holiday floral arrangements for sale for you to enjoy (or give as a hostess gift)!

Please view the link to see offerings (https://gofan.co/event/5542520?schoolId=MN19629_2), but know there are options and price points from $30-$42.

When you purchase your ticket on GOFAN, you will be asked to provide a delivery/pickup option 12/23.

These students prepare your arrangements with care to industry standards, and proceeds of this sale fund learning opportunities in the Agriculture program here at NBAHS!
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
floral sale
Earlier this week 7th grade students were working hard right up to the break with the owl pellet lab! Students were picking out the different bones and will be identifying and laying out the structure of the owl pellets.
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Owl pellet lab
Owl pellet lab
Owl pellet lab
Owl pellet lab
Owl pellet lab
The Middle School Student Council recently hosted a food drive to collect items to restock the middle school food pantry. Altogether they collected 2,065 total items! The grade level winners were: 8th - Mr. Weeks Advisory, 7th - Mrs. Rafftery's Advisory, 6th - Mr. Pawliks Advisory. Nice job!
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
NBAMS food drive
NBAMS food drive
NBAMS food drive
NBAMS food drive
NBAMS food drive
NBAMS food drive
NBAMS food drive
NBAMS food drive
NBAMS food drive
Last week was 1st quarter Honor Roll week at NBAMS, which means a lot of happy kids sporting new certificates celebrating their accomplishments. SKOL! and congratulations to all those who made the Honor Roll! An album of photos can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/nbapschools/posts/pfbid04sLKXtR2KNLLZefmWxfh6wqi29ZcfZiy4tCRgwGpknC3GLE58JKXEd9b8XpzqzaKl
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Honor Roll
Viking Newsletter - November 2025 is now available at this link: https://app.smore.com/n/e4ntw
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Sunrise all stars
NBAPS Educational Support Staff (ESS) award winners were recognized Wednesday evening at Resource Training and Solutions. SKOL! and congratulations! They are (l to r): Michelle Van Eerden, Julie Anderson, and (not pictured) Nichol Smith, and Kathleen Wessel.
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
ESS winners
Arts Fest is coming up! This year's event features over 200 crafters at North Branch Area High School. Free shuttle service; see flier for details.
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Arts Fest
Photos from yesterday's Veterans Day observances are now available at Facebook!

Many thanks to all the local veterans who spent the day with us yesterday and helped us teach students about sacrifice and service. Students at all levels got to spend time with, and honor, our local veterans who we cherish so much! Thanks also to all the family and community members who joined us in celebration of Veterans Day!

https://www.facebook.com/nbapschools/posts/pfbid0zY9DDXkWN3ak5RENNQXiLXxQAHVBa21gAPEoD6uMnp2LFV47xS4m2BgFvuX5XAMQl
3 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Veterans Day
At NBAMS, Miss Ehalt's Advisory is working with an organization called Open Arms of Minnesota. Students are making birthday cards and blankets to go along with the meals provided by Open Arms of Minnesota to those suffering from cancer. Thank you students!
4 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
Blankets for cancer
NBAMS seventh graders completed a patriotic group art project in preparation for Veterans Day. Each student embellished five paper feathers for the bald eagle, painting two of them brown for the body. Some wrote traits they admire about military members while others wrote down the names of family members who served our country. Many students chose to draw an image to show their admiration as well.

Art teacher, Mrs. Falen, painted the eye and beak, then attached the feathers in place. It took over 325 feathers to fill the cardboard shape! This project was a labor of love to show our respect for all the sacrifices our veterans have made.
4 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Eagle project
Eagle project
Eagle project
Eagle project
FFA members are again offering a fall floral sale this year. Arrangements are $30-$45 and made fresh at NBAHS to industry standards by our talented students. The sale is open until Nov. 21, and orders will be delivered on Nov. 25 - just in time for Thanksgiving! Treat your host!

Here is the link to order: https://gofan.co/event/5271646?schoolId=MN19629_2
4 months ago, Pat Tepoorten
Fall floral sale