The North Branch School is a non-profit, independent school in Ripton, VT serving middle school age children (grades 7-9). Education at NBS is centered on self-directed and active learning and fosters a strong community based on close student-teacher-parent relationships. With twenty-seven students and a low student/teacher ratio, The North Branch School is able to build a rigorous, flexible, personalized and engaging environment.
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At the North Branch School the 7th graders are doing their annual reading of Wislawa Szymborska's poems and imitating a few of them. Here's Axel's take on "Into the Ark."


​​Into the Ark with something to stroke when stressed.
Into the Ark with the sunlight from forgotten times,
Persisting through troubled times.
Into the Ark with wood
To build foundations anew
Into the Ark with nets,
To catch you when you fall
Into the Ark with heirlooms,
Catching the identities from those before us.
Into the Ark with glasses,
To read the past and squint into the future.
Into the Ark with small hobbies,
To give and take time.
Into the Ark with yourself, unsure of what is to come
Out of the Ark, with others, stronger than before.

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Although we had to cancel the hockey tournament this year, the t-shirts are still a hit! 

​The Angelichio Family rocking theirs at home in Maine.

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