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Upcoming North Branch School Important Dates and Events :

March 15, 2020  
​Applications due for 2020/21 School Year
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Contact the school to request application documents. Prospective students should fill out the student questionnaire. Parents should fill out the parent forms.  All materials can be sent to the school address to be received by March 15th. 
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Spring 2020    
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Release of "Hearts of the Mountain: Adolescents, a Teacher, and a Living School"
Newest book by headteacher and NBS co-founder Tal Birdsey. Tal "Birdsey's Hearts of the Mountain: Adolescents, a Teacher, and a Living School sketches an utterly unique entity: an independent and virtual one-room middle school in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Hearts of the Mountain takes a deep look into an intimate, wild, and unpredictable year of learning, in and out of the classroom, with a diverse collection of funny, profound, troubled, and hopeful adolescents." 


Past Events 2020

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January 25, 2020
NBS Annual Penguin Plunge

Students and alums of NBS take the plunge to raise money for the tuition assistance program at the school.  Contact us if you would like to sponsor a student or click on the the "giving" tab and note "plunge" and the student's name
​Sunday, January 26, 2020  3:30 PM                            Prospective Student Meeting 2020/21
Please join us at the school  for an informational meeting about the North Branch School's 2020/21 school year and to learn more about the school's learning environment, faculty and curriculum.   
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2018-2019 North Branch School events

North Branch Presents "The Tower" 
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  NBS 16th Annual Hockey Tournament
The 16th Annual NBS Hockey Tournament took place March 16-18 at the Middlebury Memorial Sports Center.
Teams composed of family members, friends, men and women, boys and girls come from as far away as California, New York and all across Addison County. Together they skate and raise money for student financial aid at NBS.
NBS students and their parents host the event and often play for the host team,
The Prunes
Donations helped us cover the cost of ice time and all proceeds going directly to the NBS Financial Aid program.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS:
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Penguin Plunge 2019
The kids at North Branch raised about $10,000 worth of pledges for NBS financial aid..a dollar-for-dollar match means the school raised over $20,000 to keep the school affordable for every kid who attends the school.  
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NBS Annual Online Auction
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Thanks to everyone who donated or bid on items for the NBS annual online auction!  You helped us raise over $15,000 for the financial aid program.
NBS Burning School

NBS Alums Gather for Annual Jeopardy Game and Reunion

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More than two dozen North Branch Alums gathered around the big table on a cold Ripton evening December 28, 2017.  Pictured here:

Zelie Wright-Neil, Bianca Messner, Mitchell Wulfman, Jesse Wulfman, Claire Wulfman, Yana Tudek, Leeya Tudek, Calder Birdsey, Oli Clark, Tobias Broucke, Simon Broucke, Owen Maille, Monroe Cromis, Marina Herren-Lage, Tom Hussey, Maxine Cromis, Catherine Schmitt, Wesley Miller, Wren Colwell, DJ Sandler, Althea Kane, Keeley Kane, Will Schoenhuber, Nick Catlin, Nico Brayton, Madelaine Bernoudy, and Caroline Kimble.

Thank you and love, always, Tal

The North Branch School is a non-profit, independent school serving middle school age children (grades 7-9).
Contact Us ​         

The North Branch School
PO Box 209      
898 Lincoln Road 
Ripton, VT  05766

802.388.3269  |  nbs@northbranchschool.org
  • Home
    • Contact
  • About
    • About the North Branch School
    • Faculty/Staff
    • Curriculum >
      • Humanities
      • Science
      • Math
    • A Three-Year Experience
    • Writing from the Head Teacher
    • "The Current" Newsletter
  • Admissions
    • Applying to the North Branch School
    • Application
  • Support
    • Support the North Branch School
    • Fundraising Overview
    • Donate
    • NBS Store
  • Alumni
    • Alumni Stories
  • Current Families
  • Hockey Tournament
  • Photos