SCHOOLS
Students participating in free or reduced lunch programs increasing; apply at any time
People who work at raising money for business ventures are familiar with the term angel fund; but at Taylors Falls Elementary School if you were to hear mention of an "angel fund" its meaning would be very different from the corporate world.
CL-NB 'First Robotics' team 2011 season underway
Saturday, Jan. 8, the Chisago Lakes-North Branch ICE Robotics Team watched information about the challenge via a live NASA broadcast, picked up their kit of robot parts, and began designing the team's robot.
DECA students qualify for State Conference
The Chisago Lakes High School DECA (Association of Marketing Students) Chapter had its most successful District 4 Competitive Events Conference of all time.
Wolf Creek Students of the Month for December
Staff members have named Jacob Flicek and Michelle Mann as Students of the Month for December based on their commitment to exceptional schoolwork during the beginning of the 2010-11 school year.
Take the time to read aloud...
Parents, grandparents and teachers have read aloud to children for many, many years.
Lakeside students make and distribute holiday treat baskets
Lakeside students have been making and distributing holiday treat baskets for about ten years now, and have delivered about 1,800 baskets to the elderly in the area.
Friends Make a Difference
Friends Make a Difference is a North Branch Area Middle School program that includes 13 adult volunteers
Mega Cell 2010
Christine Erickson's 7th grade science students at North Branch Area Middle School spent the week, before the holiday break, creating Mega Cell 2010.
Geo bee students compete for North Branch, 7th grader to go to next round
North Branch Area Middle School students recently competed in the Geography Bee. Nearly four hundred students, grades five through eight, participated in the preliminary rounds.
DECA students storm windy city for Central Region Leadership conference
Ten Chisago Lakes High School Juniors and Seniors attended the DECA Central Region Leadership Conference in Dec. in Chicago, Illinois.
Distance Learning gives back
During the month of November and the beginning of December Distance Learning students in North Branch collected canned and boxed goods for the local community.
Season of giving at NBAPS includes all grade levels
It is the season of giving, and students and staff at North Branch Area Public Schools are pulling together to make sure the holidays are more enjoyable for the less fortunate in the local area.
Be safe, not sorry!
One cannot pick up a newspaper or view a nightly news broadcast without headlines on a negative story related to technology and social medias.
