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.
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.
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.
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.
Century College mathematics students were among the top 15 scorers in the Central Region of the American Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges' Student Mathematics League Contest.
During the month of November, the Energy Hog paid a visit to fourth and fifth grade classrooms as part of North Branch Area Public Schools educational efforts to reduce energy costs through participation in the Schools for Energy Efficiency Program.
North Branch Area Public Schools (NBAPS) bus drivers were privileged to receive extensive training from the Minnesota State Patrol's Sgt. Paul Davis from the Office of Pupil Transportation, December 1.