North Branch learns lessons from COVID

RIPTON — North Branch School Co-founder/Director Tal Birdsey has heard some people refer to the COVID-19 pandemic as “the lost year.”Not so fast.“I think that’s the wrong philosophical place to start,” Birdsey said during a teaching break last week.  “It was a different year in which to learn about who we are and what’s important. To me, it was a year of discovery about what is essential, what matters.”And it was certainly a year of discovery at NBS, a small private school in Ripton serving 26 children in g … (read more)

RIPTON/MIDDLEBURY — COVID-19 has claimed another casualty in terms of long-running public events that have been called off because of the pandemic. The North Branch School Board has decided to cancel this year’s NBS Hockey tournament.  The tournament, whi … (read more)

RIPTON — Teacher Steve Holmes has joined the ranks of the school faculty at The North Branch School in Ripton. Homes will teach seventh, eighth and ninth grade math to its students. In addition, Rose McVay, longtime NBS math and science teacher, will assu … (read more)