First Branch Unified District

Weekend News

October 23rd, 2026

Upcoming Events:

10/26-10/29: Book Fair, Tunbridge Campus

Help with the Book Fair! Sign Up

10/29: Book Fair Night 3:00-6:00 pm, Tunbridge Campus

10/30: Educational Day, Women's Hockey at Dartmouth for K-4th Grade

11/1: First Branch Community Support Holiday Letter Due.

11/3: Picture Retakes Day

11/4: Early Release Day, Noon Dismissal, No PreK

11/5: High School Info Night at Chelsea Campus 5:30-7:00 pm

11/20: Tunbridge Campus Feast

12/2: First Branch Elementary School Winter Concert " Cookie Awards"

12/10: Chelsea Campus Feast

REMINDERS:

Tunbridge Campus opens at 7:15 am.

Crosstown Buses depart at 7:40 am; be there by 7:35.

Chelsea Campus opens at 7:30 am.

Dear First Branch,

We had an amazing week at First Branch! PreK students headed to Chicken Wiggle for a field trip, our middle school students hit the trails for a hike, and our elementary school hosted a Twilight Campfire! To top it all off, both campuses celebrated and honored students at Town Hall.

Looking Ahead:

📚 Book Fair Week: Next week is Book Fair Week at both campuses! We would love family volunteers to help make the book fairs a success. Please sign up here!

🎓 Tunbridge Campus Education Day: On October 30, Tunbridge Campus students will head to Dartmouth for Education Day. All families are asked to complete the Google Form permission slip for this event. Students should wear their First Branch T-shirt. They are welcome to add a little Halloween spirit to their outfits, too! Please leave masks, face paint, accessories, and toys at home.

🚲 Bike Smart: Bike Smart will be visiting Tunbridge Campus during PE classes next week. Students will have an opportunity to build their knowledge and skills around bike safety.

Have a wonderful weekend, Tigers! We look forward to another great week of learning and community at First Branch. Go Tigers!

Be Well,

Janet Cash & Dan Rivers

Co-Principals, First Branch

First Branch

Community Support

Holiday Letter 2026

Due Date Nov 1

Friends of First Branch

(Parent, Caregiver, Community Group)

We would love for you to join us! Please email us so we can add you to our email list!

friendsoffirstbranch@wrvsu.org.

🐾 Tunbridge Campus

We are so close to earning our school-wide celebration! Every classroom works to add to our total count. Many thanks to 2P! Today, 2P completed a 100s chart in SEL and earned an outdoor snowball fight.

Bike Smart is Coming to Tunbridge Campus

During PE!

Link to Letter in Virtual Backpack to Access Links

On October 30th, Tunbridge Campus K-4th grade heads to Dartmouth Education Day! Please review the Google Form permission slip. We are so excited to be invited and we can't wait to cheer the women's hockey team!

Paper permission slips will also go home next week!

Portrait of a Learner: Academic Proficiency

By: Mrs. Interlandi

Fifth graders have been enjoying our continued reading of Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Through the novel, students are learning about the experiences of Mexican immigrants in the 1930s and exploring themes of perseverance, hope, and adapting to change. In social studies, we’ve been connecting our reading to history by learning about immigration through Ellis Island and exploring the significance of the Statue of Liberty. Students are making meaningful connections between the novel and the experiences of immigrants throughout American history.

In writing, students have been working hard on their own narratives, focusing on the different parts of a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion. I have been so impressed with their creativity they are putting into their stories, as well as revising and improving their writing!

Chelsea Campus