PROVINCETOWN — The school committee voted unanimously on March 14 to enter contract negotiations with superintendent candidate Paul Teixeira over two other finalists. Teixeira is director of English learner education […]
Learning
LEARNING
Nauset Juniors and Seniors Polish Their Portfolios
Members of an honors class put their creative selves on view
WELLFLEET — Three vivid works by Nauset Regional High School senior Lily Cianfaglione are on display at Wellfleet Preservation Hall: a painting with gouache, a drawing done with colored pencils, […]
HISTORY
How 2013 Closing of Provincetown High School Still Echoes Today
Tipping point came fast for the ‘heart of the community’
PROVINCETOWN — The four towns of the Nauset Regional School District — Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, and Brewster — are embarking this year on a state-supported study of whether two or […]
BOOK BANS
Cyr Speaks to CLAMS Members About ‘Right to Read’ Bill
Local librarians worry but are not facing many demands for censorship
CHATHAM — A cloud of worry hung over the group of librarians gathered on Jan. 24 at the Eldredge Public Library for the CLAMS network’s annual legislative luncheon. Staff from […]
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Nauset High School Restarts Its International Student Program
The school is seeking host families for up to 10 students this September
ORLEANS — In her youth, Amy Burke’s family welcomed an exchange student from Spain into their Connecticut home. Ever since, she has wanted to host an exchange student in a […]
AD MELIORA
At Nauset, a Class for the ‘Curious About How Things Came to Be’
Latin class seniors read Ovid on the subject of transformation
EASTHAM — Skylar Baker, a Nauset Regional High School senior, is reading part of Ovid’s first-century magnum opus, Metamorphoses. It’s an enormous collection, but he’s focused on book one, the […]
NAUSET SCHOOLS
Glenn Brand Is Unanimous Choice for Superintendent
Pending contract negotiations, he will succeed Brooke Clenchy on July 1
ORLEANS — The Nauset Regional School Committee and members of the four town elementary school committees that make up the Nauset district voted unanimously last week to offer the superintendent’s […]
HOMECOMING
Nauset’s New Auditorium Made a Holiday Debut
A key component of the high school’s renovation was unveiled at a student-alumni concert
EASTHAM — Nearly two years after Brait Builders got to work in February 2023, every component of the first phase of Nauset Regional High School’s $170-million reconstruction project is complete. […]
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Enrollment Declines Steeply in Wellfleet and Truro
Wellfleet isn’t part of regionalization study with the rest of Nauset district
This article was updated on Jan. 30, 2025. WELLFLEET — With young families finding the Outer Cape increasingly unaffordable, elementary school enrollment has plunged by about 30 percent since the […]
‘NAUSET NEWS’
The High School’s Video Teacher Passes the Baton
Katie McCully retires after 30 years of teaching and coaching
EASTHAM — English dept. head Selena King is teaching herself Final Cut Pro, the video editing program used to create Nauset News, Nauset Regional High School’s student-produced weekly news program. […]
EARTH KEEPERS
Middle Schoolers Study Indigenous Past and Present
Farming, cooking, and time outdoors are part of ‘place-based education’
ORLEANS — A pair of place-based education classes at Nauset Regional Middle School aim to help students gain a deeper understanding of their home by putting Indigenous knowledge at the […]
NAUSET SCHOOLS
Clenchy’s Successor Will Have Some Tough Tests
New superintendent will face shrinking enrollments and rising budgets
ORLEANS — Nauset Public Schools Supt. Brooke Clenchy has confirmed that her retirement at the end of the current school year, first announced last month in an email to parents […]
NAUSET SCHOOLS
Clenchy’s Successor Will Have Some Tough Tests
New superintendent will face shrinking enrollments and rising budgets
ORLEANS — Nauset Public Schools Supt. Brooke Clenchy has confirmed that her retirement at the end of the current school year, first announced last month in an email to parents […]
PUBLIC HEALTH
Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Fall Short
Lack of ‘herd immunity’ risks outbreak of preventable diseases
The immunization of children entering kindergarten against preventable diseases in all four towns on Outer Cape Cod lags far behind statewide averages. In both Truro and Provincetown, less than 80 […]
BACK TO SCHOOL
Nauset High Reconstruction Is Almost Half Done
New spaces for art, physical education, and science will update an old campus
EASTHAM — The eastern half of Nauset Regional High School’s campus has been under construction since February 2023, pushing faculty and students into temporary modular classrooms, but with the new […]
