PROVINCETOWN — Principal Gerry Goyette, who was named interim superintendent of the Provincetown Schools on June 29, spent much of this winter clad in a full-length mink coat. He had […]
Learning
ROUND TRIP
Who’s Driving This Bus?
A shortage of school bus drivers reflects the Cape’s changing demographics
TRURO — Perched on the driver’s seat of a 2009 Blue Bird front-engine school bus, Julie Packard checks the lights, dials, and gauges of her rig. Packard, who has been […]
EDITOR’S NOTE
Graduation Stories
Celebrating the Outer Cape's Class of 2022
For the third year in a row, the Independent honors our towns’ high school graduates in a special section. Not all responded to our efforts to reach them, but most […]
VALEDICTORY
A Farewell to the Everything
The class of 2022 and Room C104
I’ve been teaching ceramics at Nauset Regional High School for 20 years in Room C104. It has an 18-foot ceiling and 18 working potter’s wheels. My room is 70 feet […]
COVER ARTIST
Mimi Bois and the Artist Life
A portrait for the Class of 2022
“Ever since I was young, I would draw people,” says Emilia Lane Malicoat Bois (known as Mimi), the young artist who created the cover painting for this year’s graduation section. […]
THE LUNCH BEAT
The Lunchroom Diaries
School lunches vary by district.
At Truro Central School, the Menu Includes Local Choices TRURO — On a rainy April day at the Truro Central School, Stephanie Rein, the school’s resident farmer, is outside with […]
JOURNALISM
The Indie Wins 17 New England Press Awards
First place in arts and science reporting, obituaries, and cartooning
BOSTON — The Provincetown Independent won 17 awards in the Better Newspaper competition of the New England Newspaper and Press Association, announced at the group’s annual convention on Saturday. The […]
IDENTITIES
Nauset’s Queer Community Refuses to Be Invisible
Gender & Sexuality Alliance members lead changes after being heckled at pep rally
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School students packed the bleachers on Friday, Oct. 15, whooping, whistling, and hollering as clubs, one by one, paraded down the turf field. It was […]
IN STITCHES
Nauset Yarn Club Pulls Students Together
Seed-stitchers to sweater-makers find handwork eases the mind
EASTHAM — It’s an almost-balmy Monday in March, the kind of day that signals the end of sweater weather is nigh, but the students at the Yarn Club meeting at […]
SCHOOLS
Supt. Clenchy Picks Patrick Clark for Principal
Clark was the only finalist chosen by search committee
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School Assistant Principal Patrick Clark has been named principal and will start on July 1. School Supt. Brooke Clenchy announced her choice on March 14 […]
COVID
Schools Set Varied Dates on Going Mask-Optional
Elementary school children in Wellfleet to stay masked longest
An emotionally charged Feb. 23 meeting of all five school committees in the Nauset region ended with the members voting to relax the mask mandate that has been in effect […]
PREVENTION
Educators Walk a Fine Line in Addressing Suicide
Entrenched beliefs contribute to silence on a pressing problem
HARWICH — “All schools should have suicide prevention protocols,” Maura Weir told a roomful of about 50 people at a public forum on suicide at the Brooks Free Library on […]
LEARNING
Student Journalists Learn to Stay Curious
At Cape Tech’s newspaper, students report on everything from sports to the pandemic
HARWICH — While some students may have landed in Scott Dalton’s journalism class by accident, they don’t regret it. Jacob DeFrancesco, a Cape Cod Regional Technical High School junior studying […]
CIVICS CLASS
Nauset High Students Learn to Be Citizens
Former students of ‘Mr. Mac’ get ready for digital-age democracy
EASTHAM — Taking a civics course isn’t a graduation requirement at Nauset Regional High School (NRHS), but graduates of Michael McNamara’s civics and government course say it is helping them […]
TRADES
Boots, Wrenches, and Scissors That Launch Careers
Awards help Cape Cod Tech students get the tools of their trades
HARWICH — At Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, about 60 percent of seniors will head straight into the work force after graduation. Many of those seniors are revving up […]
