EASTHAM — A few days a week, students in Crissy O’Hara’s seventh-grade science class at Nauset Regional Middle School (NRMS) start by sitting in a circle and answering a “question […]
Learning
LEARNING
A Tour Explores the NRHS Renovation Landscape
Safety, systems, and space are top needs
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School (NRHS) opened its doors in 1972, and few alterations have since been made to its ahead-of-its-time open-campus design. Now the district is planning a […]
LEARNING
Race vs. Cultural Differences at Nauset High
Lisa Brown teaches kids the path to a common denominator
Lisa Brown, a veteran teacher at Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, has a popular class with a curriculum of her own making called Exploring and Respecting Differences (EARD). Brown […]
TECHNOLOGY
Kids’ Anxiety and Smartphone Use Are ‘Skyrocketing’
Screen time rules are needed for children (and adults, too)
Sixty-nine percent of kids have their own smartphones by age 12, up from 41 percent in 2015. And on average, 8-to-12-year-olds in the U.S. consume just under five hours’ worth […]
HOLIDAY TABLE
Ecoprinting: Natural Dyes From Leaves and Flowers
Dyeing is a multi-step process. The first step is a visit with nature.
Even in these chilly gray days of November we find color everywhere on the Outer Cape. Marsh and beach grasses are golden fire. Junipers are deep green, their bright berries […]
ENVIRONMENT
Permaculture Expert Teaches How to Grow Food in Our Forests
Kids and adults learn how agriculture can restore ecosystems at Nauset H.S. garden
EASTHAM — Restoration Agriculture author Mark Shepard of Wisconsin visited the Nauset Food and Research Garden at Nauset Regional High School last week to speak with about two dozen community […]
BACKTALK
A Lesson Plan for Substitute Teachers
How to avoid chaos in the middle school classroom
ORLEANS — Walking into class and seeing a substitute teacher at the front of the room can mean different things to different students. Some see an excuse to relax and […]
LEARNING
Selectmen Ask for Help on Scholarship Eligibility
Board members disagree on whether aid should be reserved to town residents
PROVINCETOWN — Disagreement over who should be eligible to benefit from a town scholarship fund established more than 30 years ago led the select board to ask for help from […]
LEARNING
Draft Regional School Plan Calls for ‘Learning Culture’
EASTHAM — A proposed revision of the strategic plan for the Nauset Regional School District emphasizes social and emotional learning, global citizenship, and partnerships between the schools and the community […]
Learning
Spin, Swing, Twirl, Leap, Fly
Season 7 at the Payomet Circus Camp
Photos and words by photographer Edward Boches. TRURO — Where could you go to get a full-body workout, improve your concentration, build self-esteem, and learn how to collaborate better? At […]