EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School mock trial team is officially among the eight best high school teams in the state this year. On March 8, the team traveled […]
Learning
NAUSET HIGH SCHOOL
Creator of ‘Respecting Differences’ Class to Retire
Lisa Brown’s students give credit to a teacher who believes in them
EASTHAM — Anyone who has ever been a student will tell you that some courses seem inseparable from their teachers. But Lisa Brown, who teaches Nauset Regional High School’s Exploring […]
EDUCATION
O’Shea Will Be Next Principal at Wellfleet Elementary
An experienced teacher and administrator who has longed to work here
WELLFLEET — The Nauset Public Schools announced on March 30 that Adam O’Shea will be the new principal at Wellfleet Elementary School starting July 1. Mary Beth Rodman is retiring […]
SCHOOLS
No Longer Interim: Goyette Named Superintendent in Provincetown
Search committee finds former principal ‘head and shoulders’ above other candidates
PROVINCETOWN — When Gerry Goyette was made interim superintendent in June 2022, the Provincetown School Committee had one major concern: Goyette, who was serving as the school’s principal, was just […]
LEGAL EAGLES
Nauset Mock Trial Team’s Full-Courtroom Press
Eleven students are headed to Boston for the state quarterfinals
Eastham — It requires the precision of fencing, the flexibility of gymnastics, and the strategy of football. But it doesn’t take place on a field or in a gymnasium. It […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Truro Chief Wants Officer at Central School
The reason, says Calise, is increasing numbers of shootings
TRURO — Truro Police Chief Jamie Calise is looking to add a new position to his department to serve as the “resource officer” at the Truro Central School. Calise announced […]
RACISM ON CAMPUS
Nauset Officials Covered Up Bullying Incidents
Staff were ‘kept in the dark’ about anti-Semitic harassment at high school
EASTHAM — Throughout Mia Rubenstein’s freshman year at Nauset Regional High School, she says, she was taunted and bullied by students and by a teacher because she is Jewish. Her […]
EDUCATION
Provincetown Schools International Trips Resume
The 8th graders are headed to London
PROVINCETOWN — Nineteen eighth-graders will be heading to London this spring when the local school tradition of sending upper-grade students on an international journey returns for the first time since […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
Picture Perfect
Fifth-grade students at Truro Central School created a mural to cover a boarded-up broken window while the North Truro Post Office awaits a replacement. Left to right: Elle Stanley, Rylee […]
GUIDANCE
Mr. Simms, Creator of Adventure Ed, Plans to Retire
Nauset Middle School will seek a new ‘guide’ for a class where students find themselves
ORLEANS — The most popular class at Nauset Regional Middle School is called Adventure Ed. It’s one in which students seek out their spirit animals and themselves. Why 12- and […]
Rowing Rendezvous
Three-year-old Wesley Peros of Marstons Mills showed off his excellent form at the annual Rowing Rendezvous at Wellfleet’s Mayo Beach on Sept. 17. This week the Independent inaugurates a regular series […]
TAKING BACK CHILDHOOD
Straight Talk With Young Children About Racism
Intervening in racist behavior can produce positive change
Racism is deeply rooted in American institutions and life. Children begin early on to internalize messages about race from TV shows and other screen media, toys, books, what they see […]
SCHOOLS
Goyette Goes From Principal to Interim Superintendent
A low-key educator who makes students feel ‘everything is going to be OK’
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 […]
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 […]
