TRURO — The school committee on April 29 approved a plan to expand the town’s free preschool program so that it can accommodate all the three- and four-year-old children of […]
Learning
SCHOOLS
Nauset’s Interim Superintendent Brings a ‘Tapestry of Experience’
Brooke Clenchy hopes to make the position permanent
About 1,000 miles separate Ontario, Canada, where Brooke Clenchy was born and raised, from the Outer Cape, where she will soon become the Nauset Regional School District’s interim superintendent. And […]
LEARNING
Covid Bumps for Juniors on College Hunt
Tours are out, tests in, teachers remote, but college still beckons
EASTHAM — Twins Anders and Ella Grimm are, like many other juniors at Nauset Regional High School, just beginning the college admissions process — and they’re doing it as the […]
Nauset Schools
Interim Superintendent Chosen After a four-hour joint meeting of the Nauset school committees on April 12, Brooke Clenchy, 62, was named Nauset’s interim superintendent to replace Tom Conrad, who is […]
WHEELS
Cape Tech Students Revive Bikes for Kids
Taking on a worldwide shortage, one bike at a time
HARWICH — They arrived rusty, dirty, and tired, but thanks to the efforts of a group of students, a fleet of buffed-up bicycles will soon roll off the campus at […]
EARLY LEARNING
Truro Parents Beg for More Preschool
School committee will explore ways to expand popular program
TRURO — Before the pandemic, housing and child-care access and affordability were concurrent crises for young families on the Outer Cape. The Truro Central School’s free preschool has been oversubscribed […]
LEARNING
‘The Second Grade Is the Place to Be’
An ordinary in-person, remote, and hybrid day at Truro Central School
TRURO — Truro Central School (TCS) head second-grade teacher Amelia Rose feels, she announces, as she hurries from teaching remote addition class in the library to delivering an in-person version […]
LEARNING
Students Speak Up About Nauset High Renovation
‘The building’s a mess,’ but ‘what makes Nauset good is we’re open to anyone’
EASTHAM — During her four years as a varsity lacrosse player, Nauset Regional High School senior Paige Flanagan, 18, has had plenty of experience with the infamous brown shower water […]
UP A CREEK
Sharpen Your Pencils, Students, and Good Luck!
Practice questions for this year’s middle-school MCAS test
“The annual Mass. Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, required of all students in public schools, will be administered this year, despite concerns from school administrators about what exactly the data […]
NAUSET REGIONAL
2 Eastham Boards Back High School Renovation in Unanimous Votes
Beebe calls endorsement a ‘no-brainer’
EASTHAM — The Nauset High School renovation gained the unanimous support of Eastham’s finance committee and select board when they voted on Feb. 17 and Feb. 22, respectively, to recommend […]
TESTING THE LIMITS
Pandemic Intensifies Debate on MCAS and Inequity
Schools await word on when and how to give this year’s tests
The annual Mass. Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, required of all students in public schools, will be administered this year, despite concerns from school administrators about what exactly the data […]
RENOVATION DEBATE
Easley Challenges Brewster Committee’s School Cost Numbers
School choice program is attacked and defended
EASTHAM — Members of the Nauset Regional School Committee have taken issue with a report on the high school building project that asserts that eliminating — or substantially reducing — […]
CABIN FEVER CURE #1
A Watercolored Return to Beginner’s Mind
I took a luxurious vacation last week into a world filled with lapis lazuli, burnt sienna, and yellow ochre paints; hake, dagger striper, and mop brushes; flat, graded, and variegated […]
CABIN FEVER CURE #2
An Accidental Collage, in New Colors
It’s a Sunday morning and we’ve logged onto Zoom for “Using Color With the Figure,” taught by Laura Shabott and Alana Barrett, via the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Introducing […]
CABIN FEVER CURE #3
A New Cook Ventures Beyond the Kitchen Basics
Over the course of just two hours last Friday night, I used more pots and pans than I knew my kitchen had — more pots and pans than I think […]
