North Kingstown
EDUCATION
District fires driver, monitors who left North Kingstown student alone on school bus
The North Kingstown School Department announced Friday that the driver and monitors responsible for leaving a 4-year-old boy unattended on a bus earlier this week have been fired.
EGSD Hires New Assistant Superintendent
Sarah D. Courtemanche, 37, is stepping into the position of East Greenwich School District assistant superintendent, previously held by Michael Podraza. Podraza was named superintendent of the South Kingstown school district. Courtemanche was assistant principal at Smithfield High School and chief of teaching and learning for Pawtucket schools before that. She lives in Greene.
Letter: School Committee needs fresh perspective
Hi, my name is Justin Kinnes. As a candidate for the NK School Committee, I wanted to reach out to our community and let you know some of my thoughts and concerns about the issues facing the North Kingstown School System. In the near future I’ll be launching a website, Justin4NKSC.com and a Facebook page www.Facebook.com/Justin4NKSC where you’ll be able to find more detailed information about my concerns and ideas.
Letters: Put Newport residents first
Last fall Middletown politicians promised voters a new middle/high school and elementary school upgrade projects for a $190,000,000 bond. Voters narrowly approved the projects. Then the politicians, without any public review, requested state approval for $210,000,000. Major work has not started and bonds have not been issued. Politicians just applied for $12.25 million in grants for additional school building costs. Politicians claim the projects are on time and on budget. How is that true?
McKee joins local leaders for RI Summer Learning Week
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Governor Dan McKee joined local education leaders to kick off Rhode Island’s Summer Learning Week, part of the Learn365 program. McKee highlighted three summer STEM programs across the greater Providence area, as students worked with the North Providence Police Department and General Dynamics Electric Boat to bring STEM into classrooms.
"Community Table," By Portsmouth High School Students
Abigail Link, a Rhode Island College student teacher at Portsmouth High School, led her ceramics students in a project where they were asked to create their own ceramic figure representing their connection to the food system while reflecting on how their community interacts with this system. Inspired by a community engagement course where she had the opportunity to work with Rhode Island Food Policy Council and tour the Pell School Garden, Abigail was eager to bring her students into meaningful conversations about what is needed to build an equitable and resilient local food system. The outcome of the project is incredible! Scroll below to view the students’ work and reflections.
Middletown School Construction Design Ahead of Schedule
The chair of the School Building Committee told the Middletown Town Council on July 15 that the design development for the new middle-high school will be completed on July 19, more than one week ahead of schedule. “This was expected by the end of July,” chair Ed Brady said. “It...
Salve Regina University wins $1 million federal grant for ocean research scholarship
NEWPORT — Salve Regina University announced it has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a program intended to facilitate high-achieving, low-income STEM students’ involvement in the state’s “blue economy.”. The program, “Supporting STEM Scholars to Engage in the Blue Economy,”...
43 local students graduate from NK, Narragansett
Forty-three local students graduated with the class of 2024 from Jamestown’s co-high schools of record, North Kingstown and Narragansett, including valedictorian Zachary DiBiase. The graduating Jamestown senior from North Kingstown with the highest GPA, per tradition, is invited to speak to the graduating eighth-grade class at their Lawn School...
Newport’s Celia Byrne earns Biomedical Engineering Degree at Tufts University
Tufts University awarded over 2,800 degrees to graduates from all schools on July 19, 2024, according to the school. The ceremony was held to honor the accomplishments of the Class of 2024. One of the graduates, Celia Byrne from Newport, graduated with a degree in Biomedical Engineering (BSBME) from Tufts...
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