Education

Charlotte (Peewee) Eldredge Lusher and Anita (Nini) Winston Brown raising the flag in front of Harwich High School 1967. PHOTO COURTESY OF JILL BROWN.

EASTHAM – A Springfield Central High School student has won first prize in the Department of Fire Services’ annual Burn Awareness Video Contest and a second student received an honorable mention, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said today. “In an average year, people under 18 account for more than 20% of burn-related emergency department […] The post Nauset High School Students Honored for Burn Safety Video appeared first on CapeCod.com.

The Cape Cod and Islands girls lacrosse teams have some of the best talent in the state. As of Friday morning's updated MIAA power rankings, 12 Cape and Island teams would be in the postseason, with five of them being ranked in the top 10. Two teams have not yet suffered...

The Cape Cod Academy boys tennis lost their season opener to Monomoy on April 5. Since then, they have not lost one match. The Seahawks (10-1) won their 10th straight match, defeating Nantucket (5-5) 3-2 on Thursday. Ben Catalano defeated Boyan Kalpazanov in first singles (6-1, 6-1), Ayden Naydenov beat Nik Krastev...

The boys lacrosse teams on Cape Cod have some of the best talent in the state. Out of the four Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association State Finals games last season, Cape Cad had two teams play in the end with Falmouth (Div. 3) and Sandwich (Div. 4). This season is no different as 11...

Welcome to our latest Cape Cod and Islands High School Player of the Week Poll. High school sports fans can vote for which baseball players they think were standouts during the previous week. The poll will be open from Thursday through Wednesday. The winner will be announced on Thursday along...

The Mashpee High School baseball team will have a game with Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School on May 10, 2024, 15:00:00 CST. Want to throw HARDER? Earn yourself a scholarship? Then this is the Program for You!.

ORLEANS – Christian Epps could have picked any animal, but he chose to be a raccoon, at least for a day. The Orleans Elementary School student was just one of many first graders who spent the last few months researching and preparing a presentation on their favorite animal as part of the school’s annual wax museum project.

The Monomoy (10-6) girls lacrosse team have won six of their last seven games as they defeated Sturgis West (2-7) 14-3 on Thursday. Illeana Babesdeel (two goals), Karah Deavu (three goals), Susannah Brown (three goals), Abrielle Long (one goal, three assists), Paige Nash (four goals, three assists), Ana Alexander (one assist) and Tessa Grodzicki (one goal) led the offense, while Victoria Letendre had six saves for Monomoy. ...

Driving through Brewster lately it’s hard to avoid not thinking about “Spend Smart Spend Less.” I have spent considerable time thinking about public spending in Brewster over the last several years and I am not quite sure what that slogan is alluding to. A quick look at Open.gov available through the town website will bring the town budget into view. Where are we spending the bulk of the taxpayers’ dollars? In 2022 Brewster budgeted $20.1 million for its elementary, middle and high school expenses. That comprised just under 44 percent of the entire operating budget. The proposed fiscal 2025 budget provides $27 million for school related expenses, up 34 percent from 2022, absorbing 46.5 percent of the budget and requiring yet another override. Next year it will be considerably higher. This is occurring while our elementary, middle and high school student populations continue to dramatically decline. The Brewster elementary school student population has declined to the point that we have two half-filled school buildings. Our neighbor Orleans will not be able to tap the MSBA for support to build a replacement elementary school because their student population is too small. Harwich faced the same problem in 2013 when the MSBA declined their first proposal to build a new high school. In Brewster 60 percent of the voters approved of the plan to build a 905 student $180 million high school renovation which will house only 575 district students this year. This student population will continue to decline.

Editor's note: A correction was made to a name spelling on May 7, 2024. The weather is not the only thing getting warmer as the Monomoy softball team continues to stay hot.  Monomoy defeated Sturgis 15-2 on Monday for its seventh straight win. ...

The Barnstable (10-2) baseball team pitched a combined no-hitter to beat Martha's Vineyard (3-5) 14-0 on Saturday. Eric Stanley pitched three innings, allowed no runs, and struck out two, while Owen Walsh pitched two innings, allowed no runs, and struck out two for Barnstable. Owen Jones, Anthony DiGiacomo, and Josh Hunter each had three hits, while the Red Hawks combined for 15 hits and 14 RBIs. In other high school action: ...

The Monomoy girls softball team won their 10th straight game with a 4-3 walk-off win over Cardinal Spellman on Monday. Kinsey Lister (2-for-4) hit the winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh inning for Monomoy. AJ Gates went 4-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored, while Kate Huse (one RBI, one run) and Willa Leighton (one RBI) each had two hits. In other high school action: ...

Welcome to our latest Cape Cod and Islands High School Player of the Week Poll. High school sports fans can vote for which baseball players they think were standouts during the previous week. ...

Welcome to our latest Cape Cod and Islands High School Player of the Week Poll. High school sports fans can vote for which baseball players they think were standouts during the previous week. ...

The Education Department is seeking support from parents and guardians of enrolled Mashpee Wampanoag children from age 3 to grade 12 to receive funding for the Johnson O’Malley Program launching in 2025. Parents are asked to please fill out the student count form, which can be found on the Education Department website. The information provided is used solely for the purpose of planning for potential funding opportunities under the Johnson O’Malley Program. All information will be kept confidential. Please return the form to Roxanne Mills Brown at Roxanne.brown@mwtribe-nsn.gov. no later than May 30, 2024.

HARWICH – Agreeing that the restoration of historic Brooks Academy needs a better plan because work has been so chaotic, the select board put the brakes on the project until a strategic plan is established. The decision was made last week after it became clear that there are funding...