Click on the link above to find out more information and register for a FREE dinner at Cape Cod Tech for all 7th-11th graders and their parents through a grant with Barnstable County Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborative and the Yarmouth Substance Awareness Committee. The program is a no-cost dinner conversation with information on the dangers of vaping and other substances for parents and their students in 7th-11th grade on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 6 pm. The evening will include presentations from Gianna Jimenez, Physician Assistant, and Dan Rodriguez, Duffy Health Center, on the ill effects of vaping and marijuana on students' health.
COSTA RICA YARD SALE!
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Students are busying fund raising for their upcoming study trip to Costa Rica. On Saturday, May 18, they ran a yard sale in front of the school. Thanks to all who donated and a big thanks to Ms. Stayton and Mrs. Villanueva for organizing the event.
SUMMER REC & SWIMMING PROGRAMS |
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Director, Early Learning Center
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● Supporting and promoting the Early Learning Center’s Mission and Philosophy.
● Ensuring a safe, respectful, and positive learning and teaching environment.
● Representing and promoting the Early Learning Center in a positive manner to all members of the school and wider community.
● Proactively communicating with parents and providing parental support, informational programs and resources for the Early Learning Center community.
● Monitoring student achievement and performance through classroom observations, individual interviews, school based assessments and data.
● Ensuring that a timely and accurate system of student progress is in place and implemented.
● Recruiting professional staff and providing orientation for new staff to the Early Learning Center and community.
● Supervising all staff and ensuring their continuing professional development.
● Developing and executing a curricula which successfully meets NAEYC standards and aligns with state standards.
● Developing cultural competence and advancing the district’s goal of acknowledging and celebrating diversity within our community.
● Attending and participating in conferences, seminars, workshops, and other forums to promote collaboration with other programs, advance the reputation of Provincetown Schools, and recruit potential teachers and staff.
● Implementing a strategy and development plan that maximizes availability of acceptance of students.
● Promoting developmentally appropriate, inclusive practices for all learners.
● Exploring innovative and creative teaching practices, technology, resources,and programs aimed at developmentally appropriate learning.
● Cultivating and maintaining a positive culture.
● Providing equal educational and employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, gender, age, religion, gender identity, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, homelessness, citizenship status, political affiliation, veteran status, or genetic information.
Applicants should meet the following requirements:
1. Leads with integrity, courage, vision, hope, and compassion.
2. Possesses sound knowledge and understanding of child development.
3. Proven ability to coordinate and organize the development of curriculum, teaching practice, and the professional development of staff. 4. Excellent report writing and administrative skills.
5. Proven ability to collaborate and work effectively with a team and to support and build capacity of team members.
6. Proven ability to use data to promote student growth and as tool for decision- making.
Qualifications:
● CORI and Safis fingerpint background check clearance
● Minimum of 5 years administrative experience
● Hold a Masters Degree, minimally, in related field
● Citizenship, residency or work Visa in US
We offer a competitive salary, commensurate with experience and qualifications, a generous benefits package, and ongoing meaningful professional development opportunities.
Date Available: June 2019 Application Closing Date: May 31, 2019 Application Procedure: Please apply to Beth Singer, Superintendent.
● Ensuring a safe, respectful, and positive learning and teaching environment.
● Representing and promoting the Early Learning Center in a positive manner to all members of the school and wider community.
● Proactively communicating with parents and providing parental support, informational programs and resources for the Early Learning Center community.
● Monitoring student achievement and performance through classroom observations, individual interviews, school based assessments and data.
● Ensuring that a timely and accurate system of student progress is in place and implemented.
● Recruiting professional staff and providing orientation for new staff to the Early Learning Center and community.
● Supervising all staff and ensuring their continuing professional development.
● Developing and executing a curricula which successfully meets NAEYC standards and aligns with state standards.
● Developing cultural competence and advancing the district’s goal of acknowledging and celebrating diversity within our community.
● Attending and participating in conferences, seminars, workshops, and other forums to promote collaboration with other programs, advance the reputation of Provincetown Schools, and recruit potential teachers and staff.
● Implementing a strategy and development plan that maximizes availability of acceptance of students.
● Promoting developmentally appropriate, inclusive practices for all learners.
● Exploring innovative and creative teaching practices, technology, resources,and programs aimed at developmentally appropriate learning.
● Cultivating and maintaining a positive culture.
● Providing equal educational and employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, gender, age, religion, gender identity, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, homelessness, citizenship status, political affiliation, veteran status, or genetic information.
Applicants should meet the following requirements:
1. Leads with integrity, courage, vision, hope, and compassion.
2. Possesses sound knowledge and understanding of child development.
3. Proven ability to coordinate and organize the development of curriculum, teaching practice, and the professional development of staff. 4. Excellent report writing and administrative skills.
5. Proven ability to collaborate and work effectively with a team and to support and build capacity of team members.
6. Proven ability to use data to promote student growth and as tool for decision- making.
Qualifications:
● CORI and Safis fingerpint background check clearance
● Minimum of 5 years administrative experience
● Hold a Masters Degree, minimally, in related field
● Citizenship, residency or work Visa in US
We offer a competitive salary, commensurate with experience and qualifications, a generous benefits package, and ongoing meaningful professional development opportunities.
Date Available: June 2019 Application Closing Date: May 31, 2019 Application Procedure: Please apply to Beth Singer, Superintendent.
PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN SCREENING UPCOMING
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PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION
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KINDERGARTEN SCREENING
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Date: June 4th, 2019
Time: 12:30-2:45 Where: Early Learning Center Veterans Memorial Community Center 2 Mayflower Street, Provincetown Please bring the following: Birth certificate, immunizations, proof of residency, pay stubs for proof of town employment |
Date: May 31st, 2019
Time: 9:00-11:00 and 12:30-2:00 Where: Early Learning Center Veterans Memorial Community Center 2 Mayflower Street, Provincetown Please bring the following: Birth certificate, immunizations |
SUPERINTENDENT INTERVIEWS :
Recorded by PTV
PYP 3 RESHAPES PROVINCETOWN
Provincetown IB Schools PYP 3 Unit of Inquiry : How individuals make contributions and choices that form a country.
A collaboration between PYP 3, Eric Shannon, Valerie Golden and Tracey Anderson
Students made the choice to be Loyalists (Keepers of tradition), and keep their school in place with various improvements to the building. Or students made the choice to be Patriots (Agents of change), and use the school land to build luxury housing.
A collaboration between PYP 3, Eric Shannon, Valerie Golden and Tracey Anderson
Students made the choice to be Loyalists (Keepers of tradition), and keep their school in place with various improvements to the building. Or students made the choice to be Patriots (Agents of change), and use the school land to build luxury housing.
GO FISHERMEN GO!!!
CONGRATULATIONS AS MYP 1 WIN BIG AT FUTURE CITIES IN BOSTON!!!
Camera: Jamari
Participating Students: Hazel, CJ, Tiffany, Ava, Toni-Anne, Summer-Ann, Devroy and Jamari
Led by Mr Gifford (STEAM) with Ms Jill Lambrou
Participating Students: Hazel, CJ, Tiffany, Ava, Toni-Anne, Summer-Ann, Devroy and Jamari
Led by Mr Gifford (STEAM) with Ms Jill Lambrou
WINTER WEDNESDAYS AT PROVINCETOWN SCHOOLS
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Winter Wednesdays, a FREE community program offering fun and interesting classes on a drop-in basis on Wednesday evenings, returns in February and March 2019. Classes take place Wednesday evenings from 6 – 8 pm at the Provincetown Schools, 12 Winslow Street (enter through the Grace Hall lot, by the playground).
While the classes are open to all, 2019 brings two new features for residents of Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet: free transportation for those who need a ride, and free childcare for children aged 5-12. To take advantage of either feature, advance registration is required by noon on the Wednesday of the class you are taking. The full course listing, as well as information on how to register for rides or childcare, is available HERE |
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Sponsored by the Provincetown Health and Recreation Departments, Yoga for Addiction Recovery, a weekly class for those recovering from addiction and their loved ones held at the Veterans Memorial Community Center, off Winslow Street in Provincetown. The class is free for Provincetown residents and offered by donation to participants from other towns.
The class will explore breath, movement, and stillness as a means for supporting recovery from addiction. The class will consist of basic yoga poses, meditation, and discussion. Yoga equipment will be provided, or participants are welcome to bring their own. Abstinence is not a requirement. The class is not a substitute for professional help. A certified Forrest and Yin yoga teacher, instructor Jen Kopec has been practicing meditation and yoga for fourteen of the fifteen years she’s been in recovery. “I find, by bringing awareness to the breath and the body, you can reduce stress and anxiety and assist addiction recovery. My hope for this class is to share these tools with those looking for similar relief,” says Kopec. Yoga for Recovery is one of the Health Department’s efforts to increase community supports for those struggling with substance use and those who love them. “Our goal is that anyone faced with substance use addiction finds somewhere to turn in Provincetown. |
Latest Edition - School Crier
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FISHTALES Issue #1 IS OUT NOW!Click HERE to view it online or to download a PDF copy for printing or reading offline.
A big THANK YOU to all the writer-teachers, editors and photographers who help document our school community and make it so vibrant, with many incredible opportunities to learn! IB Learner Profile - Click to enlarge
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MA PARENT MINDSETS ABOUT EDUCATION
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DOWN LOAD AND PRINT LINK
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NEW SCHOOL WEBSITE COMING SOON!
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Dr. Timothy Reynolds is a Virginia native with roots in the mountains of Appalachia and the farm fields of Michigan. His degrees are from James Madison University and the University of Virginia. He began his teaching career in an inner-city school, building an awareness of cultural differences within the United States. In 1989, he was hired by the United States Department of Defense Dependent Schools, teaching fifth and sixth grades on a U.S. military base in West Germany. After nine years of public school teaching, he returned to the University of Virginia, earning a PhD in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis on comparative international education and teacher professional development. While at the university, he researched at the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented and served as the program director at University of Virginia’s Summer Conferences and Institutes for Professional Educators: Academic Diversity.
Upon graduation, Dr. Reynolds joined the faculty at Roanoke College, serving as an assistant and associate professor of teacher education and chair of the education department. As chair, he led the education program to its first national accreditation. He also served as the co-director of the Copenhaver Institute for Teaching and Learning and as a steering committee member of the Southwest Virginia Clinical Faculty Consortium. Both programs are professional development venues for in-service teachers. In 2014, wanting to return to K-12 international education, Dr. Reynolds resigned his tenured position at Roanoke College. He taught at the American School in Switzerland and Skagerak International School in Norway. In 2016, he joined the administrative team that opened Norway’s first public, English speaking, PYP school. In July 2018, he accepted the position of principal at Provincetown Schools, continuing a lifetime calling of teaching and educating for local, national, and international understanding. |
MEET OUR NEW PRINCIPAL
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SCHOOL NEWS: MINECRAFT EDUCATION EDITION
Every Provincetown School student has their own Minecraft Education account. Minecraft EDU is a great resource for school subject explorations. Building collaborative social skills as well as all kinds of imaginative projects.
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OUR NEW ZSPACE LAB HAS LANDED!
Creating engagement through exploration and experiential learning in a student-centered environment defines the zSpace learning experience. zSpace encourages students to inquire, take risks, solve problems, and apply their learning while building confidence and expanding interest.
PROVINCETOWN SCHOOLS SELECTED FOR GOOGLE'S APPLIED DIGITAL SKILLS PILOT!
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Google's Applied Digital Skills is a free computer literacy course designed to prepare learners for a growing number of jobs that require basic digital skills. Solving the everyday tasks of school and life using Google Tools. A technology curriculum for practical problem solving with digital tools. We are excited to be a Pilot School for this program!
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MYP EXHIBITION AT PAAMPAAM’s Lenore Ross Curating Program—which invites educators and students from schools along Cape Cod to work with and be inspired by artwork from the permanent collection, and culminates with an exhibition in the museum galleries—seemed like the perfect place to start. And who better to collaborate with than Provincetown Schools, the institution with which the Curating Program was launched 26 years ago this February!
In January seventh and eighth grade students and thirteen educators from Provincetown Schools attended sessions in PAAM’s galleries and Museum School to sketch, write about, and create prints in response to work on view in the exhibition Edward and Josephine Hopper from the Permanent Collection This show is on view through April 1, 2018. |
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Provincetown Schools: An International Baccalaureate World School
12 Winslow Street , Provincetown / MA / 02657 Phone: 508 487 5020 Fax: 508 487 5089
Email Interim Principal: jslater@provincetownschools.com
12 Winslow Street , Provincetown / MA / 02657 Phone: 508 487 5020 Fax: 508 487 5089
Email Interim Principal: jslater@provincetownschools.com
PROVINCETOWN SCHOOLS / Mission Statement
Provincetown Schools is a learning community committed to academic excellence. We ensure that all students acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to become compassionate, responsible, and reflective members of a global society. Establishing high expectations, we immerse students in other cultures while promoting home, school and community partnerships.
PROVINCETOWN SCHOOLS / Declaración de Misión
Provincetown Schools es una comunidad de aprendizaje comprometida con la excelencia académica. Aseguramos de que todos los alumnos adquieran las habilidades y conocimientos necesarios para convertirse en miembros compasivos, responsables y reflexivos de una sociedad global. Con el establecimiento de grandes expectativas, nos sumergimos en los estudiantes otras culturas, mientras que promovemos las asociaciones del hogar, la escuela y la comunidad.