All Barnstable Public School students will experience joyful and inclusive learning environments that pave the way to continuous learning, curiosity, change-making and meaningful engagement with the world around them. We aspire to create a learning community with students and educators engaging in challenging, authentic, adventurous, meaningful, and affirming experiences so that learning, independence, and achievement may flourish for all.

Learning in GATEWAY will provide opportunities for students to

• develop talents based on interests
• engage in enrichment and extension, through thought-provoking topics, which reflect their own experiences and those of others
• engage in advanced, rigorous learning beyond the grade level standards
• think critically and creatively about their learning and communicate effectively with others
• build growth mindset and perseverance for task commitment
• develop civic mindedness that prepares them to make meaningful contributions in their communities and beyond
• experience connections in multiple content areas which align to instruction in various educational settings within a student’s day

Our goal is to create learning environments where educators and students achieve more than they imagined possible.

The following students in your classes placed in the 2025 VFP Voices of Peace Poetry Contest:

BIS students

Vinicius Freitas

Marigold Grace

Milena Moreira

Bishlex Man Pradhan

Charles Ranney

Teddy Rooney

Lailah Toledo

BUES students

Madeline Andrews

Jace Martino

Lily Miller

All who placed are invited to read their poems at a public gathering, at the South Congregational Church, 565 Main Street, Centerville, MA 02632, on Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10am -Noon.

Poets receive a copy of this year’s Voices of Peace publication of poems and a personalized award certificate. Those who place First and Second Honors will also receive a cash reward.

At the Awards Ceremony, we also honor the important work of all participating teachers for keeping peace alive in the hearts and minds of their students. We hope you will be able to attend. We look forward to sharing a morning of peace poetry with you.

Thank you again for all that you do!

Peace,

Nina

Coordinator

VFP Voices of Peace Poetry Contest

We are excited to announce that Barnstable will be sending 11 Massachusetts State Champion Problem Solvers to Indiana University in June, to compete in the 2025 Future Problem Solving World Finals!

Students from all over the U.S. and the world will be traveling to Indiana to apply their critical and creative thinking skills to this year's topic: The Future of History. Problem solvers will address how we might preserve, protect, or safeguard historical knowledge, sites, structures, records, and artifacts in the future?

The 11 Barnstable students who placed at the MA State Bowl and will compete at the World Competition in June:

Grade 11

Matthew Brancaccio

Kathleen Ramos

Grade 10

Peter Andrade

Allie Bernardo

Ashley Cox

Madison McLaughlin

Grade 9

Lia Reis

Grade 7

Evan Paananen

Shelby Thompson

Grace Liebowitz

Juniper Lupton

Please reach out to the Teaching and Learning Office or your school's GATEWAY Specialist for more information.