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Public Schools

Eight of Cape Cod’s 15 towns have their own public school districts, including: Barnstable, Bourne, Chatham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Provincetown and Sandwich. The Dennis-Yarmouth School District pools students from the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth; and the Nauset Regional School District brings students from Brewster, Eastham, Orleans, Truro and Wellfleet together.

Each of the public school districts has one or more elementary schools, which are attended by children in preschool (or kindergarten) through fourth grade. Busy families can benefit from the before-school breakfasts and after-school activity programs at the elementary schools.

In the middle schools and high schools, the graduates of a district’s various elementary schools come together. In general, the middle schools accommodate fifth through eighth grade populations. After-school activity programs are operated by some of the middle schools, with such varied offerings as chess, rocketry, chorus, instrumental music and sports.

The district high schools serve ninth through twelfth graders who desire a college preparatory curriculum.

Alternative high schools for students interested in vocational/ technical training include the Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational-Technical School in Bourne and the Cape Cod Regional Technical School in Harwich. Both schools feature programs in a broad range of fields, including auto maintenance and auto technology, carpentry, information technology, cosmetology, culinary arts and health careers. Upper Cape Regional Voc-Tech also has a licensed practical nursing program, and certificate programs in other health related areas, such as Radiology and Medical Records.