Principal Ross Thibalt will introduce himself to the community on Wednesday, August 23 at a coffee hour at the high school.

All are welcome to the 6:30 p.m. event, located in the library media center at 555 Bakerville Road.

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Thibault, a lifelong Swansea resident, graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and former Durfee teacher and vice principal was tapped to become Dartmouth High School’s new principal effective July 1, following outgoing principal John Gould's resignation announced in February.

Prior to accepting the principalship in Dartmouth, Thibault worked as principal of Oxford High School, 2014-2016.

In just two years, Thibault brought Oxford High from a level three to a level one school on the state's accountability and assistance system, meaning the school is meeting its gap narrowing goals.

That meant adding computer science, video production, and robotics programs to the curriculum for the first time, and bringing the number of Advanced Placement classes from four to 13, with two more planned for next year.

Prior to that, he worked as both a teacher and vice principal at Durfee High in Fall River.