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Dartmouth School Committee approves District Strategic Plan

The Dartmouth School Committee approved its five-year District Strategic Plan at a committee meeting on Monday, Oct. 7. Going into effect in 2024, the plan will extend through 2029 with the goal of supporting student and staff needs to cultivate a...

UMass Dartmouth recognized for excellence in new U.S. News & World Report rankings

For the ninth year in a row, the U.S. News & World Report named UMass Dartmouth one of the top national and public universities in the country in their annual Best College Rankings, the university announced on Sept. 24. The university placed in...
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Superintendent ‘pleased’ with 2024 MCAS results

Quinn Elementary School was named a School of Recognition on Tuesday, Sept. 24 in tandem with the release of 2024 MCAS results. Quinn and the 55 other schools on the list were selected from among all the schools in the state on the basis of...

UMass Dartmouth receives $460,000 to create a fellowship in honor of alumna

UMass Dartmouth students performed more than 252,000 community service hours during the 2023-24 academic year, the university said, and now the community is giving back. On Sept. 16, the university announced that they recently received $460,000 to...

Principal satisfied with phone policy, students still have hang ups

Buzz. It’s another notification. For many, it can be hard to fight the urge to check their phone, and this includes students. Superintendent June Saba-Maguire said even she has to put her phone away during meetings because “I know if it buzzes, I am...

A welcome home: New and familiar educators join the district

Seven educators were welcomed into Dartmouth Public Schools by the School Committee Monday night, Sept. 9 and while their positions may be new, many have walked these halls before. Among the educators were several Dartmouth High School alumni and...

UMass Dartmouth, Southcoast Health launch partnership to advance nursing education

Southcoast Health announced its launch of a new program at the UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing and Health Sciences, welcoming 16 of its own nurses with associate degrees to earn their Bachelor of Science in nursing. The program, offered at “...

Move-in day at UMass brings hundreds to Dartmouth

The population of Dartmouth just got a little bigger. New and returning students at UMass Dartmouth moved back to campus on Sunday, Sept. 1 and Tuesday, Sept. 3, respectively. A yearly tradition, move-in day brings hundreds of students and families...

Another year of pencils, papers and possibilities

Going from Sesame Street to Slocum Road, Evangeline Simoes, 11, said she was excited to continue her learning in the academic year at a new school after a fun-filled summer that included a trip to the adored television program. Starting at Dartmouth...

A glance at how to grow and sustain Dartmouth pride

It's no secret some people move to Dartmouth simply for its school system. Alumni remember their fond memories and the many opportunities they had and return home, proud of their town. But sustaining that Dartmouth pride is not easy. Therefore,...

A fresh start: Dartmouth public schools sees changes, improvements for new year

School is almost back in session. A number of changes and new initiatives have made their way into Dartmouth Public Schools this year, including the move of Cushman Elementary kindergarten classes back to DeMello Elementary for the first time in...

From Quinn to college: Sixth grader takes history course over the summer

Ben Silva, 11, may have just wrapped up his days at Quinn Elementary School this past June, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking his very first college course this summer. “He’s always been a bright kid,” said his mother, Tania Vitorino-Silva,...

Warbling winners: Middle School takes home gold

Every year the Dartmouth Middle School chorus class heads to the Great East Music Festival to perform among dozens of other choirs, and this year on June 6 they had a gold-winning performance. Performing three songs, the group is evaluated and then...

Dartmouth student goes to the mat to help Lloyd Center

Ryan Fortin of Dartmouth has built a welcome addition to the Lloyd Center’s ongoing building construction. The recent Dartmouth High School graduate designed and constructed interior and exterior walk-off mats for the Welcome Center, which is slated...

Keyboards sprout new life as planters in award-winning project

The creative minds of five DeMello Elementary School students served as keys to success as they transformed old computer keyboards into new homes for plants. Their efforts earned the rising sixth graders first prize in the recent Project Invention...

Schools may need override in two years, School Committee members told

While reserve funds could help boost next year’s budget, Dartmouth voters may be looking at a Proposition 2 ½ override for the following year, when the timing might be better to make the request, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations...

Dartmouth students get a boost to medical education

Summer may be in full swing but some recent Dartmouth graduates are already planning ahead for the start of college in the fall – securing $1,500 scholarships on behalf of three Southcoast Health Hospitals. Out of 141 applicants, five Dartmouth...

New Bishop Stang principal looks ‘forward to the future’

A third-generation educator, education is all that Daniel Dias ever knew. Growing up in Marion, he said he was surrounded by teachers and not only from his own family — birthdays and dinner parties always involved teachers and coaches from...

Anchored in knowledge: Students return from schooner STEAM program

BOURNE — In the middle of Buzzards Bay in the pitch black of night, students aboard the Ernestina-Morrissey studied the constellations, learning about the North Star, as they sat still in the water. “It was really something out of a fantasy or a...

Middle School names students to Trimester 1 honor roll

Dartmouth Middle School has announced its Honor Roll Principal’s List students for Trimester 1 of the 2023-24 school year: Grade 8 Amelia Abele, Henry Almeida, Adam Amac, Mae Amaral, Sarah Andrade, Sienna Andrade, Nicholas Arroja, Ava Arruda...

Dartmouth students compete at national business conference

Five Dartmouth students from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School attended the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference in Chicago this May. At the conference, which was attended by 6,500 delegates...

Two Bishop Stang students honored with NAACP scholarships

Two 2024 Bishop Stang High School graduates were awarded $1,000 scholarships at the NAACP 35th Annual Freedom Fund Breakfast on June 1. Janie Correia and Brooklynn Andrews are members of the NAACP New Bedford branch youth council, which is open to...

‘Something that is rare’: Students awarded for community service work

If anyone were to recognize substantial service to the Dartmouth community, it would be Rotary Club. And on Thursday, June 20, it did by awarding two students for their community service work over the past several years. From wrapping Christmas...

Students break for the summer, show appreciation for teachers

At the stroke of noon, music blared out and bubbles flew through the air as DeMello Elementary School, along with the rest of Dartmouth Public School, broke for the summer on Monday, June 17. Students bid their goodbyes with tears, hugs, laughs and...

Dartmouth media students ‘talk trash’ as Crapo Hill nears capacity

With Crapo Hill landfill approximately four years away from reaching capacity, the Dartmouth High School media students worked with the Greater New Bedford Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District staff to create informational videos...

Dartmouth Middle School’s class of 2024 is ‘family’

A sea of students waved goodbye to middle school on the floor of the Carlin Lynch Activity Center on Friday, June 14. Dartmouth Middle School graduated 257 students in a packed ceremony full of audience cheers, fist bumps and students “dapping” each...

Dartmouth media ‘on fire’ this award season

Dartmouth High School media students recently won two awards from the state’s Department of Fire Services for its burn awareness video contest. Fire District 1 Chief Peter Andrade, Anthony Poente, firefighter and fire educator, and Alex Begallas,...

Dartmouth student recipient of 2024 Maryada Award

Dartmouth High School Class of 2024 graduate Autumn DeMello was one of three students to receive this year’s Maryada Award from the Maryada Family Foundation, a Dartmouth organization that has been recognizing local students since 2016 who have...

Alumni Association distributes approximately $35,000 in scholarships

Dartmouth High School Alumni Association President Enid Silva presented the approximately $35,000 in scholarships to graduating 2024 seniors on the lawn of Dartmouth High School on Sunday, May 26 . These funds were entrusted to the association...

Bishop Stang appoints Daniel Dias as principal

After announcing a transition in early 2022 to a two-person president-principal model, rather than one educator covering both roles, Bishop Stang High School has officially appointed Daniel Dias to serve as the next principal. A press release from...

Dartmouth Middle School Honor Society donates thousands of books

The Dartmouth Middle School chapter of National Junior Honor Society collected over 8,500 books for the Acushnet-based non-profit organization Gifts to Give. Running the drive in coordination with the Dartmouth Middle School Library and teacher...

Two DHS Students awarded for artistic excellence

The Westport Art Group awarded two Dartmouth High School students with $1,500 scholarships this month. The recipients, Fiona Jason and Samantha Brunette, both intend to pursue higher degrees in visual art. Jason will attend Massachusetts College of...

Bishop Stang’s top 10 graduating students

Bishop Stang High School has announced its seniors with the top 10 highest GPAs. This year, the school will celebrate two valedictorians and two salutatorians. The two valedictorians are William Kippe of South Dartmouth and Logan Reis of Fall River...

Greater New Bedford Voc Tech graduates set sail for new experiences

Since beginning their high school careers, the Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School’s Class of 2024 has faced some “turbulent waters,” according to Superintendent Michael Watson. Addressing the approximately 500 graduates, 70 of whom...

Seeing double: Bishop Stang graduates two sets of students

After a series of unexpected challenges including a pandemic and a permanent school closure, Bishop Stang High School co-salutatorian Lillian Surprenant said that the class of 2024 is made of “resilience.” The unusual career of Bishop Stang’s...

‘A big special day’: Cushman kindergarteners have fun in the sun

Dozens of kindergarteners at Cushman Elementary School celebrated the school’s annual field day Friday, May 31, with dancing, crafts, relay races and a “ginormous slide.” Matt Beauparland, a physical education and health and wellness teacher at...

Seniors watch the sun set on their high school careers

Since the Covid pandemic, Dartmouth high school seniors have watched the sunrise together at the start of the school year and at the year’s end, they gather one last time before graduation to watch it set. “It's like an opening and closing so it's a...

‘We are all connected’: Dartmouth High graduates celebrate a new beginning together

Addressing the 249 graduating members of Dartmouth High School’s Class of 2024 on Sunday, June 2, Class President Julia Caron admitted she has wanted to get away from Dartmouth all her life. However, now that she’ll be heading to the University of...

Bishop Stang goes solar

As of Thursday, May 23, 60% of Bishop Stang High School is running on 571 newly installed rooftop solar panels. The solar array will produce enough electricity to power 14 million smartphones and eliminate carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to...

SouthCoast Community Foundation Scholarship gives back

Eight Dartmouth High School students received scholarships from the SouthCoast Community Foundation in early May. The SouthCoast Community Foundation is a nonprofit serving the communities of southeastern Massachusetts through philanthropy. This...

Theresa Street ‘kicks’ off a new fundraising tradition

Mother Nature was up to her usual work Saturday afternoon, but so were members of Theresa Street, which held its first kickball tournament despite the persistent rain on May 18 to raise funds for Dartmouth High School’s ATLAS Program . ATLAS, or...

Schwartz School students shine at ‘Starry Night’ prom

It was a rainy day on the afternoon of Thursday, May 16 but inside the Schwartz School it was a “Starry Night” as students donned tuxedos and dresses and went down a red carpet to enter their end-of-year prom. The Schwartz School is a year-round...

UMass graduates shine through the showers, soak in the moment at commencement

As the rain came down on Thursday morning, May, 16, UMass Dartmouth’s graduating Class of 2024 huddled together under a sea of umbrellas awaiting the start of their commencement ceremony. While the 2020 high school graduates might recall sitting 6...

The ‘Beest’ around: 12th annual spelling bee crowns new champions

The word evapotranspiration, not evaportransporation, won the 12th annual Dartmouth Education Foundation Spelling Bee at Dartmouth High School on Tuesday, May 14. The winning team, “The Beests,” which consisted of Karen Quigley, Victor Mailey and...

UMass professor to give lecture on importance of letters

UMass Dartmouth’s Claire T. Carney Library Associates will host its annual meeting featuring a lecture by Mel Yoken, UMass Dartmouth professor emeritus, May 23 at 4 p.m. in the Grand Reading Room. Yoken is known for his collection of letters from...

Students shine at SkillsUSA Conference

Six students from Dartmouth received medals at the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference on April 27. The SkillsUSA state leadership and skills conference is a competition that celebrates vocational and technical talents. Students...

Planting the seeds for future environmentalists at DeMello

In years to come, the fourth and fifth grade classes at DeMello Elementary School will pass by their alma mater and will not only have a visual indication of how much time has passed, but a reminder of the difference they made while attending. Two...

Dartmouth resident takes home bronze at SkillsUSA state championship

Dartmouth’s Elizabeth Santos, who is a junior in the diesel services technology program at Greater New Bedford Regional Technical High School, won third place and a bronze medal in the diesel equipment technology competition at the SkillsUSA Mass...

The latest buzz about the annual Bee

The 12th annual Dartmouth Education Foundation Spelling Bee is set to take place Tuesday, May 14 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Dartmouth High School auditorium. Team entry and sponsorships are still open until Tuesday, May 7. To enter or sponsor a...