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UMass Dartmouth celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory at 24th annual breakfast

Dr. Keisha Blain gives her keynote speech. Photos by Kat Sheridan

“I want you to know the names,” said Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in the ‘I've Been to the Mountaintop’ speech that he gave on April 3,…

Four years after phone policies implemented, teachers pleased but students less so

Anna Spinelli browses her phone. Photo by Kat Sheridan

Four years ago, Dartmouth High School enforced “Cell Hotels” for students to put their phones in during classes. Now the administration says…

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Dartmouth middle schoolers take a peek at some future career opportunities

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On Wednesday, Jan. 14, Dartmouth Middle School seventh graders got a glimpse into their potential future career paths in the school’s annual career day. Twenty-nine local professionals attended the event to share their jobs with over 280 students...

School choice program to continue into 2026-2027 school year

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Dartmouth Public Schools' school choice program is set to return for the 2026-2027 academic year. The school choice program, which began in 2016, gives high school students from neighboring towns the opportunity to attend Dartmouth High School. This...

School Committee sets 2026-2027 school calendar

The calendar for the 2026-2027 academic year for Dartmouth Public Schools has been set. The school year will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 2, and the last day is set for Thursday, June 17. Unlike previous years, students will have Dec. 23 off, with...

Schwartz School student selected for 50th annual Meeting Street Telethon

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When Alex Murphy of West Bridgewater was still in his mother’s womb he had a stroke that caused him to be born with a number of complex medical needs. Murphy was born with microcephaly, which causes a baby’s brain to be smaller than average and...

UMass Dartmouth earns prestigious Carnegie classification

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UMass Dartmouth is among the 5% of colleges and universities that have been nationally recognized with the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement for its community engagement initiatives. The Carnegie Elective Classification...

Fourth graders sing a chorus or two

Three girls from the Potter School sing a solo during the concert. Photo by Kat Sheridan

“Really, this concert is a gift to you,” a DeMello School fourth grader told the audience during the school's winter concert, “I’m sure you’ll agree once you hear us singing like absolute angels.” The DeMello, Potter and Quinn Schools held their...

Artificial Intelligence is aiding natural intelligence at the Dartmouth public schools

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The Dartmouth High School has begun to integrate artificial intelligence into their education. While this has not been established district wide, the high school has rolled out their usage practices and guidelines. The main goal is to create AI...

Rates of 'high needs' students are on the rise due to state laws and social factors

A graph showing the rates of high needs students from 2014 to 2025. Source: June Sabo Maguire

Due to a combination of changing state laws and potential social factors, the rate of high needs students in Dartmouth Public Schools has risen more than 14% in the past 12 years. During financial planning, the School Department announced that the...

Approaching deadline for Southcoast Community Foundation scholarship program

The deadline for applications to the Southcoast Community Foundation scholarship program is Tuesday, Jan. 6. Graduating seniors, adults returning to education and current college students are invited to apply. Students can complete one universal...

Dartmouth High School pops off in annual Pops Concert

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Some may ask that Christmas not be late, but Christmas came early at the Dartmouth High School held their annual Holiday Pops Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 22. “[The concert was] absolutely fantastic as always,” said school committee member John...

Dartmouth Middle School chorus sings a sleighing song

The seventh and eighth grade perform the final song. Photos by Kat Sheridan

The Dartmouth Middle School students jingle bell rocked at their annual Christmas choir concert on Monday, Dec. 15. “They worked so hard and I’m just thrilled to be their teacher,” said middle school Choral Director Tara Thomas. “They are really...

UMass Dartmouth awarded funds for offshore wind and fishing research

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UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science & Technology was awarded $265,984 from the Healey-Driscoll Administration as part of the Massachusetts Fisheries Innovation Fund. The department will use the funds to study the economic feasibility of...

Students give back to the community one film at a time

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For two decades the Dartmouth community has worked together to collect and donate toys for kids and families in need in the Fill-the-bus fundraiser, but it wasn’t until three years ago that media students from Dartmouth High School began hosting...

School Committee approves $114 million capital improvement plans request

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Year two of the Dartmouth School Committee’s 10-year improvement plan will include 14 capital improvement requests that comes out to a total of $114,565,000. Out of the 14 requests are three large ticket items: $5.6 million for Memorial Stadium...

New year, new budget at Dartmouth Public Schools

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As the new year approaches, the school budget subcommittee is working on its funding plans for fiscal year 2027. On Monday, Dec. 1, School Committee and subcommittee members Elizabeth Coughlin and Chris Oliver discussed funding needs and plans with...

Who lives in a pineapple at Dartmouth High School? Spongebob Squarepants

The sardines crowd around Squidward, played by Bryce Clancy. Photos by Kat Sheridan

Are you ready kids? Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Spongebob Squarepants! But this fall, the kids are ready for Bikini Bottom to come to Dartmouth High School on Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6 in “Spongebob: The Musical.” Don’t go...

Dartmouth Public Schools superintendent scores high in yearly evaluation

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On Monday, Nov. 10, the Dartmouth School Committee reviewed their Superintendent Evaluation, scoring Superintendent June Saba-Maguire as either meeting or being proficient in each category. These categories include professional practice goals,...

Media students earn a trip to Boston with a street-smarts video

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Five Dartmouth High School students recently won first place in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s annual Safe Streets Smart Trips High School Video Contest. Creating a minute long video about crosswalk safety and how to properly cross...

Author talk illustrates the connection between doodling and mental health

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Doodling on a drawing pad for an audience of eighth graders, Cara Bean transformed a free-handed squiggle into a man, set with a full head of hair, a mustache and a goatee. This demonstration was part of an author visit on Thursday, Oct. 23 and...

UMass Dartmouth hosts colloquium on Portuguese history

Miguel Moniz, Daniela Melo and Camilo Viveiros speak on a panel. Photo by Kat Sheridan

UMass Dartmouth hosted an international colloquium on Portuguese migration and Mill Work in New England on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday,Oct. 25. The colloquium focused on the book “Migration, Mill Work, and Portuguese Communities in New England”...

Town Meeting votes 'yes' to fund high school roof feasability study

A feasibility study into replacing Dartmouth High School's roof will move forward after the Fall Town Meeting voted to approve $250,000 to conduct a roof feasibility study. Currently, the roof is 25 years old as it was installed when the building...

Learn about Portuguese history in New England

UMass Dartmouth is hosting an “International Colloquium on Portuguese Migration and Mill Work in New England” on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25. The event will feature talks and discussions about racial tensions, upward mobility, the...

Showcasing Dartmouth High School

On Wednesday, Oct. 22 Dartmouth High School will be holding a showcase night to show seventh and eighth graders all that the school has to offer. Seventh and eighth graders are welcome to attend to learn about the high school’s sports, fine arts,...

Jaw dropping: students tour filming sites at Martha's Vineyard

Students pose with teacher Robert Perrotti during the walking tour. Source: Robert Perrotti

Members of the Film Production Club at Dartmouth High School visited Martha’s Vineyard to see where the classic movie “Jaws” was filmed. The club started planning a club trip last year, and decided that since “Jaws” came out 50 years ago this was...

Go higher programs helps students succeed

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler, Higher Education Commissioner Noe Ortega and UMass Chancellor Mark Fuller gathered at UMass Dartmouth to celebrate the launch of “Go Higher” on Monday, Oct. 6. The Go Higher program encourages students who are...

Elementary schools roll out new literacy program

Catie Paveo explains the CKLA program to the committee. Photo by Kat Sheridan

The Dartmouth Public Schools are starting a new literacy program, the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) to improve literacy. Catie Paveo presented a slideshow on a new knowledge based program to the Dartmouth Public School Committee on Monday,...

School on Wheels brings backpacks to kids

Neighborhood residents who packed backpacks for kids. Source: Maureen Benton

Two Dartmouth neighborhoods got together with School on Wheels of Massachusetts before the start of the school year to provide kids with supplies. Together, the volunteers from Bayview and a neighborhood off Elm Street filled 149 backpacks with...

Dartmouth scores well with MCAS results

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The 2025 MCAS results are in and Dartmouth Public Schools performed better than average. Dartmouth did better than the average in the English Language Arts (ELA), math and the new civics sections, but slightly below average in the science section....

DeMello school puts the ‘fun’ in ‘fundraiser’

A child walks around with her cotton candy. Photos by Kat Sheridan

Kids typically can’t wait for the weekend to leave school, but kids didn’t want to leave Joseph DeMello Elementary School during the Fall Festival Library Fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 27. This event was organized by the Parent Teacher Organization...

BRIGHT Act at UMass Dartmouth

Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll visited the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Thursday, Sept. 25 as a part of their announcement of a new bill to improve Massachusetts public education. The bill, known as the...

Four school improvement projects planned

Dartmouth Public Schools may look a little different in the coming years as town officials look to make repairs or replacements to all but Cushman School in the next 15 years. James Kiely, the assistant superintendent of finance and operations for...

Learn about Dartmouth school repairs

Learn more about where the children of Dartmouth are learning at the interactive Public Schools Workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. It will be held at the Dartmouth Middle School at 366 Slocum Road. The meeting will cover the...

High schoolers start new chapter, keep pace with summer reading

Dartmouth High School students started off the school year by having group discussions about their summer reading. During their first Friday PASE period of the school year, students met with a staff member to discuss a book they read over the...

New educators head back to school

Twenty-four new staff members joined the Dartmouth Public School district, and on Monday, Sept. 9, they were welcomed to the community by the School Committee. Superintendent June Saba-Maguire started the meeting by welcoming the new hires, which...

Can’t spell Dartmouth without “art”

Explore the work of UMass Dartmouth artists at their annual 5th Grata Retro artist alley on Thursday, Sept. 18 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. The event allows the College of Visual and Performing students to show off their art by vending to both students...

A fresh start for UMass Dartmouth freshmen

College move in comes with a lot of mixed emotions— excitement and nervousness from the students, pride and sadness from parents, and vicarious enthusiasm from the staff helping them begin their new journey. Move in at the University of...

Dartmouth Public School offers meals at no cost for students

Dartmouth Public Schools participates in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, all schools offer healthy meals every school day at no cost to the students due to the implementation of the...

Dartmouth students kick off the school year on the playground

Though they hadn’t quite returned for class, students attending Quinn Elementary School this year gathered at the playground for some fun while meeting their peers and teachers. Each school in the district gave their students a similar opportunity...

School officials to offer input on impact of development on district

With housing developments on the horizon and new families potentially moving into town, the town’s school population could be on the increase, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations James Kiely told School Committee members at their Aug....

Dartmouth heads back to school Aug. 27

As Dartmouth looks to head back to school Aug. 27, Superintendent June Saba-Maguire said the district is moving forward with a number of new initiatives while continuing to build consistency and alignment across grade levels. One of the biggest...

Meet Potter’s newest principal: Melissa McHenry

What is your background prior to becoming principal at Potter Elementary School? I came five years ago to Potter School as the assistant principal. I worked under Rick Porter, who just retired. … Then, when a position became available because he was...