Schools

UMass Dartmouth launches new community research program

UMass Dartmouth is launching a new program aimed at improving lives within the community. The program, called the Community Research and Partnership Initiative, will allow university staff and researchers to conduct research aimed at improving their...

Two holiday classics will come alive on stage

Get ready to say “bah humbug” and watch Charlie Brown’s “little Christmas tree” turn into something magical on the same night during Dartmouth High Theatre Company’s upcoming winter production. The Theatre Company will put on a winter double feature...
Most Popular

Students hit the volleyball court to help fight climate change

Dartmouth students and faculty served up fun for a good cause at the high school National Honor Society’s annual volleyball fundraiser. The November 26 tournament saw dozens of high school students, teachers, and community members participate. This...

Students with disabilities serve up Thanksgiving cheer

Daniel Howayeck, Austin Santos, Caleb Rapoza, and Alexis Benjamin serve up food at the Dartmouth Middle School PALS/PASS Friendsgiving. Photos by: Kate Robinson
The welcoming smell of turkey, apple and spices wafted down the corridors of Dartmouth Middle School on Tuesday morning as eight students from the Promoting Academics and Life Skills program made Thanksgiving dinner for their friends. Apron-clad...

Robot scrimmage tests students’ skills

The last match of the scrimmage saw both Dartmouth teams competing against each other in the school cafeteria. Photo by: Kate Robinson
On Sunday, the Dartmouth High School cafeteria rang to the sounds of gadgetry and cheering as the school’s robotics teams completed their first scrimmage of the year. Acton-Boxborough High School was invited to compete against and form alliances...

DeMello students bounce and lounge with flexible seating

Students use yoga balls in third grade teacher Amanda Depin’s classroom. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Students in Amanda Depin’s third grade classroom chose a variety of places to complete a reading assignment: Some sat on the floor with pillows or on donut-shaped seats, others wobbled on special stools, and a few bounced on yoga balls as they...

Hydroponics a hit at Dartmouth Middle School

The Dartmouth Middle School hydroponics club on November 19. Photo by: Kate Robinson
Tomatoes, lettuce, swiss chard, and basil are among the plants grown by a group of intrepid middle schoolers for their cafeteria — inside their cafeteria . Instead of traditional gardening, the students are using a hydroponic system with...

Bishop Stang releases Honor Roll list

Bishop Stang High School has released its list of Dartmouth students who achieved an Honor Roll distinction. The high school has several Honor Roll tiers: President’s List, which requires an average of 95 or above and a 90 or above in all courses;...

Sister City Committee awards participants of essay contest

The Dartmouth Sister City Committee awarded Dartmouth students for their works submitted during a special essay contest opened earlier in the year. The Committee sponsored an essay contest with several other communities in Massachusetts. The essay...

Annual Spelling Bee generates a buzz for Dartmouth schools

Matching team costumes and clever names prevailed at the Spelling Bee. All photos courtesy: Dartmouth Education Foundation/Facebook
Matching outfits, puns, and tricky words abounded at the Dartmouth Education Foundation’s annual Spelling Bee fundraiser on November 14, which took place in the Dartmouth High School auditorium. 28 teams of three Dartmouth community members competed...

UMass Dartmouth celebrates America Recycles Week

The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth celebrated America Recycles Week with a visit from Dennis Deziel, Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's New England office, on November 13. "As EPA is celebrating America...

Bishop Stang High School to debut ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ this weekend

The Bishop Stang Theatre Company will debut its fall production of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” which will feature plenty of oddball characters, serious situations, and murder. The play, written by Joseph Kesselring, centers on the Brewster family. It is...

Quinn readers are the top in the state for the fifth year in a row

Quinn Elementary School students were busy this past summer racking up reading minutes — and earned enough to win the title of top readers in the state. Overall, Quinn students logged exactly 1,357,407 reading minutes in the Scholastic Summer...

Quinn students dine with first responders at special lunch

Quinn Elementary School students enjoyed a special lunch with a group of special guests at a first responder lunch on November 4. More than 80 students throughout the school got to eat lunch with police officers, firefighters, and paramedics as a...

Dartmouth High students take video production work on the road

Dartmouth High School media production students’ talent is getting noticed across the state. Recently, two groups of students showcased their video talents at two different events. A group of students produced a live talk show at Gillette Stadium...

Dartmouth Indian name and symbol are here to stay, for now

The Dartmouth Indian is here to stay, at least as far as the Dartmouth School Committee is concerned. At its October 28 meeting, the committee decided against taking any action to preemptively change the school’s Indian head symbol or name. The...

Deer hits school bus, minor injuries reported

The damage to the windshield on the driver’s side. Photo by: Kaitlyn Valverde
This article has been updated to include comments by Dartmouth Superintendent of Schools Bonny Gifford. A Dartmouth school bus was involved in an accident earlier this morning when a deer went through the windshield,...

Allen’s Mill field trip lets students explore Dartmouth’s history

Ms. Davignon’s third grade class exploring Allen’s Mill. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Dartmouth third graders got a taste of the town’s history last week in a field trip to Allen’s Mill in Russells Mills Village in South Dartmouth on Friday. The students visited the mill as part of a series of field trips to historic Dartmouth sites...

Games, prizes, candy at annual resource and craft fair

Harrison Camaro, 5, dips into the candy at the Sisters of Solace table. Photos by: Kate Robinson
The Dartmouth High School gym was packed on Sunday with families and local vendors for the seventh annual Special Education Parent Advisory Council Resource and Craft Fair. Along with shopping for handmade goods, guests took part in a number of...

UMass Law to hold fall open house

UMass Law School has announced that it will be holding a fall open house on Tuesday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. at its 333 Faunce Corner Road location. The open house will allow prospective law students to learn about UMass Law's full-time, part-time,...

UMass Dartmouth student voting doubled in 2018 election

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth students more than doubled their participation in the 2018 mid-term elections compared to the 2014 mid-term. This is according to a recent Tufts University study that also showed a national trend of increased...

Bishop Stang students rock for food drive donations

Bishop Stang High School’s National Honor Society is on a roll with its Rock-A-Thon donation drive. Students alternated rocking in rocking chairs for two days from September 20 to 21, as people stopped by to drop off food to benefit area food...

Simulator gives students hands-on experience in driving distracted

Dartmouth High students are learning about the dangers of distracted driving by getting behind the wheel virtually and seeing firsthand what happens when they take their eyes off the road. From October 7 to 11, Distractology's mobile classroom was...

Educators protest low wages, high health care costs at School Committee meeting

Protesters at the School Committee meeting on Monday evening asking for better wages for teachers and support staff. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Teachers and school staff who have been working without a contract since the end of August brought their frustrations with educators' pay and health care costs directly to the School Committee. At the Committee’s October 7 meeting, nearly 200...

Hopes run high at sophomore class 5K fundraiser

Wesley Lima, class co-advisor, with class officers Katherine Charrier, Molly Rioux, Charles Fairfax, Emma Tetrault, and co-advisor Jessica Lassey. Photo courtesy: Jessica Lassey
The Dartmouth High Class of 2022 is already dreaming big about Senior Week. This year’s sophomores are hoping to rent out the Spirit of Boston for a cruise of Boston Harbor for their senior prom. And on Sunday morning, they held a 5K fundraiser at...

Making rainbows at second annual Quinn Color Run

Celebrating after the Color Run. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Smiles, laughter, sunshine, and colors were everywhere at Quinn School’s second annual Color Run on Saturday morning as over 600 people turned out for the event. The PTO fundraiser included two bounce houses and obstacle courses, a raffle, a DJ,...

Dartmouth High marching band scares up an award-winning performance at home show

The Dartmouth High School marching band and color guard gave the audience and judges quite the fright with a spooky, supernatural-themed performance at its Home Show on September 28. The bright sun was out during the annual Home Show at Memorial...

Dartmouth Middle School climate talks get students thinking about issues, solutions

Dartmouth middle schoolers are learning about the realities of climate change, and what they can do to stop it at a series of lunchtime lectures. From Monday to Friday, middle school students brought their lunches to the library to learn about...

MCAS results show growth and improvement at most grade levels

MCAS test results are in, and Dartmouth school officials are pleased with how students performed on the ever-changing state assessment system. On September 24, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released results for the 2019...

Sister Act: Volleyball coaches keep it in the family

Sisters Rachel and Jessica Lassey, the Dartmouth High School Girls’ Varsity and Junior Varsity coaches, respectively. Photo by: Kate Robinson
Jessica and Rachel Lassey aren’t your typical Dartmouth siblings. They both went to Dartmouth High school, and unlike most, they both came back years later to do the same thing: Coach volleyball. Although she’s eighteen months younger, Rachel is the...

Student-produced safety video shows what to do during an active shooter threat

At Dartmouth schools, students are learning what to do in an emergency with a new video produced by their peers. Dartmouth High’s video production program has published a ten-minute school safety video featuring instructions and demonstrations of...

Band Home Show rescheduled due to EEE concerns

The Dartmouth High School Marching Band’s annual Home Show is the latest outdoor event to be hit with Eastern equine encephalitis concerns. The home show, which was originally scheduled for September 28 at 6 p.m., will now be held at 3 p.m. on the...

Teachers hit the volleyball court to teach good sportsmanship

Quinn Elementary School teachers and staff stepped out of their classrooms and onto the blacktop for a friendly game of volleyball for an important lesson in manners and behavior. The healthy competition on September 9 is an annual tradition at...