Schools

Quinn students celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quinn Elementary students learned one last important important lesson ahead of their long weekend on Jan. 18: the meaning...

Schwartz School students to host telethon

Two students at Meeting Street The Schwartz Center are getting ready for their television debut: Athan Ghannam, 8, of...

Dartmouth High students enter the “Shark Tank”

Are they in or out? That's the question entrepreneurial Dartmouth High students had to figure out as they pitched ideas for...

Potter students connect recycling to music with the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra

What does music and recycling have in common? More than you think, as one musician is connecting her love of music to...

“Pawsing” to celebrate at Potter School

Celebrating student accomplishments with “Paws” assemblies is nothing new at Potter Elementary School, but one student had...

Boosting mindfulness with yoga, ‘brain breaks’ at Potter Elementary School

Early into the school day on January 4, Cathy Claassen’s fifth grade class put down their books and broke out the yoga mats...

Dartmouth High student taking public service mission to Washington, DC

Shane Rose is going to Washington in March to meet the nation’s leaders in a trip of a lifetime. The Dartmouth High senior...

Cushman students celebrate the holidays with Santa, performances

Cushman Elementary School students spent the last day before vacation week singing songs, dressing like elves, and meeting...

Shoppers rush to the School Store

Lisa Santos, who manages the School Store at Dartmouth High School, has had a busy holiday season. “It’s been through the...

Band plays holiday concert

Dozens of young musicians packed the stage at the high school for the final holiday concert of the season. The High School...

Schwartz Center students explore District No. 3 Fire Truck

A fire truck from District No. 3 pulled into the driveway at Meeting Street/The Schwartz School on Dec. 14. There was no...

DeMello, Cushman families celebrate the holidays with wreaths and Santa

Even before DeMello and Cushman kids and families entered a Christmas wonderland inside the school, there was already plenty...

Memorial Stadium, locker rooms, and tech top proposed 2020 school improvements

Memorial Stadium renovations could top the list of the school department’s big-ticket requests next year. The department’s...

UMass Dartmouth, Bristol Community College announce partnership

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Bristol Community College are launching a new partnership to help students...

Dartmouth teachers focusing on student voice, choice in the classroom

Dartmouth schools are bringing more student voices and choices into the classroom as part of a focus on improving how...

Quinn teachers highlight high-tech push

Quinn Elementary School students and teachers are going high-tech this year, with more technology, STEM programming and...

Middle schoolers use Legos to build robots and team spirit

The Science and Engineering building at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth was teeming with young engineers during...

Quinn students top readers in Massachusetts

For the fourth year in a row, the students at the Quinn Elementary School are the best readers in the state. Students logged...

Dartmouth Grange gives third-graders the gift of words

Third graders at the DeMello School show off their new dictionaries. The Dartmouth Grange has been distributing dictionaries...

Quinn School showcases kindness

Students in each grade at the Quinn School explored kindness around the world at the school’s annual Museum of Kindness and...

Dartmouth High spotlights student clubs

Dartmouth High School opened its doors to prospective students during its “Showcase Night” on Nov. 27, hosted for seventh...

High school band, media programs honored

Dartmouth High students in both media production and the high school band are exploring their passions both in and out of...

School Committee rates superintendent ‘proficient’ in evaluation

The results are in: Superintendent Bonny Gifford is doing just fine at the helm of Dartmouth Public Schools. At its November...

Bishop Stang names new lacrosse coach

Bishop Stang High School is sticking local for its new boys lacrosse coach, as Dartmouth’s Shaun Stanton has been picked to...

Students show art at the Cultural Center

Walking into the Dartmouth Cultural Center this weekend, visitors were likely wowed by the skill and creativity of the...

Pep rally creates noise, hype, celebration

Dartmouth High students created plenty of noise and cheer to celebrate the school’s stellar sports teams, generosity and...

Shoppers get a good night sleep to help Dartmouth High’s band

At any given moment, 10 percent of the population is looking for a new mattress. Tapping into that fact, dozens of people...

UMass Dartmouth grad shares his out of this world career as an astronaut

Few people will have more to talk about over Thanksgiving dinner than Scott Tingle. He’s been to space, worked on out-of-...

Robotics teams compete and collaborate at Dartmouth High School

Even though the school was closed, the cafeteria at Dartmouth High School was buzzing on Monday as dozens of young engineers...

Three-time national champion band gets hero’s welcome

Heralded by fire engines and police cars with sirens and lights, the three-time national champions in the Dartmouth High...

Word of the Day: Boustrophedon?

A crowd cried out in shock as the word “Googol” appeared on a screen, and again as it was revealed that, somehow, multiple...

Band and Color Guard prep for another National Championship

Dartmouth High’s Marching Band and Color Guard got in some last minute practice Thursday night ahead of their trip to the...

Student entrepreneurs balance school, business

Many college students struggle to stay on top of their schoolwork, social lives, and part-time jobs, but some do a whole lot...

Community members gathered across faiths at UMass to honor Pittsburgh victims

More than 150 people gathered at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to mourn and honor the 11 victims of the October...

Fair connects families with community resources

When a family needs help, a specific resource can be tough to find. But on October 28, community groups from all over...

Indoor camping trip boosts reading skills

There were s’mores, a campfire, and owls howling inside the DeMello Elementary School cafeteria for a camping-themed...