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Teachers, administrators getting ready for new school year

From big construction projects to new staff, Dartmouth schools are in the busy final week of preparation to welcome students back for the new school year on August 28. One major construction project has everyone talking: The first phase of the...

Football season kicks off at Dartmouth High’s first practices

Fifty kids ran drills on the field next to Dartmouth High on Friday morning — even though the start of school is still more than a week away. Coaches were holding the first practice of the season for the school’s football team, and plenty of kids...

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Kids delve into design, programming at robotics workshop

What do you get when you give a roomful of kids a box of parts and a computer? Dartmouth High School’s summer robotics workshop set out to find the answer, with two one-week summer camps that ended in a robotics competition in the school’s...

Jersey Mike’s spreads the love to Dartmouth High

Dartmouth High School is getting a big boost thanks to the town’s newest sandwich shop. On August 12, the manager and owners of Jersey Mike’s presented Dartmouth High administrators with a $4,000 check, which the sandwich shop raised during its...

Class of 2023 gets ready for new school year at Dartmouth High orientation

The first day of school is two weeks away, but on August 13 nearly 70 current Dartmouth High students and the Class of 2023 settled into the school building for orientation. The incoming students gathered in the auditorium to meet their new...

Back to school is fast approaching. Have you registered?

The first day of school is August 28, and school officials are reminding parents to register if needed. Those who are new to the school system and who have not done so yet must register their children. The process can be completed online by visiting...

New playground taking shape at Quinn Elementary

Quinn Elementary School students will have a lot more fun at recess with a revamped blacktop playground when they return to school in the fall. Over the summer, a dedicated group of volunteers are transforming the currently bare blacktop into a...

State senator reads to Dartmouth students

Last Friday, July 12 the Schwartz School at Meeting Street had a special guest: Massachusetts State Senator Michael Rodrigues, who came to read to students at the school. Rodrigues represents the first Bristol and Plymouth district in the...

Middle school dives into data, technology to improve teaching, learning

Dartmouth Middle School administrators are bringing more technology into classrooms, using data to reach students in need, and bringing the community into the classroom. Those were just some of the initiatives the school is leading through its...

Memorial Stadium project proceeding on time

Dartmouth’s newly improved Memorial Stadium is on track to open by the start of the fall sports season. Construction on the $1.7 million first phase of stadium renovations officially broke ground on May 7, although construction had already been in...

Young inventors learn STEM at summer camp

More than 100 elementary school students spent the week building robots, studying farm tech, and creating gadgets out of electronics and cardboard as part of Camp Invention. The camp, now in its third year, brought in a record number of students to...

Bishop Stang Jazz Band and Select Choir win big

Bishop Stang High School’s Select Choir and Jazz Band took home two first-place trophies at the national Music in the Parks festival in Hershey, Pennsylvania over the weekend. The festival provides music groups from all over the US and Canada with...

Dartmouth High names the top 10 students in the Class of 2019

Dartmouth High School has named the top 10 students of the Class of 2019. The students, who celebrated their graduation on June 2, are as follows: Charlotte Correiro, daughter of John Correiro, Elizabeth and Peter Hart, who will study at Georgetown...

Speakers, graduation caps reflect Dartmouth High’s Class of 2019

Dartmouth High School’s Class of 2019 received important advice and wisdom from their classmates, teachers, and special guests before heading off into the world during Sunday’s graduation ceremony. The guest speakers — from fellow students to...

Dartmouth High seniors saddle up for after prom

When Dartmouth High’s senior prom in Foxboro wound down, seniors traded their tuxedos for cowboy hats to continue the celebration at After Prom. The annual tradition, now in its 25th year, provides a place for seniors to stay safe after senior prom...

Stang graduates set to take the world by storm

Amid the usual pomp and circumstance, there were lighter moments — plenty of laughs, hugs, and one impromptu cheer — as the Bishop Stang Class of 2019 graduated on Wednesday evening. 143 seniors were accompanied by a five-person brass band as they...

Video production program finding success with sponsorships, internships

Dartmouth High’s media production program is expanding, thanks to partnerships and support from local businesses. For the past three years, media production teacher Robert Perrotti has led initiatives to boost the program, since taking over the...