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UMass international students won’t be affected by new visa rules

UMass Dartmouth international students will not be affected by new US immigration rules requiring in-person classes for student visas to remain valid, according to outgoing Chancellor Robert Johnson. Johnson wrote a letter to the campus community...

UMass Dartmouth receives grant to support clean energy

UMass Dartmouth was awarded a $100,000 grant by the Baker-Polito Administration to be used for a feasibility study aimed at achieving carbon neutrality at the university by next decade. The study will fund the development of a Comprehensive Energy...
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For schools, full reopening looks ‘impossible,’ says superintendent

Dartmouth’s Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bonny Gifford said at a July 6 School Committee meeting that a full return to in-person learning under current state guidelines this fall looks more or less “impossible” after officials weighed their options...

Bishop Stang announces fourth quarter Honor Roll

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

Social distancing could come to Dartmouth schools this fall

Dartmouth's schools will look very different come the fall. Students and teachers wearing masks. Desks spaced at least three feet apart. These are just a couple of the new safety measures being discussed by Dartmouth school officials following the...

Tri-County Music Association awards scholarships to two Dartmouth musicians

The Tri-County Music Association’s has announced its winners of the John R. Pandolfi Scholarship. Among the five scholarship recipients are Dartmouth residents Pedro Silva and Drew Lassey. Since 1962, the association has awarded $12,000 per year to...

Leaving in the time of corona

After 36 years working in the Dartmouth Public School system, Potter Elementary School Principal Heidi Brooks will be retiring on June 30. But she can still be found working in the school’s office preparing for next year — despite the fact that no...

Parking lot party for retiring Potter principal Heidi Brooks

Dartmouth Week - Dartmouth, MA news - Principal Heidi Brooks drives through the parking lot in a Thunderbird after the parade to kick off the dance party. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Have you ever seen a socially distanced conga line? How about a socially distanced conga line where everyone is wearing curly yellow wigs? Those who passed the Dartmouth High School on Monday afternoon may have come across such a sight, as teachers...

UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Johnson announces resignation

This article has been updated to show that Chancellor Johnson has accepted a position at Western New England University. UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Robert Johnson announced June 11 that he will resign from his post after nearly three years...

Alumni association honors students with outdoor scholarship ceremony

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The Dartmouth High Alumni Association usually holds a special ceremony for scholarship recipients this time of year, but concerns over Covid-19 cancelled that event. In spite of the restrictions and cancellations, the DHSAA was determined to honor...

Pandemic produce at Friends Academy

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Gardening is a big part of student and staff learning at Friends Academy. Normally, students and staff use the garden to learn about composting, planting seeds, pest control, where food comes from, and even math. Now, due to restrictions brought by...

UMass student awarded National Science Foundation fellowship 

UMass Dartmouth doctoral student Akira Harper has been awarded a 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for a project on science identity development among diverse learners, the school announced on June 8. A STEM Education...

Bishop Stang student recognized as Honor Society student of the year

Bishop Stang High School senior Zoelle Morrissey of New Bedford is the Massachusetts National Honor Society Student of the Year, according to a press release from the school. Morrissey was selected by the Massachusetts School Administrators’...

Class of 2020 holds virtual graduation

On what would have been their graduation day, Sunday, June 7, Dartmouth High seniors celebrated the first virtual graduation with a video compilation of students walking across stage to receive their diplomas. The traditional met the high-tech in a...

Dartmouth High sends off seniors in first-ever graduation parade

Dartmouth Week - Dartmouth, MA news - Sarah Gioiosa and Sabrina Pires before the parade. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Colors, klaxons, and creativity replaced the usual pomp and circumstance at this year’s celebration of the Dartmouth High School Class of 2020 as the graduating seniors rolled out in the first-ever graduation day parade. Each student decorated their...

Bishop Stang postpones graduation to August 7

Dartmouth Week - Dartmouth, MA news - Bishop Stang senior Phoenix Carreiro acted as emcee for the Virtual Open Mic Night video. Image courtesy: Bishop Stang
Bishop Stang High School has decided to forego a virtual graduation in favor of an in-person outdoors ceremony later this summer. The private Catholic school on Slocum Road postponed its May 27 commencement until August 7 in the hopes of holding a...

Dartmouth High names the top 10 students in the Class of 2020

Dartmouth High School has named the top 10 students of the Class of 2020. The students, who will be graduating in a remote ceremony on June 7, are as follows: Victor Goncalves , son of Raquel Bourguignon , who will study at Harvard University. John...

Parade sees princesses, superheroes come to town

Dartmouth Week - Dartmouth, MA news - Greyson Dias celebrated his 4th birthday on May 23 before watching the parade with dad Todd and sister Emerson, 2, the next day. Photo by Kate Robinson
Those enjoying the sunshine in Dartmouth on Sunday may have run into an unusual sight: A parade of princesses and superheroes driving all over town to bring a little joy to residents still stuck at home. Sixteen Dartmouth High and Middle schoolers...

New Early Childhood Director hired for Cushman School

Dr. Justine Dale will become the new Early Childhood Director at Cushman School.
The new Early Childhood Director for Cushman School has been named as Dr. Justine Dale, current principal at East Falmouth Elementary. Dale was introduced at a remote School Committee meeting on May 18. She will be taking over for current Cushman...

Virtual graduation, postponed prom for Dartmouth High seniors

Dartmouth High School’s class of 2020 will be graduating in a remote ceremony that will be filmed over the course of a week and then compiled into video for broadcast on June 7 — what would have been graduation day. The Senior Prom has also been...

UMass Dartmouth holds virtual events

UMass Dartmouth is holding a virtual open house for prospective graduate students after last week’s virtual commencement celebration, which took place during what would have been the school’s graduation ceremony before the pandemic hit. The Charlton...

Kindergarten registration now open for next academic year

The online portal for kindergarten enrollment for the 2020-2021 academic year is now open. To register, parents should visit dartmouth-registration.hosted.src-solutions.com. Kids must be five years old before September 1 and must live in the town of...

UMass Dartmouth plans October commencements

UMass Dartmouth's commencement ceremonies for the class of 2020 have been postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled for May 8 and 11, ceremonies will now be on October 9 and 10, according to a press release. “The...

School Committee approves $45.5 million budget amid economic uncertainty

Dartmouth Week - Dartmouth, MA news - The School Committee at the remote meeting on April 27. Image courtesy: DCTV
On April 27, the School Committee approved a $45.5 million budget for fiscal year 2021 amid unprecedented economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “There’s so much unknown right now, both at the federal level, state level, at the...

$6.2 million in federal relief for UMass Dartmouth

UMass Dartmouth is set to receive $6.2 million as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress in late March. One of the provisions of t he act is that at least half of the money must be reserved to...

Former brass specialist Ian Flint named new music director

Originally from Pennsylvania, Flint has worked for the Dartmouth schools twice before
The Dartmouth Public School system has a new Director of Music after former brass specialist for the district Ian Flint was named to the position by Superintendent Bonny Gifford. Although he was already something of a familiar face — having taught...

Kids cook and create for fifth week of competition

Lucien Bernard, 7, poses in front of a Patriots Day flag he created for a social studies assignment. Photo courtesy: Renee Monteiro-Bernard
As children all over Dartmouth head into their sixth week of school closures — which Governor Baker announced on April 21 will continue through the end of the current school year — creativity continues to come out in an online competition started by...

Free school meals keep students fed during pandemic

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Around 900 students in the Dartmouth Public School system depend on school for regular meals, according to School Nutrition Director Jeanne Sheridan. And with schools closed since March 16, many would have been left in the lurch. But for Sheridan...