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State senator reads to Dartmouth students

Senator Rodrigues reading to the kids at the Schwartz School on Friday
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...
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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...

Fair winds and following seas for Dartmouth High sailing team

Co-captain of the Dartmouth High sailing team Grace Woodcock has every reason to be proud. Her team just finished another hugely successful season this week, pulling 15 wins and only 5 losses. This comes after an excellent previous season, which saw...

Dartmouth grad honored as part of 29 Who Shine program

Daniel Moriarty’s work in climate change and agricultural entrepreneurship is getting the attention of Gov. Charlie Baker. The Bridgewater State University graduate and Dartmouth resident visited the Massachusetts State House and met with Gov. Baker...

Stang students show sartorial style at pre-prom promenade

Begowned and -suited prom-goers from Bishop Stang’s graduating class were put through their paces on Friday evening at the school’s annual pre-prom Promenade. The event saw couples dressed in finery — garb of every color and material, plus plenty of...

And they’re off at the Special Olympics School Day Games

Big smiles abounded at the 15th annual Special Olympics School Day Games at Dartmouth High School on Friday. More than 400 athletes from over 14 schools in the region competed in such events as the long jump, 25 meter hurdles, javelin, and shot put...

Dartmouth High welcomes new assistant principal

Dartmouth school officials welcomed a new face to the high school: Richard Gill, who will take over as an assistant principal on July 1. Gill will take over for former assistant principal Christopher Boyle, who retired. During the May 13 School...

Dartmouth High students honored for academic excellence

Two Dartmouth High School students received special recognition for their academic, leadership, and athletic achievements. At the May 13 School Committee meeting, Superintendent Bonny Gifford and Dartmouth High Principal Ross Thibault presented...

Bishop Stang students earn high marks in patriotic art contest

Bishop Stang High School students took the top spots in the Dartmouth VFW Post Auxiliary’s annual Young American Patriotic Art Contest. Each year, the Post runs the contest for area high school students to produce artwork, which is judged on...

Let’s get visual: Student Art Show wows at Dartmouth High

Brightly-colored paintings, shining pieces of jewelry, and crafts made from popsicle sticks and styrofoam cups lined walls and tables in the Dartmouth High gymnasium for the 11th annual Visual Arts Show and STEM innovation night. The students and...

High school officials announce schedule changes

Dartmouth High School students will soon have less homework and longer class times due to changes to the school’s scheduling system. In September 2018, the school ditched the former block scheduling system, which divided school days into four 86-...

High school students make a splash for charity

Senior students from Dartmouth High School’s National Honors Society got more than their feet wet on Saturday morning with their spring fundraiser: a car wash for charity. Groups of seniors stood outside the Dartmouth Middle School in t-shirts and...

UMass Dartmouth, Air National Guard announce cybersecurity collaboration

UMass Dartmouth students and military personnel will be getting more training in cybersecurity thanks to a new partnership between the university and the Air National Guard. On April 29, officials signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to...