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Four Dartmouth students named to GNBVT top 10

Graduation is just around the corner for Dartmouth high schoolers, including the four who are looking to graduate among the top of their class from Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School on Friday, June 6. Taking the third spot in the...

Dartmouth resident’s story spans the arc of special education

In November, Adam Howland turned 50 — the same age as modern special education in the United States. Born just before Congress passed the landmark Education for All Handicapped Children Act, Adam’s life has grown alongside the evolution of special...
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Nearly 1,900 graduate from UMass Dartmouth after four commencements

The approximately 1,900 students anticipated to receive undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and law degrees from UMass Dartmouth this year celebrated their achievements across four commencement ceremonies May 15 and 16. For Chancellor Mark A. Fuller,...

Media students receive honorable mention in New England contest

As a freshman, Ben Smith found himself cut from the basketball team. A lover of sports, he was distraught, but his mother encouraged him to pursue his second passion: media. Knowing he wanted to pursue broadcasting for a career, Smith joined the...

Unity and kindness take center stage at Dartmouth High

From leis and live music to interactive booths and a pledge against hate, Dartmouth High School’s annual Day of Kindness brought students together Friday, May 2, to promote unity, respect and compassion. Hosted by the school’s Black Student Union...

Two students recognized for academic excellence

Academic excellence was celebrated at the School Committee meeting Monday night, May 5, as two students were honored with the prestigious superintendent’s award. The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Certificate of Academic...

Almost 230 students make honor roll at the middle school

At Dartmouth Middle School 229 students made the honor roll for the second term of the 2024-25 school year. Grade 6 Jazzlyn Alves, Max Beattie, Cameron Briggs, Sophia Brizida, James-Kenneth Candeias, Ethan Charest, Kyle Chaves, Adriana...

Seven students bring home accolades in SkillsUSA district competition

From woodworking to video production, Dartmouth students at Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech demonstrated their technical skills and earned top honors at the SkillsUSA District 1 Competition held Feb. 28. The event brought together students from...

Updated: UMass Dartmouth sees seven international students reinstated

Seven visas at UMass Dartmouth were revoked in April by the federal government, but their status has since been reinstated on the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems database, according to Ryan Merill, assistant vice chancellor of...

High school students get their heads in the game for upcoming musical

Students performing in High School Musical at Dartmouth High School are hard at work running lines, building sets and practicing choreography as they bop their way to opening night. The musical follows Troy and Gabriella as they face difficult...

Marion company pleads guilty to illegal asbestos abatement services

A Marion company that was used by Dartmouth Middle School for the removal and abatement of asbestos flooring in 2021 has pleaded guilty to illegally and improperly completing these services across Bristol and other counties. Indicted by a grand jury...

Informed, engaged and ready to present: Dartmouth Middle School’s first civics showcase

The library within Dartmouth Middle School was packed full of eighth grade students on Tuesday, April 15, all looking to make a difference. Addressing issues from mental health to public safety to composting — the hustle and bustle of informed...

Special education council sees change in leadership

In partnership with the Dartmouth Public Schools, the Dartmouth Special Education Parent Advisory Council announces that Lauren Enoksen is the newly elected chair. In this role, Enoksen will join other board members, Deb August, treasurer, and...

Appreciation blossoms at Quinn Elementary School

The staff at Quinn Elementary School were surprised with an un-bud-lievable act of appreciation. Over 550 flowers were distributed to approximately 150 of the school’s staff members from students through the Parent Teacher Association. According to...

Dartmouth student chosen as a National Youth Correspondent

Noah Veloso, a student at Dartmouth High School, has been selected to represent Dartmouth as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2025 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University in Washington, D.C. Veloso, who is an...

Concerns raised over school budget as the School Committee discusses a revision

After concerned parents and educators addressed School Committee members with their hesitations regarding the Dartmouth Public Schools Fiscal Year 2026 budget on Monday, March 24, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations James Kiely...

Students aim to generate the perfect book with AI

Since January, third graders at the Joseph DeMello School have been working on their “perfect book,” with just one catch: all of the text in the stories were generated with artificial intelligence. Students used Gemini, Google’s AI platform, to...

Dartmouth Middle School swaps single-use lunch trays for stainless steel

New trays are saving the day: Dartmouth Middle School switched from single-use lunch trays to reusable stainless steel trays in an effort to reduce the amount of waste thrown in the Crapo Hill landfill. Potter Elementary School and Dartmouth Middle...

Arizona author brings the heat to Dartmouth Middle School

On Wednesday, March 20, Arizona-based author Dusti Bowling visited Dartmouth Middle School, showing students pictures and videos of creatures that live in Arizona, including Mojave rattlesnakes, foot-long centipedes, giant hairy scorpions and...

Dartmouth’s Finest: A night of rubber chickens, glittering suits and bravery

When Dartmouth High School senior Charlotte French graduates, she wants to be remembered as “unafraid.” And after her winning performance at the annual Dartmouth’s Finest talent show, that shouldn’t be a problem. Rising from the audience in true...

UMass Dartmouth and Massasoit Community College unite to sign nursing articulation agreement

DARTMOUTH —UMass Dartmouth and Massasoit Community College signed a collaborative agreement Wednesday, March 12 streamlining the transition for nursing students from the Massasoit Community College’s Associate in Science in nursing program into...

Dartmouth Public Schools affected by federal funding cuts for school food, childcare programs

The Trump Administration cancelled more than $12 million in federal funding that provided healthy food to local schools and child care programs in Massachusetts through the Northeast Food for Schools program. Dartmouth Public Schools is among the...

Bishop Stang students will explore Portugal in new global learning experience

Bishop Stang Students are set to travel far and wide with the new Spartan Global Academy program, which will take them to Portugal in April 2026. “The Spartan Global Academy is a unique opportunity for Bishop Stang students to have rich and diverse...

School Committee addresses concerns regarding school choice funding

Continuing its Fiscal Year 2026 budget discussion, the School Committee looked to clarify how school choice funds have been used and how they may be used in the coming years at its Monday, March 3 meeting. Dartmouth Public Schools began its school...

Students crack the cybersecurity code

The word “hacking” isn’t one often used to describe something positive, but for students in Dartmouth High School’s intro to cybersecurity class, that’s exactly what it is. Seventeen students put their hacking skills to the test, tasked with solving...

School Committee motions for high school roof repair

Dartmouth High School has had the same roof ever since the building opened in 2001, and now a motion is underway to replace it. The current roof, which was primarily constructed out of black rubber, shrinks and contracts with heat, said Assistant...

School Committee works to finalize its Fiscal Year 2026 budget

The Dartmouth School Committee is projecting a 4.1% increase to its Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which they are still working to finalize. At its Monday, Feb. 10 meeting, the committee discussed its plans to finance the budget, which is projected to...

Programming a future for women in computer science

When Dartmouth High seniors Brooke Adams and Mia Torres first enrolled in AP Computer Science Principles to fulfill the graduation requirement, neither had the intention to take it much further. Now, they are both planning to major in computer...

School Committee votes to introduce a half day preschool program

Dartmouth Public Schools has recently been weighing adjustments to its preschool program, and on Monday, Jan. 27, the School Committee voted unanimously to change the 3-year-old’s program from a full day to a half day. Students will attend class for...

School Committee votes on the 2025-26 academic calendar

After weighing several options for the 2025-26 school year calendar, the Dartmouth School Committee voted 3-2 in favor of making Dec. 22 a full day and Dec. 23 a half day with a return to school on Monday, Jan. 5. The school year would tentatively...

Middle schoolers cue in new film making program

When sixth-grader Julia Thomas heard a new media after school program was coming to Dartmouth Middle School she knew right away she wanted to join. “I’ve been doing theater since I was 4, and this kind of stuff I love to do,” she said. “I kind of...

Bishop Stang students demonstrate unity in creative expression contest

Hope, heritage and acceptance inspired the artistic works of Bishop Stang students Marina Franzese and Savannah Morris as they created their award-winning projects for the Martin Luther King Jr. Creative Expression Contest of New Bedford. The...

School committee drafts a 10-year improvement plan

For the first time, the Dartmouth Public Schools School Committee has developed a 10-year improvement plan, which, if accepted, would include replacing the high school’s roof, modernizing playgrounds and potentially constructing a new school...

Water main break relocates Quinn students

After a water main broke near the Quinn School, over 700 elementary schoolers temporarily became middle school students. In the early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 10, a cast iron pipe cracked in an underground water line that entered the Quinn...

Media program takes center stage in New York

Over winter break, 20 students in the Dartmouth High School TV media program traveled down to New York City in a trip three years in the making. Two years ago, there was an issue with busing and the following year the program chose to travel to...

School Committee considers two weeks of winter break for 2025-26

At its next meeting the Dartmouth School Committee will decide the academic calendar for the 2025-26 school year after weighing several options Monday, Jan. 6. Superintendent June Saba-Maguire presented three options for the schools calendar, which...

Bishop Stang celebrates the season of giving

This holiday season the Bishop Stang High School community came together for a series of giving events. To support My Brother’s Keeper, the school hosted a toy drive, to which students donated items, including books, board games and stuffed animals...

Food service program looks to spice up its services

The Dartmouth Public Schools food service program is looking to implement a series of upgrades, including getting rid of highly processed foods, sourcing more produce locally and establishing new sustainable initiatives. At a School Committee...

Media students highlight work at the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office

Captain Sam Rapoza returned to his alma mater Monday, Jan. 6 to meet with the Dartmouth High School media class alongside other members of the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office for an informational video project on their work. Rapoza shared how he...

Student videos capture road safety and sportsmanship

A puppet rooster, reindeer and dalmatian were all actors in one of this year’s winning videos in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s annual video contest. Twice a year, Dartmouth High School media students enter contests for the chance...

Sail-ebrating STEM learning at DeMello Elementary School

Coming out of the Covid pandemic, students were lacking experience in both their STEM learning and social skills, but in an effort to combat that, DeMello Elementary School introduced STEM Fridays. Led by teacher Liz Voci, the program promotes...