Education

The City of New Bedford’s annual Seaport Art Walk arrives with a theme written on the wind. For 2019, the outdoor collection of sculpture on the waterfront is part of the city-wide “Summer Winds” collaborative program series organized by DATMA (Design Art & Technology Massachusetts). “DATMA is a unique approach …

In response to a May 31st letter from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley informing New Bedford Public Schools and the Alma del Mar Charter School that the necessary legislation required to create the Alma II Charter would not be “enacted in sufficient time for …

Mayor Jon Mitchell presented the annual “Mayor’s List Award” to the top ten academically ranked seniors in the New Bedford High School graduating Class of 2019. This year marks the seventh annual Mayor’s List Awards in celebration of the outstanding academic achievements of the top ten graduating seniors at New …

Alma del Mar’s Executive Director Will Gardner released the following statement. You can read the New Bedford Educators Association’s response here. “We are disappointed by the news that we will be unable to move forward with a local compromise deal that would have given 450 children the opportunity to access …

The following statement was published on the New Bedford Educators Association’s Facebook page. You can read Alma del Mar’s response here. The Alma del Mar charter school expansion scheme in New Bedford, which would have required legislative approval to bypass state law, has rightfully been abandoned. “Any deal cut behind …

New Bedford High School inducted 64 students into its chapter of the National Honor Society at a May 28 evening ceremony in Bronspiegel Auditorium that began with a candlelight procession, a NHS tradition. Attended by family, friends, faculty, administration and city leaders, the ceremony included the recitation of NHS Pledge, …

Congratulations to the Top Ten students of the Bishop Stang High School Class of 2019: Patrick Clark, Jacob Thompson, Clinton Hegarty, Clare Laroche, Katherine D’Ordine, Sarah Gracia, Gage Ramsden, Daqi (Jen) Chen, Kenneth Mackenzie, Ziqi (Christine) Yu. The Top Ten students were recognized last night, May 23th at the annual …

Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts announces that The Medeiros Law Firm will act as the Title Sponsor for the 22nd Annual JA IRONMAN Golf Championship with a $10,000 donation to support JA’s free financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurship education programs across Southern Massachusetts. Ryan M. Medeiros, Esq. – founder …

Students, staff and guests gathered today at New Bedford High School’s state-of-the-art Biotech Lab to celebrate the first graduating class of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center High School Apprenticeship Challenge. 13 students make up the first class of the specialized training program, which prepares them for lab internships and jobs …

Education Commissioner Jeff Riley announced today from he Beardsworth-Gonsalves Gymnasium at New Bedford High School that New Bedford High School very own ’s Mr. Takeru Nagayoshi is the Massachusetts teacher of the year. Mr. Takeru Nagayoshi teaches Advanced Placement English.