Education

42,000 employees from 94 municipalities and public school districts will receive cybersecurity awareness training to better detect and avoid cyber threats. Today, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Secretary of Technology Services and Security Curt Wood joined legislative, municipal and public school officials to announce $250,000 in grants awarded to 94 …

The Princeton Review recognized the university for its sustainability and refuse diversion efforts. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges according to the recently published, The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2019 Edition. The Princeton Review surveys administrators at hundreds of four-year …

Bishop Stang High School is pleased to announce the Julie (Stockwell) Letourneau, for the position of Head Girls Basketball Coach. Bishop Stang Athletic Director Dennis Golden remarked, “We are thrilled to have Julie Letourneau head our Girls Basketball program. We believe Coach Letourneau will bring passion, knowledge, and enthusiasm to …

At New Bedford Guide we get quite a number of questions sent to our inbox daily. We are glad to help out since, if we don’t already know something, we know who to ask and it doesn’t take much effort to get an answer to someone. One of the most …

A Creative Courts mural for Carlos Pacheco Elementary School in the West End; high-flying kites and more for Festival Tipico de Guatemala in the North End; and even more Reggae On West Beach in the South End are just three ways Wicked Cool Places are springing up in every neighborhood …

The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded New Bedford High School $30,000 as part of the state’s Innovation Pathway Planning Grant program. The High School will use these funds to plan for the implementation of a marine program connected to the industry sectors of advanced manufacturing and the life sciences. The innovation …

On October 22 and 23, 515 Fall River and 776 New Bedford students will attend the UMass Dartmouth Leduc Center for Civic Engagement Youth Summit in the Main Auditorium. Participating schools from Fall River will visit on October 22 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and include Kuss, Morton, Talbot, …

New Bedford Public Schools has opened seven Family Engagement Centers, located throughout the City of New Bedford school district. A public opening ceremony and reception for the new network of centers was held today at Hayden McFadden Elementary School. The event was attended by families, students, staff, community resource partners, …

The Bishop Stang High School Library was recently awarded a federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant for $12,000 from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). LSTA is administered on the federal level by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in the Commonwealth by the MBLC. …

Bishop Stang High School announces that the following students have been named Commended Students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program: • Kathleen C. Downey (Mattapoisett) • Cameron T. Garde (Fairhaven) • Quinn J. Sullivan (Westport) About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic …