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 …
Read More »New Bedford High School inducts 64 into National Honor Society
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, …
Read More »Bishop Stang High School announces “Top Ten” graduates
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 …
Read More »The Medeiros Law Firm to serve as Title Sponsor of 2019 JA Golf Championship
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 …
Read More »13 receive certificates in New Bedford High School Biotech Lab training program
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 …
Read More »Massachusetts teacher of the year: New Bedford High School’s Mr. Takeru Nagayoshi
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.
Read More »NBHS School Music Dept. Wins at Music in the Parks Festival
New Bedford High School Jazz Band wins 1st place Division AA “Superior” rating, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra win “Excellent” rating. The New Bedford High School Jazz Band won First Place in the High School Jazz Division AA with a rating of “Superior,” the NBHS Chorus earned a Second Place in …
Read More »More than 1,400 degrees awarded to UMassD Class of 2019 undergraduates
UMass Dartmouth held two Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies today, awarding approximately 1,450 undergraduate degrees to the Class of 2019 at Cressy Field on the university’s 710-acre main campus. “This is your time to seek out and build a better world that is grounded in civil discourse, civility, mutual respect, and a …
Read More »New Bedford Public Schools District-Wide Art Show sees largest turnout
New Bedford Public Schools’ annual District-Wide Art Show opened to the public Thursday evening, an annual feature of the May AHA! New Bedford, the popular monthly downtown arts night. More than 2,000 people attended opening night festivities, which included live music by the New Bedford High School Jazz Combo and …
Read More »New Bedford High School celebrates groundbreaking of state-of-the-art High Tech Finance Lab
New Bedford High School officially began construction of its High Tech Finance Lab with a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony this morning. Attended by school and district stakeholders, city officials, and industry partners, the event kicks off the building of the laboratory, made possible by the school’s grant award of $125,000 by …
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