New Bedford Public Schools

School Year 2019-2020 School Opens August 29th

Admission is FREE! for registered Kindergarteners and their families (Admittance postcard will be mailed in July - Bring it with you)

Each grade explores a variety of science projects and activities, from constructing solar system mobiles and volcano models, to snorkeling, sailing and examining aquaculture cycles, sea robotics, dissection and more. With Buzzards Bay just a few steps away students receive hands-on experience with aquatic life, along with laboratory protocol and scientific method from highly qualified instructors. A nationally recognized science education program, Sea Lab is in its 51st year at New Bedford Public Schools. (Photos: Samantha Perry) #SeaLab

announced by Education Commissioner Jeff Riley.

The big news was announced at a special pep rally in the gym this afternoon. Go Whalers! #VansCustomCulture

Custom Culture is a national high school customization competition using blank Vans shoes to be customized around specific themes. Read more...

See the remarkable talent of New Bedford Public School students, K through 12, in the largest exhibit of its kind in Massachusetts – 1000s of works on two floors! Former NBHS Bldg., 455 County St. (Artwork by Alabama Medeiros, Grade 1, Pulaski School) #AHANewBedford

at the Music in the Parks Festival in Middletown, NJ. This is the second year they earned a first place finish!

Saturday, May 4, 2019 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Keith Middle School 225 Hathaway Bld, New Bedford, MA

Meet staff from every public school in the district!

Student delegates explored “what it means to cultivate the courage, commitment, and community to stand up and speak out against hate and injustice." Read more....

to peers and parents recently. The dioramas are part of an animal habitats project that they have been working on, in which they’ve learned about the natural homes or environments of selected animals, plants, and other organisms. Great job, Hay-Mac Second Graders!” (Photos: Principal Morgan, Ms. Samantha Perry)

included an overview for parents of Common Core Standards and preparing for a parent/teacher conference. Parents also went on a field trip to Lesley University’s New Bedford extension, which is now opened at the DeMello International Bldg. downtown. (photos: Orlenda Jackson, Parent Support Specialist, NBPS Family Welcome Center)

a special event designed to prepare seniors for life’s financial realities. “Students were given a fact sheet on their projected salary and debt at age 25, and they had to budget for housing, transportation, ...Read More

Four-year graduation rate increases by 4%, from 72.0% in 2017 to 76.0% in 2018, the highest since state began recording in 2007

2018-2019 Schedule

Presented by the New Bedford High School Drama Club November 30th, December 1st and December 2nd

The New Bedford High School Whaler Marching Band participated and competed in the 66th Annual Quincy Christmas Parade on Sunday, November 25th. The Whaler Marching Band won ‘1st Place’ in Division 2 and won the following caption awards:

New Bedford High School senior star volleyball player wins 4 year scholarship to University of Miami

James B. Congdon Elementary School has been designated a “School of Recognition” by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The honor stems from MCAS results released on September 27. Congdon students met or exceeded 95% of all its targets and placed in the 85th percentile for the state for all growth indicators. Congdon is one of only 51 schools across the Commonwealth to earn the School of Recognition title. Read more...

See and hear some of New England's Top High School Bands!! Sunday, October 14th 1:00 PM at McCoy Field

Check out the brochure for more info

There’s still plenty of FREE playgroup events scheduled at the new Irwin Jacobs Elementary School Family Engagement Center. Join us!

Contact: Jennifer Ferland, Director of Supplemental Services 508-997-4511 ext. 3396

SAVE THE DATE - Celebrate 50 golden summers of Sea Lab, Aug. 16.

SAVE THE DATE: AUG. 2 "Kindergarten Day of Celebration at Buttonwood Park Zoo!" A special welcome day for Kindergarten students & their families entering New Bedford Public Schools for the 2018-2019 School Year.

TIME TO REGISTER - Renaissance Community Innovation School is now accepting applications for Fall enrollment. DEADLINE: AUG. 2, 2018. Open to children in Grades K-5 in the Gomes/Renaissance neighborhood only. Application available at: New Bedford Public Schools Family Welcome Center:

It starts this Monday, July 9 and it's FREE! Includes breakfast & lunch. Walk-In registration with a parent/guardian at N.B. High School.

“Welcome to Our School” is an event held during the month of June to welcome Kindergarten families to their neighborhood schools. This planned event will give you and your child the opportunity to visit your Kindergarten classroom prior to the start of school.

Phase II of renovations to John A. Parker School continue this summer with the replacement of windows and doors, dramatically transforming the 1966 building.

Constructed on the site of the former Hannigan School, in the city’s South End, the Jacobs School serves an estimated 400 students from Kindergarten through Grade 5. It offers sweeping views of Clark’s Cove and includes spacious modern classrooms, a 21st century library/media center, SPARKS Science Lab, rooftop garden, community reading room, piano lab, full-size indoor gym, two Pre-K classrooms, parent resource room, outdoor basketball courts, and nautical-themed playground.

Join us this Thursday, AHA Night, for THE BIG ART SHOW, featuring thousands of juried works by young artists in New Bedford’s 25 public schools! Two floors of wall-to-wall art at the Paul Rodrigues Administration Bldg., 455 County St.

Students in New Bedford High School’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program competed recently in the Gallaudet University “Academic Bowl” at the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, CT. Go Whalers! (Photos: Ms. Silvia, Teacher of the Deaf)

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - A Musical Thriller

April 11, 2018 at the New Bedford High School Gymnasium

What’s better than math and snacks? When you combine them into learning, like at the recent ‘Math Munchies Night’

Dozens of talented young New Bedford artists gave sparkling performances

Students from Carney Academy’s 4th Grade helped Mayor Jon Mitchell, City leaders, and the New Bedford Historical Society, place a wreath

took the stage tonight at the Bronspiegel Auditorium, part of “Middle School Visiting Day at New Bedford High School.”

Several NBHS students were recognized as OneGoal Fellows at an Induction Ceremony held Saturday at UMASS Boston. UMB Chancellor Barry Mills welcomed the assembly and Paul Francisco was the keynote speaker. OneGoal is a college access and success organization whose vision is that every young person in America

FUTURE SCIENTISTS – 5th grade students of DeValles Schools visited Sea Lab at the Wm. Taylor School today, where scientists and staff of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Newport Division taught

Plenty! At 4:31 a.m. (New Bedford local time) the Sea Lab seismograph went crazy, its plotters sweeping nearly off the chart as a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck in the Gulf of Alaska. Students will be discussing it with Mrs. Bourgeois, who took these photos

Officials hail prestigious credential as latest recognition of high school’s continued progress

New Bedford High School: Increase in Student Growth Shows Steady Climb Since 2014

Academy readies scholars for application to the most competitive college and university undergraduate programs and students can earn college credits while still in high school potentially saving families thousands of dollars

Thursday, August 3, 2017, 10:00 AM

DESE officials commend New Bedford district’s progress; express confidence in leadership’s strategy for continued improvement

New facility hailed by trainers as state-of-the-art opens with the new school year

Major expansion of 1:1 technology at New Bedford High made possible by Dr. Irwin and Mrs. Joan Jacobs

SUMMER FUN!!

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