Press Releases

2021-0722 NBHS Lifeguard Certification Program Helps Fill Regional Shortage
2021-0712 SRO presence in New Bedford Public Schools to continue, with upgrades
2021-0709 NBPS awarded $240,000 STEM grant, largest statewide
2021-1208 NBPS Summer Programming Canceled Friday, July 9
2021-0707 NBPS awarded $100,000 state grant for summer programs and activities
2021-0618 NBPS summer learning programs, July 5-30
2021-0610 - Whaling City Jr/Sr High School Poetry Jam, June 16
2021-0608 NBHS Drama Club presents ‘The 2021 Film Project’, June 11-13
2021-0527 NBHS JROTC Earns Reaccreditation with Distinction
2021-0506 NBHS GRADUATION RATE SOARS TO 90 PERCENT
2021-0429 NBHS Jazz Band first public performance in a year slated for May 20
2021-0416 NBHS represented at the spring MMEA All-State Chorus
2021-0414 NBPS students’ return classrooms goes smoothly
2021-0225 NBPS starts next phase of safely increasing in-person instruction
2021-0128 NBPS Parent Info Meetings scheduled for February 1-3
2021-0108 NBHS Awarded $250,000 Grant for Marine Technology Program
2020-1222 Christmas is for Kids project grows larger each year
2020-1219 NBHS Drama Club presents 'The Match Girl's Gift, A Christmas Story', Dec. 23
2020-1218 Family Institute for Student Success program prevails at Parker Elementary School
2020-1215 New Bedford Public Schools to switch to distance learning ahead of holiday break
2020-1123 - New Bedford Public Schools seeks community input on SRO program
2020-1109 - Sea Lab seismographs record 3.6 earthquake
2020-1106 - Playworks donates Recess Equipment to NBPS
2020-1030 - NBHS’ Takeru Nagayoshi receives 2020 Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence
2020-1029 - NBPS launches online COVID Tracker
2020-1009 NBPS adds HEPA air scrubbers to schools
2020-1008 NBPS to hold Community Conversation on SRO Program, Oct 14
2020-0924 Congdon Elementary Named a National Blue Ribbon School
2020-0925 NBPS, Comcast and SouthCoast Community Foundation provide free Internet access to students
2020-0909 NBHS Evening Extension Registration Fall 2020
2020-0814 New Bedford Public Schools Reopening Plan Approved
2020-0727 New Bedford High School Graduation Canceled
2020-0612 New Bedford High School Softball Field Ribbon Cutting celebrates latest improvement to the school’s 33-acre campus
2020-0610 NBHS Evening Extension Class of 2020 celebrate with curbside commencement
2020-0603 Sea Lab Summer Session 52 returns – in two parts
2020-0601 Six NBPS Students Honored by the Max Courage Curriculum
2020-0515 New Bedford Public Schools and ‘STEAM the Streets’ focus on TLC
2020-0512 NBPS, Community Foundation and Comcast collaborate on internet access for students
2020-0507 New Bedford High School Announces dates for Class of 2020 Events
2020-0428 NBPS meal distribution at Roosevelt moves to Jacobs, May 1
2020-0408 NBPS meal distribution schedule changes begin April 9 2
2020-0402 Finance Academy Earns Distinguished Status
2020-0318 Sea Lab Dates Extended
2020-0317 Covid-19 updates
2020-0313 New Bedford Schools to close until March 23
2020-0312 NBPS weekend event information
2020-0312 NBPS emergency health monitoring and deep cleaning protocol in full operation
2020-0306 Reading Month
2020-0302 Statement COVID-19
2020-0227 NBHS Career Fair draws regional organizations
2020-0225 Parent & Community Engagement Forum, Feb. 27
2020-0220 NBPS Acceleration Academy maximizes middle schoolers’ academic momentum
2020-0214 NBHS graduation rate reveals significant increase of 82.5%
2020-0204 Gomes students to honor Jibreel Khazan, Feb. 5
2020-0204 NBPS recognizes National Counselor Week
2020-0129 NBPS launches Strategic Plan 2020
2020-0122 Statement
2019-1218 New Bedford High School Launches Finance Lab
2019-1211 NBPS on 2-hr Delay
2019-1206 New Bedford High School Drama Club presents LETTERS TO SALA, Dec. 6-8
2019-1206 NBPS Superintendent Thomas Anderson responds to written questions from students of City on a Hill Charter School
2019-1203 2-hr Delay
2019-1114 First regional Young Men’s Leadership Meeting draws student delegates, principals and superintendents from four high schools
2019-1025 Statement
2019-1025 Robotic automation, scientific discovery featured during STEM Week at NBHS
2019-1023 New Bedford High School Awarded Planning Grant for Marine Program
2019-1017 Promoting New Bedford High School, student to student
2019-1015 NBPS opens 7 Family Engagement Centers
2019-0925 Statement
2019-0924 NBHS College & Career Readiness Fair