Press Releases
Press Releases
Click a drop-down below to see the press releases for that year.
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- 2025-0701 - New Bedford Public Schools Central Kitchen begins operations
- 2025-0623 - New Bedford School Committee Ratifies Contracts with Two Educator Unions
- 2025-0501- Students break ground new Congdon-DeValles School
- 2025-0325 - Keith Middle School earns International Baccalaureate designation
- 2025-0409 - NBHS Drama Club presents Cinderella
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- 2024-1025 - State’s rotating six-year review cycle of districts’ English Learner Education, Dec. 2
- 2024-1011 - NBHS Annual College Fair features more than 75 Institutions
- 2024-0828 Carney Academy Community Playground 'a dream come true'
- 2024-0805 NBPS Zoo Day, Aug 8
- 2024-0404 NBHS Drama Club presents Six Teen Edition and Singing in the City
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- 2023-1212 New Bedford High School plans new dismissal time
- 2023-1127 NBHS Drama Club presents The Crucible, Dec. 1-3
- 2023-0925 District Announces Accountability Results and Plans for Recovery
- 2023-0919 Sleep Challenge has students thinking about their Zs
- 2023-0804 NBHS offers International Baccalaureate
- 2023-0516 NBHS Music Dept Wins at Music in the Parks Festival
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- 2022-1216 NBHS Awarded $500K for Health Sciences Program
- 2022-1129 NBHS Drama Club presents new take on A Christmas Carol
- 2022-0916 NBPS Resolves Matter Concerning Kiché Services
- 2022-0810 Sea Lab building to be dedicated to former Mayor Kalisz Aug. 13
- 2022-0802 NBPS Welcomes incoming Kindergartners to the Zoo
- 2022-0614 NBPS welcomes three new principals
- 2022-0527 NBPS recognized for financial leadership
- 2022-0325 NBHS Drama Club presents Godspell, April 8-10
- 2022-0324 ESOL Book Club spreads joy of reading aloud
- 2022-0322 NBHS Skills USA Winners
- 2022-0321 NBHS Launches Skills USA Chapter
- 2022-0318 NBPS Accredited for Early College Credits
- 2022-0316 - Whaling City students learn the technical end of the AV world
- 2022-0218 - NBPS to Make Masks Optional, March 7
- 2022-0215 Tiered Focused Monitoring Review 2022 multilingual notice
- 2022-0207 - NBPS observes National School Counseling Week, Feb. 7-11
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- 2021-0826 NBPS Deploys New Tech Tools Districtwide
- 2021-0817 New Bedford Public Schools to Require Face Masks This Fall
- 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
- 2021-0708 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
- 2021-0225 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
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- 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
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- 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