In the News

  • Duffany and her students with a Ukrainian flag

    Fall River teacher and her students develop special bond with Ukraine and its people while learning

    A Fall River teacher is helping her students learn and develop a bond between students in the Ukraine all while experiencing a closeness to the community herself. (3/13/23)

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  • BPA Conference success

    Congratulations to Diman's Business Professionals of America (BPA) team for a successful showing at their first BPA State Leadership Conference last weekend. An amazing 18 of 20 competing students won medals, with 12 receiving an invite to the National Conference in Anaheim, California in April.  

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  • Diman students Cory Almeida, Kayden Cordeiro, and Kaylan Souza speak with Liberty Utilities

    Diman students get insider industry training. There's a lesson here for homeowners too.

    Diman students got a clearer glimpse of a potential future career during an industry training on safety around utility lines run by Fall River’s gas company. (3/7/23)

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  • SkillsUSA District results 2023

    Diman is happy to announce that our students won 48 medals at the SkillsUSA District 2 Competition, held on 3/2/23 at Diman. Our students earned 20 gold, 21 silver, and 7 bronze medals. All 41 gold and silver medal winners, as well as state officer candidate Emma Shaker, will advance to the Massachusetts State Conference in Marlboro in April. Some bronze medalists might also be invited. (3/6/23)

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  • Liberty Utilities training for HVACR students

    The HVACR department would like to thank Liberty Utilities for inviting our grade 10 students to attend the DigSafe MUST Managing Underground Safety Training seminar at White’s of Westport on Wednesday 3/1/23.  Our students learned about digging safety and to always call 811 to have DigSafe mark underground utilities safely. It’s the Law! (3/2/23)

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  • HVACR thanks ENE Systems

    The HVACR department would like to thank Mike Papetti from ENE Systems, Inc. for speaking to all of our students about career opportunities in the controls field!  ENE Systems, Inc. is the largest independent HVAC Controls contractor in New England, and Papetti was able to share information about facilities management, tips to enter the industry and demonstrations of live viewing of real life control systems. (3/2/23)

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Jewel of the City

  • From the Fall River Herald News

    Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School has a long and distinguished history, not only of turning out first-rate graduates, but of lending a hand when needed. The latest example of this community spirit comes in the form of Diman students replacing an antiquated heating system at the Fall River Water Department building.

    The system was, to be kind, in bad shape. City finances being what they always are, a much-needed replacement seemed unlikely. That's when the Diman cavalry rode to the rescue, offering not just to patch, but to replace the complaining, old heating system.

    And the Diman students aren't doing a halfway job either. They're installing new boilers, new pipes, new baseboards and a 15-zone heat control system. What's not to like about this deal? The Water Department (and its long-suffering employees) will get a building whose heating ability is equal to the New England winters. The students from Diman get, not just experience in their various trades, but an opportunity to do something good. They also get the opportunity to learn how nice it is to help someone out of a jam.

    The kids at Diman will someday practice a wide variety of trades, including plumbing, heating, car repair, culinary arts, construction and much more. In short, Diman students are learning to do the work that makes the world run. Put a dozen men of genius in a room to solve all the world's problems and they won't get much done if there's no roof on the building, no heat or no plumbing.

    Since Diman grads will go forth to do the work that runs the world, it's a good idea they get a solid grounding, not just in hammer and nails work, but in the harder work of honesty, caring and lending a helping hand.

    Over the decades, Fall River and its surrounding towns have been well-served by Diman. It's there that our sons and daughters get on the path to a good job and it's from there that Diman graduates go out to take up all kinds of important jobs.

    And, time and time again, Diman students who have not yet graduated, lend their hands and their hearts to some important piece of work that would never get done without their skilled, cheerful assistance.