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  •   Culinary arts students

    Diman students in demand

    Looking for a job? You’re in luck, with experts saying that the current job market offers historic levels of open positions across a wide swath of industries. “It’s the first time when the leverage is really in employees’ hands,” said Kevin Lazaro, Director of Cooperative Education at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. “I’ve seen a lot of changes, but I’ve never seen such a boon of job opportunities across a multitude of industries.” (6/15/22)

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  •  Hina Naveed

    This DACA recipient was a top Diman grad. Now she's a nurse on the front lines of COVID.

    A Diman graduate and DACA recipient who spent most of last year working on the front lines of the pandemic is hoping to combat the inequalities she’s witnesses as a health care worker and immigrant. (3/4/21)

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  •  Helping a student with brushing

    Giving kids smiles

    The Dental Assisting and Health Assisting shops hosted approximately 125 head start children in “Give Kids a Smile” during the month of February, honoring children’s dental health month. (2/14/20)

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  • Miss Massachusetts visits Diman

    Strong, Smart, and Bold

    Diman students recently had the opportunity to enjoy a visit from Lyndsey Littlefield, the current Miss Massachusetts. She spoke to students in the Dental Assisting, Health Assisting, Medical Assisting, and Business Technology Shops. (1/9/20)

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  •  A student in a dentist's chair

    Diman shops give kids a smile

    The Dental Assisting and Health Careers programs hosted the local Head Start program during Children's Dental Health Month. (2/13/19)

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  •  CNA students

    Health Assisting students earn CNA certification

    29 Health Assisting juniors have completed the Nurse Aide Training Program, which begins in the freshman year and continues through the junior year. Training involves a clinical rotation at Kimwell Healthcare in Fall River, where students are given a resident assignment and apply knowledge and skills learned in shop to care for residents in a long-term care setting. (5/25/18)

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  •  Oliveira and her students

    The end of an era at Diman

    The year was 1984. Ronald Regan was president. Michael Jackson’s Thriller dominated the charts, the airwaves, and MTV (they played music videos back then). The Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics in Los Angeles. Mrs. Karen Oliveira began her career as a Dental Assisting Career at Diman. (10/7/16)

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  • Students pose together

    Health Assisting juniors: ready for the real world

    Diman is proud to announce that all Health Assisting juniors have completed the Nurse Aide Training Program and have passed the Massachusetts Nurse Aide Certification Exam. The certification exam is composed of both written and hands-on skills tests. The nurse aide training program begins in the freshman year and continues through the junior year.

    Training involves a clinical rotation at Clifton Rehabilitative Nursing Center in Somerset, where students are given a resident assignment and apply knowledge and skills learned in shop to the real workplace setting. (6/8/16)

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  •  Sabrina Costa

    Costa nominated for state Outstanding Vocational Student

    Diman is pleased to announce that Sabrina Costa is our nominee as the Massachusetts Outstanding Vocational Technical High School Student, sponsored each year by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators and the Massachusetts Vocational Association. (4/14/16)

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  • Diman students take the bite out of dentist visits for local children

    A trip to the dentist won't be a frightening or painful experience for many youngsters participating in Citizens for Citizens' Head Start, thanks to the compassion of students enrolled in the Dental Assisting Program at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. (3/14/2014)

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  • Diman's journey from boys-only to coed was gradual, but destined

    FALL RIVER - When the Girls’ Vocational High School opened in a brick building on Morgan Street in the 1940s, course offerings were — not surprisingly — female-oriented. (5/23/2012)

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