Introducing Nativity Prep’s first ever school mascot! Nativity Prep New Bedford is grounded in a rich history represented by the sailor with his sextant searching the horizon. The Navigator is also looking into the future exploring new worlds with a virtual reality headset. The Navigators represented here – both past and future – embody Nativity…
Read MoreChristian Garris Receives 2025 Trailblazer Award
Christian Garris, Head of School at Nativity Prep and Tabor Alum ’05, receives Tabor Academy’s 2025 Trailblazer Award. The Trailblazer Award honors graduates who embody Tabor’s mission to educate and empower students to connect, serve, and lead. You can read the full article at the source link listed below. Source: https://www.taboracademy.org/news/news-detail/~board/school-news/post/tabor-honors-martin-luther-king-jr
Read MoreWelcome, Brian Rudolph, Health & Phys. Ed Teacher
Brian has begun his first year at Nativity Prep after teaching nine years of health education for New Bedford Public Schools at Carney Academy Elementary School. A native of New Bedford, Mass., Rudolph was a standout basketball player at New Bedford High School. He went on to be a four-year starter for the Men’s Basketball…
Read MoreIntroducing the “Benjamin Baker” Class
Every class at Nativity Prep is named for someone; in the early days, the classes were named after Jesuit saints, nowadays classes are named after local heroes. Grade 5 has just been named to honor Benjamin Baker, former city planner, staunch advocate of education and literacy, and committed to the development of the city of…
Read MoreWelcome, Aleisea Guzman, Art Teacher
Nativity Prep is so pleased to welcome Aleisia Guzman to the Nativity community. She started as a full time teacher at the beginning of November. Aleisia had been teaching at Keith Middle School in New Bedford for the last six years. A native of New Bedford, she spent her youth in Florida and returned to…
Read MoreCongratulations Briggs Class 24′!
This past weekend Nativity Prep closed out the school by acknowledging and celebrating the graduation of the 8th grade Briggs Class of 2024. These ten students have grown both as students and as people over the past four years at Nativity. They were the first class to start at Nativity during the COVID-19 global pandemic…
Read MoreHead of School Announcement
Dear Nativity Community, It is with great excitement and extreme pleasure I write to share with you that following a three-month long national search, Christian J. Garris has accepted the offer of the Nativity Board of Trustees to serve as Nativity’s next Head of School. We are thrilled and look forward to the leadership he…
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