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Partner Profile: Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School
This is Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School’s first year as an MIE partner school! Here are some facts about Diman:
- Principal: Elvio Ferreira
- District Superintendent: Thomas Aubin
- Diman serves the most communities of any of our Cohort 10 schools, with students from Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport
- As a vocational technical school, in addition to academics, Diman offers 16 different vocational technical programs, including Auto Technology; Graphic Communication; Electricity; and Culinary Arts
- Diman’s mascot is the Bengals and the athletic teams compete in the Mayflower League, the largest athletic conference in Massachusetts
- Notable Alumni: Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse, who spent his high school years in Diman’s culinary arts program
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