Wide range of topics covered at school board town hall (2/26/2025) - A wide range of topics—including everything from retention and promotion of students in grade levels and concerns about lowering standards for student achievement to how eighth graders are adjusting to… …
Abingdon 4th graders travel to Colonial Williamsburg (2/26/2025) - During the Gloucester County School Board’s February meeting Abingdon Elementary School gave a presentation about its fourth-grade field trip to Colonial Williamsburg in November, organized by Gloucester Museum of History… …
Snowman math (2/26/2025) - Just because students were out of school last week following the snowstorm doesn’t mean they weren’t still learning. Jack and Abigail Ramsey and Nathan Powell of Mathews, from left, built… …Mathews students excel at Area Honor Band auditions (2/26/2025) - The Mathews County Schools Band Programs had a great showing at the Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula Area Honor Band auditions this year, band director Mark Givens reported. Between the Mathews High… …
GCPS oratorical competition postponed to March 7 (2/26/2025) - The second annual Gloucester County Public Schools Oratorical Competition has been postponed from Feb. 25 to next Friday, March 7. The competition is sponsored by the Gloucester Branch of the… …
Meals on Wheels (2/26/2025) - Siblings Lyman Hayes and Carter Hayes, from left, helped their grandmother with delivery of Meals on Wheels in Mathews last Wednesday before the snowstorm. Meals on Wheels sent two meals… …Trikeball fundraiser at Peasley on March 7 (2/26/2025) - Trikeball will hold a school fundraiser at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 7 at Peasley Middle School. Trikeball is a baseball game played on a gym floor where all players… …
RCC appoints new VP of instruction, student success (2/19/2025) - After a months-long nationwide search, Rappahannock Community College has announced Dr. Marlena Jarboe as the school’s new Vice President of Instruction and Student Success. Jarboe has spent the last nine… …
MHS students of the month (2/19/2025) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for December and January are eighth grader Falon Cook, freshman Elizabeth Moore, sophomore Lily Bell, junior Nolen Swan and senior Lindsay Coons (below… …
Essay contest winner (2/19/2025) - Representatives of American Legion Post 83 presented a certificate and check to Thomas Hunter Middle School seventh grader Keegan Walls, the winner of this year’s essay contest. His essay was… …School board approves personnel appointments (2/19/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board approved several personnel appointments during its Feb. 12 meeting, held at the T.C. Walker Education Center. Kecia Howard of Hayes was appointed to a part-time… …
GCPS oratorical comp Tuesday (2/19/2025) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP and the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation will hold its second annual oratorical competition for Gloucester County Public Schools students on Tuesday at the Fine… …
School Briefs (2/19/2025) - Douglas Pruim of Gloucester, earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise & Sport Science from Frostburg State University, Maryland, during a commencement ceremony in December. Ann Hartley of Gloucester,… …
School board adopts FY26 budget (2/19/2025) - The Mathews County School Board, at its meeting Tuesday night at Thomas Hunter Middle School, adopted its proposed FY26 budget, a budget that calls for a 5 percent pay increase… …
McDonough steps down from Gloucester School Board (2/19/2025) - The resignation of Gloucester County School Board member Deborah McDonough was announced at the end of the board’s February meeting held last Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the T.C. Walker Education… …
Tidewater SWCD offers scholarships to area students (2/19/2025) - The Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District, through the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, has two scholarship opportunities available. These scholarships are intended to promote the education… …
African American Read-In (2/12/2025) - Mathews Elementary School held its annual African American Read-In on Friday, inviting members of the community to the school to spend the day reading books by African American authors to… …School board holds hearing on $18M draft budget (2/12/2025) - The Mathews County School Board held a public hearing on the draft 2025-2026 budget for the division, followed by a work session, last Thursday in the J. Murray Brooks Auditorium… …
School board to hold Feb. 21 work session (2/12/2025) - The Mathews County School Board will hold a work session from 8 a.m. to noon next Friday, Feb. 21, in the school board office, 63 Church Street, Mathews. The purpose… …
CCS to present original musical this weekend (2/12/2025) - The Christchurch School Visual and Performing Arts Department will present its annual winter musical on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. both days. The script for “S.S. Rappahannock” is original… …
Mathews school tour (2/12/2025) - Two Thomas Hunter Middle School seventh graders—SCA president Kaden Ormsby and treasurer Eloise Leslie—served as student ambassadors during part of a tour of Mathews County Public Schools given to representatives… …
District band (2/12/2025) - Gloucester High School students Alexis Chattin, Natalie Johnson, Ashley VanVranken, Samantha Ramaglino, Haley Thomas, Catherine King, Marcos Rosario, Emma Layton and Zachary Conklin, from left, were selected to participate in… …School Briefs (2/12/2025) - James Malcolm Scales of Gloucester, recently graduated summa cum laude with his Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Technology from the University of Maryland Global Campus. He was also named to… …
Second-quarter honor rolls announced (2/12/2025) - In Gloucester Page Middle School Page Middle School has released its honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2024-2025 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period… …
HRA now accepting 2025 grant applications (2/12/2025) - The Hampton Roads Academy Student Philanthropy Committee is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations serving the Greater Hampton Roads community for its 2025 grant cycle. Applications are due by 3… …