A love of reading (5/17/2023) - Members of the Abingdon Ruritan Club Public Service Committee, led by chair Raven Cash, met at the Achilles Elementary School on May 12. The members of the third grade class… …
Main Street field trip (5/17/2023) - Kindergarten students of Botetourt Elementary School took a field trip on Friday through Gloucester’s Main Street. The classes of students walked down the street, making stops along the way including… …
Food Challenge (5/17/2023) - Peasley Middle School students recently completed the Food Challenge class provided by the Virginia Cooperative Extension. This was a four-day after-school cooking enrichment class, completely paid for by grants that… …Mathews schools get 4-day holiday weekend (5/17/2023) - At its meeting Tuesday night, the Mathews County School Board voted to close schools next Friday, May 26, giving students, faculty and staff a four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend.Schools and… …
Constitution project (5/17/2023) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club completed a project on May 15 initiated by its Citizenship and Patriotism Committee to place a copy of the United States Constitution into the hands of… …
G.I. Foundation scholarship (5/17/2023) - Madelyn Judson of Yorktown, center, daughter of Gwynn’s Island resident James Judson, fourth from left, and Yorktown resident Karen Haynes, was the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship awarded recently by… …Applicants sought for Beatrice Bobo Scholarship (5/17/2023) - The Mathews Branch NAACP announces the second year of its Beatrice Bobo Scholarship, named in honor of the longtime Mathews County Public Schools teacher and former president of the Mathews… …
School board makes personnel appointments (5/17/2023) - The Gloucester School Board approved several personnel appointments during its monthly meeting May 9 in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Emma Volpe of Gloucester Point and Kerianna Hacker of… …
School Briefs (5/17/2023) - Rachel Machie was recently inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society at Virginia Tech. She is the daughter of Denny and Harriet Machie of Hayes and the granddaughter of… …
Daniel named Mathews superintendent (5/17/2023) - Mathews County Public Schools has a new superintendent. Dr. David S. Daniel, a longtime educator in Gloucester County who has been with West Point Public Schools since 2011, was named… …
Wagner to leave GCPS June 30 (5/17/2023) - Dr. Chuck Wagner, assistant superintendent for instruction at Gloucester County Public Schools, is leaving the division to fill the role of superintendent at King William County Public Schools beginning July… …School board listens to student/staff presentations (5/10/2023) - The Gloucester School Board met Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium to listen to several student/staff presentations. The first presentation celebrated students who represented Gloucester County Public… …
MHS music students excel (5/10/2023) - All the Mathews High School Music Department students’ hard work paid off this weekend, with great competitive performances from all of the school’s ensembles. The Concert Band, Choir, String Orchestra,… …
Fifth grade chorus (5/10/2023) - The Bethel Elementary School fifth grade chorus performed at the Gloucester County Public Schools Teacher of the Year dinner at the T.C. Walker Education Center last Thursday. Pictured are choir… …
THMS SCA president touts student successes (5/10/2023) - While the Mathews County Public School system has experienced some problems as it comes out of the pandemic, the division also certainly has its share of successes as well. That… …Teachers for Tomorrow (5/10/2023) - The Mathews County Public Schools’ Teachers for Tomorrow is one of the programs included in the Virginia School Boards Association’s 27th annual VSBA Showcases for Success directory, highlighting successful K-12… …
Honor rolls announced (5/10/2023) - Gloucester High School Gloucester High School recently released its honor rolls for the second quarter of the 2022-2023 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Seniors—Hope… …
Future Problem Solvers (5/10/2023) - Students from Peasley Middle School attended last month’s statewide Future Problem Solvers competition at Granby High School. Eighth grader Allison Smith, photo at left, placed first in scenario writing and… …
School board holds hearing for superintendent search (5/3/2023) - The Gloucester School Board held a public hearing Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium to receive community input on what qualifications the board should look for in… …
GHS and Home Depot build student ramp (5/3/2023) - Nothing quite illustrates the loving and caring nature of the Gloucester community like two entities coming together to help a person in need. Gloucester High School freshman Angel Reynolds expressed… …
Arsenovic to run for Gloucester School Board (5/3/2023) - Leonne Arsenovic, 63, of Gloucester has announced her candidacy in the November election for the Ware District seat of the Gloucester County School Board. “I just think I could bring… …Correction (5/3/2023) - The name of Alyson Jackson was inadvertently omitted from the Mathews High School honor rolls published in the April 20 Gazette-Journal. The MHS senior was named to the school’s A/B… …
3 MHS students take part in All-State Band (5/3/2023) - You’d have to go all the way back to 1989 to find the last time that a Mathews High School student made it all the way to All-State Band. This… …
‘Dinner and a Show’ (4/26/2023) - With the help of community, school and student volunteers, the Mathews High School Music Department hosted its first “Dinner and a Show” spaghetti dinner fundraiser last Wednesday. About 150 attended… …
GHS Key Club (4/26/2023) - Members of the Gloucester Key Club, under the direction of Gloucester High School club advisor Clint Alexander, were volunteers at Friday’s spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the Gloucester Kiwanis Club at… …