MHS band (9/4/2024) - Friday night wasn’t just the debut of the Mathews High School football team, it was the first public performance of the year for the school’s band, before the opening kickoff,… …
MHS After Prom Committee offers Bay Life T-shirts, greeting cards (9/4/2024) - Mathews High School After Prom Committee has announced its new 2024 Bay Life shirt. This year’s design is by Kristin Blake, a senior at Mathews High School. The design is… …GREA to hold fall luncheon Sept. 26 (9/4/2024) - The Gloucester Retired Educators Association will hold its catered fall luncheon at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, at the DAV building, 6265 Professional Drive, Gloucester. The guest speaker will… …
Wittman to meet with military academy hopefuls (9/4/2024) - Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Montross) will host Academy Day from 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. A release from his office said visiting students… …
Pet Story Time (9/4/2024) - Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society volunteer Donna Cloutier recently read “One Magical Day,” written by Claire Freedman and illustrated by Tina MacNaughton, during a Pet Story Time session at the shelter. Pet… …
Workforce training (9/4/2024) - Gloucester County Government is partnering with Gloucester County Public Schools, Rappahannock Community College, and the Hampton Roads Workforce Council to provide enhanced workforce opportunities for Gloucester High School students. Such… …RCC welding facility opens in New Kent (9/4/2024) - Rappahannock Community College has transformed the cafeteria area in the former New Kent High School into a state-of-the-art instructional welding facility, which was officially opened last week. The facility has… …
GI Foundation donation (8/28/2024) - The Gwynn’s Island Civic League Foundation delivered over $2,000 worth of school and classroom supplies to the three Mathews County public schools in time for the start of the school… …
Local teachers learn on Dragon Run (8/28/2024) - For a few immersive days on Dragon Run, teachers stepped into the shoes of students. The last week of July marked the second year Friends of the Dragon Run hosted… …
Rescuing turtles in Greece (8/28/2024) - Daniella Asnicar, a 2022 graduate of Gloucester High School and a rising senior at Virginia Commonwealth University where she studies environmental science, spent five weeks in late spring and early… …MCPS provides free meals to all students (8/28/2024) - Mathews County Public Schools provides free meals to all students served under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Each school and/or central school nutrition office has a copy… …
School supply drive (8/28/2024) - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 held a school supply drive at Post 75, Gloucester. American Legion families participating in the event were the Auxiliary, Legion, Legion Riders and Sons of… …
Smooth openings reported in Gloucester, Mathews schools (8/28/2024) - Superintendents in Gloucester and Mathews counties reported smooth openings to the 2024-2025 school year. Classes began Monday in both counties. In Gloucester “We had a phenomenal first day of school.”… …Espinoza steps down from School Board (8/28/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board met Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium for a work session, tackling many items including the resignation of board member Karen Espinoza.… …
Teacher appreciation (8/28/2024) - The Smile Group kicked off the school year by dropping off teacher and staff appreciation baskets. They passed out 12 baskets to the following local schools: Bethel Elementary, Botetourt Elementary,… …
MCPS kicks off year at convocation (8/21/2024) - Employees of Mathews County Public Schools got ready for the 2024-2025 school year last Wednesday as superintendent Dr. David S. Daniel officially welcomed teachers and staff at the division’s Opening… …
Armistead joins Admission Office at CCS; to assist in softball coaching (8/21/2024) - Ellie Armistead has joined the Admission Office team at Christchurch School. Originally from Mathews, Armistead graduated from Mathews High School in 2020, then attended the University of Georgia on a… …
Eagle Scout project (8/21/2024) - Lucas Wells (shown here with adoptable cat Button), a member of BSA Troop 111, Gloucester, has recently completed his Eagle Scout project, which benefits the animals at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane… …School board makes personnel appointments (8/21/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board made several personnel appointments at its Aug. 13 meeting, held at the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Tonya Snide of Gloucester was appointed to an… …
MHS principal shares some good news about student achievement (8/21/2024) - Mathews High School principal Drew Greve shared some encouraging news about the progress of advanced students at the school over the past few years during Tuesday’s school board meeting, which… …GCPS to implement universal screening this fall (8/21/2024) - Gloucester County Public Schools will implement universal screening at each school building beginning this fall, but this will not be in place for the first day of school. “Every building… …
School kit donations (8/21/2024) - Leslie Jingluski, outreach coordinator for the Avalon Center, is shown here (above) with 26 school kits donated to the organization by the Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews. The backpacks are filled… …GCPS holds informational listening sessions (8/14/2024) - All this week, Gloucester County Public Schools has been holding informational listening sessions to engage in open conversations with the community and present an overview of the system’s strategic planning.… …
Farm Bureau awards $7K in scholarships (8/14/2024) - The Gloucester-Mathews Farm Bureau Board of Directors recently awarded $7,000 in scholarships to seven local students. Presentations were made on Aug. 6 at Petsworth Baptist Church. The $1,000 recipients were… …School board approves TCWEC as gun-free zone (8/14/2024) - Less than a month after four men were found not guilty on charges of carrying firearms to a meeting of the Gloucester County School Board, the board unanimously approved a… …