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… …
District Band (2/5/2025) - Local students were among those selected to participate in the District VIII All-District Honor Band last week at Woodside High School. The students spent Thursday and Friday rehearsing under the… …CBGS announces first semester Director’s List (2/5/2025) - The Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School for Marine and Environmental Science recently announced the students qualifying for its Director’s List for the first semester of the 2024-2025 school year. Students must… …
Teacher honored (2/5/2025) - Michelle Williams, who heads the Family and Consumer Sciences program at Thomas Hunter Middle School, was recognized by the Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education as its 2026 New… …
GMHS donation (2/5/2025) - This past Christmas, 11-year-old Kennedy Burke of Gloucester asked for money instead of gifts, so she could purchase pet supplies to donate to the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society. She delivered the… …
FFA holds winter degree ceremony (2/5/2025) - The Gloucester Future Farmers of America chapter held its winter degree ceremony on Friday. FFA degrees reward active members for progress in leadership, skills and occupational development. After members complete… …RCC to hold military course this spring (2/5/2025) - Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning will hold a course titled, “Military Geography and War-fighting,” on March 31, April 7 and 14 at RCC’s Glenns campus from 10… …
RCC scholarship app closes Feb. 19 (2/5/2025) - Rappahannock Community College’s application period for 2025-2026 scholarships will close on Wednesday, Feb. 19.With just one online application, students can be considered for over 400 awards, totaling $500,000. These scholarships… …
Abingdon Episcopal boosts scholarship amount (2/5/2025) - The Abingdon Episcopal Church Robert Pollock Memorial Scholarship Committee has announced that it will award a $3,000 scholarship this year, an increase of $1,000 from last year. The scholarship will… …
MHS students selected for All-District Honor Band (1/29/2025) - On Jan. 18, seven Mathews High School Blue Devil Band students traveled to Hampton to participate in the VBODA District VIII All-District Honor Band Auditions. Each of these students performed… …