22 graduate from GHS in mid-year commencement (1/29/2025) - Twenty-two Gloucester High School students received their diplomas on Monday night, as the school held its mid-year commencement ceremony in the school’s auditorium. “Graduating from high school is one of… …Signups underway for BayPort Foundation scholarships (1/29/2025) - The BayPort Foundation has announced the launch of its 2025 scholarship program, offering $100,000 in tuition assistance to local students and working professionals. The program is open to members of… …
Civic groups invited to tour Mathews schools (1/29/2025) - Mathews County Public Schools will open its doors for a tour of the county’s three public schools to representatives of community groups and civic organizations beginning at 9 a.m. next… …
GHS Honor Bands (1/29/2025) - The Marching Dukes have had several students attending Honor Bands the last two weekends. On Jan. 17-18 (photo above), the Gloucester High School students attended the ODU Honor Band Festival.… …School Briefs (1/29/2025) - Cody Brown of Hayes, was named to the dean’s list at Saint Mary’s College, Indiana, for the fall 2024 semester. To earn this honor, students must achieve a minimum grade… …
Abingdon Ruritan Club offers scholarships (1/29/2025) - Gloucester High School students and Gloucester County home-schooled students who are seniors are encouraged to apply for one of the Abingdon Ruritan Club’s two different scholarships. One scholarship will be… …
CH Players accepting applications for scholarship (1/29/2025) - The Court House Players is now accepting applications for the annual Dick Lusher Memorial Scholarship for the academic year 2025-2026. This year’s $1,000 scholarship is open to graduating high school… …
School division’s emergency closure addressed (1/22/2025) - Mathews County Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel addressed the division’s emergency school closure during a special meeting held Friday morning in the school board office. All three county… …
Nurse aide grads (1/22/2025) - Gloucester County Public School’s Governor’s Health Sciences Academy recently celebrated 20 nurse aide graduates, 18 of whom are fully credentialed certified nursing assistants (CNAs). The academy hosts both Gloucester and… …
Ware Academy announces honor rolls (1/22/2025) - Ware Academy has announced its honor rolls for the first trimester of the 2024-2025 school year. Students that earned honors achieved a grade point average of 3.5-3.79. Those who earned… …Schools eligible for watershed education grants (1/22/2025) - The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has announced the opening of applications for its Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience grants through March 5, with a total of $250,000 in funding… …
School division’s emergency closure addressed (1/17/2025) - Mathews County Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel addressed this week’s emergency school closure during a special meeting held Friday morning in the school board office. All three county… …
Local students receive honors at RCC (1/15/2025) - Several local students received honors at Rappahannock Community College for the fall 2024 semester. Those named to the Board’s List earned a grade point average of 3.8 or higher; Dean’s… …
Boards to hold work session on Mathews school budget Tuesday (1/15/2025) - The Mathews County School Board will meet with county supervisors on Tuesday afternoon for a joint budget work session/review of the first draft of the division’s proposed 2025-2026 budget. The… …
Chili Cook-Off (1/15/2025) - Rappahannock Community College held a Chili Cook-Off last Thursday at its Glenns campus. RCC HVAC Technician Mark Acree, shown here with RCC President Dr. Shannon Kennedy, won best overall. Other… …
P.E.O. scholarships (1/15/2025) - Members from P.E.O. Chapter CA (Mathews and Gloucester) presented $500 annual scholarship awards to two 2024 high school seniors at the group’s December business meeting. Award recipients included GHS senior… …
Arsenovic, Parker to lead school board in 2025 (1/15/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board unanimously elected Leonne Arsenovic and Anita Parker as chair and vice chair, respectively, during its annual organizational meeting held Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker… …
Lindsay named head coach at Regent University (1/8/2025) - Brett Lindsay, a 2017 graduate of Gloucester High School, has been named head coach for the Regent University, Virginia Beach, baseball team after a nationwide search. He will lead the… …
Helping the Homeless (1/8/2025) - Page Middle School choir director Karen Scalf organized a food drive for Helping the Homeless and donated 172 pounds of food to the nonprofit organization on Dec. 20 with her… …
GMHS bandanas (1/8/2025) - Over winter break, sisters Tenley, Delaney and Aubrey Wiggs, from left, made bandanas for the homeless dogs at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society. …RCC to hold info sessions for foster youth (1/8/2025) - Rappahannock Community College is holding two upcoming information sessions designed to empower foster youth for college success. The first will be held this Saturday at the Warsaw campus student lounge… …
Winter camp (1/8/2025) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society held its Humane Heroes Winter Camp last week. Volunteer Christa Brolley sits on the floor with Sawyer Harris, left, and Rebecca Wenner to show them her… …School Brief (1/8/2025) - Jennifer Adams of New Point, recently earned her Master of Science in Education from the University of Central Arkansas. …
Recalling New Point High School from 1924 (1/2/2025) - In the fall of 1924, fresh out of training, Gazelle Clark arrived in Mathews County to teach elementary grades at New Point High School. Gazelle, a native of Lancaster County,… …
Tastes, Sights and Sounds of the Season (12/26/2024) - Thomas Hunter Middle School got in the holiday spirit last Thursday night, as the school hosted its Tastes, Sights and Sounds of the Season assembly. Family and friends filled the… …