All Abingdon students receive Christmas gift (12/26/2024) - Abingdon Elementary School Math Interventionist Ami McCullough was able to present all 450 students at the school with a wrapped Christmas gift last Thursday after hosting a fundraiser campaign online… …
Toys for Tots (12/26/2024) - Every year, the Peasley Middle School field hockey team hosts an end-of-season party where each team member brings in an item for the school’s Toys for Tots box. The team… …
College tour (12/26/2024) - The Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund Committee sponsored a field trip on Dec. 5 for 32 Gloucester High School students to tour Rappahannock Community College and Christopher Newport University. Transportation by… …School Brief (12/26/2024) - Steven Madsen of Hayes, was named to the Pennsylvania Western University dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester. To receive this honor, students must earn a minimum grade point average… …
Holiday show (12/26/2024) - Ware Academy held its holiday performance Friday night, “Christmas in July.” Lucy Embrose and Edelen GianDonato, from left, dance with candy canes in matching Christmas tree headbands during the show. …
Botetourt 3rd graders to carol on Main Street Friday (12/18/2024) - Botetourt Elementary School third grade students will be caroling down Gloucester’s Main Street for the school’s annual “Main Street Caroling” field trip on Friday. Students will depart Botetourt at 10:30… …School Brief (12/18/2024) - Farren Winter of Gloucester, was one of five Shenandoah University field hockey players named to the 2024 National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Region VI team. …
Fleet nominated for LifeChanger award (12/18/2024) - Ware Academy Head of School Dawn Fleet has been nominated for the National Life Group’s 2024-2025 LifeChanger of the Year award. Sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation, LifeChanger of… …
School board makes personnel appointments (12/18/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board made several personnel appointments at its Dec. 10 meeting held in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Stephanie Reeves of Hayes was appointed to a… …
YMCA proposal dominates discussion (12/18/2024) - For the second month in a row, a proposal by the Mathews Family YMCA to offer a preschool/day care program for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds on school property dominated public… …
Christmas Day for the Dogs collection underway (12/18/2024) - Gloucester County Public Schools is collecting donations for the Gloucester County Animal Control shelter through Friday. Items needed include dog food, dog treats, collars, leashes, toys, flea treatment and blankets,… …
‘Tastes, Sights and Sounds of the Season’ tonight at THMS (12/18/2024) - The Thomas Hunter Middle School Band, Art, Family and Consumer Science, and Technology classes will be presenting the “Tastes, Sights and Sounds of the Season” tonight, Thursday, Dec. 19, in… …
Ringing in the season with poetry (12/18/2024) - Stacie Wiatt challenged her fourth grade students at Mathews Elementary School to create Christmas-themed poems using a variety of poetic techniques. The students wrote cinquain poems (five-line poem with a… …
MHS Holiday Concert (12/11/2024) - The Mathews High School Music Department presented its annual Holiday Concert last Thursday night at the school’s Harry M. Ward Auditorium. The concert of holiday songs, both familiar and unique,… …
MHS Scholastic Bowl (12/11/2024) - The Mathews High School Scholastic Bowl team, coached by MHS teacher John Corrigan, opened its season last Wednesday at home against King William. The two teams played “B” and “A”… …
Toys for Tots (12/11/2024) - Ware Academy families partnered with Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Rory Brill to collect over 500 toys for the Toys for Tots program this year. The Ware student leadership council… …School board discusses library materials policy (12/11/2024) - During Tuesday night’s Gloucester County School Board meeting, held in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium, members discussed the verbiage of policy IIBDA, which addresses the selection and adoption of… …
MHS students of the month (12/11/2024) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for November are eighth grader Isabella Newcomb, freshman Marley Brock, sophomore Adam Greve, junior Ellie Congrove and, not pictured, senior Liberti Carter. Students… …
Holiday musical (12/11/2024) - Melinda McKenzie and Nina Buzby, from above, presented a holiday musical during last Thursday’s meeting of the Gloucester Retired Educators Association, held at the Disabled American Veterans building in Gloucester.… …Giving Circle awards grants to preschool, Tiny House projects (12/11/2024) - In its most recent round of grants, the Mathews Women’s Giving Circle is awarding $30,000 to the Mathews Family YMCA for the preschool initiative the organization plans to introduce in… …
First-quarter honor rolls announced in Gloucester and Mathews (12/4/2024) - 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 were: Eighth… …
Turkey Trot (12/4/2024) - Petsworth Elementary School held its annual Turkey Trot fundraiser on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The school collected 1,173 canned goods for Salem Community Church’s food pantry. Those who earned first place… …
Legislative visit (12/4/2024) - Diane Kaufman, who is the regional director of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine’s Eastern Virginia office, visited Abingdon Elementary School as part of the Virginia School Boards Association’s Take Your Legislator… …
THMS art winners (12/4/2024) - Bay School’s Made in Mathews Studio Tour Student Art Contest winners from Thomas Hunter Middle School pose with teacher Katie Witowski. They are, from right, Witowski, first-place winner Liam Tiller,… …MHS Music Dept. to hold Holiday Concert tonight (12/4/2024) - The Mathews High School Music Department will hold its annual Holiday Concert at 7 o’clock tonight, Thursday, Dec. 5, in the school’s auditorium. The free performance will include selections from… …