MHS homecoming court (10/9/2024) - Mathews High School will hold its homecoming on Friday; and for the first time in several years, the celebration will include a football game, with the return of the Blue… …Boards to address long-term school needs (10/9/2024) - A discussion of issues heading into the upcoming 2024-2025 Mathews County Public Schools’ budget cycle eventually took on a wider focus. Members of the board of supervisors and school board… …
GHS homecoming parade tonight (10/9/2024) - The Gloucester High School homecoming parade will step off this evening, Thursday, Oct. 10, from Main Street Center at 5:15, traveling along Main Street until it reaches Botetourt Elementary School.… …MHS students of the month (10/9/2024) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for September are eighth grader Grace Keel, freshman Charlotte Bailey, sophomore Grey Respress, junior Abigail Ramsey and senior Shane Norris (clockwise from top… …
MHS band gears up for competitive season (10/2/2024) - The Mathews High School Marching Blue Devils held an open dress rehearsal last Thursday in front of a small crowd at the school’s Ken Brown Field. This was the first… …
Read, Rise and Shine (10/2/2024) - The nonprofit literacy organization Read Rise and Shine, Inc., recently donated a book cart and books to Riverside Lifelong Health and Rehabilitation in Mathews to create a rolling library for… …
School Briefs (10/2/2024) - Jackson Pyles, a 2024 Christchurch School graduate, of Middlesex has received a scholarship from the Middlesex County Kiwanis Club. He is also a recipient of the Sierra Pacific Fly Fishers… …
GREA presentation (10/2/2024) - Bay Transit director Kenneth Pollock was the guest speaker at the Gloucester Retired Educators Association fall meeting on Thursday, Sept. 26. He shared a detailed PowerPoint program about Bay Transit,… …Robotics class begins next week at Mathews Library (10/2/2024) - A six-week robotics class is being offered for students in grades 5 through 8 on Wednesdays from Oct. 9 though Nov. 13 at Mathews Memorial Library, Main Street, Mathews. Hours… …
Student achievement scores moving in right direction (9/25/2024) - By most measures, student achievement appears to be on the rise in Mathews County Public Schools. Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel provided a review of the most recent… …
Eagle Scout (9/25/2024) - Eli Storrs, 16, created Little Free Pantries for Gloucester as his Eagle Scout project. A member of Troop 113 of Gloucester, Storrs raised money for the work by having a… …
GHS floriculture (9/25/2024) - The Gloucester High School Future Farmer’s of America floriculture team recently traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts to compete at The Big E (the seventh largest fair in North America), where Gloucester… …Class of 1957 (9/25/2024) - The Gloucester High School Class of 1957 celebrated its 67th reunion on Sept. 20 at Nick’s Spaghetti and Steakhouse at Gloucester Point. There were 49 members in the graduating class… …
College and Career Fair prep (9/25/2024) - The Education Committee of the Gloucester NAACP recently met at the home of Dr. Lourdes Travieso-Parker to finalize planning for the 2024 College and Career Fair that will be held… …RCC receives Earn to Learn grant (9/25/2024) - The Virginia Department of Health announced last week the first recipients of the Earn to Learn Nursing Education Acceleration Program grant, which aims to address critical workforce shortages for nurses… …
Supporting Mathews schools (9/18/2024) - Members of the Mathews Lions Club recently made a $300 donation to the Mathews County Public Schools, intended as discretionary money for each school principal, a release said. Club president… …Parker named to school board (9/18/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board met Tuesday night in Conference Room A111 at the T.C. Walker Education Center to discuss applicants for the recently vacated Petsworth District school board seat.… …
School board makes personnel appointments (9/18/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board made several personnel appointments at its regular monthly meeting Sept. 10 at the T.C. Walker Education Center. Bradley Thomas of Gloucester was appointed to an… …
Costa Rica info session (9/18/2024) - After a successful student trip to Costa Rica this past spring, Mathews High School science teacher Jerry Ligon is planning another trip for next year. He is inviting students in… …4-H group holding barbecue fundraiser (9/18/2024) - The Gloucester County Animal Science 4-H Club is holding a fundraiser with Scoot’s BBQ from now until Tuesday.For $30, donors will receive one pound of barbecue, one pint of macaroni… …
Mathews High School carpentry students to build Tiny House (9/18/2024) - Mathews High School carpentry students will be tackling a big … or rather, we should say, a tiny project in the coming year. Wesley Robbins, the school’s new CTE carpentry… …Gloucester school board announces candidates for vacant seat (9/11/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board announced at its regular monthly meeting in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium Tuesday evening that Allen Evans and Anita Parker applied to fill the… …
GHS to begin using weapons detection Monday (9/11/2024) - Gloucester High School principal Dr. Stefan Mygas announced Tuesday that GHS will begin implementing OpenGate magnetometers, a type of weapons detection device, beginning next week as part of an updated… …
Educator grants available for agriculture projects (9/11/2024) - School gardens and farm field trips provide valuable real-life learning experiences for children. But some educators don’t have the resources to make them happen. That’s why Virginia Agriculture in the… …
Ware Academy celebrates first day (9/4/2024) - Ware Academy held its first day of the 2024-2025 academic year on Wednesday, boasting a record enrollment of 198 students. Catesby Jones, Ware alumnus and local entrepreneur, addressed faculty, students… …