Mathews High School was one of 148 Virginia schools nationally recognized as 2013-2014 Blue Star Schools by Working In Support of Education (W!SE).

To achieve Blue Star status, a school testing 10 or more students must have achieved a 75 percent passing rate on the W!SE Financial Literacy Certification Test and have  a majority of students on a given grade level take the test or have the students who took it achieve an average score of 80 percent or higher.

MHS and the other Blue Star schools will be honored at the annual MoneyPOWER Conference for Financial Literacy in New York City on Nov. 4. ...