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Gloucester 4-H Club competes in South Carolina State Fair (10/15/2025) - Bradley Murphy (at left) and Ryan Smith and Tristan Buswell (right photo, from left) of the Gloucester 4-H Club showed their hogs at the South Carolina State Fair, winning several…
Gloucester board reviews revised SOL ‘cut scores’ and expectations (10/15/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board considered the changes in “cut scores” in the Virginia Standards of Learning and expectations at its meeting Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center…
schools historical scholarship Ethan Cabral receives Gloucester Historical Society scholarship (10/15/2025) - The Gloucester Historical Society awarded this year’s $1,500 scholarship to Evan Cabral. The scholarship provides financial assistance to students third year or higher majoring in archaeology, anthropology or history. They…
schools college fair College & Career Fair (10/15/2025) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP held its sixth annual College, Career & Resource Fair last Thursday evening in the Gloucester High School gym. Here, father and son John Whitehurst,…
schools homecoming 1 Homecoming parade (10/8/2025) - Gloucester High School held its annual homecoming parade last Thursday along Main Street. Shown, from top down, are this year’s grand marshal GHS custodial foreman Khyre Jones; homecoming court senior…
schools marching dukes Halftime performance (10/8/2025) - Saxophonists Arella Williams, Jakob Johnson and Brody Chittum, from left, of the Gloucester High School Marching Dukes delivered a halftime performance during Friday night’s homecoming game after the Duke and…
schools brew and gold cafe Brew & Gold Café (10/8/2025) - With the closure of The Thrifty Spot at the start of this school year, another transition-to-work, on-site job training program for students with disabilities opened this week at Mathews High…
schools mhs band Future Marching Blue Devils (10/8/2025) - Members of the Mathews High School Marching Blue Devils were joined on the field Friday night by Future Marching Blue Devils from Thomas Hunter Middle School. Here, MHS band members…
MHS students of the month (10/8/2025) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for September are eighth grader Harper Tomcany, freshman Keira Cannon, sophomore Mia Marrero, junior Savannah Bass (not pictured) and senior Emma Skaza (clockwise…
schools 4h animal science Murphy earns first in state fair events (10/8/2025) - Mathews High School senior Bradley Murphy of the Gloucester Animal Science 4-H Club placed in several livestock competitions, including two first-place wins, during this year’s State Fair of Virginia, which…
CCS to hold Admission Open House Nov.10 (10/8/2025) - Christchurch School in Middlesex County will host an Admission Open House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10 for families and students interested in either day or…
School Briefs (10/8/2025) - Amanda Prochnow and Jessica Carter, both of Gloucester, each graduated with their nursing degrees from James Madison University during commencement exercises held in August. Kyle Gillispie of Hayes, Brittainy Kenner…
point colonial williamsburg trip Gloucester fourth graders to visit Colonial Williamsburg (10/8/2025) - Every fourth grader in Gloucester County Public Schools will soon visit Colonial Williamsburg for a free educational study trip, made possible through a partnership with several local groups. This hands-on…
schools michelle williams Williams is ACTE Region II New Teacher of the Year (10/8/2025) - Michelle Hill Williams, a teacher at Mathews County Public Schools, has been named the Association for Career and Technical Education’s 2026 ACTE Region II New Teacher of the Year and…
ALL EYES OPEN Far left is out of focus - TO G-J 50 years (10/8/2025) - Gloucester High School’s Class of 1975 held a 50-year reunion Friday at the Freight Shed in Yorktown. Class members attending included, first row from left, Mary Ann Huggins Roddin, Sally…
schools mathews board Mathews board looks into changes in SOL ‘cut scores’ (10/1/2025) - Statewide increases in “cut scores,” or minimum scores required for demonstrating proficiency in math and reading Standards of Learning tests, was a topic of discussion during last Thursday night’s meeting…
ghs parade 1 GHS homecoming parade tonight, game tomorrow (10/1/2025) - The Gloucester High School homecoming parade will step off this evening, Thursday, Oct. 2, from Main Street Center at 5:15, traveling along Main Street until it reaches Botetourt Elementary School.…
schools college and career fair NAACP to hold college and career fair next week at GHS (10/1/2025) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP is holding its sixth annual College, Career & Resource Fair next Thursday, Oct. 9, from 5-7 p.m. in the Gloucester High School gym. According…
Hundley appointed to new position of MCPS CFO (10/1/2025) - The Mathews County School Board approved the creation of a new central office position last Thursday with the appointment of Emma Hundley as the division’s Chief Financial Officer, effective Oct.…
Screenshot MHS Robotics Club relaunches after hiatus (10/1/2025) - The newly re-formed Mathews High School Robotics Club held its first meeting since the program was shuttered in 2019 on Friday. Reviving the club has been a two-year mission for…
Dine to Donate event to be held at Olivia’s (10/1/2025) - The Gwynn’s Island Civic League Foundation will hold a Dine to Donate event on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Olivia’s in the Village, 6597 Main Street, Gloucester. Olivia’s is open 7…
schools mhs band Marching Blue Devils (10/1/2025) - The Mathews High School Marching Blue Devils traveled to Hermitage High School to participate in a very tough Class 2A competition on Saturday. After a traffic delay and assembling instruments…
point winter coats Winter coats (10/1/2025) - Achilles Elementary School was presented a supply of winter coats for needy children by theChurch of St. Therese, Knights of Columbus Council 9428, last Thursday. The Knights supplied Gloucester elementary…
1a ghs homecoming court GHS homecoming court (10/1/2025) - Gloucester High School will celebrate its homecoming with a parade this evening, a football game Friday night against the visiting Bruton Panthers, and a dance Saturday night. This year’s homecoming…
GHS to hold reopening, ribbon cutting celebration Oct. 23 (10/1/2025) - Gloucester County Public Schools will hold a grand reopening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Gloucester High School on Oct. 23. The first ceremony will take place in the…

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