Eagle Scout project (8/21/2024) - Lucas Wells (shown here with adoptable cat Button), a member of BSA Troop 111, Gloucester, has recently completed his Eagle Scout project, which benefits the animals at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane… …School board makes personnel appointments (8/21/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board made several personnel appointments at its Aug. 13 meeting, held at the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Tonya Snide of Gloucester was appointed to an… …
MHS principal shares some good news about student achievement (8/21/2024) - Mathews High School principal Drew Greve shared some encouraging news about the progress of advanced students at the school over the past few years during Tuesday’s school board meeting, which… …GCPS to implement universal screening this fall (8/21/2024) - Gloucester County Public Schools will implement universal screening at each school building beginning this fall, but this will not be in place for the first day of school. “Every building… …
School kit donations (8/21/2024) - Leslie Jingluski, outreach coordinator for the Avalon Center, is shown here (above) with 26 school kits donated to the organization by the Exchange Club of Gloucester-Mathews. The backpacks are filled… …GCPS holds informational listening sessions (8/14/2024) - All this week, Gloucester County Public Schools has been holding informational listening sessions to engage in open conversations with the community and present an overview of the system’s strategic planning.… …
Farm Bureau awards $7K in scholarships (8/14/2024) - The Gloucester-Mathews Farm Bureau Board of Directors recently awarded $7,000 in scholarships to seven local students. Presentations were made on Aug. 6 at Petsworth Baptist Church. The $1,000 recipients were… …School board approves TCWEC as gun-free zone (8/14/2024) - Less than a month after four men were found not guilty on charges of carrying firearms to a meeting of the Gloucester County School Board, the board unanimously approved a… …
Stuff the Bus (8/14/2024) - The Gloucester County Public Schools Transportation team collaborates annually with the Gloucester Moose Lodge to collect donations from the community to provide essential school supplies for students in need. This… …All GCPS students to receive free meals (8/14/2024) - According to Central Food Service, free breakfast and lunch will be provided to all Gloucester County Public Schools students for the 2024-2025 school year. This is made possible through the… …
Back to school (8/7/2024) - Toyota Lexus Minority Owners Dealership Association teamed up with the Gloucester Salvation Army on Saturday at Gloucester Toyota to hand out 100 backpacks to local children of families dealing with… …
Band donation (8/7/2024) - The Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund was awarded a grant from the Gloucester County Community Foundation and donated $2,000 of those funds to the Gloucester High School Band Summer Camp program.… …
GMSA to host Back to School Night Aug. 17 (8/7/2024) - Back to School Night, sponsored by the Gloucester Main Street Association, will be held beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, on the Tabb House Lawn, 6596 Main Street,… …RILL announces fall schedule (8/7/2024) - Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning has announced its fall schedule. Explore the Fairfield Foundation’s interpretive historical site Rosewell with the foundation’s co-directors Dave Brown and Thane Harpole.… …
School Brief (8/7/2024) - Lydia Hart and Mikey Toms, both of Gloucester, graduated from Bridgewater College during the school’s 144th commencement ceremony on May 4. …
Set teens up for successwith safe driving tools (8/7/2024) - The riskiest time for a teen driver is often at the start of their driving career. According to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, the… …
Christmas in July (7/31/2024) - Mathews Elementary School teacher Amy Ashberry organized the 4th annual Christmas in July event on July 16, with youngsters spending a day with Ashberry, all with the goal of creating… …
Summer Institute for School Nursing (7/31/2024) - Mathews County Public Schools nurses attended the Summer Institute for School Nursing on July 15-16 in Charlottesville. The mission of the Summer Institute for School Nursing is to foster evidence-based… …
UDC scholarship (7/31/2024) - Captain Sally Tompkins Chapter 2626 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy awarded its 2024 Captain Sally Tompkins $1,000 scholarship to Evelyn Mannix of Virginia Beach. Mannix, the granddaughter of… …
Snack Pack program (7/31/2024) - The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 collected 125 pounds of food for the school division’s Snack Pack program in July. The members packed the food in 50 bags, delivering them… …School Brief| (7/31/2024) - Sydni Brown of Gloucester, recently earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus. …
Preparing for college starts as early as middle school (7/24/2024) - Preparing for college can be a stressful time for high school students. To alleviate the stress of planning for college, it is best to plan early while in middle school… …
Hands Across Mathews (7/24/2024) - Mathews Food Lion employees Sharon Savo and Mary Diggs, from left, help ring up the gift cards for the Hands Across Mathews Fresh Start back-to-school shopping program. The Fresh Start… …Tips for preparing your child now for back-to-school bullies (7/24/2024) - Many parents are already considering what they need to do to prepare their children for the new school year that is just around the corner. While what they will wear… …
Field trip (7/24/2024) - Students from the Middle Peninsula Summer Regional Governor’s School visited the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society last month for a field trip. The students made fleece catnip toys for the shelter’s feline… …