‘Summer on the River’ Camp registration now open (4/3/2024) - Registration is now open for St. Margaret’s School’s “Summer on the River” camp. Open to boys and girls ages 10-15, the camp will be led by Richard Moncure, S.T.R.E.A.M. Director… …
Colonial Dames award $4,000 grant to Fairfield Foundation (4/3/2024) - The Colonial Dames of America has awarded a $4,000 grant to the Fairfield Foundation to support its 2024 summer internship program, including $1,500 for three $500 scholarships. Fairfield will award… …
Rotary, THMS raise money for South Sudan well (4/3/2024) - The Mathews Rotary Club is teaming up with Thomas Hunter Middle School students to raise money to drill a well in South Sudan and call attention to the need for… …
Chick-fil-A Remarkable Futures Scholars (3/27/2024) - Gloucester’s Chick-fil-A presented a total of $17,500 in scholarships to seven of its employees at a reception Saturday afternoon. Each year, Chick-fil-A restaurant team members across the U.S., Canada and… …
Busy week for band (3/27/2024) - Last week was a busy one for the Thomas Hunter and Mathews High School band students. On Wednesday, March 20, the Blue Devil Band traveled to Lafayette High School in… …
TOGA Middle School Essay Contest winners announced (3/27/2024) - Winners of the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association’s seventh annual Middle School Essay Contest were honored at TOGA’s membership party on March 16 at the Freeshade Community Center, Syringa. TOGA received… …MES book fair (3/27/2024) - Mathews Elementary School held its annual book fair the week of March 11-15. This year’s book fair was reported to be one of the most successful, with many children going… …
Sensory Support Backpacks (3/27/2024) - Two seventh grade students at Thomas Hunter Middle School, Allean Rowe and Abby Henry, spearheaded a project to create Sensory Support Backpacks for children in crisis situations. The idea came… …Kids Craft Market to be held May 18 (3/27/2024) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism will hold a Kids Craft Market on Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Gloucester’s court circle. Youth ages 18 and under… …
State champ (3/27/2024) - Mathews High School senior Norfleet Lewis, at left, placed first in Poetry at Saturday’s Virginia High School League Forensics State Championship at Dominion High School in Sterling in Northern Virginia.… …St. Clare Walker, DAW Theatre named to Landmarks Register (3/27/2024) - Two Middle Peninsula sites—the St. Clare Walker School Complex in Middlesex County and the DAW Theatre in Tappahannock—are among the 10 that were recently placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register.… …
TOGA essay winners (3/20/2024) - Thomas Hunter Middle School students competed in the recent Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association (TOGA) essay contest and won three of the six awards for their 500–750-word essays on the topic… …
School board and supervisors discuss budget (3/20/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board and Board of Supervisors held a joint meeting Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium to discuss the school board’s budget of more… …GCPS Ed Foundation to hold run/walk Saturday (3/20/2024) - Chesapeake Bank and Chesapeake Wealth Management will be the name sponsors for Gloucester County Public School’s Educational Foundation’s 13th annual 8K and 3K run/walk Saturday at Gloucester High School. The… …
Gloucester library announces teen photo contest (3/20/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library has announced its teen photography contest, where students in ninth through 12th grades are encouraged to take a creative snapshot based on the theme, “where I… …Thomas Hunter to showcase elective courses on March 28 (3/20/2024) - All community members, civic organizations and families are invited to attend The Art of Living from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, at Thomas Hunter Middle School, Mathews. This free… …
GHS Band Boosters’ tourney (3/20/2024) - The Gloucester High School Band Boosters hosted its second annual golf tournament in support of GHS marching and concert programs at Kingsmill Resort on Saturday. They had 93 participants register,… …Spring Break Parks Passport Campto be held April 2-4 (3/20/2024) - Looking for something for your son or daughter to do during the week of Spring Break? Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism may have the solution. Gloucester PRT is sponsoring a… …
8th grade to move to MHS in the fall (3/20/2024) - Beginning in the fall, Mathews County’s eighth grade class will be moving from Thomas Hunter Middle School to Mathews High School. While the choice to expand MHS to a facility… …School board holds public hearing on draft budget (3/13/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board held a public hearing on its recommended budget Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center Auditorium, receiving minimal public comment from those in attendance.… …
Coffee Shop Jazz event Friday at MHS (3/13/2024) - The Mathews High School Music Department will host a Coffee Shop Jazz Fundraiser in the MHS Cafeteria tomorrow night, Friday, March 15, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Doors will open… …
Ware Academy announces honor rolls (3/13/2024) - Ware Academy has announced its honor rolls for the second trimester of the 2023-2024 school year. Students that earned honors had a grade point average of 3.5-3.79. Those that earned… …
RILL announces spring schedule (3/13/2024) - Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning has announced its spring class schedule. Floral designer Laura Anne Brooks will hold “Floral Arranging Using Tropicals” on March 26 at the… …
Cookson makes second team All-District, All-Region (3/13/2024) - Gloucester High School freshman Autumn Cookson ended her first season with the GHS girls’ varsity basketball team on an impressive note by being named to the Peninsula District All-District second… …
G.I. Civic League Foundation gift (3/13/2024) - The Gwynn’s Island Civic League Foundation recently donated 25 Arduino science kits to the Thomas Hunter Middle School Technology/CTE Department. Shown here, teacher Jason Williams and volunteer Ken Childress assist… …