STEM Fair tonight at Thomas Hunter (5/21/2025) - The Thomas Hunter Middle School and Mathews High School Spring STEM Fair will be held at 5 o’clock tonight, Thursday, May 22, in the Thomas Hunter Middle School cafeteria. Robotics,… …
Achilles mural (5/21/2025) - Annie Markwith Hollister recently painted a mural at Achilles Elementary School, where she attended school as a child. She incorporated elements of both Gloucester and Guinea in her mural. Horn’s… …
Honor Society (5/21/2025) - Ware Academy recently inducted several students to its chapter of the National Junior Honor Society, a community service organization for middle school students. A student qualifies for induction based on… …
Career Signing Day (5/21/2025) - Gloucester High School held Career Signing Day for its graduating seniors who have already secured a full-time employment offer or military contract Tuesday morning in the school’s gymnasium. Students shown… …Mathews School Board adopts amended budget (5/21/2025) - The Mathews County School Board adopted its amended budget on Tuesday night, responding to cuts made to the division’s request by county supervisors. The school board had initially sought $10.14… …
Robinson graduates from ODU (5/14/2025) - Brian Robinson, recipient of the Mathews NAACP’s Beatrice Bobo Scholarship for the last three years, graduated Saturday from Old Dominion University with a bachelor of science degree in strategic communication.… …
Music in the Parks (5/14/2025) - The Thomas Hunter Middle School Seahawk Band traveled to Hampton May 2 to participate in the Music in the Parks competition. Out of 11 Class A middle school bands, the… …
Teachers of the Year (5/14/2025) - Gloucester County Public Schools celebrated its Teachers of the Year last Thursday in the T.C. Walker Education Center Café and announced its District Teacher of the Year as Gloucester High… …School board readopts budget, grapples with CEP (5/14/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board adopted its budget for fiscal year 2026 in the amount of $81.9 million Tuesday night, following its previous budget adoption of $83.5 million in March.… …
Lancaster’s Brookvale H.S. to receive historical marker (5/14/2025) - The state Department of Historic Resources announced recently the approval of nine new historical markers, including one in Lancaster County to commemorate a school that served the community’s black student… …
GHS Student Art Show (5/14/2025) - Gloucester High School’s 20th annual Student Art Show is now on display at Gloucester Public Library, Main Street Center. The show opened April 30 and continues through Friday, May 23.… …
DAR Good Citizen Award (5/7/2025) - The Cricket Hill chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, presented Mathews High School senior Suki Zheng its 2025 Good Citizen Award. Pictured left to right are Mathews High School principal… …MHS students of the month (5/7/2025) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for April are eighth grader Christian Wells, freshman Mya Schroeder, sophomore Jacob Heimerich, junior Nora Suthard and senior Seth James. Students are chosen… …
Community support (5/7/2025) - Thomas Hunter Middle School principal Jodie Simpson reached out to Ron Lambert to get the boys’ locker room painted ahead of this year’s Tour de Chesapeake, which will be held… …
Purple Up (5/7/2025) - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 from Gloucester, has been presenting Purple Up goodie bags to the five elementary schools in the county. From left, Auxiliary president Cheryl Slavnik and Sawyer… …
GHS Future Problem Solvers take first in state comp (5/7/2025) - The Gloucester High School Future Problem Solvers team placed first in the Virginia State Bowl in March and will travel to Indiana to compete with teams around the world in… …
Senior walk (5/7/2025) - Graduation is right around the corner, and on Monday, the Mathews High School seniors marched through Mathews Elementary and Thomas Hunter Middle School, with the younger students cheering them on.… …Third-quarter honor rolls announced (5/7/2025) - Page Middle School Page Middle School has released its honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2024-2025 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Eighth… …
SMART workshop (4/30/2025) - The Irene Morgan Scholarship Fund presented a SMART workshop at Peasley and Page middle schools recently. The purpose was to prepare eighth grade students for high school. The speaker at… …
Encouraging young readers (4/30/2025) - Abingdon Ruritan Club’s Public Service Committee, led by Raven Cash, visited Achilles Elementary School on Friday. The committee presented 60 Scholastic books to each third grader and helped them personalize… …
Burns named 2025 Outstanding Principal (4/30/2025) - Northumberland High School principal Dr. Travis Burns, who previously was principal of Page Middle School in Gloucester, has been named the 2025 Outstanding High School Principal of Virginia by a… …
Disaster training (4/30/2025) - The Gloucester High School HOSA club and health sciences students helped with Rappahannock Community College’s disaster simulation training on Friday at the Glenns campus. The GHS students acted as victims… …
Reading Challenge winners (4/30/2025) - Thomas Hunter Middle School Library’s second annual March Madness Reading Challenge winners and their English teachers were treated to a celebratory lunch at Southwind Café on Friday. Each student had… …
Crochet club (4/30/2025) - Botetourt Elementary School’s crochet club will be attending Gloucester County Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s Spring Kids Craft Market this Saturday in the court circle. “The Bulldog Boutique,” led by technology… …
Tri-M Music Honors Society (4/30/2025) - The Mathews High School chapter of the Tri-M Music Honors Society inducted six new members on Tuesday, April 22. They were selected based on academic performance, leadership and character qualities,… …