Commonwealth Listening Tour to be held at GHS Monday (3/4/2026) - Gloucester County Public Schools will host the Commonwealth Listening Tour on Monday at Gloucester High School. The visit is part of Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s Executive Order Four and will include… …
Bread for Life (3/4/2026) - Ware Academy’s Student Leadership Council recently volunteered at the Bread for Life Community Food Pantry. Members assisted with stocking shelves, sorting donations and loading and unloading trucks. Shown, from left,… …
All-State Chorus (2/25/2026) - Gloucester High School choral members Abdiel Santiago Ramos, London Volpe, Joshua Littlefield and Emma Layton, from left, have all been selected to compete in the 2026 All Virginia Choir Event… …Local youth participate in weekend 4-H contests (2/25/2026) - Members of Gloucester 4-H clubs took part in the County 4-H Communications, Visual Arts and Table Setting contests Saturday at the T.C. Walker Education Center. The Gloucester Bay Riders 4-H… …
NJROTC medal (2/25/2026) - On Saturday, Mathews High School student Will Ware represented the Gloucester High School NJROTC program by competing in the American Legion JROTC Combo Drill Meet at GHS. He competed in… …RCC announces upcoming lifelong learning classes (2/25/2026) - Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning has announced two upcoming classes that will be held at the Glenns campus. “Geographic Strategies in Amphibious Warfare” will be held on… …
Top sponsors named for GCPS Ed Foundation fundraiser (2/25/2026) - Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has been named a Titanium ($3,000) sponsor and E.T. Gresham Company a Diamond sponsor ($2,000) for the 15th annual Gloucester County Public Schools Educational… …
Grayson Shield named 2025-2026 GHS Duke of the Year (2/25/2026) - Senior Grayson Shield has been chosen to represent Gloucester High School as the Duke of the Year for the 2025-2026 school year. Throughout his four years at GHS, Shield has… …CCS offers three summer camps (2/25/2026) - Registration is open for the Christchurch School 2026 summer camps. This summer, the Middlesex County private school is offering three experiences designed especially for students who want to stay active,… …
School Brief (2/25/2026) - Brandon James Randolph of Hayes earned his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland Global Campus at the conclusion of the fall 2025 semester. …
School board, supervisors appear to come to an impasse over budget (2/25/2026) - Following a roughly three-hour joint meeting Tuesday night on the school division’s proposed FY2027 budget, Mathews School Board members and county supervisors didn’t appear to come to an agreement about… …
Mathews school board approves policy contract with SBMA (2/18/2026) - During Tuesday night’s regular meeting at the Brooks Auditorium at Thomas Hunter Middle School, the Mathews County School Board approved a contract with the School Board Member Alliance to provide… …
Public hearing Tuesday on Mathews schools FY27 budget (2/18/2026) - A public hearing on the Mathews County School Board’s draft FY 2027 budget will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Brooks Auditorium at Thomas Hunter Middle School, followed… …
Botetourt principal set to retire July 1 (2/18/2026) - Botetourt Elementary School principal Felicia “Tish” Hudgins is scheduled to retire from her position on July 1, as approved by the Gloucester County School Board during its last meeting held… …
Special education meeting to be held Monday (2/18/2026) - A meeting will be held Monday on federal funds to benefit children with special education needs. The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. in Room A111 at the T.C.… …
School Briefs (2/18/2026) - Sherri Mercier of Hayes, received her Bachelor of Science from Mississippi State University’s College of Arts and Sciences during commencement exercises held in December. Several local students were named to… …
Love in action (2/18/2026) - Mathews High School FCCLA members Mya Schroeder, Bri Thomas and Alex Walker, from left, have been working on their FCCLA STAR Event project: “Spreading the Love to CHKD.” The students… …
Battle of the Books (2/18/2026) - Teams of fifth graders from Achilles, Bethel, Botetourt and Petsworth elementary schools competed in the Gloucester County Public Schools Battle of the Books competition at Gloucester County Public Library, Main… …Rappahannock Community College TRiO helps first-generation students (2/18/2026) - Rappahannock Community College continues to strengthen its commitment to student success through TRiO, a federally-funded outreach and student support program designed to help first-generation, low-income and college-bound students achieve their… …
Honor Band (2/11/2026) - This past week, six students from the Mathews High School Blue Devil Band participated in the VBODA All-District VIII Honor Band at Woodside High School. The students rehearsed for 10… …
Regional competition (2/11/2026) - The Gloucester High School Scholastic Bowl team competed in the regional competition at Jamestown High School last Wednesday, Feb. 4. Gloucester advanced to the semifinals by defeating Churchland, 285-115, but… …
GHS FFA holds winter degree ceremony (2/11/2026) - The Gloucester chapter of the Future Farmers of America held its winter degree ceremony on Jan. 30. Virginia Setterholm and Jordan Lynch received their Greenhand Degrees and Charlotte Evans received… …MHS students of the month (2/11/2026) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for January are eighth grader Devi Morrison, freshman Finn McKinster, sophomore Bella Hockenberry, junior Taylor Hubbard (clockwise from top left) and, not pictured,… …
Local students named to CBGS Director’s List (2/11/2026) - Several local students from Gloucester and Mathews were named to the Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School for Marine and Environmental Science’s Director’s List for the first semester of the 2025-2026 school… …
Reality Store (2/11/2026) - Abingdon Ruritan Club members helped out with Peasley Middle School’s Reality Store program, which was held on Jan. 29-30. Reality Store is a financial simulation that allows students to learn… …