GHS floriculture (9/25/2024) - The Gloucester High School Future Farmer’s of America floriculture team recently traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts to compete at The Big E (the seventh largest fair in North America), where Gloucester… …Class of 1957 (9/25/2024) - The Gloucester High School Class of 1957 celebrated its 67th reunion on Sept. 20 at Nick’s Spaghetti and Steakhouse at Gloucester Point. There were 49 members in the graduating class… …
College and Career Fair prep (9/25/2024) - The Education Committee of the Gloucester NAACP recently met at the home of Dr. Lourdes Travieso-Parker to finalize planning for the 2024 College and Career Fair that will be held… …RCC receives Earn to Learn grant (9/25/2024) - The Virginia Department of Health announced last week the first recipients of the Earn to Learn Nursing Education Acceleration Program grant, which aims to address critical workforce shortages for nurses… …
Supporting Mathews schools (9/18/2024) - Members of the Mathews Lions Club recently made a $300 donation to the Mathews County Public Schools, intended as discretionary money for each school principal, a release said. Club president… …Parker named to school board (9/18/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board met Tuesday night in Conference Room A111 at the T.C. Walker Education Center to discuss applicants for the recently vacated Petsworth District school board seat.… …
School board makes personnel appointments (9/18/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board made several personnel appointments at its regular monthly meeting Sept. 10 at the T.C. Walker Education Center. Bradley Thomas of Gloucester was appointed to an… …
Costa Rica info session (9/18/2024) - After a successful student trip to Costa Rica this past spring, Mathews High School science teacher Jerry Ligon is planning another trip for next year. He is inviting students in… …4-H group holding barbecue fundraiser (9/18/2024) - The Gloucester County Animal Science 4-H Club is holding a fundraiser with Scoot’s BBQ from now until Tuesday.For $30, donors will receive one pound of barbecue, one pint of macaroni… …
Mathews High School carpentry students to build Tiny House (9/18/2024) - Mathews High School carpentry students will be tackling a big … or rather, we should say, a tiny project in the coming year. Wesley Robbins, the school’s new CTE carpentry… …Gloucester school board announces candidates for vacant seat (9/11/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board announced at its regular monthly meeting in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium Tuesday evening that Allen Evans and Anita Parker applied to fill the… …
GHS to begin using weapons detection Monday (9/11/2024) - Gloucester High School principal Dr. Stefan Mygas announced Tuesday that GHS will begin implementing OpenGate magnetometers, a type of weapons detection device, beginning next week as part of an updated… …
Educator grants available for agriculture projects (9/11/2024) - School gardens and farm field trips provide valuable real-life learning experiences for children. But some educators don’t have the resources to make them happen. That’s why Virginia Agriculture in the… …
Ware Academy celebrates first day (9/4/2024) - Ware Academy held its first day of the 2024-2025 academic year on Wednesday, boasting a record enrollment of 198 students. Catesby Jones, Ware alumnus and local entrepreneur, addressed faculty, students… …
MHS band (9/4/2024) - Friday night wasn’t just the debut of the Mathews High School football team, it was the first public performance of the year for the school’s band, before the opening kickoff,… …
MHS After Prom Committee offers Bay Life T-shirts, greeting cards (9/4/2024) - Mathews High School After Prom Committee has announced its new 2024 Bay Life shirt. This year’s design is by Kristin Blake, a senior at Mathews High School. The design is… …GREA to hold fall luncheon Sept. 26 (9/4/2024) - The Gloucester Retired Educators Association will hold its catered fall luncheon at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, at the DAV building, 6265 Professional Drive, Gloucester. The guest speaker will… …
Wittman to meet with military academy hopefuls (9/4/2024) - Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Montross) will host Academy Day from 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. A release from his office said visiting students… …
Pet Story Time (9/4/2024) - Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society volunteer Donna Cloutier recently read “One Magical Day,” written by Claire Freedman and illustrated by Tina MacNaughton, during a Pet Story Time session at the shelter. Pet… …
Workforce training (9/4/2024) - Gloucester County Government is partnering with Gloucester County Public Schools, Rappahannock Community College, and the Hampton Roads Workforce Council to provide enhanced workforce opportunities for Gloucester High School students. Such… …RCC welding facility opens in New Kent (9/4/2024) - Rappahannock Community College has transformed the cafeteria area in the former New Kent High School into a state-of-the-art instructional welding facility, which was officially opened last week. The facility has… …
GI Foundation donation (8/28/2024) - The Gwynn’s Island Civic League Foundation delivered over $2,000 worth of school and classroom supplies to the three Mathews County public schools in time for the start of the school… …
Local teachers learn on Dragon Run (8/28/2024) - For a few immersive days on Dragon Run, teachers stepped into the shoes of students. The last week of July marked the second year Friends of the Dragon Run hosted… …
Rescuing turtles in Greece (8/28/2024) - Daniella Asnicar, a 2022 graduate of Gloucester High School and a rising senior at Virginia Commonwealth University where she studies environmental science, spent five weeks in late spring and early… …MCPS provides free meals to all students (8/28/2024) - Mathews County Public Schools provides free meals to all students served under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Each school and/or central school nutrition office has a copy… …