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… …