YMCA proposes preschool program in Mathews schools (10/16/2024) - Representatives of the Mathews Family YMCA gave a presentation on a proposal to initiate a preschool program for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds during Tuesday night’s Mathews County School Board meeting,… …
Homecoming parades (10/16/2024) - Gloucester and Mathews high schools both celebrated their homecomings last week. Last Thursday, GHS held its homecoming parade along Gloucester’s Main Street. Among those taking part were a contingent from… …
Mathews High School band has a great start to its competition season (10/16/2024) - The Mathews High School Marching Blue Devil Band has had a great start to its competition season this year.On Oct. 5, the band traveled to the Warhill Classic, where they… …
Mathews students take part in FCCLA Day at State Fair (10/16/2024) - Thomas Hunter Middle School and a few Mathews High School members of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) attended FCCLA Day on Oct. 3 at the State… …
VSBA president attends Gloucester School Board meeting (10/9/2024) - Virginia School Boards Association President Dr. Cardell Patillo attended Tuesday night’s Gloucester County School Board meeting held in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium as part of the VSBA President’s… …
GHS college and career fair to be held next Thursday (10/9/2024) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP will hold its College, Career & Resource Fair from 5-7 p.m. next Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Gloucester High School gym. According to Gloucester’s… …
Supporting Tiny House project (10/9/2024) - At a recent Mathews Rotary Club meeting, the group listened to a presentation given by Dr. David S. Daniel, Superintendent of Mathews County Public Schools. Daniel spoke about the progress… …
Achilles Elementary gathering (10/9/2024) - Twenty-three former staff members of Achilles Elementary gathered last Thursday, Oct. 3 for lunch at Nick’s Spaghetti & Steak House to share memories and rekindle old and new friendships. The… …
MHS homecoming court (10/9/2024) - Mathews High School will hold its homecoming on Friday; and for the first time in several years, the celebration will include a football game, with the return of the Blue… …Boards to address long-term school needs (10/9/2024) - A discussion of issues heading into the upcoming 2024-2025 Mathews County Public Schools’ budget cycle eventually took on a wider focus. Members of the board of supervisors and school board… …
GHS homecoming parade tonight (10/9/2024) - The Gloucester High School homecoming parade will step off this evening, Thursday, Oct. 10, from Main Street Center at 5:15, traveling along Main Street until it reaches Botetourt Elementary School.… …MHS students of the month (10/9/2024) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for September are eighth grader Grace Keel, freshman Charlotte Bailey, sophomore Grey Respress, junior Abigail Ramsey and senior Shane Norris (clockwise from top… …
MHS band gears up for competitive season (10/2/2024) - The Mathews High School Marching Blue Devils held an open dress rehearsal last Thursday in front of a small crowd at the school’s Ken Brown Field. This was the first… …
Read, Rise and Shine (10/2/2024) - The nonprofit literacy organization Read Rise and Shine, Inc., recently donated a book cart and books to Riverside Lifelong Health and Rehabilitation in Mathews to create a rolling library for… …
School Briefs (10/2/2024) - Jackson Pyles, a 2024 Christchurch School graduate, of Middlesex has received a scholarship from the Middlesex County Kiwanis Club. He is also a recipient of the Sierra Pacific Fly Fishers… …
GREA presentation (10/2/2024) - Bay Transit director Kenneth Pollock was the guest speaker at the Gloucester Retired Educators Association fall meeting on Thursday, Sept. 26. He shared a detailed PowerPoint program about Bay Transit,… …Robotics class begins next week at Mathews Library (10/2/2024) - A six-week robotics class is being offered for students in grades 5 through 8 on Wednesdays from Oct. 9 though Nov. 13 at Mathews Memorial Library, Main Street, Mathews. Hours… …
Student achievement scores moving in right direction (9/25/2024) - By most measures, student achievement appears to be on the rise in Mathews County Public Schools. Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel provided a review of the most recent… …
Eagle Scout (9/25/2024) - Eli Storrs, 16, created Little Free Pantries for Gloucester as his Eagle Scout project. A member of Troop 113 of Gloucester, Storrs raised money for the work by having a… …
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.… …