Toys for Tots (11/21/2023) - Ware Academy is partnering with Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office’s Deputy Rory Brill to support Toys for Tots this holiday season. Community members can use Ware as a collection location Monday… …
Coffee & Talk (11/21/2023) - Gloucester’s new superintendent of schools Dr. Anthony Vladu held a “Coffee & Talk” for Gloucester County Public Schools parents and county residents last Thursday morning in the T.C. Walker Education… …School board makes personnel appointments (11/21/2023) - The Gloucester County School Board made several personnel appointments at its Nov. 14 meeting at T.C. Walker Education Center. Jessica Chavez of Gloucester was appointed to an eighth grade math… …
TOGA essay contest deadline draws near (11/21/2023) - The Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association Middle School Essay Contest is underway with a Dec. 15 deadline for submissions. Students are encouraged to show off their writing skills and win substantial… …
GCPS tour (11/21/2023) - Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Montross) toured the Gloucester High School renovation project and the new Gloucester County Public Schools transportation facility on Monday. Above, school board members Troy Andersen and Robin… …Regional EMS symposium held at RCC (11/21/2023) - Rappahannock Community College, Rappahannock Area Health Education Center, and Peninsulas EMS Council, Inc., hosted a regional EMS symposium on Nov. 10-12 at RCC’s Glenns Campus. More than 50 Emergency Medical… …
School board looking at retroactive pay increase (11/15/2023) - Instead of giving school employees a one-time bonus, Mathews County Public Schools is now looking at a retroactive 1.5 percent pay increase, following concerns expressed during the public comment period… …
GCPS touts classroom successes (11/15/2023) - Tuesday night’s Gloucester County School Board meeting, which was held in the T.C. Walker Education Center, focused primarily on the classroom happenings and student achievements at Gloucester County Public Schools.… …
MES honors vets (11/15/2023) - Mathews Elementary School took time out to honor local veterans on Friday before the Veterans Day holiday weekend. Above, members of Amy Shaw’s first grade class had Maj. Ben Williams… …
Veterans Day breakfast (11/15/2023) - Ware Academy’s Upper School social studies teacher Nicole Ames and her sixth through eighth grade students hosted a pancake breakfast for veterans and first responders Friday. Seventh and eighth graders… …Legislative tour (11/15/2023) - Mathews County Public Schools invited local, state and federal representatives to take part in a tour of the division’s facilities last Thursday morning. The day began with a tour of… …
School Brief (11/15/2023) - Farren Winter of Gloucester, was one of 10 Shenandoah University field hockey players who earned 2023 All-ODAC honors. …Retired educators tohold luncheon Dec. 7 (11/15/2023) - The Gloucester Retired Educators Association will have its catered winter/holiday luncheon at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7 in the Disabled American Veterans building, 6265 Professional Drive, Gloucester. The festive… …
Gibbs, Diggs, Morgan win school board seats (11/8/2023) - Dr. Marianne “Mari” Gibbs led the ticket in the six-person race for three At-large seats on the Mathews County School Board, receiving over 19 percent of the vote (2,293 votes),… …School beautification (11/8/2023) - Mathews High School’s newly-established Key Club and the club’s adult Kiwanis Club sponsors are working on a project to beautify the school’s grounds with new plantings. They began last Thursday… …
MHS Class of ’74 to be honored Dec. 1 (11/8/2023) - Members of the Mathews High School Class of 1974 will be honored on Friday, Dec. 1, during the school’s boys’ basketball games against Colonial Beach. Former MHS school administrators and… …
RCC to hold virtual info session for seniors Nov. 30 (11/8/2023) - Rappahannock Community College is hosting a virtual information session for high school seniors from 6-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30. Students and parents/guardians are invited to learn about RCC’s programs,… …
CCS to hold Admission Open House Friday (11/8/2023) - Christchurch School in Middlesex County will host an Admission Open House on Friday, beginning at 9 a.m., for families and students interested in either day or boarding opportunities. Guests will… …
State Fair winner (11/1/2023) - Bradley Murphy, 15, a Mathews High School student and a member of Gloucester’s Hooves Paws and Claws 4-H Club, won multiple awards at the South Carolina state fair this fall… …
Donating school supplies (11/1/2023) - Morning Glory Baptist Church, Gloucester, delivered school supplies to Petsworth Elementary School on Oct. 26, which were received by a gracious and receptive staff. Pictured from left are Deacon Patricia… …School legislative tour next week (11/1/2023) - The Mathews County School Board will host a legislative tour next Thursday, Nov. 9, beginning at 9 a.m., starting at Thomas Hunter Middle School. Among those planning to attend include… …
Supporting STEM (11/1/2023) - The Gwynn’s Island Civic League Foundation, working with Mathews Elementary STEM teacher Amber Williams, recently provided more than $1,100 for the purchase of two STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)… …FirstSpark offers text messaging service (11/1/2023) - FirstSpark, formerly Smart Beginnings Virginia Peninsula, has announced a new partnership with StepAhead to implement SMS short-message text messaging services to communicate with families with young children in Ready Region… …
School Brief (11/1/2023) - Veronica Trist of Gloucester, earned the E.S. & M.R. Griffiths Scholarship at Baldwin Wallace University, Ohio, this fall. …
College & Career Fair (10/25/2023) - More than 250 people attended the Gloucester Branch of the NAACP’s College, Career & Resource Fair last Thursday at Gloucester High School. Pictured, above, are NAACP members Joan Carter, Dr.… …