Reading challenge (3/6/2025) - Fifth grade students at Achilles Elementary School who completed a 10-book reading challenge enjoyed seeing “Dog Man,” a movie based on a novel series of the same name, at YRC… …School Brief (3/6/2025) - Logan Brown of Richmond, has been named to the president’s list at the University of Alabama for the fall 2024 semester. To receive this honor, students must achieve a grade… …
‘Identity Theft’ topicof upcoming GREA talk (3/6/2025) - “Identity Theft” will be the topic of a talk by Officer Bill Adams of the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office during the Gloucester Retired Educator’s Association Spring Luncheon. The luncheon will be… …
DAR award (3/6/2025) - The Augustine Warner Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently presented Gloucester High School senior John Holt with the DAR Good Citizen Award and scholarship. The student selected… …
First place (3/6/2025) - Peasley Middle School’s Science Bowl Team claimed first place in the Cyber Challenge at this year’s Virginia Regional Science Bowl, held Saturday at Jefferson Lab in Newport News. Team members… …
Dr. Seuss Day (3/6/2025) - Mathews Memorial Library visited Mathews Elementary School on Tuesday to celebrate Read Across America/Dr. Seuss Day. Students in MaryBeth Burroughs’ seventh grade class visited the elementary school wearing Cat in… …
Thomas Hunter students address food insecurity (3/6/2025) - Thomas Hunter Middle School’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America program embarked on a program to address food insecurity in the community through its “Every 1, Bring 1: Feed… …
Abingdon 4th graders travel to Colonial Williamsburg (2/26/2025) - During the Gloucester County School Board’s February meeting Abingdon Elementary School gave a presentation about its fourth-grade field trip to Colonial Williamsburg in November, organized by Gloucester Museum of History… …Trikeball fundraiser at Peasley on March 7 (2/26/2025) - Trikeball will hold a school fundraiser at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 7 at Peasley Middle School. Trikeball is a baseball game played on a gym floor where all players… …
School board to hold work session Friday (2/26/2025) - A work session to discuss construction and renovation priorities in Mathews County Public Schools, originally scheduled for this past Friday morning, will now be held this Friday, Feb. 28, beginning… …
Meals on Wheels (2/26/2025) - Siblings Lyman Hayes and Carter Hayes, from left, helped their grandmother with delivery of Meals on Wheels in Mathews last Wednesday before the snowstorm. Meals on Wheels sent two meals… …GCPS oratorical competition postponed to March 7 (2/26/2025) - The second annual Gloucester County Public Schools Oratorical Competition has been postponed from Feb. 25 to next Friday, March 7. The competition is sponsored by the Gloucester Branch of the… …
Mathews students excel at Area Honor Band auditions (2/26/2025) - The Mathews County Schools Band Programs had a great showing at the Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula Area Honor Band auditions this year, band director Mark Givens reported. Between the Mathews High… …
Snowman math (2/26/2025) - Just because students were out of school last week following the snowstorm doesn’t mean they weren’t still learning. Jack and Abigail Ramsey and Nathan Powell of Mathews, from left, built… …Wide range of topics covered at school board town hall (2/26/2025) - A wide range of topics—including everything from retention and promotion of students in grade levels and concerns about lowering standards for student achievement to how eighth graders are adjusting to… …
Tidewater SWCD offers scholarships to area students (2/19/2025) - The Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District, through the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, has two scholarship opportunities available. These scholarships are intended to promote the education… …
School Briefs (2/19/2025) - Douglas Pruim of Gloucester, earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise & Sport Science from Frostburg State University, Maryland, during a commencement ceremony in December. Ann Hartley of Gloucester,… …
McDonough steps down from Gloucester School Board (2/19/2025) - The resignation of Gloucester County School Board member Deborah McDonough was announced at the end of the board’s February meeting held last Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the T.C. Walker Education… …
GCPS oratorical comp Tuesday (2/19/2025) - The Gloucester Branch of the NAACP and the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation will hold its second annual oratorical competition for Gloucester County Public Schools students on Tuesday at the Fine… …
School board approves personnel appointments (2/19/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board approved several personnel appointments during its Feb. 12 meeting, held at the T.C. Walker Education Center. Kecia Howard of Hayes was appointed to a part-time… …
School board adopts FY26 budget (2/19/2025) - The Mathews County School Board, at its meeting Tuesday night at Thomas Hunter Middle School, adopted its proposed FY26 budget, a budget that calls for a 5 percent pay increase… …
Essay contest winner (2/19/2025) - Representatives of American Legion Post 83 presented a certificate and check to Thomas Hunter Middle School seventh grader Keegan Walls, the winner of this year’s essay contest. His essay was… …RCC appoints new VP of instruction, student success (2/19/2025) - After a months-long nationwide search, Rappahannock Community College has announced Dr. Marlena Jarboe as the school’s new Vice President of Instruction and Student Success. Jarboe has spent the last nine… …
MHS students of the month (2/19/2025) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for December and January are eighth grader Falon Cook, freshman Elizabeth Moore, sophomore Lily Bell, junior Nolen Swan and senior Lindsay Coons (below… …
HRA now accepting 2025 grant applications (2/12/2025) - The Hampton Roads Academy Student Philanthropy Committee is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations serving the Greater Hampton Roads community for its 2025 grant cycle. Applications are due by 3… …