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… …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… …
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,… …
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… …
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… …Coats for kids (10/2/2024) - Abingdon Elementary School was presented with a new supply of winter coats for kids in need by the Church of St. Therese Knights of Columbus Council 9428 on Wednesday, Sept.… …
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… …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… …
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… …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… …
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… …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… …
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… …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… …
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… …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… …
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.… …
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… …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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …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… …