MHS students of the month (12/11/2024) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for November are eighth grader Isabella Newcomb, freshman Marley Brock, sophomore Adam Greve, junior Ellie Congrove and, not pictured, senior Liberti Carter. Students… …
Holiday musical (12/11/2024) - Melinda McKenzie and Nina Buzby, from above, presented a holiday musical during last Thursday’s meeting of the Gloucester Retired Educators Association, held at the Disabled American Veterans building in Gloucester.… …Giving Circle awards grants to preschool, Tiny House projects (12/11/2024) - In its most recent round of grants, the Mathews Women’s Giving Circle is awarding $30,000 to the Mathews Family YMCA for the preschool initiative the organization plans to introduce in… …
First-quarter honor rolls announced in Gloucester and Mathews (12/4/2024) - Page Middle School Page Middle School has released its honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2024-2025 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Eighth… …
Turkey Trot (12/4/2024) - Petsworth Elementary School held its annual Turkey Trot fundraiser on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The school collected 1,173 canned goods for Salem Community Church’s food pantry. Those who earned first place… …
Legislative visit (12/4/2024) - Diane Kaufman, who is the regional director of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine’s Eastern Virginia office, visited Abingdon Elementary School as part of the Virginia School Boards Association’s Take Your Legislator… …
THMS art winners (12/4/2024) - Bay School’s Made in Mathews Studio Tour Student Art Contest winners from Thomas Hunter Middle School pose with teacher Katie Witowski. They are, from right, Witowski, first-place winner Liam Tiller,… …MHS Music Dept. to hold Holiday Concert tonight (12/4/2024) - The Mathews High School Music Department will hold its annual Holiday Concert at 7 o’clock tonight, Thursday, Dec. 5, in the school’s auditorium. The free performance will include selections from… …
Toys for Tots (12/4/2024) - Gloucester County Public Schools Central Office hosted its annual Secret Santa Gift Exchange on Tuesday in support of the Toys for Tots program. Over 75 toys were collected and donated… …Free agricultural education kits available for Virginia classrooms (12/4/2024) - Free gifts to educators from Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom are intended to bring joy, engagement and inspiration to schoolchildren year-round. Virginia teachers can order a 2025 Creative Agriculture Resources… …
Legislative tour (11/26/2024) - State Sen. Ryan T. McDougle (R-Hanover) visited Botetourt Elementary and Gloucester High schools Monday as part of the Virginia Schools Boards Association’s Take Your Legislator to School Month. Above, McDougle,… …Mathews School Board discusses student achievement (11/26/2024) - Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel made a pair of presentations this month to members of the Mathews County School Board—one on student performance in a K-3 literacy screening… …
VSBA launches public education initiative (11/26/2024) - The Virginia School Boards Association has announced the launch of the VSBA Public Education Initiative, a yearlong campaign designed to elevate the conversation around public education across the commonwealth. With… …
SEAC to meet Monday (11/26/2024) - The Special Education Advisory Committee for Gloucester County Public Schools will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the T.C. Walker Education Center cafeteria. This meeting will include a presentation on… …
GHS junior acts FAST to save life (11/26/2024) - Spotting the first signs of a stroke can be difficult, but not for 16-year-old Hannah Broadwell who acted quickly to save the life of her best friend’s mother earlier this… …Mathews board approves personnel actions (11/26/2024) - The Mathews County School Board took a number of personnel actions at its Nov. 19 meeting. The board approved two transfers: Stacy A. Hudgins transferred from her position as registrar… …
Legislative tour (11/20/2024) - The Mathews County School Board hosted a legislative tour last Thursday of all three county schools, showing the building needs and challenges faced at Mathews Elementary, Thomas Hunter Middle School… …School Briefs (11/20/2024) - Farren Winter of Gloucester, has earned all-conference honors in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) as a member of the Shenandoah University field hockey team. The graduate student is a… …
Community leaders express support for Y proposal (11/20/2024) - Although it wasn’t on the agenda, discussion of a recent proposal by the Mathews Family YMCA to offer a preschool/day care program for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds on school grounds… …
Tiny House Project (11/20/2024) - The Gwynn’s Island Civic League Foundation recently donated $1,000 to Mathews High School in support of the school’s Tiny House Project. “We chose this project as it supports education in… …
School board makes personnel appointments (11/20/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board made several personnel appointments at its Nov. 12 meeting, held in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. Melody Beshel of Gloucester was appointed to an… …
Read, Rise and Shine (11/20/2024) - Jan Towne of Read, Rise and Shine reads the book “A Good Deed Can Grow” to second grade students in Delo Bloomfields’s class at Mathews Elementary School on Nov. 13… …
Deadline approaches for TOGA essay contest (11/20/2024) - The Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association Middle School Essay Contest deadline is December 15. In this contest, students must write an essay on oysters with the theme, “Consider the Oyster.” TOGA… …
GCPS earns Purple Star designation (11/13/2024) - “We’re a military family community.” Dr. Anthony Vladu, superintendent of schools, announced that Gloucester County Public Schools is now one of six school districts in the commonwealth to receive the… …
Dinner and a Show (11/13/2024) - The Mathews High School Music Department held its third annual Dinner and a Show fundraiser on Friday at the Thomas Hunter/Mathews Elementary School Cafeteria. Guests enjoyed a spaghetti dinner while… …