MHS students of the month (3/12/2025) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for February are eighth grader Leah Hyde, freshman Jamie McDevitt, sophomore Brandon Webb, junior Morgan Stearns and senior Gavin Dustin (clockwise from top… …
Kindness Week (3/12/2025) - In honor of Kindness Week, the Peasley Middle School National Junior Honor Society students recently collected donations for the Bellamy United Methodist Church Loaves and Britches Diaper and Food Ministry.… …Art contest winner (3/12/2025) - Gloucester High School senior Fatima Mayorga won first place at the high school level in the 2025 Virginia School Boards Association Eastern Regional Art Contest March 4. Her artwork is… …
School Briefs (3/12/2025) - Several local students were named to the dean’s list at Radford University for the fall 2024 semester. To receive this honor, students must earn a minimum grade point average of… …
Applications available for Youth Conservation Camp (3/12/2025) - Youth Conservation Camp applications are now available at the Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District for Gloucester, Middlesex and Mathews County students that are in the ninth through 12 grades… …
Scholarships available for youth studying agriculture (3/12/2025) - The Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association is offering five scholarships totaling $10,000 to deserving area youth studying agriculture. Eligible applicants must live in one of the following counties: Gloucester, Mathews,… …
5 apply for school board interim position; budget discussed (3/12/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board announced the names of the five candidates who applied to fill its vacant at-large seat on an interim basis during the board’s regular monthly meeting,… …
Money available for workforce training (3/12/2025) - Financial assistance is available for workforce training for graduating seniors of Gloucester High School or Gloucester County homeschool students. The Abingdon Ruritan Club offers a grant of $1,500 per year… …
Teacher of the Year (3/12/2025) - Gloucester High School social studies teacher Jim Eccleston was surprised with the 2025 Region III Teacher of the Year award Tuesday at the school during a pep rally to celebrate… …E.T. Gresham Co. to serve as Diamond sponsor for run/walk (3/12/2025) - The E.T. Gresham Company has signed on to serve as a Diamond sponsor for the 14th annual 8K and 3K run/walk, which will be held on Saturday, March 22 at… …
Vladu presents recommended $77.5 million budget (3/6/2025) - “These are hard decisions.” The Gloucester County School Board met last Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium to hear superintendent of schools Dr. Anthony Vladu’s recommended… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …
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… …‘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… …
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… …
Pre-Assessment Concert (3/6/2025) - The Mathews Music Department and Seahawk Band presented its Pre-Assessment Concert on Friday at Mathews High School. The concert was a final opportunity for the MHS and Thomas Hunter Middle… …School board looks at implications of preK-7 merge (3/6/2025) - Members of the Mathews County School Board took an extended look Friday at the implications of merging/consolidating Mathews Elementary and Thomas Hunter Middle School into one preK-7 school, as part… …
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… …
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… …
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… …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… …
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… …