58 at MHS to receive diplomas Saturday (5/28/2025) - Jaxon McDonald and Katherine Murphy will lead the Mathews High School Class of 2025 on Saturday when they receive their diplomas at the school’s 86th commencement exercises, beginning at 10… …
Career Signing Day (5/21/2025) - Gloucester High School held Career Signing Day for its graduating seniors who have already secured a full-time employment offer or military contract Tuesday morning in the school’s gymnasium. Students shown… …Mathews School Board adopts amended budget (5/21/2025) - The Mathews County School Board adopted its amended budget on Tuesday night, responding to cuts made to the division’s request by county supervisors. The school board had initially sought $10.14… …
Honor Society (5/21/2025) - Ware Academy recently inducted several students to its chapter of the National Junior Honor Society, a community service organization for middle school students. A student qualifies for induction based on… …
Achilles mural (5/21/2025) - Annie Markwith Hollister recently painted a mural at Achilles Elementary School, where she attended school as a child. She incorporated elements of both Gloucester and Guinea in her mural. Horn’s… …STEM Fair tonight at Thomas Hunter (5/21/2025) - The Thomas Hunter Middle School and Mathews High School Spring STEM Fair will be held at 5 o’clock tonight, Thursday, May 22, in the Thomas Hunter Middle School cafeteria. Robotics,… …
Combined spring concert held at MHS (5/21/2025) - The Mathews High School Music Department and the Thomas Hunter Middle School Seahawk Band finished their performance seasons last Thursday with a combined spring concert event at the Harry M.… …
Vocational scholarships (5/21/2025) - The Botetourt Lodge #7 Foundation donated $1,000 to Rappahannock Community College for vocational scholarships. Here, Sarah Pope, Vice President of College Advancement at RCC, and RCC Advancement Intern Andrew White… …
Northumberland students learn what it takes to build a boat (5/21/2025) - The sixth-graders were working—loudly—with simple wooden boat models they’ve been building. The assignment: Hammer a small nail into the deck exactly one inch from the bow. “We are a boatbuilding… …
Teacher Appreciation Week (5/21/2025) - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 of Gloucester presented the teachers of Achilles Elementary School a gift basket on May 8. The basket was for Teacher Appreciation Week. Here, Achilles teacher… …
P.E.O. officers (5/21/2025) - New officers were recently selected for P.E.O. Chapter BW of Gloucester. The incoming leaders for the philanthropic educational organization are, from left, Jean Sterling, guard; Irene Albert, chaplain; Susan Rollins, treasurer;… …
Music in the Parks (5/14/2025) - The Thomas Hunter Middle School Seahawk Band traveled to Hampton May 2 to participate in the Music in the Parks competition. Out of 11 Class A middle school bands, the… …GHS Student Art Show (5/14/2025) - Gloucester High School’s 20th annual Student Art Show is now on display at Gloucester Public Library, Main Street Center. The show opened April 30 and continues through Friday, May 23.… …
Robinson graduates from ODU (5/14/2025) - Brian Robinson, recipient of the Mathews NAACP’s Beatrice Bobo Scholarship for the last three years, graduated Saturday from Old Dominion University with a bachelor of science degree in strategic communication.… …School board readopts budget, grapples with CEP (5/14/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board adopted its budget for fiscal year 2026 in the amount of $81.9 million Tuesday night, following its previous budget adoption of $83.5 million in March.… …
Lancaster’s Brookvale H.S. to receive historical marker (5/14/2025) - The state Department of Historic Resources announced recently the approval of nine new historical markers, including one in Lancaster County to commemorate a school that served the community’s black student… …
Teachers of the Year (5/14/2025) - Gloucester County Public Schools celebrated its Teachers of the Year last Thursday in the T.C. Walker Education Center Café and announced its District Teacher of the Year as Gloucester High… …Third-quarter honor rolls announced (5/7/2025) - Page Middle School Page Middle School has released its honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2024-2025 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Eighth… …
Senior walk (5/7/2025) - Graduation is right around the corner, and on Monday, the Mathews High School seniors marched through Mathews Elementary and Thomas Hunter Middle School, with the younger students cheering them on.… …
GHS Future Problem Solvers take first in state comp (5/7/2025) - The Gloucester High School Future Problem Solvers team placed first in the Virginia State Bowl in March and will travel to Indiana to compete with teams around the world in… …
Purple Up (5/7/2025) - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 from Gloucester, has been presenting Purple Up goodie bags to the five elementary schools in the county. From left, Auxiliary president Cheryl Slavnik and Sawyer… …
Community support (5/7/2025) - Thomas Hunter Middle School principal Jodie Simpson reached out to Ron Lambert to get the boys’ locker room painted ahead of this year’s Tour de Chesapeake, which will be held… …MHS students of the month (5/7/2025) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for April are eighth grader Christian Wells, freshman Mya Schroeder, sophomore Jacob Heimerich, junior Nora Suthard and senior Seth James. Students are chosen… …
DAR Good Citizen Award (5/7/2025) - The Cricket Hill chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, presented Mathews High School senior Suki Zheng its 2025 Good Citizen Award. Pictured left to right are Mathews High School principal… …
Lemon receives VCCSphilanthropy award (4/30/2025) - Carolyn A. Lemon of Gloucester was presented the 19th annual Virginia Community College System’s Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy during a luncheon ceremony in Richmond on April 15, hosted… …