State conference (3/19/2025) - The Gloucester High School HOSA Club attended the Virginia HOSA State Leadership Conference the second weekend of March, where Peasley Middle School student Jocelynn Nester placed first in the categories… …
MHS Coffee Shop Jazz (3/19/2025) - On Wednesday, March 26, the Mathews High School Music Department will hold its second annual Coffee Shop Jazz event in the school’s cafeteria, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10… …
Read Across America (3/19/2025) - Students and staff at Achilles Elementary School celebrated Read Across America at the beginning of March by dressing up as their favorite book characters. Those dressing up as characters from… …K&Q to build new elementary school (3/19/2025) - King and Queen County has awarded Grimm + Parker Architects the contract to develop a master site plan for the construction of a new elementary school and academic campus. The new school… …
School Brief (3/19/2025) - Mahaila Burton of Port Haywood, and Virginia Silberhorn of Gloucester Point, were named to the dean’s list at Hollins University for the fall 2024 semester. To attain this distinction, students… …
Ochoa Zepeda places first in oratorical competition (3/19/2025) - Gloucester County Public Schools Department of Secondary School Leadership, in collaboration with the Gloucester Branch of the NAACP and the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation, held the second annual student oratorical… …
Gloucester School Board adopts $83.5M budget; Brewer named to board (3/19/2025) - The Gloucester County School Board adopted Superintendent of Schools Dr. Anthony Vladu’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 totaling $83,530,279 during its joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors Tuesday… …
VHSL Speech Super Regionals (3/12/2025) - Mathews High School hosted the VHSL 1A/1B Speech Super Regionals on Saturday, welcoming teams from Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, and Brunswick, Cumberland, Buffalo Gap, Galileo Magnet and Northampton high schools.… …
MHS String Orchestra (3/12/2025) - The Mathews High School String Orchestra received Straight Superior Ratings for the second year in a row at last weekend’s VBODA State Assessment. The orchestra traveled to Menchville High School… …
THMS Seahawk Band (3/12/2025) - The Thomas Hunter Middle School Intermediate Seahawk Band traveled to Lancaster Elementary School last Thursday for the Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula Area Assessment. The band played two selections for a panel… …
Weighted Angels (3/12/2025) - Thomas Hunter Middle School FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) students traveled to Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, on March 1 to participate in the Weighted Angels… …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… …