Ware Academy expansion project begins (5/15/2024) - Ware Academy held a groundbreaking ceremony for its expansion project Monday. The project is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 15 of this year. “It’s a pretty extensive project,” said… …
Gloucester High School’s SCA earns national recognition (5/8/2024) - For its exemplary record of leadership, service and activities that improve the school and community, the Gloucester High School Student Council Association has been recognized as a 2024 National Council… …MHS recognized by state for graduation rate increase (5/8/2024) - Mathews High School is one of only 27 schools from across the commonwealth to receive the 2023-2024 Virginia Board of Education’s Continuous Improvement Award, the division announced last week. “We… …
Teacher Appreciation (5/8/2024) - The week of May 6-10 is celebrated as Teacher Appreciation Week, an occasion to show gratitude and recognition to educators for their invaluable service. Members of Oriental Lodge No. 20… …
Book donation (5/8/2024) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club recently donated 78 copies of The Magic Tree House book, “To the Future, Ben Franklin!” to Abingdon Elementary School. Shown dropping off the books are club… …8th grade orientation Tuesday at MHS (5/8/2024) - Mathews High School will host an orientation for rising eighth graders at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the school’s Harry M. Ward Auditorium. The Mathews County School Board voted earlier this… …
Teachers of the Year recognized at awards dinner (5/8/2024) - The Gloucester County Public Schools Educational Foundation recognized its Teachers of the Year at an awards dinner Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center Café, fittingly on National Teacher… …School Briefs (5/8/2024) - Ellie Leighton Armistead of Mathews, is scheduled to graduate Friday from the University of Georgia with a bachelor of science degree in education in sports management. Armistead is finishing her… …
W&M moves forward with undegrad marine science program (5/8/2024) - William & Mary is moving forward with a proposal for the first undergraduate marine science program at a public university in Virginia. The university's Board of Visitors announced last week… …
Hampton University program to reflect on 70-year legacy of Brown v. Board of Ed (5/8/2024) - Hampton University will host a program on Thursday, May 16, reflecting on the 70-year legacy of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas… …
4th grade science approved to be taught in 5th grade (5/1/2024) - The Gloucester County School Board met for a work session last Thursday evening in the colonial courthouse to cover multiple agenda topics, including a curriculum proposal to have fourth grade… …
‘Smart Cookie Bakery’ implements marketing strategies to drum up business (5/1/2024) - The students in special education teacher Cher Gingues’s Life Skills Program at Gloucester High School are currently working on marketing strategies to increase sales for “Smart Cookie Bakery,” a student-run… …Car wash Saturday to benefit GHS Marching Dukes (5/1/2024) - The Gloucester High School Marching Dukes will hold a car wash fundraiser Saturday to raise money for the group’s big band trip next year. The car wash will be held… …
Honor rolls announced Gloucester High School (5/1/2024) - Gloucester High School recently released its honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2023-2024 school year.Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Seniors—Jacob Ahnemann, Jillian Anderson, Christian… …
‘Books of Their Own’ (5/1/2024) - The Kiwanis Club of Mathews, on behalf of the Mathews High School Key Club, recently applied for a grant from Hampton Roads Academy aimed at nonprofit organizations. The high school students at HRA… …Lions support teachers (5/1/2024) - The Mathews Lions Club donated $100 to each of this year’s Mathews County Public Schools Teachers of the Year. In photo below at right, Lion Marie Walls (center) presents the… …
School Briefs (5/1/2024) - Brittney Hardee of Hayes, recently passed the National Exam through the American College of Sports Medicine to become a certified exercise physiologist. A graduate of Gloucester High School and Longwood… …
THMS students raise $2,000 in South Sudan water fundraiser (4/24/2024) - In spite of the chilly, drizzly weather, seventh graders at Thomas Hunter Middle School in Mathews held a successful fundraiser on Sunday, bringing in $2,000 for the Water for South… …Honor Rolls announced (4/24/2024) - Mathews High The Mathews High School guidance department recently released its honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2023-2024 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period… …
Thomas Hunter to showcase elective courses on May 16 (4/24/2024) - All community members, civic organizations and families are invited to attend The Art of Living from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at Thomas Hunter Middle School, Mathews. The program… …
Bay Transit—RCC Scholarship (4/24/2024) - Bay Transit, the public transportation division of Bay Aging, announced the three winners of its 2024 Bay Transit—Rappa-hannock Community College Scholarship in a ceremony held at the school’s Warsaw campus… …
First place (4/24/2024) - Ware Academy kindergartener Chase Harris of Gloucester won first place in the environmental category for WHRO’s 2024 PBS KIDS Writers Contest for his original work, “Spy Cub Saves the Savannah.”… …
School Brief (4/24/2024) - Charles F. McKeller Jr. of Gloucester, was recently selected as the recipient of the Outstanding Contributions by a Music Minor or Non-Major Award in the music program at Virginia Tech.… …Deadline approaches for Kids Craft Market (4/24/2024) - Next week is the deadline for youth to register for a booth in the upcoming Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism Kids Craft Market. The market will be held from 9… …
Achilles staff reunion (4/24/2024) - Thirty former staff members of Achilles Elementary School gathered on April 16 for lunch at Nick’s Spaghetti and Steakhouse to share memories and rekindle old and new friendships. Their next… …