UDC scholarship (7/31/2024) - Captain Sally Tompkins Chapter 2626 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy awarded its 2024 Captain Sally Tompkins $1,000 scholarship to Evelyn Mannix of Virginia Beach. Mannix, the granddaughter of… …
Snack Pack program (7/31/2024) - The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 75 collected 125 pounds of food for the school division’s Snack Pack program in July. The members packed the food in 50 bags, delivering them… …School Brief| (7/31/2024) - Sydni Brown of Gloucester, recently earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus. …
Preparing for college starts as early as middle school (7/24/2024) - Preparing for college can be a stressful time for high school students. To alleviate the stress of planning for college, it is best to plan early while in middle school… …
Hands Across Mathews (7/24/2024) - Mathews Food Lion employees Sharon Savo and Mary Diggs, from left, help ring up the gift cards for the Hands Across Mathews Fresh Start back-to-school shopping program. The Fresh Start… …Tips for preparing your child now for back-to-school bullies (7/24/2024) - Many parents are already considering what they need to do to prepare their children for the new school year that is just around the corner. While what they will wear… …
Field trip (7/24/2024) - Students from the Middle Peninsula Summer Regional Governor’s School visited the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society last month for a field trip. The students made fleece catnip toys for the shelter’s feline… …Mathews school board to meet next week on strategic plan (7/24/2024) - Members of the Mathews County School Board will sit down next week with representatives from the School Board Member Alliance to work on the division’s strategic plan. Meetings will be… …
Four charged with carrying firearms on school property found not guilty (7/24/2024) - The four men charged with carrying firearms onto school property during a Gloucester school board meeting last summer were found not guilty of the felony charge following a jury trial… …
Changes coming to RCC facilities (7/24/2024) - Changes are coming to Rappahannock Community College. There will be new a building, facilities as well as new programs for the Glenns and Warsaw campuses and the New Kent off-campus… …
GREA holds luncheon; honors scholarship winners (7/17/2024) - The Gloucester Retired Educators Association heard a presentation by Donna Forbes of the Gloucester Visitor’s Center during a summer luncheon meeting on June 27 at the DAV Chapter 58 building… …
Youth Cadets (7/17/2024) - Several Gloucester High School students attended last month’s Youth Cadet Law Enforcement Program. This weeklong program of the American Legion and Virginia State Police provides first-hand experiences and insight into… …
Woodville School donation (7/17/2024) - Don Sandridge, a past president of the Abingdon Ruritan Club, recently presented a $500 donation on behalf of the club to the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation. Accepting the gift was… …
Essay winner (7/17/2024) - Donna Osborne, president of the Epsilon Eta Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., of Gloucester, at right, awarded Sherice McCray, former eighth-grade student at Page Middle School, first place… …New principal, other changes at Mathews schools (7/17/2024) - A new principal has been hired for Thomas Hunter Middle School, along with a reshuffling of staff at Mathews High and Mathews Elementary schools. The Mathews County School Board approved… …
School Briefs (7/17/2024) - Shaelyn McNeil of Gloucester, recently earned a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Shenandoah University. Farren Winter of Gloucester, was named to the 2023-2024 Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic… …
School Briefs (7/10/2024) - Elianna Tirado of Gloucester, Addy Silberhorn of Gloucester Point, and Hayes Burton of Port Haywood, were named to the dean’s list at Hollins University for the spring 2024 semester. To… …
Honor rolls announced (7/10/2024) - Gloucester High School Gloucester High School recently released its honor rolls for the fourth quarter of the 2023-2024 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Seniors—Jacob… …
2 students represent Mathews at national FCCLA event (7/10/2024) - Rising eighth grader Lilly Moore and rising ninth grader Mya Schroeder, along with their FCCLA adviser Michelle Williams, represented Mathews County and Thomas Hunter Middle School at the Family, Career… …Pulling up weeds (7/10/2024) - Mathews County Republican Committee members showed up last month and attacked the weeds at Thomas Hunter Middle School … and won. Among those taking part were Sue and Bob Sherrill,… …
Boys and Girls State (7/3/2024) - Gloucester High School students have been selected to represent their school this summer at Boys State and Girls State. These weeklong summer programs are sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary… …Mathews superintendent reviews 1st year of cell phone ban (7/3/2024) - Now that the 2023-2024 school year is in the books, Mathews County’s Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel took a look back at the first year of implementation of… …
School Briefs (7/3/2024) - Bayleigh Albert, Olivia Cohn and Patrick Stone of Gloucester, and Sarah Bomar of Gloucester Point, recently graduated from the College of William and Mary. Cody Brown of Hayes, was named… …
Teachers, other division employees to get 5%+step (6/26/2024) - By a 4-1 vote last week, the Mathews County School Board adopted the division’s revised 2025 budget that gives teachers and other school employees a 5 percent pay increase, plus… …GHS grads receive $198,700 in local scholarships (6/26/2024) - Students from Gloucester High School’s newest graduating class received a total of $198,700 worth of scholarships earlier this month from local organizations. Recipients and their scholarships include the following: Renner… …