Christmas Day for the Dogs collection underway (12/18/2024) - Gloucester County Public Schools is collecting donations for the Gloucester County Animal Control shelter through Friday. Items needed include dog food, dog treats, collars, leashes, toys, flea treatment and blankets,… …
‘Tastes, Sights and Sounds of the Season’ tonight at THMS (12/18/2024) - The Thomas Hunter Middle School Band, Art, Family and Consumer Science, and Technology classes will be presenting the “Tastes, Sights and Sounds of the Season” tonight, Thursday, Dec. 19, in… …
Ringing in the season with poetry (12/18/2024) - Stacie Wiatt challenged her fourth grade students at Mathews Elementary School to create Christmas-themed poems using a variety of poetic techniques. The students wrote cinquain poems (five-line poem with a… …
MHS Holiday Concert (12/11/2024) - The Mathews High School Music Department presented its annual Holiday Concert last Thursday night at the school’s Harry M. Ward Auditorium. The concert of holiday songs, both familiar and unique,… …
MHS Scholastic Bowl (12/11/2024) - The Mathews High School Scholastic Bowl team, coached by MHS teacher John Corrigan, opened its season last Wednesday at home against King William. The two teams played “B” and “A”… …
Toys for Tots (12/11/2024) - Ware Academy families partnered with Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Rory Brill to collect over 500 toys for the Toys for Tots program this year. The Ware student leadership council… …School board discusses library materials policy (12/11/2024) - During Tuesday night’s Gloucester County School Board meeting, held in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium, members discussed the verbiage of policy IIBDA, which addresses the selection and adoption of… …
MHS students of the month (12/11/2024) - Mathews High School’s students of the month for November are eighth grader Isabella Newcomb, freshman Marley Brock, sophomore Adam Greve, junior Ellie Congrove and, not pictured, senior Liberti Carter. Students… …
Holiday musical (12/11/2024) - Melinda McKenzie and Nina Buzby, from above, presented a holiday musical during last Thursday’s meeting of the Gloucester Retired Educators Association, held at the Disabled American Veterans building in Gloucester.… …Giving Circle awards grants to preschool, Tiny House projects (12/11/2024) - In its most recent round of grants, the Mathews Women’s Giving Circle is awarding $30,000 to the Mathews Family YMCA for the preschool initiative the organization plans to introduce in… …
First-quarter honor rolls announced in Gloucester and Mathews (12/4/2024) - Page Middle School Page Middle School has released its honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2024-2025 school year. Students receiving all As during the marking period were: Eighth… …
Turkey Trot (12/4/2024) - Petsworth Elementary School held its annual Turkey Trot fundraiser on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The school collected 1,173 canned goods for Salem Community Church’s food pantry. Those who earned first place… …
Legislative visit (12/4/2024) - Diane Kaufman, who is the regional director of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine’s Eastern Virginia office, visited Abingdon Elementary School as part of the Virginia School Boards Association’s Take Your Legislator… …
THMS art winners (12/4/2024) - Bay School’s Made in Mathews Studio Tour Student Art Contest winners from Thomas Hunter Middle School pose with teacher Katie Witowski. They are, from right, Witowski, first-place winner Liam Tiller,… …MHS Music Dept. to hold Holiday Concert tonight (12/4/2024) - The Mathews High School Music Department will hold its annual Holiday Concert at 7 o’clock tonight, Thursday, Dec. 5, in the school’s auditorium. The free performance will include selections from… …
Toys for Tots (12/4/2024) - Gloucester County Public Schools Central Office hosted its annual Secret Santa Gift Exchange on Tuesday in support of the Toys for Tots program. Over 75 toys were collected and donated… …Free agricultural education kits available for Virginia classrooms (12/4/2024) - Free gifts to educators from Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom are intended to bring joy, engagement and inspiration to schoolchildren year-round. Virginia teachers can order a 2025 Creative Agriculture Resources… …
Legislative tour (11/26/2024) - State Sen. Ryan T. McDougle (R-Hanover) visited Botetourt Elementary and Gloucester High schools Monday as part of the Virginia Schools Boards Association’s Take Your Legislator to School Month. Above, McDougle,… …Mathews School Board discusses student achievement (11/26/2024) - Superintendent of Schools Dr. David S. Daniel made a pair of presentations this month to members of the Mathews County School Board—one on student performance in a K-3 literacy screening… …
VSBA launches public education initiative (11/26/2024) - The Virginia School Boards Association has announced the launch of the VSBA Public Education Initiative, a yearlong campaign designed to elevate the conversation around public education across the commonwealth. With… …
SEAC to meet Monday (11/26/2024) - The Special Education Advisory Committee for Gloucester County Public Schools will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the T.C. Walker Education Center cafeteria. This meeting will include a presentation on… …
GHS junior acts FAST to save life (11/26/2024) - Spotting the first signs of a stroke can be difficult, but not for 16-year-old Hannah Broadwell who acted quickly to save the life of her best friend’s mother earlier this… …Mathews board approves personnel actions (11/26/2024) - The Mathews County School Board took a number of personnel actions at its Nov. 19 meeting. The board approved two transfers: Stacy A. Hudgins transferred from her position as registrar… …
Legislative tour (11/20/2024) - The Mathews County School Board hosted a legislative tour last Thursday of all three county schools, showing the building needs and challenges faced at Mathews Elementary, Thomas Hunter Middle School… …School Briefs (11/20/2024) - Farren Winter of Gloucester, has earned all-conference honors in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) as a member of the Shenandoah University field hockey team. The graduate student is a… …