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Applications now accepted for Matthew Crittenden Scholarship

Applications are now available for the Matthew S. Crittenden Memorial Scholarship. This year’s recipient will receive a four-year scholarship in the amount of $500 per year. Those students who are currently Middlesex High School seniors, have a 3.0 or...

MCPS Menu for the week of April 11

Middlesex County Public Schools breakfast and lunch menu for next week is as follows: Monday, April 11 -- Breakfast, whole grain banana bread; lunch, corn dog nuggets or tuna salad sub. Tuesday, April 12 -- Breakfast, sausage biscuit; lunch,...

Horace Norton Memorial Scholarship application deadline is set for May 11

Applications are now being accepted for the Horace Norton Memorial Scholarship and are due no later than May 11. Those eligible to apply are seniors who will graduate from Middlesex High School in June 2022 or have previously graduated...

Middlesex County Public School menu March 21-25

The Middlesex County Public Schools breakfast and lunch menu for next week is as follows: Monday, March 21 — Breakfast, mini blueberry waffles; lunch, chicken nuggets, pretzel roll or tossed salad with cheese. Tuesday, March 22 — Breakfast, sausage...

St. Clare Walker students excel in tech competition

Eight St. Clare Walker Middle School students competed in the Tidewater TSA Regional Fair conducted at Grassfield High School in Chesapeake on Saturday, Feb. 26. Middle and high school student members competed in more than 30 competitive events based...

Middlesex schools announce new approaches to COVID-19

by Larry Chowning - Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) started on Feb. 7 with the “Test to Stay” (TTS) policy program in an effort to keep students in school. TTS is a practice that allows close contacts of individuals with COVID-19...

COVID-19’s reach still felt in schools

by Larry Chowning - COVID-19 continues to be an issue in the Middlesex County Public Schools system as 18 positive cases were in the buildings and buses and there were 37 close contacts that resulted in quarantines during the...

Superintendent: Health and safety are schools’ priority

by Larry Chowning - Middlesex County school superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz explained in a Jan. 22 letter to parents the Middlesex County School Board’s (MCSB) decision Friday to move forward not to comply with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order that...

MC schools send 68 into COVID-19 quarantine

Meeting set on masking mandate after Youngkin nixes requirement by Larry Chowning - COVID-19 has roared back into the Middlesex County Public Schools system as school superintendent Dr. Tracy Seitz reported last week that there were 21 positive cases in...

Bomb threat leads to MHS gym evacuation; hoops games canceled

by Tom Chillemi - The Middlesex High School (MHS) gym was evacuated in minutes following a bomb threat made during a basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 6, said Tracy Seitz, superintendent of Middlesex County Public Schools. Dr. Seitz said...

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