Browse past news stories for Matoaca High School in Chesterfield, VA.

• The Duke of Chesterfield (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 09:11:02 am
  Virginia advanced to its first College World Series last season. The Cavaliers have also positioned themselves as a perennial Top 25 program. But James Madison has managed to trump U.Va. in at least one area. The Dukes edged out both Virginia and Virgini
• Colonials seek title (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 09:15:10 am
  CHESTERFIELD - Winning 39 individual games is a pretty big deal. But come tonight against a tough Prince George team, Colonial Heights wants to go small. Win in three and be done. "We want to win the tournament because having won the district we want to
• Full Force Crew (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:15:26 am
  CHESTERFIELD - Some teams decide to show up and others choose not. The Prince George girls volleyball teams is one of those teams that always shows up. Against a tough opponent and home team, Matoaca, the visitors dominated in full force. The last time
• Passion and fun on the volleyball court (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 08:31:04 am
  CHESTERFIELD - For two Matoaca High School students, Kevin Ryan and Austin Woods, playing boys volleyball was a risk worth taking. "We were at our neighborhood pool playing tennis when I asked Austin if he wanted to play boys volleyball. I thought it w
• Petersburg, Matoaca high schools benefit from Dominion grants (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 08:17:56 am
  RICHMOND - Two Tri-City area schools are benefiting from educational grants awarded by Dominion. Petersburg High School in Petersburg was awarded $10,000 for the Student Water Analysis & Monitoring Project. Plans are to create an outdoor classroom that
• Shoe fund includes other back-to-school needs (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 04:21:15 am
  The WRVA Alden Aaroe Shoe Fund isn’t just for shoes anymore. Donations of more than $60,000 this year helped more than 800 children get off to a good start in school with whatever they needed most. “It’s grown to provide more than just shoes,“ said Jeff Baldwin, spokesman for the Salvation Army, which administers the 42-year-old fund. “It’s back-to-school supplies, and if they need a pair of ...
• Online Exclusive (NBC 12 Richmond)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:28:12 pm
  CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - While students don't have to pay to play sports in Chesterfield County, parents are used to forking over cash for other high school activities.
• Chesterfield teen appearing on MDA telethon (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on September 6, 2009 at 04:15:45 am
  At the age of 9, Caroline Pennell was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. Five years later, she’s sharing the lessons learned with the world. Pennell, a Chesterfield County resident and a freshman at Matoaca High School, will miss her first day of school this year. She’ll be in Las Vegas, appearing on the 44th annual Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon.
• Matoaca High School guidance technician retires (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 11:11:15 pm
  For the past eight years, students and parents who called or visited Matoaca High School’s guidance department have met the friendly and knowledgeable Anabel Newton. But this summer, students looking for transcripts or parents registering their children for the fall won’t find her anymore. The guidance technician retired last week after 31 years with the Chesterfield County school system.
• Church cleaning up high school courtyard (NBC 12 Richmond)
  posted on July 22, 2009 at 10:16:30 pm
  CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - Wednesday night members of the Colonial Heights Baptist Church will be pulling up weeds in an effort to spruce up Matoaca High School's courtyard.
• Haney heads up ultimate Warriors (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on June 19, 2009 at 08:52:13 am
  CHESTERFIELD — Jesse Haney made a name for himself at Matoaca High School.
• News Near You for June 13 (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on June 13, 2009 at 04:04:57 am
  Richmond NFL linebacker James Farrior received a key to the city of Richmond yesterday for his work on behalf of his James Farrior Foundation. Mayor Dwight C. Jones gave him the key. Farrior, who was a star football player at Chesterfield County’s Matoaca High School and the University of Virginia, now plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. His foundation, based in Ettrick, raises money for ...
• ID may take days (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on June 10, 2009 at 08:24:30 am
  PETERSBURG — Investigators are still trying to determine the identity of body that was recovered from the Appomattox River on Sunday afternoon.
• Chesterfield students with disabilities find jobs through program (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on June 7, 2009 at 04:06:50 am
  All seven members of the first graduating class of Project SEARCH Chesterfield have jobs. Such is the purpose of the program, which provides education and opportunities for high school students with intellectual disabilities. In a partnership between Chesterfield Employment Services and the county school system, students worked as interns throughout the year in various county departments to ...
• High school graduations start today at VCU; expect delays (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 04:04:52 am
  Motorists driving past Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park campus should expect delays over the next 10 days while high school graduations are held at the Siegel Center. From today through June 13, more than 20 public high schools from the counties of Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico and New Kent are holding ceremonies at the Siegel Center at 1200 W. Broad St., along with a private ...
• Chesterfield developing virtual high school (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on May 17, 2009 at 04:03:48 am
  When Isaiah Benitez learned that he had an opportunity to help produce music for artists in Los Angeles, he was overwhelmed. “I could have had a heart attack!“ he said recently as he played with sounds on his music console and laptop at home in Matoaca. Benitez, 19, said he knew it was a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to work in popular music production, but he didn’t want to quit his high ...
• LifeStyle Builders & Developers Wins 8 Awards at HBA Southside VA's 2009 Parade of Homes (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 07:01:00 am
  LifeStyle Builders & Developers, Inc, a Richmond, Virginia based homebuilder, proudly accepted eight awards for the Home Builders Association of Southside Virginia's 2009 Parade of Homes.
• Education jobs not safe from recession (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 04:11:14 am
  Bianca L. Mason, who has a bachelor’s degree in business administration, left the business industry five years ago to become a teacher, a career she thought would be recession-proof. But by the end of June, Mason, who lives in Dinwiddie County with her soon-to-be 3-year-old daughter, will no longer have a job as a marketing teacher at Matoaca High School in Chesterfield County. She came to ...
• Dog helps students with disabilities (Detroit Free Press)
  posted on April 1, 2009 at 08:40:00 pm
  RICHMOND, Va.— Yudi, a Matoaca High School ninth-grader, couldn't stop laughing when Zach, a teaching assistant, licked her face.
• Dog helps students with disabilities at Matoaca (Culpeper Star-Exponent)
  posted on April 1, 2009 at 01:16:02 pm
  About two months ago, Penny Edwards, a teacher and coach at the Chesterfield County high school, brought in Zach to enhance teaching for students with disabilities at the school. The four-legged assistant helps teachers with their reading, math and social studies lessons and helps correct disruptive behavior, Edwards said.
• Dog helps students with disabilities at Matoaca High (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on April 1, 2009 at 04:20:05 am
  Zach, a Labrador retriever, helps teachers with their reading, math and social studies lessons and helps correct disruptive behavior. Yudi, a Matoaca High School ninth-grader, couldn’t stop laughing when Zach, a teaching assistant, licked her face.
• Death notices (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on March 22, 2009 at 04:27:02 am
  Eckel, Mr. Parker Matthew, 87, of Midlothian, a World War II Navy veteran, husband of Catherine Herbert Eckel. Frederick, Mrs. Dorothy E. Bailey, of Henrico, wife of Lee M. Frederick. Graves, Mrs. Georgia L., 94, of Richmond, widow of Lynn W. Graves. Gunn, Mrs. Louvenie Howell, 85, of Richmond, a retired employee with the regional controller’s office of the U.S. Postal Service in Richmond, widow ...
• Cigarette started fire in Matoaca (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
  posted on March 12, 2009 at 08:38:22 am
  CHESTERFIELD — Firefighters contained and extinguished a fire in the woods of Matoaca late Tuesday afternoon. The fire initially was reported at 4 p.m. Monday.
• Brush fire results in temporary evacuation of Chesterfield homes (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on March 10, 2009 at 05:03:24 am
  Residents of about 20 homes were evacuated for several hours last night along Cattail Road in Chesterfield County after authorities feared they could be threatened by a fast-moving brush fire. As a precaution, county fire officials issued a mandatory evacuation order at about 5 p.m. for residents on Cattail between Reedy Branch and Rowlett roads. Residents were encouraged to use a temporary ...
• Twenty homes evacuated near Chesterfield brush fire (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on March 9, 2009 at 11:27:26 pm
  About 20 homes along a 3-mile stretch of Cattail Road in Chesterfield County are being evacuated as a precaution because of a brush fire in the 13400 block of Nash Road. A temporary shelter was made available at Matoaca High School at 1700 Longhouse Lane. The fire department will provide residents without transportation a ride to the shelter. They can call (804) 748-1251.