Gloucester High School Workforce Development

12/12/2025

🎉 Big News from Our Nurse Aide Program! 🎉
Our first-semester cohort has successfully completed clinicals at Sanders and Walter Reed Hospital—and we received positive feedback from both sites! Clinical Experiences are High-quality Work-based Learning experiences. These experiences build competence, confidence, and a deeper understanding of the profession. Clinical experiences are also a critical component of medical licensing, as they ensure that healthcare professionals are adequately trained to provide safe and effective patient care.

Plus, a huge thank you to Ginger Spencer from Heartfelt Touch Massage, who certified our students in Compassionate Touch—a therapy proven to reduce stress and improve comfort for those with dementia or chronic illness. Her nonprofit provides this service free to the community! 💙

12/12/2025

The GHS Criminal Justice class had some special visitors today. 2025 GHS graduate and Criminal Justice class completer Trevor Scribbins, currently employed as a Mathews County Sheriff's Office 911 Dispatcher, presented to the class the duties, responsibilities, and day-to-day expectations of a Dispatcher. Accompanying him was former GHS Criminal Justice Teacher and current Mathews County Sheriff's Office Investigator Mike Rice, who shared with the class the law enforcement side of MCSO.

10/30/2025

Yesterday, Thanks to the Hampton Roads Workforce Council, GHS students attended the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) second annual maritime mentorship event at the Norfolk Hilton Main Hotel. The purpose of this program is to expose high school students to maritime career opportunities, educational requirements and a summary of a day in the life of a person working in each of the different careers.

Students toured different vessels and met with leaders/mentors from companies in the maritime industry. Thank you to Moran Tugs, McCallister Towing, Crofton Industries, Dominion Energy, Newport News Shipbuilding, NNS Apprentice School, Maersk Shipping, and American Bureau of Shipping.

10/02/2025

Congratulations to Trevor Scribbins, a 2025 Gloucester High School graduate. Trevor's ambition for a career in Law Enforcement led him to take the Criminal Justice CTE class at GHS, and now he is officially starting his journey with the Mathews County Sheriff's Office!

07/15/2025

Last week, 16 Gloucester High School students finished a paid Skilled Trades Bootcamp. They each worked alongside a professional from Larry's Plumbing, Miller's Services, Gloucester Toyota, and Gloucester-Mathews Care Clinic. From Monday-Friday, they each spent a day in a different trade, giving them a peek at 5 different opportunities.

The students' feedback was nearly unanimous—they all enjoyed the experience, gained new insights, and even discovered potential career paths to explore.

This opportunity was possible thanks to a generous grant from the Gloucester Community Foundation. Thank you!

Thank you so much to Miller's Services, Gloucester Toyota, Larry's Plumbing and Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic for providing the opportunity to learn and explore new careers with your awesome mentors!!

06/04/2025

GHS Students ages 16+ (as of July 7th).

EDIT: July 7th - 11th!!

You can spend one week in a PAID job shadow!
You can explore different skilled trades in a no-pressure environment!
You can receive training and mentorship from skilled subject matter experts!
AND you can have FUN!
The trades you will be able to choose from include:
Carpentry
Electric
Plumbing
Automotive Repair
Automotive Parts
Automotive Sales
Patient Care
Dental Assistant
Lab Tech
Pharmacy Tech
Aquaculture

APPLY HERE:
https://forms.gle/KLbhsRCqmdFE2zNL6

05/21/2025

Career Signing Day! Yesterday, May 20th in the GHS Gym, the Class of 2025 Graduating Seniors who have either accepted a full-time job offer or enlisted in the military were recognized! Congratulations and best wishes for your bright future!

02/17/2025

As we continue to celebrate February as Career and Technical Education Month at Gloucester High School, we had visitors from Page Middle School and Peasley Middle School to our CTE programs last Thursday & Friday.

You may remember, that we visited them in November. While we were there, we invited the 8th graders to see the programs in action firsthand.
About 370 of them signed up to come and they all seemed to have a great time learning about the programs that will be available to them when they come to the High School next year!

02/12/2025

We continue to celebrate February as Career and Technical Education Month at Gloucester High School School

Mrs. Nester's Nurse Aide I is one of the CTE classes that prepare students for careers in the Health Science Career Cluster. Upon completion of this class, students will be Certified Nurse Aides upon passing the required state testing. It is also a Dual Enrollment class meaning students get College Credit from RCC.

During this class, her students are practicing patient transfer skills using mannequins and each other.

02/04/2025

February has been officially proclaimed as Career and Technical Education month. At Gloucester High School we have CTE classes that prepare for careers in 11 of the 17 recognized Career Clusters.

Here, Mr. Extine's Carpentry II class is building a 12'x12' shed that will be sold at a later date. Students build various projects throughout the year, and many are available for sale. The proceeds from the sales help fund future projects. In addition to the shed. some items for sale include:

Chicken Coops
Planter Boxes
Adirondack Chairs
Handmade Flags
Co****le Boards
Custom items possible!

For more info, inquire within!

11/26/2024

On Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving break, Gloucester High School Career & Technical Education Students brought their programs to Page Middle School and Peasley Middle School to give the 8th-grade students a peek into what programs will be available to them when they move up to GHS next year. We are super proud of our career presenters. Their knowledge and passion for their respective career fields was awe-inspiring!

11/26/2024