Source: U.S. Census Bureau To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926. For many years, the second week of February was set aside for this celebration to coincide with the birthdays […]
Congratulations to the following Dragons for their participation in the Central Regional Orchestra last weekend, January 24th-25th, at Atlee High School. Chloe Biggs, violin (’23-Henrico) Sean Fang, cello (’23-Chesterfield) Ella Forlin, cello (’23-Henrico) Sarah Hendricks, cello (’23-Hannover) Mariam Jafari-Nassali, violin (’23-Richmond) Mark Janssen, viola (’23-Chesterfield) Shreyas Muthusamy, viola (’23-Henrico) Abhishek Satpathy, cello (’23-Henrico) William Taylor, […]
We are very excited to announce that (10) students were recently honored with (16) 2019-2020 Scholastic Writing Awards including (4) Gold Keys – one is also an American Voices Nominee, (6) Silver Keys, and (6) Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to the following writing winners: First Name Last Name Grade Division Teacher Award Section Jeddah Arnold 10 […]
Kapitanov Morley We are very excited to announce that our talented students in the fine arts were recently honored again this year by having their work selected in the Scholastic Art competition. This is a highly competitive art competition that had over 2600 art entries from the region. MLWGS students had another record-setting year […]
The Addams Family cast in rehearsal. The Addams Family is being performed on February 27th-29th, starting at 7 pm on Thursday and Friday, and 2 pm on Saturday. We hope that you join us for a spooky night!
Use this link for the Student Intent to Return Form
Students will be issued their Intent to Return form during their first-period today and asked to bring them home for parental signatures. All MLWGS 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students must return this form to their first-period teacher on Monday, February 3, 2020. Failure to return the form may result in the loss of their […]
KUDOS to the Dragons for placing first at the VHSL Regional Scholastic Bowl Tournament on Monday, January 27th. Maggie Walker was the host site of this tournament and many of our teachers volunteered their time to assist in its success. Thank you all for doing a fantastic job of staffing the competition rooms. We heard […]
Maggie Walker Governor’s School has had a relationship with Virginia Commonwealth University for over two decades. We have offered numerous dual-enrollment classes and have been able to offer opportunities to our students to earn college credit through these experiences. Recently, VCU has been in a process of re-evaluation of their dual-enrollment program and as a […]
GS Foundation Director, Suzannah Stora, announced last week that the Taylor Teaching Award selection committee has chosen David Barnes as the recipient of the 2019-2020 Taylor Teaching Award for his trip titled Ecology, Culture, and Change of Tanzania. Mr. Barnes will travel to Tanzania, where he will hike Mt. Meru, safari the Serengeti, and snorkel […]
