Barbara Marshall

Want to make the Holidays very special for a lot of families? Sign up to give blood on Friday, Dec. 6th and help save 3 lives.  Just click to Sign Up. Remember if you’re 16 you must also get your parents’ permission (see Mr. Blanton for form).  

The Winter Dance and freshman lock-in will be held on Friday, Dec 13th, from 8:00 – 10:30 pm (dance) and 10:30 pm-6: 30am (lock-in).  All classes and guests are welcome to attend the dance, but the lock-in is for Maggie Walker freshmen only.  Tickets are $5 for the dance or the lock-in and $10 for…

Photos from the 2018 visit A select number of Orchestra students under the direction of Ms. Christina Sienkiewicz, will be performing for the Tree Lighting Ceremony at Capitol Square this Thursday, December 5th at 5 pm. After the tree lighting, students will perform in one of the ballrooms of the Governor’s Mansion while the pubic…

Mr. Matt McGuire’s AP Comparative Government students are on an interdisciplinary trip to London and Cardiff this week to learn about the Westminster Parliamentary system and about the differences between the United States/United Kingdom politics. Faculty members Mr. Dan Brown and Ms. Kerry Sheppard are also accompanying our students on this trip. Today our Dragons arrived in Wales.…

At the UVA Model United Nations conference attended by hundreds of students from across the region on November 15-16, several Maggie Walker students received awards for their performance. Congratulations to Riley Dewitt (’21-CCPS), Hanh Le (’21-CCPS), Sentil Meyyappan (’21-Henrico), Siddharth Venigalla (’20-CCPS), and Richard Zhai (’20-Henrico) for winning Verbal Commendations; Samantha Fidler (’21-Henrico) and Ronit…

Best wishes to the MW community for a joyful and restful holiday break.  It’s important to pause in our busy and full lives to be thankful for those we love and our closest friends.  Classes resume on Monday, December 2nd   “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in…

There is only one more Great Lake Scrip order date before the holiday break on December 6. Don’t forget about your holiday shopping, dining and travel needs! This is a great time to give both to your loved ones, friends AND your school! Not only can you give Scrip gift cards, but you can also…

The MLWGS boys volleyball team will play in the state final against Patrick Henry on Thursday at 4 pm at the Siegel Center.  They won the state semifinal Tuesday night and will be the first Maggie Walker team to ever play in the Siegel Center.  Be there!    

On Saturday, December 7th, the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School’s robotics team, FIRST Team 422 – The Mech Tech Dragons, is hosting a community STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) event geared toward local middle school students to promote interest and connect them with community STEM organizations. FIRST Team 422 consists of 60 high school…

After evaluation of the foodservice survey that was issued earlier this year where we asked you for your feedback to improve this program, Serve1 is launching a pilot program of pre-ordered boxed lunches called “Grab and Go.” The concept should help reduce lunch lines for students allowing them more time to eat and socialize with…

Beginning November 11th and continuing through Friday, December 6th, the Dragons of Maggie Walker Governor’s School attended a ‘Tell Us’ luncheon with their division superintendent and school board member during lunch block.  Students were offered a sign-up genius for those interested to attend the luncheon on a first-come-first-serve basis and were asked to share ideas…

Maggie Walker jazz band teacher, Nickolas Merillat, was commissioned by the high school he attended to compose a piece for their Symphonic Band to commentate an important anniversary of the school.  This is an honor for Nick and MLWGS to have a published composer as our orchestra director!   Ocean Lakes High School Jubilee was…

Our girls’ team had an outstanding meet this past weekend taking the VHSL championship title in Class 3. Congratulations runners! The boys’ team also had a strong showing taking 3rd place at the championship.  For both teams, this was their first year to compete at a higher level at Class 3.  Thank you to coaches…

 Bring back some gavels!

Clockwise from upper right: Eli Kin (’20), Connor Webb (’20), Nicholas Xie (’20) and Kevin Ren (’20).  This week ten Math Modeling teams of four students each are competing in the High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM).  The HiMCM offers students the opportunity to compete in a team setting using mathematics to present solutions to…