Barbara Marshall

Art 1 students took a tour on Thursday, February 14th of the Congo Mask exhibition at the VMFA.  This is a part of their study of African art and culture in sync with the Global Studies cycle as well as their own unit on sculpture.  The students were accompanied by teacher Jeff Hall.

Rules Who May Enter The essay contest is open to all students currently in grades 9 through 12 from Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Note: Children, grandchildren, stepchildren, and members of the household of a federal judge or federal judiciary employee are excluded from the competition. Essay Question The prompt for the 2019…

Inspired by Federico Fellini’s ‘Nights of Cabiria,’ SWEET CHARITY explores the turbulent love life of Charity Hope Valentine, a hopelessly romantic but comically unfortunate dance hall hostess in New York City. With a tuneful, groovy, mid-1960s score by Cy Coleman, sparkling lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and a hilarious book by Neil Simon, SWEET CHARITY captures all…

Anna Jepson (’20-Chesterfield) won the 2A State Diving title today in the Women’s 1-Meter competition!  She finished with a score of 449.50, setting a new VHSL Class 2 record. Anna was also the 2018 winner in this category. Congratulations! Anna is coached by Matthew Chocklett and Heather Kemmerly. This represents the fifth consecutive State win for…

Similar to previous years, we will hold the eleventh International Language Fair on March 9th, 2019 at MLWGS. Middle school students from our community are offered three different workshops from our ten languages. These workshops are designed and conducted by Maggie Walker students in order to expose the participants to the culture of each language. …

Congratulations to the wrestling team with 3 Regional Champions – team captains David Winters (’19-Hanover) and Cole Cummins (’19-Chesterfield), plus freshman RJ May (Powhatan). Other State qualifiers are Zach Wooden (’22-Henrico), Varun Mandgi (’21-Henrico), Ashton Longo (’19-Richmond) and Will Street (’21-Henrico). Good luck to the 7 wrestlers competing at the state champtionship Feb 15-16.

According to the Virginia Department of Education in their press release dated February 6th, nearly three out of every 10 of Virginia’s 2018 public high school graduates demonstrated college-level achievement on at least one Advanced Placement examination, according to data released today by the College Board, the nonprofit organization that manages the AP program. The…

Swimming Thursday at Swim RVA, this is the 5th consecutive regional championship win for the girls’ team.  Moving up from their finish last year, the 2019 boys’ team also takes1st place. Team Captions are Quinn Keatley (’19-Chesterfield), Emily Mortimer (’19-Henrico), and Joey Mistretta (’19-Henrico) and Conner Thomas (’12-Goochland). Both teams are coached by Matthew Chocklett and…

The students of Peer Mentors and United Sisters and Brothers (USB) have joined their efforts this month in paying tribute to generations of African-Americans. Twice each week during February, one club student will share a biography during morning announcements to the MLWGS community. This week we heard about Garrett Morgan, Inventor, and Carter G. Woodson,…

Maggie L Walker Governor’s School will join 132 other school divisions throughout the state to celebrate School Board Appreciation Month in February. Almost 850 elected and appointed school board members throughout Virginia will be recognized by schools and communities for their service and dedication to public education. The theme of this year’s celebration, “Advancing Opportunities for…

Our American Story is a digital student contest for 8th–12th graders designed to foster creativity, cooperative learning, critical examination, and discussion among our country’s next generation of leaders. We want to hear students’ unique perspectives on the themes of democracy, diversity, and opportunity. The Our American Story contest closes on March 15, 2019. Grand Prize…

2018-2019  Outstanding Student Award Secondary   Nomination Procedure: The Virginia Association for the Gifted will accept self-nominations and nominations from parents, teachers, students and community and civic groups. Nominations must be submitted on or before April 12, 2019  Eligibility Criteria: Students must be in grades 6 – 12 at the time of nomination. Outstanding student accomplishment…

For many students, extracurriculars are a defining part of their high school experience. For students who want to pursue a somewhat competitive activity but who are more interested in academics than athletics, one of the extracurriculars to choose from is Quiz Bowl. Quiz Bowl/Scholastic Bowl is a competitive, academic, and interscholastic activity. The MLWGS team, sometimes known…

On Tuesday, February 5th during the second period, Rex Richardson, Professor of Trumpet at VCU and Award of Excellence recipient, gave a masterclass to MLWGS musicians about sound production on brass instruments, improvisation, and creativity. Thank you, Mr. Merillat, for arranging this master level instruction session!

Congratulations to the 2019 MLWGS ‘We the People’ team for its 21st State Championship win on Feb 1-2.  You’ve demonstrated great leadership and focus on your preparations. On to nationals in early spring! Team Sponsor and Teacher: Mr. Sam Ulmschneider  Team Members: Cameron Baird Megan Bale Thomas Blue Katelynn Bortz Nikhil Chandravel Emily Dai Cara…