Barbara Marshall

Maggie Walker’s Cantante Strings provided music at the Governor’s Mansion December 5th for an event hosting all of the previous Virginia Governor’s. The students had a blast and were truly blown away by the experience. Along with their sponsor Mrs. Christina Sienkiewicz, the students involved are Minji Cho, Emma Chun, Alyssa Wright, Eric Qian, Sam Lichtman, and Mira Eisenhauer.

Student instrumentalists and vocalists from Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School will show their musical skills and give our community some holiday spirit next week. The school’s annual winter concert will feature all of the curricular music ensembles at MLWGS in a collage style concert, including several cross-ensemble collaborations, and finish with a spectacular holiday sing-along. Come usher in…

Our American Story is inspired by the foundational events that occurred in Virginia in 1619. These events reflect stories of triumph, injustice, struggles, innovation, and success, and they indelibly influenced and continue to shape today’s America. “Our American Story” is a digital student contest (for 8th–12th grades) designed to foster creativity, cooperative learning, critical examination,…

  The National Baseball Hall of Fame is a nonprofit committed to preserving the history of America’s pastime and celebrating the legendary players, managers, umpires, and executives who have made the game a fan favorite for more than a century. Last Thursday, November 29th, MLWGS students from our Baseball Seminar traveled to Cooperstown, New York…

  On November 16th, MLWGS’s Dr. Christine Anderson took students from her Gender, Politics & Consumerism in a Global Context VCU/Dual Enrollment class and other select students to a one-day conference at George Mason University. At the conference, hosted by the Women and Gender Studies Program at GMU, they brought together scholars, students (both graduate and undergraduate),…

The MLWGS Orchestra Students will be performing at the Carriage House this Sunday, December 2nd from 2-3 pm at Maymont’s Old Fashioned Christmas Event. The weather is supposed to be lovely so if you plan on attending swing by and say hello!  Celebrate a charming, old-fashioned Christmas and experience a tradition enjoyed by generations of…

Of the 1.6 million entrants, some 50,000 with the highest PSAT/NMSQT® Selection Index scores (calculated by doubling the sum of the Reading, Writing and Language, and Math Test scores) qualify for recognition in the National Merit®Scholarship Program. In early September, about 16,000 students, or approximately one-third of the 50,000 high scorers, were notified that they have qualified as…

Jazz band students at Maggie Walker had the pleasure of learning from master musician and VCU jazz department director Tony Garcia during a visiting professor lecture series. Giving two sessions over two weeks in November, Mr. Garcia taught both jazz band classes how to create their own unique improvisational material with their instruments. He also…

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, November 26th.  “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness,” the Dalai Lama

On Saturday, December 1st, 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…

The Winter Dance and freshman lock-in will be held on Friday, Dec 14th, from 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm (dance) and 10:45 pm-6: 30 am (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…

On Wednesday, November 7th, Maggie Walker’s Tri-M Music Honor Society induction 11 new members: Minji Cho, William Davis, Mira Eisenhauer, Helen Hopkins, Varun Mandgi, Kyra Murphy, Rahul Ramesh, Keriann Slayton, Lily Walsh, Noah Welenteychik, and Daniel Xue. Tri-M is an honor society recognizing secondary music students for their musical ability, academic excellence, school involvement, and…

Congratulations to Branwyn McCormick and Hayden Perez who were selected to participate in All-District Chorus.  At District 1 Chorus these students will have an opportunity to rehearse and perform challenging music with other students from the area in February. Additionally, Branwyn and Hayden are eligible to audition for the All Virginia Chorus. Hayden and Branwyn auditioned at Glen Allen High…

Congratulations to the Maggie Walker Forensics and Debate Teams on a stellar performance at the VCFL tournament in Louisa this past weekend.  The V.C.F.L. is a speech and debate league under the auspices of the National Catholic Forensic League. http://www.ncfl.org In Extemporaneous Speaking, Joey Mistretta earned a 1st place finish. In Public Forum, Ria Bakshi…

Working on her own, junior Pallavi Natarajan also submitted work to the 2019 JMM jury and was accepted! While Pallavi is not part of the MLWGS Math-Art Seminar that as previously reported had work accepted, she seems to have immense talent that she has developed on her own time. Pallavi is the youngest MLWGS student…