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MLWGS Regional Board Meeting January 18, 2018
A meeting of the Maggie Walker Governor’s School Regional Board will be held on January 18, 2018, @ 9:00 am, in Room 153 on the MW campus. Persons wishing to address the Regional School Board are required to contact the Board Clerk for placement on the agenda. In order to address the Executive Board, the speaker must provide the Clerk…
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Director’s Message: January Exams Are Cancelled
Dear MLWGS Students and Families, Due to the inclemate weather and loss of significant instructional time, the scheduled midterm exams will be cancelled. January 25, 26, 29, and 30 are now regular school days. The 31st will remain a student holiday. There is a point where lost instructional time outweighs the need for a major…
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Unique Iceland Student Tour Approved
A June 22 – 27, 2019 student tour of Iceland has been approved by the MLWGS Regional School Board. An informational meeting for the parents of interested students will be held at Maggie Walker on Thursday, January 18. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in room 153. Settled by Vikings in the late 9th…
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VBA Bank Day Scholarship Program (for seniors)
What is Bank Day? The third Tuesday in March was declared Bank Day in Virginia by the Virginia General Assembly in 1991. On this day, Virginia high school seniors spend a day in banks across the Commonwealth shadowing a banker in their daily duties. The purpose of this experience is for the students to learn…
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Mark your Calendar: MENA Winter Holiday Bazaar on Friday, 12 January from 5 pm to 8 pm
The MENA Senior Seminar would like to welcome you to their rescheduled Winter Bazaar. Come and enjoy food, vendors, music, and prizes. All proceeds go to the MENA trip to Morocco over Spring Break. We can’t wait to see you there!
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Revision 2 of Maggie Walker Governor’s School 2018-2019 Calendar Proposals. Town Hall on Thursday
Use the following link to view Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School operating calendar proposals for 2018-2019. The main updates to Revision 2 make changes to April 22nd and February 18th as our big districts are giving off April 22 because it is the day after Easter and necessitated because Spring Break is moving to the first…
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Introducing New Baseball Head Coach Doug Patterson
Returning MW Baseball players will be familiar with Mr. Doug Patterson, who was their assistant coach the past three years. Doug will be leading the team in the 2018 season. Mr. Patterson is a 1979 graduate of Hermitage HS. He attended and played collegiate ball at Manatee College in Bradenton Fla. and Ferrum College. Doug coached…
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Revised Maggie Walker Governor’s School 2018-2019 Calendar Proposals
Use the following link to view Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School operating calendar proposals for 2018-2019. Both proposals have been revised based on community feedback to reflect the correct MLK holiday and a spring break that aligns with our major participating school divisions. New this year is an early start proposal in addition to a standard September…
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Governor McAuliffe And Virginia Council On Women Announce 7th Annual STEM Essay Contest
Governor Terry McAuliffe and the Virginia Council on Women today announced the seventh annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Essay Contest for high school junior and senior women. The Council will award at least five $5,000 scholarships to young women, in their junior and senior years in high school, who will be pursuing a STEM…
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Winter Break message from the Director
Greetings, Dragon Community! As we near winter break, I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome I have received as the new director. Maggie Walker is a very special place and I feel so blessed to be a part of it. Building on our past successes, I am confident that we will continue to…
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Winter Dance & Freshmen Lock-in at MLWGS on January 5th
The Winter Dance and freshman lock-in will be held on Friday, January 5th, from 8:00 – 11:00 pm (dance) and 11:00 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 $10 for the dance or the lock-in and $15…
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Rationale behind the early start calendar proposal for academic year 2018-2019
The rationale behind the early start proposal is threefold. Each feature reflects a core goal of the leadership team at MLWGS. First, two weeks at the beginning of the year in class is far more useful than at the end of the year. This is true because of AP testing primarily, and SOL testing secondarily. The…
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Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School is the 2017-18 ‘We the People’ Central VA Regional Champions
Congratulations Mr. Sam Ulmschneider and the MLWGS students of ‘We the People’ for your first place showing at the Central Virginia Regional competition held at the Cultural Arts Center in Glen Allen today. Onward to the State championship in late January. We the People competition seeks to teach high school students the basic tenets of the U.S.…
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Maggie Walker’s 2018-2019 Calendar Proposals Now Open for Public Comment
Use the following link to view Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School operating calendar proposals for 2018-2019. New this year is an early start proposal in addition to a standard September start proposal. Community feedback may determine which proposal will be brought forward to the Regional School Board for calendar adoption. A public town hall will be held…
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The Virginia Lottery Thank a Teacher Art Contest
Each year, the Virginia Lottery encourages students, parents and the general public to send thank-you notes to Virginia’s deserving public school teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week. In its first two years, Virginians distributed more than 70,000 thank-you notes as part of the Thank a Teacher campaign. This year, we’re looking for three student artists to…
