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Virginia Department of Education Sponsored “ParentCamp”
The Virginia Department of Education through the Family Engagement Network is hosting a ParentCamp on Thursday, November 3, 2016. The Department of Education encourages school division staff to take advantage of this unique opportunity. ParentCamp is the unconference to build family, school and community partnerships. It is called an unconference because the event relies upon…
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DOE Stakeholder Survey
The Virginia Department of Education is asking for feedback about Virginia’s plan to implement the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA). ESSA replaces No Child Left Behind and provides states with flexibility to improve accountability systems, assessments, and overall approaches to school improvement. School accountability systems evaluate schools based on multiple factors…
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MW attends the Library of VA Literary Luncheon & Awards Celebration
MLWGS students from Peer Mentors, NEHS, The Creative Writing Club, and Ms. Williams’ creative writing class attended the Library of Virginia’s Literary Luncheon and Awards Celebration. Many local authors were recognized, and poet Nikki Giovanni was honored as the recipient of the Literary Lifetime Achievement Award.
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MLWGS to attend Vice-Presidential Debate in Farmville
Update! Congratulations to the students of Mr. Quinn’s AP Government class, who have the rare honor of attending tonight’s vice-presidential debate at Longwood University. This opportunity is the result of a lot of work on the part of Mr. Quinn. At the event, our students will interact with university speakers and high school students from…
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Announcing the Student-Led Ideation Challenge (SLIC) 2016 Program
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is pleased to announce the Student-Led Ideation Challenge (SLIC) Program. The SLIC Program is a competitive ideation challenge utilizing Design Thinking principles that is open to all high school students in Virginia and is being offered in collaboration with the VDOE and the Innovative Solutions Consortium at no cost…
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Minding Your Mind
On Friday, our students heard from enlightening speakers on the topic of mental health. In a personally engaging fashion, the speakers explained how mental schemata and behaviors can be reciprocally reinforced toward both positive and challenging ends. It is thus important that students “mind their minds” in order to self-monitor and self-modify (if necessary) these…
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Friendly Reminder–Back to School Night
As a follow-up to the flier your student brought home earlier this week, Back to School Night 2016 is tonight, September 22. The program will begin at 6:30 in our auditorium for a brief welcome and word from our PTSA then parents can follow their student’s schedule for classes that are 10 minutes each. Our…
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Maggie L Walker Governor’s School Blood Drive
When: Friday, September 23, 2016 9:00am to 3:00pm Where: Rooms 104 & 105 Please sign-up with Mr. Blanton for an appointment time to donate or register online at https://vadonor.org All students age 16 and 17 must have a signed parental consent form to donate. Please fill out completely in ink. (Nothing in pencil will be…
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Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Back to School Night Thursday, September 22nd 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Back to School Night is for parents and guardians. Plan to arrive by 6:15 p.m. because school parking lots fill up quickly. Overflow parking is available at the James River Bus Company lot on Allen St. between Broad and Leigh and the Virginia Union C.K. lot on Leigh St. and Mozelle (directly across Leigh St.…
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MLWGS Regional School Board Meeting September 15th
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Maggie Walker Governor’s School Regional Board will be held on September 15, 2016, @ 9:00am, in Room 153, on the MW campus.
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First Day Shaping Up Nicely!
Things are moving along according to plan on the first day. Students progressed through their morning classes nicely and enjoyed a productive lunch period. Students have two class periods this afternoon then dismissal at 3:10. Buses are scheduled to depart at 3:20 but this week we will hold them until 3:25-3:30 to make sure students…
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Freshman Orientation 2016
Please enjoy these images of the class of 2020! In just four short years…
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Common App Boot Camp
Seventy-five seniors got started early this summer on their college applications. The third annual MLWGS Common Application Boot Camp was held August 16, 17 and 18, with a morning and an afternoon session each day. In a supportive group environment, with Penny Deck and Rachel Loving, our two Senior Counselors at the helm, seniors worked…
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Getting Ready!
Dr. Christopher Gareis (The College of William and Mary) delivers professional development to the Dragon faculty. The topic of the workshop A Process for Strengthening the Validity of Teacher-Made Assessments fits with our school’s strategic focus on curriculum, instruction, and assessment. In addition to this opportunity, Dr. Gareis delivered a whole-faculty workshop at MLWGS in…
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Faculty Professional Development at MLWGS
Today our faculty members are working diligently on their professional development. Everyone is looking forward to the start of a new academic year.
