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Seeking Public Comment on the 2025-2026 MLWGS Proposed Operating Budget
During the MLWGS Regional School Board meeting on February 27th, the acting director presented a proposal for the 2025-2026 academic year operating budget. The Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Administration, in conjunction with the Superintendent’s Steering Committee and the Finance Steering Committee (comprised of the Chief Financial Officers from Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, and Richmond)…
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Welcome to our special visitors from Chiben Gakuen, Japan, March 1-15, 2025
MLWGS students and families will be hosting 12 Japanese exchange students and one teacher from Chiben Gakuen from March 1 to 15. Chiben Gakuen, is in Wakayama, Japan, which is about 2 hours and 30 minutes south of Kyoto via train. In addition to visiting Maggie Walker, the Japanese students will be participating in a…
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MW Future Problem Solvers team qualifies for State Competition in March
The MLWGS chapter of the Future Problem Solvers has qualified for the state competition in Norfolk, VA on the weekend of March 21-23. Our stellar students on the team are Soumya Khadye (’25-Henrico) , Gabrielle Banks (’25-Chesterfield), Arnav Kadambi (’25-Henrico), and Amogh Saunshimath (’25-Henrico). The website with more information can be found here. The team…
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MLWGS Drama presents Mean Girls-High School Version, Feb 27-Mar 1
MEAN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL VERSION is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. Book by Tina Fey Music by Jeff Richmond Lyrics by Nell Benjamin Stage Direction by Desirée Dabney Music Direction by Joe Revell The entire cast consists of the following 31…
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Dr. Robert Lowerre, MLWGS Director, 2017-2025
It is with a heavy heart that I share the sad news of Dr. Lowerre’s passing this morning. As our community knows, he was undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for several years and was currently on medical leave with hopes of returning later this year. Dr. Lowerre was an exceptional leader, a family man, an…
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MW junior wins travel scholarship to Costa Rica
Please join us in congratulating Julia McClintock (’26-New Kent) on the impressive honor of being selected as a Junior Travel Scholarship recipient! This is a national competition through the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), and Julia has been awarded a summer trip to Costa Rica. Her trip will balance a focus on…
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Good luck Dragons at the start of spring 2025 Athletics
Wishing all of our players good luck at the start of their spring season of athletics! Special thanks to VCU Health Sports Medicine, official medical sponsor of Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School athletics. @VCUHealth
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MW Speech Team at Regionals
On February 15, 2025, the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Speech Team competed in the Regional Tournament at Brentsville District High School, accompanied by Erin MacPherson, sponsor. Our team came in 2nd in the Region! Students placing in the top 3 of their categories will represent the region at Super-Regionals on March 1st at Lafayette High…
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VHSL Regional Scholastic Bowl Victory
Congratulations to the Maggie Walker Quiz Bowl team, who hosted and won the VHSL Regional Scholastic Bowl tournament last Monday! Brenden Stremler led Katie Watson, Bladen Kidd, and Bridget Finley in an undefeated evening. The tournament ran smoothly with the help of many student volunteers, quizmasters from the VCU Quiz Bowl team, Mr. Cottrell, Ms. Forquer, Ms.…
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MLWGS Scholar-Athlete of the Week, February 17, 2025 – Boys’ Swim
@patientfirst Cal Vellozzi is a freshman on the Maggie Walker Swim and Dive team and is already one of our top all-around swimmers, with a specialty in backstroke. Cal is one of our State qualifiers with a time of 55.63 in the 100 Backstroke. “At practice and meets, you can see Cal giving his best…
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UPDATE: MLWGS Regional School Board Meeting, including the FY26 Budget Public Hearing, on Thursday, February 27, 2025 @ 9:00 am
Update: This meeting was originally scheduled for February 20, 2025 but due to inclement weather in the area, is postponed until February 27th. The public hearing for the AY26 proposed operating budget will be held on Thursday, February 20 2025, at 9:00 am in Room 153 (Adjunct Classroom) during the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School…
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Great job and congratulations to our Dragon athletes
Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become, the hours of practice, and the coaches who pushed you, is the person who fell in love with the game. We hope you made memories this winter that will last forever and recognize the effort from all of our athletes who represented Maggie Walker Governor’s School this season and…
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MLWGS welcomes visiting students from Shimane University, Japan, on Friday
On Friday, February 14th, seven students from Shimane University, Japan, will be visiting to observe Ms. Yoko Eshita’s Japanese classes at Maggie Walker Governor’s School. These university students are in Richmond as part of an exchange program through VCU. “Many students are majoring in Education and are pursuing becoming teachers in Japan,” said Ms. Eshita.…
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MLWGS Social Studies Department: Astute and Accomplished Educators!
It has been a busy year for the Social Studies Department! We welcomed two new teachers this year: Mr. John Clark (APUSH and Global Studies) who was a recent inductee into the Teachers of Promise Institute and Dr. Tyler Goldberger (AP Psychology) who just completed his dissertation; “These memories cannot be wiped’: Remembering, Forgetting, and…
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Textbook Public Comment, Spanish Level 1 through 4
Prospective textbooks and workbooks for Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, and Spanish 4 have been placed in the library for community review. These will be in the library for members of the community to evaluate from Wednesday, February 5 to March 5.
