Barbara Marshall

Congratulations, Dragons!  Great job and now it’s on to the state championship. The team is coached by Laurent Beausergent and Garrett Braun.

Members of the Class of 2025 students are now Seniors! It’s already time to think about Senior portraits, which will be taken by Lifetouch Studios/Prestige Portraits in the Auditorium on Mon-Tues, July 8-9, and on Thurs, Sept. 5. Sign up for the July sessions at www.prestigeportraits.com/bookappointment. (September 5th sign-ups are not available yet…coming soon). Begin by…

Congratulations to the team. You’ve done a great job this year, coming off winter Indoor Track as the State Champions and fall 2023 Cross-Country Regional Champs. This team is coached by Hall of Famer Jim Holdren, Ryan Webb, Deborah Snagg, Nick Tuck.

Congratulations to the 2024 VHSL Region 3B Boys’ Tennis Singles Champion from Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Alex Percy (’24-Henrico).  The team is coached by David Caravati, and we thank him for his leadership.

Congratulations to the 2024 Girls’ VHSL Regional Tennis Singles Champion from Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Martina Ribera (’25-Chesterfield).  And there’s more good news: the MLWGS girls’ team won the Region 3B tennis championship! Go Dragons and good luck at States. The team is coached by Matthew Ruskan of the Social Studies Department.

Congratulations to the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Class of 2024 on your many successes, adventures, and friendships made at Maggie Walker Governor’s School these past four years.  Our belief is you take away with you an outstanding educational foundation to build upon. While you will be missed, we are also excited to see what…

Jackson DeHaven and Hareem Mubashar, seniors at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, have been awarded two of the most highly selective merit scholarships in the nation. The Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia selected Jackson as one of 34 recipients of the Jefferson Scholarship and Hareem as one of 12 recipients of the…

The Class of 2024 is graduating TOMORROW!  I hope you’re as excited as we are to celebrate these amazing students! Just a few reminders: Graduation practice starts at 3:00pm, but I am asking students to be at Altria Theater by 2:45pm.  We have to get everyone seated in order, and we have a very short…

The 2024 High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT) was held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and the Hilton Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 24–26, 2024.  The tournament’s preliminary games took place throughout Saturday and on Sunday morning, and the playoff games on Sunday afternoon and evening.  Maggie Walker’s Governor’s School sent three teams to…

As summer break commences for most Dragons, five of their peers have been recommended to participate in a month-long educational program sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education and Gifted Services. The Summer Residential Governor’s School programs offer an intensive experience to gifted high school juniors and seniors. This summer, students have the opportunity to…

Congratulations to Junior Lucy Gates (’25-Chesterfield), named an ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate for 2024. Every year, the American Council of Teachers of Russian accepts nominations for the Russian Scholar Laureate Award. Of the thousands of high-school students taking Russian across the country, only a handful (about 30) earn this distinction annually.  “This is a big…

With deep appreciation for their service, we bid farewell to the following faculty members in June. Davide D’Urbino – Science Department August 2022 – June 2024 Davide is an Italian national with an impressive passport filled with stamps from around the world. He has a keen interest in organic chemistry and chemistry education, which he…

With great fondness and sincere gratitude for their combined 108 1/2  years of service to Maggie Walker Governor’s School, we say goodbye to the following retiring faculty members. Congratulations to our retirees!  

Graduation:  Wednesday, May 29th, 6:00 p.m., Altria Theater, 6 N. Laurel Street  UPDATE: Doors to Altria Theater will open at 5:00 p.m.  Guests should enter through the front doors and must have a ticket to attend graduation.  Seating is not reserved.  Handicap seating is available in multiple locations; please see one of the ushers at…

Any senior participating in spring sports may have post-season competitions. Please continue to check the official sports schedule at colonialdistrictva.org for all dates. To complete Senior Check-Out, the athlete must obtain Ms. Hawkins’s signature to finalize the form. If an athlete has a post-season competition, plan to turn in all uniforms at the last competition (remember to…