Barbara Marshall

Polarpalooza, the polar-themed senior seminar, is visiting the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at the Ohio State University on Friday, May 19.  It is one of the premiere academic centers for polar research in the U.S.  Our visit will include (but not be limited to) a tour of the ice core storage facility and…

Cameron Golden (’23-Henrico) received 2nd place in this year’s 7th District Congressional Art Contest.  She received the award for her painting last Thursday from Representative Abigail Spanberger at a ceremony at Tucker High School.  Congratulations, Cameron!

The Junior/Senior Prom was be held on Saturday, May 14, from 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. at the Bon Secures Training Center located at 2401 W. Leigh Street, in Richmond. Thank you to Ms. Amy Maxey, Junior Class Sponsor, for the hours of extra work it takes to make something this grand happen for our students.…

On May 20, Seniors will be dismissed from class to attend a workshop on “Making College Lead to a Career,” led by certified college and career coach (former MLWGS teacher and current parent), Jennifer McCluskey.  Her presentation will touch on several topics including but not limited to: networking, internships vs. externships, and writing a resume. …

Dr. Lisa Williams and Ms. Lisa Ebeling have worked together all year on our Walker Way Forum speakers.  They were very pleased with our first three forum presenters and are excited about our final one.  We hope that you will be able to attend and that you can encourage your students to come to hear…

The Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Regional Board meeting will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 9:00 am.  Location: MLWGS Adjunct Classroom #153 At this meeting, the board will recognize the MLWGS Engineering Class for their win at the ASCE Bridge Competition and the Quiz Bowl team that won their season finale tournament.…

Wendell Powell is currently taking orders for the Class of 2022 group photo!  If you would like a copy and/or if you need to still order your senior’s formal photos, use the following link:  https://wendellpowell.photoreflect.com/store/Events.aspx

Senior Night is Thursday, June 2.  We are asking parents to send in 1-3 baby/toddler photos of your senior to be used in the presentation.  Please submit these by May 26th.   A link to the Google Folder was sent to parents and posted on the Class of 2022 Schoology page.  If you are uncomfortable/unable to…

Any students planning on playing any of our FALL SPORTS for 2022-23 must have a current physical and forms dated any time after May 1, 2022.  Use this link to find the required paperwork: https://mlwgs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/3333_001-2.pdf Once completed, please send the paperwork to Ms. Hawkins at [email protected] as a PDF.

Congratulations to Carson Wang (’23-Henrico), Noah Jung (’22-Henrico), Ben Davis (’23-Richmond), Bruce Yanovitch (’23’Chesterfield), and Hutton Ward (’23-Richmond), whose narrative film “The Chauffeur” was designated an Official Selection to the VHSL Film Festival! Their film will be honored with an online screening at the festival in Charlottesville on June 4 as they await final decisions…

Maggie Walker Quiz Bowl sent three teams to compete in the VCU Season Finale tournament this Saturday and brought home two trophies! Congratulations to Vien Nguyen (’23-Henrico), Sam McNamee (’24-Chesterfield), Risshi Naavaal (’24-Henrico), and Timothy Porter (’24-Henrico) for pulling out a nail-biting victory over Blacksburg High School to win the entire tournament!    We also…

Ms. Lynn Reed, a senior seminar teacher, has invited two extraordinary guest speakers to join the Polar Seminar via Zoom on Monday, May 9.   Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley Thompson are giants in the field of paleoclimatology who have devoted their careers to collecting ice cores from the polar regions (Ellen) and high altitude, mid-latitude…

MLWGS students and faculty are invited to our next senior Art 5 solo exhibition of the year.  Kace Stankiewicz (Chesterfield) will be having an opening reception of her work this Thursday, May 5th, during lunch starting at 11:45 am in our first-floor exhibition space.   The artist will be giving a short talk about their…

The team has been preparing for this competition for months and the results speak of their efforts.  The dragons traveled last weekend to the Hampton Roads Convention Center for the Technosphere Competition. During this multi-day event, students compete in a wide variety of technology-related team and individual events against schools from across the state.  The…