Barbara Marshall

Nominations are open for the 2022 R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence, The Community Foundation’s yearly awards that identify, recognize, and support outstanding teachers in the area.  Last year, through your efforts, two Maggie Walker Governor’s School teachers, Mr. Wilkes and Ms. Lemco won the award while another, Ms. Macklin was recognized as a finalist.  Through…

Hanna Ngai (Hanover), Art 5 Solo Exhibition, has a scheduled reception of her show today, January 11th,  for students during lunch in our first-floor exhibition space.  She will be answering questions and giving a short artist talk about her work.  Hana is a wonderful young artist that is helping us continue this important MLWGS tradition.

Dear Dragon Nation, We have once again made it to the Winter Break!  This school year has been such a blessing compared to a year ago.  While we are so grateful to be back together again, it hasn’t been without its challenges.  Perhaps even more than ever, we should welcome a break where we can…

Congratulations to Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School’s Cheta Emba, Class of 2013, who has been selected as a finalist for the Female Athlete of the Year at the inaugural RVA Sports Awards to be held on February 5, 2022! It was a deep nomination pool, and we are extremely excited that Cheta was selected as…

The first senior Art 5 solo exhibition of the year and the first since the pandemic was hosted on the Maggie Walker GS campus.   Mallory French (’22-Chesterfield) had a closing reception of her show Thursday, Dec. 9th in the schools’ first-floor exhibition space.  She answered questions and gave a short artist talk about her work.…

 Student instrumentalists and vocalists from Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School will show their musical skills and give our community some holiday spirit next week. The school’s annual winter concert will feature all the curricular music ensembles at MLWGS in a collage-style concert and finish with a spectacular holiday sing-along. Come usher in the holidays with…

Mu Alpha Theta is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Adrian Rice (Randolph-Macon College) on Monday, December 13, 3:30-4:30, in the Auditorium. Dr. Rice is an engaging speaker and well-regarded in the larger math community; we are lucky to count him as a friend to MLWGS Math.  Dr. Rice’s talk will present an analysis of Ada Lovelace’s…

Congratulations, Dragons on taking 2nd place in the VCU QuizBowl Tournament, Saturday, December 4th! Pictured L-R: Lucy Gates (’25-Chesterfield), Nate Steward (’24-Chesterfield), Captain Devesh Kumar (’24-Henrico), and Shorya Malani (’24-Henrico). Drawing on their playful side, the team played decked out in their finest Hawaiian.  The 2021-2022 team is sponsored by Adam Rotche and Juanita Lasswell. …

Last Friday the Visual and Performing Arts department, as well as senior seminar students taught by Benesh, Piersol, Reed, and Ericson, traveled to the Smithsonian Museums in Washington, DC.  Here is a sampling of photographs Coach Hall shared with us about their day exploring the works of established and emerging artists. 

Happy December  Dragons! Only one more opportunity to purchase plastic gift cards before Christmas. The December deadline is the 10th. Keep in mind that there are endless businesses that offer ecards that you could email to family or friends OR for the less tech-savvy, you could print the ecards and put them into your holiday…

Welcome to the newest members of the National English Honor Society from Maggie Walker Governor’s School!  Under the guidance of the MW chapter sponsors, Ms. Love and Ms. LeCroy-Whitworth will induct 74 junior and senior class members at a ceremony during lunch in the auditorium this Thursday. Congratulations to our students.  NEHS is a nationally…

The Thomas Jefferson History Honor Society welcomes its twelve newest members on Wednesday, December 1st. Sponsored by Dr. Brenda Ericson, the society induction ceremony will occur at 3:30 pm on Wednesday in the forum.  Mr. John Wilkes, a two-time R.E.B. Award winner, will serve as the keynote speaker.  Following the ceremony, students and parents are…

As we begin to develop the MLWGS operating budget for the 2022-2023 academic year, we need you to tell us your ideas on what should be included in next year’s budget. Tell us what initiatives you would like to continue or stop next year or what can we do differently. Are there ways we could…

Happy Holidays Maggie Dragons! It`s almost Christmas and we`re inviting you to join our Scrip program to support our school. Simply do some of your everyday shopping with gift cards or e-certificates and Great Lake Scrip gives a percentage back to the MLWGS PTSA. And for every $50 you spend you`ll be entered into a…