MLWGS students and families will be hosting 12 Japanese exchange students and one teacher from Chiben Gakuen from March 2 to 16. 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 […]
Pictured Left-Right: Mr. White (MLWGS International Languages Department Chair), Ms. Eshita (MLWGS Japanese Teacher), Ms. Nakamura (First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan), Mr. Folsom (Education Coordinator at the Embassy of Japan), Dr. Lowerre (Director of MLWGS), and Mr. Kaneshiro (Counsellor of Education at the Embassy of Japan) The Embassy of Japan officials visited the Japanese class on Friday, […]
Congratulations, Dragons! Great job at the VHSL State Championship held at Liberty University, Monday, February 26th and Tuesday, February 27th taking second place team with many individual event medalists. The girls were only projected to score 22 points as a team and finish in about 10th place. But they were at their best when it […]
The Middle School Language Fair was held last Saturday, and– Wow! We had our biggest turnout ever, a huge assortment of engaging language/culture-based sessions, fun goodie bags for the participants, impressive dance performances, and a filling lunch. Congratulations to Milind Murthy, Sonia Chornodolsky, Shabaz Wali, Benny Lefkowitz, and each member of the student Executive Committee, […]
Pictured l-r: Juanita Lasswell, Drew Austen, Lex Smirnov, Rachel Dai, Sam McNamee, Timothy Porter, Risshi Naavaal, and Yash Saxena. On Saturday, February 24, Dragons Sam McNamee (’24-Chesterfield), Timothy Porter (’24-Henrico), Yash Saxena (’24-Henrico), and Risshi Naavaal (’24-Henrico), along with Rachel Dai (’24-Henrico) and Lex Smirnow (26-Richmond), participated in the Class 3 VHSL Scholastic Bowl state championship held at Jamestown High School. […]
Pictured, left to right: Aiden Vick, Name Redacted, Arjun Majety, Luke Mauzy, Molly Morrison, Matthew Tran, Parth Tornekar. Congratulations to the Intro to Engineering students who participated in the American Society of Civil Engineering Richmond Chapter Popsicle Stick competition on Sunday, February 25, 2024. The following student won awards: Aiden Vick (’24-Richmond) and Name Redacted, […]
Would you do just about anything for a thousand bucks? Nathan Detroit would too. When he bets Sky Masterson $1000 that he can’t take the very religious Sarah Brown to Havana Cuba, Sky, who loves a good gamble, agrees. Nathan is sure he’s won the bet, until something unexpected happens: love is added to the […]
During the MLWGS Regional School Board meeting on February 15th, the director presented a proposal for the academic year 2025 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) worked […]
Course Registration takes place on Thursday, February 29th during 2nd period. During February, students met with their counselor to discuss the course selection for next year and received copies of the Course Registration Form as well as VCU forms if they plan to take Dual Enrollment courses next year. Teacher signatures are required for plus, Dual […]
On Saturday, February 10th, the top eight quiz bowl teams in the region came to Maggie Walker to compete in the regional VHSL Scholastic Bowl tournament. Our students Sam McNamee (’24-Chesterfield), Timothy Porter (’24-Henrico), Yash Saxena (’24-Henrico), and Brenden Stremler (’25-Chesterfield) finished the day with an undefeated record, coming in first place and earning a […]
