We are very excited to announce that our talented students in the fine arts were recently honored again this year by having their work selected in the regional Scholastic Art competition. This is a highly competitive art competition that had over 2000 art entries from the region. MLWGS students had another great year of 50 […]
We are very excited to announce that (15) students were recently honored with (20) 2020-2021 Scholastic Writing Awards including (3) Gold Keys, (5) Silver Keys, and (12) Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to the following writing winners: Jedda Arnold— Grade 11–Honorable Mention—An Unimportant Life–John Piersol Paxton Calder—Grade 11–Gold Key—Flash Fiction—The Figure–Lisa Williams Paxton Calder—Grade 11–Honorable Mention—Poetry—“Ladybugs”–Lisa Williams […]
Congratulations to the team of Adhvikaa Ambikapathi Revathi-’21 Henrico, Carleigh Heckel-’23 Hanover, Michelle Quach-’21-Henrico, and Ivory Tang-’21 Chesterfield (also known as ‘Ants on Skis’) for their outstanding achievement in the HiMCM. They were designated Finalists (top 8%) in the High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM) which had almost 800 competing teams worldwide. This challenging […]
Help us reach our PTSA goal of $1,500.00 through the Great Lake Scrip Program by doing your everyday shopping with Scrip, we have raised $1,234.51 to date! February 18th and 19th are Thank Scripping Days with rebates up to 19% on e-certificates and reloads for participating brands you shop. Go to shopwithscrip.com for more information […]
L-R Top Row: Ogburn, Lowerre, and Pritchett L-R Middle Row: Wright, Barber, and Hall L-R Bottom Row: Ayers, Hyslop, and Bailey Maggie L Walker Governor’s School will join 132 other school divisions throughout the state to celebrate School Board Appreciation Month in February. Almost 850 elected and appointed school board members throughout Virginia will be recognized […]
Impressively, Virginia is home to two of the top five schools in America! Congratulations to the students, families, faculty, school board, administration, staff, GS Foundation, and alumni of MLWGS for your contributions to this institution and its progress. Newsweek January 27, 2021
Every year, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond in conjunction with the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and Blick Art Supplies recognizes educators who help support their students in creating artwork and written work and support them in submitting to the awards. This year, the VACR is presenting one of the Blick Outstanding Regional Educator […]
We the People competitions in Virginia are for middle and high school We the People teams. Participation in a qualifying, regional competition is required to compete at the state level. The top 9 scoring middle schools, and top 9 scoring high schools, in the regional finals, are invited to compete in the state competition. The […]
To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926. For many years, the second week of February was set aside for this celebration to coincide with the birthdays of abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass […]
Mark your calendar: Parent-Teacher Virtual Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, February 11 from 4 -7 p.m. Look for a link in the Parent Portal of PowerSchool that will open up for sign-ups at noon on Thursday, February 4th. As the number of students taught by each teacher greatly exceeds the number of available conference slots, […]
