GS Foundation Director, Suzannah Stora, announced last week that the Taylor Teaching Award selection committee has chosen David Barnes as the recipient of the 2019-2020 Taylor Teaching Award for his trip titled Ecology, Culture, and Change of Tanzania. Mr. Barnes will travel to Tanzania, where he will hike Mt. Meru, safari the Serengeti, and snorkel […]
On Saturday, January 25th, six MLWGS students participated in VCU Jazz Day, an annual event where students compose, improvise, and perform a jazz concert in collaboration with VCU Jazz Faculty. Those students are Delaney Cotton (’21, Hanover), Ryan Eklund (’22, Richmond City), Catherine Garrison (’22, Hanover), Jessica Hendricks (’23, Hanover), Helen Hopkins (’21, Chesterfield), and […]
Virginia Department of Education News RICHMOND – The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) announced that registration is open for the 2020 Girls Go CyberStart program, which aims to support and inspire high school girls across Virginia to explore careers in cybersecurity and computer science. “Virginia is a national leader in the cybersecurity industry and VITA […]
On Tuesday, February 4th, from 1:30 – 3:10 pm all sophomores will be attending “College Jump-Start 2020” in the auditorium at Maggie Walker. Parents of both freshman and sophomores are invited to attend this event (an optional parent RSVP and logistical information can be found at (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4FABAE28A5FE3-college5). Senior counselors, Dr. Rachel Loving and Ms. Kierstin […]
Mark your calendar: Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, February 6 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 Wednesday, January 29th. As the number of students taught by each teacher greatly exceeds the number of available conference slots, we […]
On Tuesday, February 4th, from 9:30 – 11:30 am all juniors will be attending “College Kick-Off 2020” in the auditorium at Maggie Walker. Parents of juniors are invited to attend this event (an optional parent RSVP and logistical information can be found at (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4FABAE28A5FE3-college4). We will hear presentations from college admissions officers representing the University […]
Students report no later than 7:45 am; doors will open at 7:30 am. Testing will begin promptly at 8:00 am and students arriving after testing begins may not participate in this assessment session. Please enter the building through the front doors at the top of the steps on the Lombardy side and proceed directly to […]
The Virginia Department of Education would like to recognize professional school counselors during the week of February 3-7, 2020, as we celebrate National School Counseling Week. The theme for the 2020 National School Counseling Week is entitled “School Counselors: Helping Build Better Humans,” and highlights the tremendous impact school counselors have in helping students achieve […]
Jennifer Todd On behalf of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) we are pleased to announce that Maggie Walker’s Jennifer Linn Todd has been selected as the 2018-19 Mideast Section Boys Tennis Coach of the Year! Jen was specifically nominated by the Virginia High School League (VHSL) as the most deserving recipient […]
NCWIT proudly announced the 2020 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC) national recipients, honoring four hundred high school women from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and all U.S. overseas military bases. We are proud to announce that Junior Perisa Ashar (Henrico) was honored as one of […]
