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Awards & Accolades

MLWGS Latin students win the Gamma Division of the 93rd Annual Latin Tournament

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Veni, vidi, vici! Please join us in congratulating Latin teacher Steve Ross and his students for a triumphant performance in the Classical Association of Virginia’s 93rd annual Latin Tournament. In Beginning Latin, Sriram Panchagnula (’26-Henrico) won first place, and Everett McCoy (’26-Henrico) took third, with Nathaniel Stubblefield (’26-Richmond) and Deepanshi Kumar (’26-Henrico) winning Honorable Mention […]


Five MLWGS Seniors Awarded National Merit Scholarships in 2023

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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced this year’s National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding Finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the Finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination […]


MLWGS named on the VHSL 2022-23 Winter Sportsmanship Honor Roll

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA —  The Virginia High School League (VHSL) recognizes member schools that made the 2022-23 Winter Sportsmanship Honor Roll. The 231 schools recognized had no player or coach ejections or programs placed on warning status. A list of schools is attached. “We are extremely proud of all the players, coaches, administrators, and fans who worked […]


Three Maggie Walker swimmers were honored by the RTD as All-Metro

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2023 State Championship! Congratulations to the following three Maggie Walker swimmers who were honored as All-Metro by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on May 6th: Benjamin ‘Crash’ Ackerly (’24-Richmond) – 1st team 200 back, 2nd team 100 free,  Christine Datovech (’24-Hanover) – 1st team 50 free, 2nd team 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly, and Devin Naoroz (’23- Richmond) […]


NCAA Athletic Signing Day at MLWGS was May 5th

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Congratulations Dragons! L-R: Gray Pershing, Hunter Knull, Breanna Luczak, Cameron Unice, Jessica Hendricks, and Devin Naoroz. Thank you Paige Hawkins, MLWGS AD, for coordinating this ceremony for our students.  JESSICA HENDRICKS, CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT, TRACK AND FIELD BRENNA LUCZAK, WASHINGTON AND LEE, TRACK AND FIELD DEVIN NAOROZ, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, SWIMMING  GRAY PERSHING, SAVANNAH COLLEGE of […]


MLWGS senior has work selected for a juried art exhibition in Nova Scotia this summer

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“Scattering”. Materials are Gelatin-Silver prints, wire, origami, Styrofoam, and paint. Congratulations to Libbie Sydnor, a Senior from Hanover, who had her photographic sculpture selected for the Bridges International Conference on Mathematical Connections between art, architecture, music, and culture. Libbie’s piece was selected for the juried art exhibition with works related to the topic. She will […]


MLWGS transcribe team advisors featured in the Library of Virginia blog

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I’m thrilled to share a feature article published today on the Library of Virginia’s blog about our MLWGS Transcribe Team Advisors (a new opportunity on the MLWGS Transcribe Team this year): Keira Kim (Class of 2024, Hanover), Lucille Holmstrom (Class of 2024, Chesterfield), and Ally Lichtman (Class of 2025, Henrico). The article includes segments written […]


THE 2023 ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ NATIONAL CHAMPIONS is the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School

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Photos from the Center for Civic Education Congratulations to the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School ‘We the People’ 2023 National Champions!  You represent dedication, learning, sacrifice and leadership.   This win represents the schools 5th national title and its 25th appearance in WTP competition history. Thank you, Mr. Sam Ulmschneider, sponsor and teacher, for your guidance […]


Mech Tech Dragons have their most successful performance yet at FIRST Championship

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The MLWGS robotics team had its most successful performance at FIRST championship in team history. Thursday, the team had a very rough day as the team went 0-5, losing the first three matches by a combined total of 13 points.   At the end of the day, they were ranked 71st in their division. Friday, the team […]


MW freshman accepts scholarship for summer travel and study in Germany

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David Lins (Chesterfield), a ninth-grade student in German 4, has been offered and accepted a scholarship for a study trip to Germany from the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). First, David achieved the gold award on the National German Exam, which qualified him to apply for the study trip. David completed a dual-language […]