Congratulations to these students for our outstanding results at the Virginia Council for Economic Education 2023 Governor’s Challenge Competitions for Region 1. VCEE Governor’s Challenge Winners 2023 – Region 1 Personal Finance First Place Team: MLWGS PF123 from Maggie Walker Governor’s School (Teacher: Allison Anthony) Sriyutha Morishetty (’25-Henrico), Pooshan Chaudhuri (’24-Henrico), Eric Hu (’24-Hernico), and […]
English department faculty member Kara Love has won the English-Speaking Union’s scholarship to study at Oxford University this summer! The Richmond branch of the English-Speaking Union awards two scholarships to Richmond area high school teachers for summer study at the University of Oxford, the International Shakespeare Globe Centre in London, or the Scottish Universities International […]
The nation’s premier high school Japanese language competition returns in-person in 2023 for the 31st National Japan Bowl, April 13-14, 2023 at the University of Maryland, Each spring the Japan-America Society of Washington DC welcomes 200 of the country’s top high school Japanese language students to the nation’s capital for the competition. The National Japan […]
Congratulations to Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Senior, Kori Benjamin (Chesterfield), for receiving a Gold Medal in the NATIONAL Scholastic Arts Awards. Additionally, her work was also chosen as an American Visions Medal award winner (the equivalent to “best in show”) for her drawing, “Girls with Guns.” Kori is the third Maggie L. Walker Governor’s […]
The MLWGS debate team won 1st place overall in the VHSL Regional Debate Tournament. The following individuals finished in the following order: 1st place Alice Bowman (’24-Chesterfield. Not pictured), 2nd Place Ally Lichtmann (’25-Henrico. Back row, third on the right), and 3rd Place Parth Tornekar (’24-Henrico. Seated first row, fourth from the left). These three team […]
Maggie Walker hosted our very own chess tournament on Saturday, March 11th, with 95 players coming from all over Virginia, even as far as Alexandria. Some of the Chess Club’s members chose to volunteer and raise money, while others chose to compete in the tournament, earning us 1st place as a school team in the […]
Please join us in congratulating the following students on some impressive honors earned through their various language honor societies: Kalliyan Eam (’24-Chesterfield): Bertie Green Travel Award for Juniors WINNER (summer trip to Costa Rica) / Spanish Honor Society Bharathi Kancharla (’24-Henrico): Junior Travel Scholarship WINNER (summer trip to Costa Rica) / National Spanish Exam Lauren […]
SABR Analytics Conference March 10-12, 2023 Phoenix, AZ The SABR Analytics Conference brings together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. The Analytics Conference schedule consists of research presentations and guest speakers from throughout the baseball analytics community, career development […]
The Society for Science awarded Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education’s Center for Innovation in STEM Education the opportunity to manage the regional Metro Richmond Science and Engineering Fair that feeds into the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. This fair enables 15 school districts in this region to submit research investigations for consideration. Congratulations to the MLWGS students that […]
Congratulations to Ally Lichtman, ’25-Henrico, who competed at the Virginia History Day District 8 Competition on Saturday, February 28, 2023. Her research paper, “An Unlikely Exchange: Cultural Solidarity and Syncretism between Central European Jewish Refugees and the Jewish and Chinese Communities in Shanghai during World War II” advanced to the state competition to be held […]
