Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane is reminding parents to make sure that their children’s immunizations are up to date — especially students and young children subject to new requirements that went into effect on July 1. “I encourage school divisions to collaborate with local health districts to provide multiple opportunities for children and students […]
The following images are provided by Ms. Kimberly Forquer, Senior Counselor, who was able to capture some in-person memories with a senior class that has been so special to her throughout this unusual but productive school year. Enjoy!
Congratulations to the Dragon Class of 2021 on your many successes, adventures, and friendships made at Maggie Walker Governor’s School these past four years. Our belief is you take away with you an outstanding educational foundation to build upon. While you will be missed, we are also excited to see what will be achieved in […]
Praise to Dr. Lowerre, Kerry Sheppard, Ed Coleman, Mike Brown, Dickson Benesh, John Piersol, Connie Hill, and the senior class officers for co-hosting a memorable Senior Night last night. The auditorium was packed with masked seniors and parents, the audience like riverbanks beside the wide currents of seniors in the center. A few parents chose […]
Update: Congratulations to Grace Liu, Daphne Pang, Emma Hunter, and Kirby Westerfield! Their PSA “Moonball” won the Audience Choice award in their category at the VHSL Film Festival! Moonball is an Official Selection in the 6th Annual VHSL Film Festival! High school filmmakers across the Commonwealth submitted 73 films from 28 schools to the VHSL Film Festival, […]
L-R Top Row: Ogburn, Lowerre, and Pritchett L-R Middle Row: Wright, Barber, and Hall L-R Bottom Row: Ayers, Hyslop, and Bailey An All-VIRTUAL meeting of the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Executive Board will be held on June 17, 2021, at 9:00 am. We are utilizing the Zoom platform for this live meeting but will […]
Quoting parent Kim Lee, “What an amazing season we have had! Coming out of COVID, we ALL NEEDED THIS! The boys played their hearts out and came up to be runner-up state champions! Congratulations!!!” The team played Western Albermarle in the VHSL State championship Thursday. Thank you to our excellent coaches, Ms. Jenn Todd and Mr. […]
This evening at 7 pm, Maggie Walker’s Devyn Powers (’22-Goochland) will be one of the few hundred national Scholastic Art and Writing Award winners recognized at this year’s virtual 2021 National Ceremony. This event is normally held at Carnegie Hall and in lieu of the prestigious location, they have pulled out all the stops […]
The culminating activity for the Senior Seminar/Mentorship Program is Senior Showcase. This event is devoted to the seniors who have spent the last year in either a seminar or mentorship studying and researching a field of particular interest. Seminar students work collaboratively in each of their respective seminars to create a presentation about their year […]
After months of work by the sponsor, Ms. Amy Maxey-Suy, Maggie Walker had its first successful student dance in over a year’s time with the Junior-Senior Prom 2021 on June 5th. Ms. Maxey-Suy went from not knowing if there would even be a dance, to weekly changes of venue-no venue, date changes, and capacity changes. […]
