Congratulations to the Class of 2023 on Graduation Day

Class of 2023 Senior Photo

Congratulations to the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Class of 2023 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 the future. The future begins today!

  • The Class of 2023 had ​179 Graduates

 As a class, they have performed a total of ​40,432.75 community service hours. This is an average of approximately ​226 hours per student.

Carson Wang (Henrico) reported 773 hours of community service.

As a class, they earned $13.1 million in scholarship offers as of May 16th, and that number continues to grow.

The average GPA was ​4.189 (preliminary number). 

The average SAT score was ​1410 and ACT is ​31 (preliminary numbers).

They are going to ​63 different colleges, ​107 are staying in-state, ​66 are going out-of-state, ​and four are attending college outside the United States.  ​One student is planning to take a gap year.  Bethany Robinson (Prince George) has enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

Fourteen were National Merit Finalists and ​45 more received Commendations in the National Merit Program. Four were offered National Merit Scholarships. One was awarded a corporate-sponsored scholarship through National Merit.

Four were Presidential Scholar candidates.

In total, the Class of 2023 was recognized with ​371 honors, awards, and scholarships!

 

Executive Director’s Snapshot

View updates by Kristin Janssen for this academic year.

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