Congratulations to the MLWGS ‘We the People’ team for becoming the 2025 State Champions!

We the People training

On February 1st, Maggie Walker’s ‘We the People’ team competed at the Virginia State Championship competition at Randolph-Macon College, in Ashland, VA., and Won!

This is the school’s 25th State Championship WTP title and will represent its upcoming 27th appearance at Nationals. MLWGS has won the national title five times in the We the People competition’s 38-year history, the last time was in 2023, and a national top-10-team for most of the other years.

National Finals: April 9-11, 2025

We the People National Finals 

Congratulations Sam Ulnmschneider and well done, Dragons!

Senior team members are:

Hiya Agrawal – HenricoGrace Blakley – ChesterfieldMatthew Bond – Henrico
Sonia Chornodolsky – ChesterfieldWinston Crane – RichmondCaitlin Farrell – Hanover
Luna Forlano – RichmondRuby Freyer – RichmondLucy Gates – Chesterfield
Olin Gunlicks – RichmondAllison Lichtman – HenricoFrancis Lowden – Henrico
Elena Loy – HenricoZoe Ma – RichmondSriyutha Morishetty – Henrico
Elizabeth O’Shea – ChesterfieldRitvika Palani – HenricoTanvi Palavalas – Henrico
Alexis Paraschiv – ChesterfieldAnusha Rathi – HenricoIan Sexton – Richmond
Brenden Stremler – ChesterfieldKatherine Watson – ChesterfieldJillian Wilson – New Kent

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