THANK YOU FOR MAKING FALL FESTIVAL A SUCCESS!
The
Fall Festival would not have been possible without the support of so many
individuals and organizations! We are so thankful for all our wonderful
volunteers who make the Festival a success year after year!
The
Fall Festival would like to thank our Corporate Sponsors. Their contributions
allow MLWGS to invest in items such as better lighting to improve the look and
organization of the Festival:
Gold
Sponsors:
•
Ashby
•
Patient First
Silver
Sponsors:
•
The Fan District Association
•
Nyfeler Associates
•
Short Pump Dental
•
Short Pump Realty
Special
thanks also goes to:
•
Henrico Recreation and Parks
•
Container First Services
•
1709 Gallery’s InLight Richmond
•
Richmond City Police
•
Katherine Baird
•
Kapitanov Family
•
Charles Aldridge
•
Dave Dembicer
•
MLWGS Administration, Security, Maintenance and Cafeteria
•
MLWGS Photography Club
•
Governor’s School Foundation
•
all our many volunteers!
MLWGS
PTSA MEETING - OCTOBER 17, 8 A.M.
Please
plan to attend the upcoming Maggie Walker General PTSA meeting on October
17 at MLWGS in room 153 from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. The Senior
Counselors and Susan Teerlink, our GRASP Financial Aid advisor, will host the
event, providing important information regarding the process of applying for
college financial aid. The meeting is open to all parents, with a
particular focus on parents of Juniors and Seniors. Please join us!
STUDENT-LED IDEATION CHALLENGE (SLIC) PROGRAM
The
Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is pleased to announce the Student-Led Ideation Challenge
(SLIC) Program. The SLIC Program is a competitive ideation
challenge utilizing Design Thinking principles that is open to all high school
students in Virginia and is being offered in collaboration with the VDOE and
the Innovative Solutions Consortium at no cost to students, schools, or school
divisions. The purpose of the SLIC Program is to further prepare Virginia’s
students for the world ahead via their participation in project-based learning
opportunities that will support the development of critical skills while
enhancing general student knowledge through meaningful engagement in a variety
of real-world topic areas.
The
Innovative Solutions Consortium (ISC), a Virginia non-profit and national
leader in public challenges, successfully implemented the Loudoun County Public
Schools Challenge in 2015. Using the Loudon Challenge as a model, the VDOE in
collaboration with the ISC looks forward to piloting the SLIC program this year
and will seek input and feedback from students, teachers, and other state and
local leaders on further refining the program for future challenges.
The
SLIC program presents students with selecting a challenge question and working
in a team to brainstorm ideas to solve the challenge. Students will develop a
proposed solution to the challenge question, verify and validate the solution
through research on similar solutions in the marketplace, and develop and
implement a plan with estimated costs and measurement tools. The winners
will have the opportunity to build their prototype of the solution and present
it to key stakeholders culminating in school, division, regional, and
state-level competitions. Additionally, schools/teachers that support the
winning teams from each region will receive $500 to use on future project-based
learning activities in their classrooms.
The SLIC challenge questions for
this year are in the areas of education, agriculture and global warming, and
technology and robotics and are designed to be implemented in the subject areas
of English/Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, and Career and Technical
Education.
In
preparation for this effort, two-hour training sessions will be provided in all
eight regions during the month of October. This training will be available to
teachers, counselors, Instructional Technology Resource Teachers (ITRTs) or
other educators that will provide support to student ideation teams. For those
unable to attend the in-person training, live-webinars, recorded training, and
other supporting documentation and points-of-contact will be made available.
The
available in-person and webinar training sessions by region are as follows
(session sign-up is available as part of the SLIC
registration process):
REGION
1
|
VA
Department of Education
James
Monroe Building
101
N 14th Street, 22nd Floor
Conference
Room
Richmond,
VA 23219
|
10/21/16
9:00-11:00AM
|
ALL
REGIONS
|
ISC:
Webinar 1
Please
join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
You
can also dial in using your phone.
United
States +1 (571) 317-3117
Access
Code: 424-525-877
|
10/20/16
4:00-6:00PM
|
ALL
REGIONS
|
ISC:
Webinar 2
Please
join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
You
can also dial in using your phone.
United
States +1 (571) 317-3117
Access
Code: 424-525-877
|
10/28/16
9:00-11:00AM
|
If
you have any questions about the SLIC program, you may contact Bobby F. Keener,
Chief Technology Innovations Officer at bobby.keener@doe.virginia.gov, or Dr. Susan
M. Clair, Learning Infrastructure Coordinator at susan.clair@doe.virginia.gov.
If
teachers need assistance registering in the SLIC portal, email support@slic-solutions.com.
For
any other general questions or concerns, Michelle Chance, Director of the ISC,
can be reached at michelle.chance@isc-connect.org or
by phone at (571) 246-2411.
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