ONLY DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE FALL FESTIVAL!
Friday, October 5, 2018, 4-8 p.m.
Come one, come all to the 22nd annual MLWGS Fall Festival! It's the International event sponsored by the PTSA to directly showcase and financially support MLWGS student organizations! Held in the front steps and lawn of the school facing Lombardy Street, the Fall Festival offers a wide variety of activities, entertainment, and food.
The Fall Festival is open to all: current students, younger siblings, former students and families, neighborhood residents, and friends of the school.
There is no admittance charged for the festival and all the entertainment, provided by our very talented students is free! Tickets are sold to purchase all items for sale- crafts, entrees, desserts, drinks, and more!
The Festival relies on volunteers to help with many jobs including set up, booth support, PTSA drink sales, crowd control, tickets sales and counting, and tear down. Parent support is critical to the success of the Festival and the students can earn community service hours. Parent volunteers will be needed on October 5, 2018 starting at 9 a.m.- before the Festival for set up, during the Festival, and afterwards for clean up.
Fall Festival Volunteer Sign Up
2018 MLWGS HOMECOMING KICK-OFF
Monday, October 8 from 6-8 p.m.
Come out and support your teams!
5:30 p.m. JV Boys Volleyball
6:00 p.m. Varsity Field Hockey
7:00 p.m. Varsity Boys Volleyball
Giveaways for all students who wear their Green Machine T-shirts!
Two Food Trucks will be on site…
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The following parking options are available:
Elizabeth Street (small lot)
MLWGS lot off Lombardy Street
James River Bus Lines lot off Allen Ave
(across from JRBL building)
*Please DO NOT park on grass.
Fall Festival Entertainment line up:
*Please DO NOT park on grass.
Fall Festival Entertainment line up:
2018 MLWGS HOMECOMING KICK-OFF
Monday, October 8 from 6-8 p.m.
Come out and support your teams!
5:30 p.m. JV Boys Volleyball
6:00 p.m. Varsity Field Hockey
7:00 p.m. Varsity Boys Volleyball
Giveaways for all students who wear their Green Machine T-shirts!
Two Food Trucks will be on site…
RVA New York Style
PSAT DAY OCTOBER 10
PSAT Day is Wednesday, October 10 with special activities planned for all grade levels.
Maggie Walker will operate under a special schedule on October 10 due to PSAT testing during the morning for sophomores and juniors. All students should report to school on time at 8:40 a.m. for morning grade-level activities as described below; we will have shortened 5th and 7th period classes during the afternoon.
Morning for Sophomores and Juniors
All 10th and 11th graders will take the PSAT in the morning after checking in with 1st period classes for attendance purposes.
The PSAT is a great practice opportunity for the SAT. For 11th graders, the PSAT results are used for qualification purposes for National Merit Scholarship Programs. The counseling department distributed PSAT Student Guides to all 10th and 11th graders during lunch time assemblies during the week of Monday, September 24. The guides contain information about the tests as well as a full-length practice test. Students are encouraged to take the practice test before testing day. More information about the PSAT can be found at www.collegeboard.org/psat. Score reports will be available online in mid-December and paper copies will be available and distributed in January during lunch-time grade-level assemblies. Juniors will be encouraged to register for an SAT or ACT date in the spring by visiting the testing agency websites. Sophomores and Juniors in AP classes will be reminded to register for SAT Subject tests as appropriate.
Students are reminded to bring #2 pencils and calculators for testing. The College Board does not allow makeup testing for the PSATs so it is important that students arrive at school on time.
Morning for Freshmen and Seniors
All 9th graders will split the morning between a community service project offsite (details will be sent out separately with permission form) and an assembly on mental health awareness.
All 12th graders will be participating in college and transition-related activities in the auditorium, including an assembly on mental health awareness.
The mental health assembly will feature a speaker from Minding Your Mind, a national prevention-based program that educates teens by initiating conversations regarding mental health. Speakers are young adults who have struggled with mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, and give educational talks to reduce the stigma of seeking help. This program is being supported by the locally based Cameron K. Gallagher Foundation, which works with area public and private high schools on mental health awareness. If you have any questions or concerns about your child attending the assembly, please contact Karl Zweerink (Counseling Department, ext. 3210).
ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS
The second edition of the Senior Newsletter is now available on the School Counseling website. This newsletter contains important college and scholarship-related reminders and deadlines.
A description of all scholarship opportunities sent to MLWGS can be found on Naviance. Please note that this list is not exhaustive- students are still encouraged to do their own scholarship research. All deadlines listed in Naviance are subject to change; therefore, it is important that students confirm all deadlines on the scholarship organization’s direct website. Please contact Kierstin Streitel in the School Counseling Office with any scholarship questions.
Students are allowed four excused absences for college visits per year. Students must get and turn back in a pre-approval form to Ms. Bowman in advance. Students should let their teachers know ahead of time that they will be missing class and it is up to them to inquire about and complete any missed work.
DIRECTORIES AVAILABLE
Thank you all so much for attending Back to School night! We apologize for running out of Student Directories, but we have restocked and now have additional copies of the Student Directory in the front office. Please stop by the front office or send your student to get your copy!
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Teaching teens the art of mindfulness. We are proud to offer Mindful Mondays for both High School and Middle School aged teens!
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MINDFUL MONDAYS
The CKG Foundation offers mindfulness instruction free of charge for high school and middle school students. Mindfulness is achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and mind/body connection. The practice of mindfulness has proven to be a helpful strategy in handling stress. High School sessions are led by Alex Peavey who is fully trained and certified in Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program out of University of Massachusetts. Mr. Peavey provides strategies and techniques for managing stress and being more mindful no matter your surroundings- the classroom, social situations, or the athletic field. To obtain more information and to register, use the following link: http://www.ckgfoundation.org/
ORCHESTRA NEWS
Congratulations to the following students for being accepted into Virginia District 1 Senior Regional Orchestra:
Minji Cho, Violin (Chesterfield '21)
Emma Chun, Violin (Henrico '20)
Joshua Yoo, Violin (Chesterfield '22)
William Davis, Bass (Chesterfield '21)
Ada Rose Gill, Harp (Chesterfield '22)
They will participate in the event in November and qualify to audition for All State Orchestra in January.
FOUNDATION VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
On Wednesday, October 10 the Foundation is planning to mail out our beginning-of-the-year postcard and we need your help! We need volunteers to help us stuff envelopes. We will get started around 9:00 a.m. or so in room 228 across from the boardroom and Foundation office and will probably stuff until around noon. Drop by for an hour or stay the whole time for this fun opportunity to help the Foundation and get to know some other MLWGS parents. Please contact Suzannah Stora if you are available to help.
Night of the Dragon Planning Committee Meeting
This Night of the Dragon auction event is scheduled for Saturday, February 23 at the Hilton Hotel and Spa at Short Pump. This year, the Night of the Dragon will be collectively hosted by and will raise funds for all of the support groups at the MLWGS: the Governor's School Foundation, the PTSA, and our Booster organizations. We are excited to combine efforts to make this awesome evening a success and we would love your help!
Our first planning committee meeting is set for Tuesday, October 9 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm in room 153. We welcome all who want to help coordinate this great event. Please contact Suzannah Stora if you are able to be at the meeting or if you wish to help with the planning.
