For each Honors or Advanced Placement course, students may elect 1) the assigned grade according to our current grading scale (see quarter weighting below) and 2) a pass/fail grade (P = A-C; PS = D; F remains). All students keep their assigned grades (Option 1) unless they choose to “opt in” to pass/fail grades (Option 2) by completing the “Pass/Fail Opt-In Form” by Friday, June 12.
MAGGIE WALKER: Here is the link to the Pass/Fail Opt-in Form by June 12.
VCU: Students must complete this form. (Email the signed form to your school counselor by June 12.)
School counselor consultation is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for the Honors/AP process and REQUIRED for the Dual Enrollment process.
To reiterate, if you plan keep all assigned grades as currently listed in PowerSchool NO ACTION IS REQUIRED!
VIRTUAL BACCALAUREATE COMING SUNDAY, JUNE 14
Seniors and their families and friends will still experience Baccalaureate this year. We will honor the graduating class with a video baccalaureate service featuring remarks from four Richmond area faith leaders and musical selections performed by fellow graduates.
Please join us Sunday for the release of the MLWGS Senior Class Baccalaureate Video. The PTSA invites graduates, friends, and families to watch the ceremony online this Sunday, June 14.
The link will be shared through a Smoke and Scales Special Edition Newsletter email that will be released Sunday. Please mark your calendars as we virtually gather as one MLWGS family celebrating the Class is 2020.
VIRTUAL SENIOR NIGHT
See Senior Night 2020 as captured on video by the skills of the senior class sponsor, Ms. Kerry Sheppard. Find the virtual senior night here.
CELESTIAL SENIOR ART SHOW A SUCCESS
Thank you for joining us for our annual Maggie L Walker Governor’s School senior art exhibit, titled Celestial. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we held our global virtual opening on June 1. That evening, these young artists gave short talks and took questions.
If you missed the opening, the video of the event can be viewed here.
The artists included in this year’s exhibition are:
Max Goldkuhle (Hanover)
Marina Kapitanov (Chesterfield)
Natalie Kim (Chesterfield)
Maya Koehn-Wu (Hanover)
Eileen Morley (Chesterfield)
Mia Rodriguez (Chesterfield)
Amelia Seabury (Richmond)
Raina Tian (Henrico)
Lucy Wampler (Richmond)
Jacqueline Yu (Henrico)
Thanks to everyone who was able to join us. The online exhibition will run through the summer. Please help support these incredible students by exploring their individual pages and leaving comments and/or questions in the forms at the bottom of each of their pages.
RT-D NAMES MLWGS STUDENT SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to Mary Caroline Heinen (Richmond '20) for being designated this year’s Richmond Times-Dispatch Female Scholar Athlete of the Year! Sammy Finnegan (Hanover '20) was also a finalist. Way to go!
YEARBOOK RECEIVES EXCELLENT RATING
In a year of unexpected change, the yearbook staff rose to the challenge. The academic year 2018-19 MLWGS Yearbook just received a rating of “Excellent” by the Southern Interscholastic Press Association. Once again, students have demonstrated a commitment to journalistic accuracy and have showcased their creativity. Congrats to yearbook students and Mr. White, and a special shout-out and best wishes to the editor, Zelda Hinkle (Hanover '20)!
SMOKE AND SCALES WISHES YOU A SAFE AND HAPPY SUMMER!
Thank you to Christine Wampler (Richmond, Lucy Wampler '20), who has served as one of our Smoke and Scales editors for the last three years. We will miss her and wish her the best!
"See" you in the first 2020-2021 school year edition, scheduled for Wednesday, August 26; submission deadline is Sunday, August 23, 2020.
From your co-editors:
Kimberly Lee (Megan Lee '18, Jacob Lee '21, Chesterfield) and Maggi Tinsley (Betsy Tinsley, Richmond '22)
