Smoke and Scales: 2020 College list

CLASS OF 2020 VIRTUAL BACCALAUREATE

The class of 2020 Baccalaureate is virtual this year due to the pandemic. The PTSA would like to extend a special thank you to our speakers Druthi Rathi, Rabbi Michael Knopf, and Reverend Doug Forrester for sharing their messages of hope, encouragement, and joy for our graduation seniors. There was also performances by Richard Zhai, Emma Chun, and Alyssa Wright. Thank you to our parent volunteers Julie Hendricks and Jennifer McCluskey for coordinating and putting together this amazing and memorable event. All are welcome to watch the event.

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

Link to the Baccalaureate

NEXT STEPS FOR SENIORS – CONGRATULATIONS!

CLICK HERE TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE HEADED!

JUNIOR (CLASS OF 2021) BOOK AWARDS

Congratulations to this year’s recipients!

Richmond Alumnae Panhellenic Association Award	Savannah Vonesh
Smith College Award	Sonya Stacia
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Award	John Staley
Bausch and Lomb University of Rochester Honorary Science Award	Eric Hamilton
Xerox Award for Innovation and Technology Award	Dennis Plotnokov
Univ.of Rochester F. Douglass and SB Anthony Humanities Award	Ananya Shah
Dartmouth College Award	Gabriella Watson
Harvard University Award	Helen Hall
George Eastman Young Leaders Award	Minji Cho
West Point Leadership Award	Justin Goldman
William & Mary Leadership Award	Varun Mandgi
VCU Monroe Scholars Book Award	Daphne Pang
George Washington University Book Award	Kapil Iyer
Tulane Book Award	Anna Murray
Katie Anderson Courage Award	Pranaya Sripathi
VMFA Fine Art Award	Rylan Karjane
Yale Book Award	Tejas Muthusamy
Bear O’Bryan Book Award	Elizabeth Thorne

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)

LAST CALL: YEAR-END GRADING OPTIONS

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!

NEXT STEPS FOR SENIORS – CONGRATULATIONS!

CLICK HERE TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE HEADED!

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!

Special End of the Year Version. Sunday, June 14, 2020

Week of June 10, 2020