MLWGS DRAMA PRESENTS SWEET CHARITY
February 28-March 2, 2019
Inspired by Federico Fellini’s ‘Nights of Cabiria,’ SWEET CHARITY explores the turbulent love life of Charity Hope Valentine, a hopelessly romantic but comically unfortunate dance hall hostess in New York City. With a tuneful, groovy, mid-1960s score by Cy Coleman, sparkling lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and a hilarious book by Neil Simon, SWEET CHARITY captures all the energy, humor, and heartbreak of Life in the Big City for an unfortunate but irrepressible optimist.
Drama Club Sponsor Devon E. Mattys and the Maggie L. Walker Drama Department are thrilled to announce their production of the Broadway musical SWEET CHARITY, directed by renown local director Foster Solomon, Musical Director Roy George, Choreographer Aza Raine, Set Designer Rebekah Barnett, Technical Director Henry Gizzi, and Set Construction Dan Giorgis, this show features a talented cast of Maggie Walker students.
TICKETS AND PERFORMANCES: February 28-March 2 at 7 p.m. at Maggie L. Walker High School auditorium, 1000 N. Lombardy Street, Richmond, VA 23220.
Tickets are $7 for students and $12 for adults. Tickets can be purchased at the door- cash or check only.
Inspired by Federico Fellini’s ‘Nights of Cabiria,’ SWEET CHARITY explores the turbulent love life of Charity Hope Valentine, a hopelessly romantic but comically unfortunate dance hall hostess in New York City. With a tuneful, groovy, mid-1960s score by Cy Coleman, sparkling lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and a hilarious book by Neil Simon, SWEET CHARITY captures all the energy, humor, and heartbreak of Life in the Big City for an unfortunate but irrepressible optimist.
Drama Club Sponsor Devon E. Mattys and the Maggie L. Walker Drama Department are thrilled to announce their production of the Broadway musical SWEET CHARITY, directed by renown local director Foster Solomon, Musical Director Roy George, Choreographer Aza Raine, Set Designer Rebekah Barnett, Technical Director Henry Gizzi, and Set Construction Dan Giorgis, this show features a talented cast of Maggie Walker students.
TICKETS AND PERFORMANCES: February 28-March 2 at 7 p.m. at Maggie L. Walker High School auditorium, 1000 N. Lombardy Street, Richmond, VA 23220.
Tickets are $7 for students and $12 for adults. Tickets can be purchased at the door- cash or check only.
SWEET CHARITY is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK, www.tamswitmark.com
SCRIP FUNDRAISER DUE THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 1
Did you know the retailers you already shop are willing to give money to MLWGS at no extra cost to you? It’s simple- purchase gift cards for the retailers you shop through United Scrip, and a percentage goes back to our school. A few examples include amazon.com, Starbucks, Barnes and Noble, Target, CVS, movies, clothing, restaurants and more! Consider upcoming gifts, spring break travel needs, or simply do your personal shopping with Scrip cards. For a full list of participating retailers go to https://www.scripzone.com/certificatelist.aspx. Questions about the program? Please don’t hesitate to contact Laura Dysart, MLWGS Scrip coordinator and parent at lauradysart@verizon.net.
Submit your order form and payment by March 1 to the school office. The order form lists our most popular retailers, but you can write in any of the participating retailers at the bottom of the form.SCRIP order Form HERE
VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL TRAVELS TO STATE MARCH 1
The MW Girls Varsity Basketball team is advancing to the State tournament for the first time in school history!
Please come out to the game this Friday, March 1 at 7 p.m. versus Strasburg High School.
The game will be played at Stonewall High School, 150 Stonewall Lane, Quicksburg, VA.
GO DRAGONS!
MARCH IS YOUTH ART AND MUSIC MONTH
Continuing this year, in addition to our fantastic student art exhibition, our wonderful school music groups will also be performing throughout the evening. The date for this event is Thursday, March 7 from 6-9 p.m. The event is open to the public and refreshments will be provided. Please mark your calendar and join us in celebrating the Arts at Maggie L. Walker!
Maggie L. Walker Mural Project Update:
In September, a committee was formed to work with artist, Colleen Phelon Hall, to oversee the creation of a mural to honor Maggie L. Walker on the wall outside of the Blue Stone Lobby. Maggie L. Walker was an amazing woman and it is our goal to highlight her many contributions as an entrepreneur, educator, and civil rights activist. She started off as a teacher and went on to become the first woman to charter a bank, the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. In addition, founded the St. Luke Herald newspaper which she used to raise awareness of civil rights issues. She opened a small department store called the St. Luke Emporium to serve the Jackson Ward community.
The committee included stakeholders from the faculty, administration, alumni of MLWGS and the original Maggie L. Walker High School, current students, and parents. Colleen presented details about the project and process to all current art students. Students were tasked with researching Maggie L. Walker and the classes shared what they had learned. The design process also included an online survey that went out to the stakeholder community asking about what they felt should be included in the design. These responses and key takeaways were shared with the art students to include in their initial concept designs. Colleen shared the project with the greater school community at Fall Festival. She presented the student concept designs to the committee and narrowed down to the primary design direction that the committee preferred. Drawing from this feedback, Colleen created two main concept drawings and presented them again to the classes and the committee. The classes provided feedback on a potential color palette. The committee made the final call on the mural design.
During Black History Month, Colleen has had the art students assisting in tracing the projected image onto the fabric panels and preparing the panels for the upcoming paint parties for the entire school community. During March, Women’s History month, there will be several Paint Parties where the panels will be painted in a “paint by number” style. Everyone is invited to join in the Paint Parties! Parties will take place: March 7 (6-9 p.m.) at the Youth Art and Music Month Exhibition, March 8 to honor International Women’s Day during lunch, March 9 (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) for alumni of the original Maggie L. Walker High School, March 14 for the Legacy Circle event, and March 15 during lunch. Other dates and times TBD. If the weather cooperates, installation is slated for the middle of April.
www.colleenhall.com
Thumbnail sketch approved by the committee
Final design- a quote of Maggie Walker’s will be over the smoke and “Entrepreneurship”, “Education”, and “Equality” will be on banners and then Maggie L. Walker under her portrait.
Students trace the projected image on to the fabric panels.
Colleen guides students in outlining the areas to be painted at upcoming paint parties.
Close up of the process.
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE FAIR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS MARCH 9
SCHOOL PICTURES STILL AVAILABLE
You didn't! Here's how to do it:
1. Go to https://goo.gl/vAxb7v
2. Enter Email
3. Enter MLWGS Gallery Password: dragons1819
4. Enter 9th, 10th or 11th Grade Album Password. Here are the passwords: 9th: 96XDW3; 10th: VEFH8J; 11th: TT7V92.
5. Select the image you would like to purchase
6. Click “BUY PHOTO”
7. Choose Item from the selection of packages (if you do not see a package that fits your needs, please call us – we’re happy to help!)
8. ADD TO CART
9. Select Shipping Method:
"SHIP TO ME" - or - "I'LL PICK UP" Pick up location is MLWGS. The deadline to order is April 15.
If you have questions, please contact Wendell Powell Studio at 804-741-6732 or email them at wps@wendellpowell.com
NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY
Transcribe volunteers help make Virginia’s history more complete!
Several diligent MLWGS students from Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Prince George, and Richmond dove into the challenging and rewarding work of transcribing historic documents for the Making History: Transcribe! project on Wednesday.
Some found it easier to decipher cursive with help from a friend. And whether working independently or together, students discovered that reading these documents brings history to life in new ways.
During this Transcribe-a-thon, we worked with two recently merged collections: the Virginia Museum of History and Culture's Unknown No Longer and the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold, both focused on pre-1865 Virginia documents by and/or about enslaved and free African Americans.
The letters, freedom suits, and other documents that students transcribed revealed both personal and public details about individuals and families, painful details about the brutality and inhumanity of slavery, and poignant details about resilience, tenacity, love, and loss--details that will soon be searchable by scholars, historians, and genealogists.
Along with other Transcribe volunteers, these MLWGS students are helping make the story that accessible historical records tell about Virginia and America more complete.
If you'd like to participate in this important project, stop by the library to see Ms. DeGroat. You may earn up to 35 hours toward the MLWGS community service requirement by participating. After you attend a training session or Transcribe-a-thon (our next one is on April 10), you can even work on transcriptions from home.
Related photo available on library blog: https://resourceress.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/making-virginia-history-more-complete/
FY20 OPERATING BUDGET PROPOSAL OPEN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT
(King and Queen), Martha Harris (Charles City) and Micky Ogburn-Vice-Chair (Henrico).
Second-row L-R, John Axselle (Hanover), Javaid Siddiqi (Chesterfield), Kenneth Pritchett (Petersburg)
and Scott Barlow (Richmond).
The Regional School Board is accepting input via online comments on the FY20
The Regional School Board is accepting input via online comments on the FY20
MLWGS proposed operating budget. A public hearing on the proposed FY19
operating budget will be held March 21, 2019, during the Regional School Board
(RSB) meeting with approval projected on April 18, 2019. Members of the Maggie
L. Walker Governor’s School community who are unable to attend are invited to
provide comment to the RSB on the proposed operating budget using this form
by March 19, 2019. Comments should pertain to the FY20 operating budget
proposal; inappropriate content will be deleted.
Visit here to view the proposal. Use this form for comment.
2019 FOURTH CIRCUIT ESSAY CONTEST- ENTRY DEADLINE APRIL 15, 2019
Visit here to view the proposal. Use this form for comment.
2019 FOURTH CIRCUIT ESSAY CONTEST- ENTRY DEADLINE APRIL 15, 2019
WHO MAY ENTER
The essay contest is open to all students currently in grades 9 through 12 from
The essay contest is open to all students currently in grades 9 through 12 from
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Note: Children, grandchildren, stepchildren, and members of the household of
a federal judge or federal judiciary employee are excluded from the competition.
ESSAY QUESTION
The prompt for the 2019 Essay Contest is “How has the right to freedom of speech
ESSAY QUESTION
The prompt for the 2019 Essay Contest is “How has the right to freedom of speech
established for public school students in the Supreme Court case of Tinker v.
Des Moines evolved in the 50 years since it was decided?”
LENGTH and FORMAT
Essays are limited to 1000 words. Citations should be placed in footnotes, endnotes,
LENGTH and FORMAT
Essays are limited to 1000 words. Citations should be placed in footnotes, endnotes,
or bibliographies and excluded from the word count. Submit your essay as a
Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF document. Do not include your name on
your essay.
JUDGING
Understanding of constitutional principles (35 points)
Clarity and effectiveness in expressing the theme (30 points)
Grammar, spelling, and composition (20 points)
Originality (15 points)
JUDGING
Understanding of constitutional principles (35 points)
Clarity and effectiveness in expressing the theme (30 points)
Grammar, spelling, and composition (20 points)
Originality (15 points)
Missing the submission deadline, providing false entry information, and
plagiarizing content are grounds for disqualification.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Your essay and entry form must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on
Your essay and entry form must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on
Monday, April 15, 2019. The contest entry form includes instructions for
submitting your essay. Please complete your essay before submitting the
entry form.
ENTRY FORM
Contest Entry Form
Share your heart and home this summer! Host a student from Spain or France
OUR STUDENTS SCORED 97.2% ON QUALIFYING SCORES ACCORDING TO THE
Contest Entry Form
SPANISH AND FRENCH STUDENTS NEED HOST FAMILIES IN JULY
(ages 13-17) in your home for 3-4 weeks. Learn about their culture while he
or she learns about living in an American family just by being a part of what you
regularly do. We have a variety of programs to suit your family’s work or
non-working schedule. Families receive stipends to help out with expenses.
We can help work out transportation or vacation concerns. This will be a treasured
memory for your family!
Contact Debbie Hardy 909-3190 or debbiehardy2003@yahoo.com
Make a lifetime memory and share your heart and home with a Spanish or French teen!
VA STUDENTS IN TOP 10 IN ACHIEVEMENT ON AP EXAMS-
MW STUDENTS OUTPACE NATIONAL RESULTS
According to the Virginia Department of Education in their press release dated February 6th,
nearly three out of every 10 of Virginia’s 2018 public high school graduates demonstrated
college-level achievement on at least one Advanced Placement examination, according to data
released today by the College Board, the nonprofit organization that manages the AP program.
nearly three out of every 10 of Virginia’s 2018 public high school graduates demonstrated
college-level achievement on at least one Advanced Placement examination, according to data
released today by the College Board, the nonprofit organization that manages the AP program.
The College Board reported that 28.5 percent of the commonwealth’s 2018 graduating seniors
earned a score of three or higher on at least one AP test. Nationwide, 23.5 percent of graduating
seniors achieved scores of three or higher. The commonwealth ranked eighth in the nation in AP
performance.
earned a score of three or higher on at least one AP test. Nationwide, 23.5 percent of graduating
seniors achieved scores of three or higher. The commonwealth ranked eighth in the nation in AP
performance.
The MLWGS Class of 2018 had 180 graduates.
AP EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE REPORT FOR SENIORS WHO SCORED 3 OR HIGHER
ON AT LEAST ONE AP EXAM AT ANY POINT DURING HIGH SCHOOL DIVIDED BY
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOL SENIORS.
Congratulations to the MLWGS Dragons for their extraordinary achievement!
Congratulations are also in order to our outstanding faculty and counselor leaders
who make results like this possible for their students.
Although colleges and universities set their own policies for awarding credit, a
Although colleges and universities set their own policies for awarding credit, a
score of three or higher on an AP test is generally accepted as indicative of
college-level work. The College Board estimates that in the aggregate, Virginia
students in the class of 2018 earned more than 313,000 college credits by passing
AP exams and potentially saved more than $140 million in tuition.
The 10 most popular AP courses among Virginia’s 2018 graduating seniors were-
in descending order- English Language and Composition, U.S. History, U.S. Government
and Politics, Psychology, World History, English Literature and Composition, Calculus AB,
Biology, Statistics, and Environmental Science.
