On Monday, January 28, twelve of Mr. Benesh's math modeling students will be participating in the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications' Mathematical Contest in Modeling. This is a college-level competition that will include about 20,000 teams competing worldwide. A grant from the MLWGS Foundation covered the registration fees for all students participating. We'll be rooting for them!
Lynn Reed and Linda Brown Westrick (’04) at the 2019 Joint Mathematics Meeting in Baltimore, MD MLWGS math teacher Lynn Reed is a 25+ year member of the Mathematical Association of America. "I always enjoy attending the Joint Mathematics Meetings when they occur 'near' Richmond," she says. As a member of the MAA's Mini-Course Committee, she helped to monitor six mini-course sessions like "Dance and Mathematics" and "Object Based Learning and the Smithsonian
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore Political analyst Bill Kristol is scheduled to address the Thomas Jefferson History Honor Society on February 11 at 2 PM in the Forum. Mr. Kristol is the second speaker to address the HHS this year. Dr. Johanna Neuman, who recently published Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women’s Right to Vote and is currently a scholar in residence at American University, spoke at the group's induction ceremony in the
Students involved in Peer Mentors at MLWGS are attending workshops developed by the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, a non-profit that works with schools and community groups through the Merging Leaders Institute. One will focus on examining and reimagining school culture, which will allow students to think through the challenges in creating a culture where everyone belongs as well as practical ways to motivate others to work toward a more inclusive school climate. They will also be discussing how to
Dr. Christine Anderson was kind enough to write up the following report from the Women & Gender Studies Conference at GMU for us. A grant from the Foundation covered the cost of bus transportation for all students attending. "I just wanted to let you know how well our students performed at the Women & Gender Studies Conference at George Mason University on November 16, 2018. The theme of the conference was the “ Politics of Gender &
Neil Kinnock chatting with MLWGS students Last weekend, a group of Matt McGuire's AP Comparative Government students left for the United Kingdom. We got a note from Mr. McGuire yesterday evening about some of what they've been up to. "Today in the Parliament, we met with former Conservative Party Leader Iain Duncan Smith to discuss his actions in the House of Commons to compel the UK to leave the EU. Then we met with
Mr. Benesh's baseball math modeling students are back from their research trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY! Students conducted research at the Giamatti Research Center, which is the foremost repository of baseball information, in all formats, in the world. They were working on their papers that will address an aspect of the impact of baseball on America. Students research topics include: Labor relations and the 1994 baseball strike US and Cuba relations
A grant from the Foundation covered the cost of bus transportation for Dr. Anderson's students to attend the Politics of Gender & Justice Conference at GMU. Here's more information about the field trip the school's blog: "On November 16th, MLWGS’s Dr. Christine Anderson took students from her Gender, Politics & Consumerism in a Global Context VCU/Dual Enrollment class and other select students to a one-day conference at George Mason University. At the conference, hosted by the Women and Gender
The MLWGS Counseling Office is administering Oxford and Cambridge admissions assessments this morning for interested students. Though Maggie Walker sends by far the bulk of its graduates to colleges and universities in the United States, seniors do sometimes choose to pursue higher education abroad. Application and admissions processes at international colleges and universities are often handled very differently than they are in the US. Our counselors are now better equipped to help student interested in attending college abroad
Sometimes our enhancement grants pay for 3-D printers, and sometimes they pay for a nice bunch of pizzas. The Foundation provided a grant to cover lunch for summer booster camp students so that they could have a chance to reconnect with each other and check in with the faculty members who run the camp for incoming MLWGS freshmen. We raise a slice to all of our annual fund donors who helped make these pies possible!