One of the things that makes MLWGS a special place to learn is its location in the heart of Richmond. It’s an easy walk to the Firehouse Theatre, which just hosted four performances of Songs for Janie, a musical interpretation by Tamara Wellons of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. The Foundation funded a grant […]
The Foundation recently provided a grant to purchase a one-year institutional license for the Chicago Manual of Style for student use. Though the request came through librarian Wendy DeGroat, the license will be of use to all students, particularly those in Global Studies, FIRC, and some senior seminars. Access to the most recent CMS is particularly useful for […]
On March 15, forty ASL students toured Gallaudet University in Washington, DC with their teacher, Mrs. Carlisa Gunter. Gallaudet is dedicated to the education of deaf and hard of hearing students. A grant from the MLWGS Foundation covered the cost of bus transportation for students and chaperones. “Thanks again for making this field trip possible for […]
Every year, Art 5 students present solo exhibitions of their work to an audience of friends and family. This is one of the culminating experiences of their art education at MLWGS and gives them a chance to learn about how to put on a gallery show. Molly Goodman (’19) gave a great artist’s talk about the evolution of […]
On Tuesday, March 12, 150 MLWGS seniors attended a matinee performance of a theatrical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at the Quill Theatre at the VMFA. The MLWGS Foundation provided a grant of $1000 to offset the cost of tickets for every student.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
MLWGS welcomed three great new music teachers in the 2018-19 school year. One of those teachers is Michelle Graham, who is teaching chorus. Michelle requested a Foundation grant to cover the cost of a subscription to SightReadingFactory.com in order to enhance her instruction. “I can generate sight reading exercises at SightReadingFactory.com that are aligned with […]
One of the things that makes MLWGS a unique place to learn is the foreign language class offerings. As technology changes, language instruction changes as well. In 2016-17, the Foundation purchased 32 webcams to facilitate online exchange programs that pair native speakers of various languages with MWLGS students to cultivate conversational skills. This year, Chinese teacher Sharon […]
MLWGS welcomed three great new music teachers in the 2018-19 school year. Nicholas Merillat is teaching Jazz Band, while Michelle Graham takes on Chorus, and Christina Sienkiewicz, Orchestra. The Foundation purchased software requested for shared use to aid in their instruction. PhotoScore & NotateMe covert music handwritten on a surface or laptop into digital scores. It can also read, transpose, and extract parts […]
Diverse and unique course offerings are part of what make MLWGS such an exceptional place to learn. One great example of this is the photojournalism senior seminar offered by Georgianne Stinnett. Ms. Stinnett developed this course to instruct students in the technical aspects of capturing photojournalistic images, the history and ethics of the field, and to allow […]
MLWGS librarian Wendy DeGroat is working this summer to refresh the school’s library space. She is working based on data collected from student focus groups that included students who utilize the library frequently, sometimes, and not at all. She will be creating a new student seating area with poufs, floor pillows, accent rugs, and more. […]
This year, the MLWGS faculty has applied for nearly $25,000 worth of Foundation support in the category of classroom instructional activities. Funding in this category is available for supplemental activities or materials that teachers would like to use to enrich their instruction. In March, World Religions teacher Kinsey Hall accessed some of that funding to […]
