For the past few years, English Department Head Lisa Williams has organized a trip for the entire freshmen class to visit the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia and the Maggie L. Walker National Historic on the day of Senior Showcase. This year, a grant from the Foundation is covering admission for every […]
The MLWGS Foundation recently provided a grant to cover the cost of admission to the VMFA’s “Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment” exhibit for Kinsey Buhrman’s Eastern Religions students. Proximity to cultural institutions like the VMFA is part of what makes MLWGS such a special place to learn, along, of course, with the faculty […]
It’s never a bad thing to be the people who make there be pizza. We recently provided an enhancement grant to feed students attending Mr. Wilkes’ last AP prep session before the test. It ended up feeding a multitude! From Mr. Wilkes: “I want to thank you on behalf of all the students. The pizzas […]
MLGWS alumnus Matt Elliott (’04) recently returned to his alma mater to teach yoga to sophomore PE students for the month of April. Tara Eschenroeder started this program some years ago with Athletic Director Paige Hawkins, and it has been a highlight of every spring at MLWGS since. Tara handed the program over to Matt this year to great […]
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 […]
