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Grant Spotlight: Graduate Coursework for Faculty

By |2022-03-02T15:32:28+00:00September 16th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

In 2019-20, the MLWGS Foundation has committed to supporting graduate-level coursework for twelve members of the faculty.  Several teachers are gaining additional training in gifted education, while others are focused on subject-area specialization.  Members of the administration and counseling departments are also taking on graduate-level coursework, as is librarian Wendy DeGroat.  The MLWGS faculty is one-of-a-kind, and the Foundation is proud to support them as they continue their own educations. Make your gift to the

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Grant Spotlight: Wireless Internet Access At Home

By |2022-03-02T15:35:37+00:00September 6th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

Not every MLWGS student has reliable internet access at home, which can make completing homework assignments, projects, and research outside of school hours a challenge.  In recognition of this fact, MLWGS Chief Technology Officer David Bortz worked with the Foundation to purchase ten Kajeet wifi devices and service for them.  The small, portable devices act as wireless hotspots and are specifically designed to be used in a K-12 setting.  The Foundation is paying for another school year’s

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Grant Spotlight: Comparative Government Students in Canada

By |2022-03-02T15:49:46+00:00June 4th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

Mr. McGuire's annual Canada trip is currently underway, and students are enjoying June weather in Ottawa and Toronto.  They recently visited the Office of the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C.  This is just one of the unique experiences Mr. McGuire curates for students on the trip, all of which will enrich their understanding of Canadian politics and culture.  The MLWGS Foundation supported this trip with a grant to offset the

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Grant Spotlight: BHMoVA & the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

By |2019-05-20T09:34:54+00:00May 20th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

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 student for the BHMoVA. Your gifts to the 2018-19 Annual Fund make everything we do possible.

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Grant Spotlight: Awaken at the VMFA

By |2019-05-15T11:55:48+00:00May 15th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

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 members who plan and execute trips like these. Your gifts to the 2018-19 Annual Fund support everything we do.

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Grant Spotlight: Three Teams Place in Top 10% of College-level Math Modeling Contest

By |2022-03-02T15:47:02+00:00May 14th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

Over 25,000 teams competed in this year's MCM, which is an international math modeling contest which pits university teams against each other.  MLWGS recently had three teams earn honors as Meritorious, which puts them in the top 10% of all the college-level competing teams.  This year's teams were asked to create an evacuation plan for the Louvre museum in Paris, France.  This complex math modeling problem involved detailed analysis of exit locations and museum visitor

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Grant Spotlight: AP Prep

By |2019-05-06T15:46:11+00:00May 6th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

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 not only fed my group but we were able to share with Mr. Brown’s AP class which was also here

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Grant Spotlight: Yoga Instruction

By |2019-05-02T13:55:01+00:00May 2nd, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

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 success.  Having alumni back in the building in a teaching capacity is a wonderful thing, and we hope we'll see

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Grant Spotlight: Songs for Janie

By |2022-03-02T15:53:29+00:00April 18th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

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 request from English Department Chair Lisa Williams to cover the cost of 35 student tickets to give students the opportunity

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Grant Spotlight: Rubik’s Cube Competition

By |2022-03-02T15:56:05+00:00April 18th, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

The MLWGS Cubing Club held their first-ever Rubik's Cube Competition on Saturday, April 13th at MLWGS.  The event sold out and was a huge success!  About 250 people, including 90 competitors from age 6 to 40 along with families, guests, and volunteers came from as far away as West Virginia and North Carolina to test their skills in events with the 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, and pyraminx.  The competition was made possible by club sponsor Dawn Grois, the World

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