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.
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
This spring, Robinette Cross, Lisa Williams, and Joy Davis chaperoned the second-ever Middle East & North Africa senior seminar trip to Morocco. Robinette Cross, who led the trip, lived and studied in Morocco for several years, including a year doing research on a Fulbright. She brings an amazing depth of knowledge to the seminar and puts an incredible amount of work into making the trip into the culminating educational experience of the class. In the
We're happy to welcome back English Department Chair Lisa Williams from her Taylor Teaching Award-funded trip to India! The Taylor Teaching Award is named in honor of Pat Taylor, who dedicated decades of service to the Governor's School as a founder, teacher, and administrator and who we are lucky to have still involved with our school and alumni community after her retirement. The award is funded by the Foundation, though the recipient is selected by