Part of our grant supporting the December AP Comparative Gov trip to the United Kingdom will cover the cost of students visiting Cardiff Castle, located in the center of the Welsh capital city. The castle dates from the 11th century and is built on a Roman fort dating from the 50s AD. In the mid-1800s, the castle was under the ownership of the 3rd Marquess of Bute, reputed to be the richest man in the world at
A grant from the MLWGS Foundation will cover the entry fee for the Charles Dickens Museum for AP Comparative Government students visiting with teacher Matt McGuire in December. Make your gift to the 2019-20 Annual Fund to support everything we do!
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
For the third year, Robinette Cross took MENA Seminar students on a week-long trip to Morocco, the culminating experience of a year's worth of instruction. This year's trip was the largest ever, with 27 students in all. Students visited Casablanca, Marrakesh, the Saharan town of Merzouga, Fez, and the capital city of Rabat. Robinette Cross has lived and studied in Morocco and still visits frequently. She is one of the outstanding teachers who goes above
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
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
If you want a small taste of the Britishness in store for the MLWGS students going on Mr. McGuire's AP Comparative Government trip to the UK this winter, we recommend calling UK Parliament for the hold message alone. "Have you thought about taking afternoon tea on the terrace overlooking the River Thames? You are currently #2 in the queue." Mr. McGuire's AP Comparative Government trip to Canada has become something of an institution at MLWGS. This
Dickson Benesh is back from his Taylor Teaching Award-funded trip to the UK! In the picture on the left, he is at Woolsthorpe Manor in Grantham, England, the birthplace and family home of Sir Isaac Newton. He is standing next to the famous apple tree from which Newton observed an apple falling, leading him to ponder the nature of gravity. Dickson's trip allowed him to follow in the footsteps of Sir Issac Newton from childhood through his
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
Canadian Senate Speaker George Furey with MLWGS students Spring means lots of Foundation funding for student travel. This year, we committed to offsetting the cost of class-related trips for students traveling to Morocco (MENA senior seminar), Canada (AP Comparative Government), Phoenix (Math Modeling), and DC (We the People). The combined enhancement grants for these four trips total just over $57,000, all of which goes to reduce or eliminate the cost for participating students and