Tuesday 12/6: Preview weekly calendar. Go over posted news-in-brief topics. Spend time in class reading and discussing The Richmond Times-Dispatch. For homework,
- Complete study guide/vocabulary exercise for Chapter 10: "Features."
- Continue researching your news-in-brief.
- Continue researching your news-in-brief article.
- Study for quiz on Chapter 10.
- Read a newspaper this weekend.
- Complete your news-in-brief article and post it. The article should have a direct lead, be 2-3 paragraphs long, and be no more than 100 words.
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For the first time, a class of English students squeezed onto buses reserved for the annual DC art trip on Friday, Dec 2. Instead of art galleries, Ms. Sheppard’s class was able to experience the Holocaust museum to supplement their reading of Night, the Holocaust memoir.
Choosing between the two trips presented a problem for some students.
“I knew the Holocaust one would be kind of depressing,” said Carley Leckie (’15). She opted for the art museum, for which, she said, she needed to complete an assignment.
“We didn’t want to pull students from the trip already planned,” said Ms. Sheppard, explaining why only her students were able to go.
“When they talk about it in class, I kind of regret [not going],” said Leckie, but “I feel like I would have regretted it either way.”
One-Acts, short plays directed and performed by students, which will be presented in the Black Box at MLWGS around mid-January, recently held auditions.
Five plays are underway: "Helene's Husband," "Scuba Lessons," "Pandora's Closet," "Cindy and Julie," and "Hexagon." Two of them, "Pandora's Closet" and "Hexagon" are even student-written.
"It can be hard to take direction from people only a year or two older than you," said Georgina Coffey ('14), who has a part in "Scuba Lessons", "but it's mandatory. People have to learn how to deal."
Coffey goes on to explain how three freshman have taken part this year. The number is less than last year, but more than usual, she said.
"I love it so much," said Gwyneth Sholar ('15), who plays Kelly Donovan in "Scuba Diving", "The people are just the greatest and I'm really grateful to be involved."
"You get to be with friends but you still get work done," sums up Coffey.
I have a picture, but it is pretty sad.The brightness and contrast need to be adjusted.
Pulling in over $900 and counting, the Mr. Maggie Walker contestants raised money for the charity Heifer International from December 5-9 as part of the competition.
“In the future, if the school needs support, then it [the Mr. Maggie Walker Competition] is a good way to raise money,” said Mariel Jorgensen, SCA co-president. She also described the event as “definitely” successful, “more than we ever thought it would be.”
“We’re hoping we broke $1000,” said Jorgensen.
Some of the biggest contributors were Trey Nunnaly, Andrew Morton, and John Ruml, each raising over $100 to benefit Heifer International, an organization dedicated to helping impoverished farmers by giving them gifts of livestock and training.
“It’s teaching man how to fish instead of just giving him one for dinner,” said Trey Nunnaly (’12). “The whole thing was about promoting love and acceptance.”
“We pulled out to get $300 by the end of the week. I’m tired from doing it.” Nunnaly had an entire network to raise money, including everything from stickers, to cookies, to setting up cans in the cafeteria lunch line.
Some of the other competitors came up with somewhat unusual means of fundraising. Andrew Morton went around school and even from classroom to classroom offering to sing songs in exchange for donations.
“He has a beautiful voice. It sounds like a chorus of angels,” said Robbie Crawford ('15), wiping a phony tear from eyes. “I thought it was a very creative and heartwarming, soul wrenching thing to do.”
Morton,however, declined to comment.
The MLWGS Academic Team hosted their 19th annual GSAC Quiz Bowl Tournament on December 3 and personally wrote 500 competition questions.
“It took about a year for preparation” said Soho Kim(’13), who was the Tournament director. Twenty-seven teams of competitors came from all over Virginia and even from as far as Delaware and Pennsylvania. St. Anselm’s team, a school from D.C. won the overall tournament.
Though the competition only lasted one day, it required commitment from the majority of the team. Member consisted of students with four years of experience all the way to those new to the program.
The MLWGS GSAC team participates in competitions at other schools as well.
“We just went to Collegiate last week” said Kim. “We’re going to Thomas Jefferson [High School for Science and Technology] soon.”
“It [the tournament] helped me build my leadership skills and we definitely learned academic knowledge by writing the questions” said Kim.
Thirty-two Freshman and two seniors took SOL tests last Wednesday in various subjects including Algebra I and II, Geometry, World History and Chemistry. The tests were conducted in the Black Box for the 32 Freshman who come to MLWGS from private schools, and two seniors who were in Germany for their Junior year.
According to Ms. Patti Chappell, who was in charge of the tests, most students who have been home schooled or went to a private middle school have not had the chance to take SOLs, which are a requirement for all public school students.
“It was more an annoying little thing I had to do to tie up loose ends,” said Gwyneth Sholar. (‘15) Sholar comes to MLWGS from Orchard House School, an all-girls private school in the Richmond area. She says she didn’t do that much to prepare for the test, and wasn’t overly worried-- “I looked over the practice test online, and I looked through my notes from Algebra I.” Other students had similarly relaxed study habits.
“I didn’t study at all,” said Mariah Macon (’15)
“The SOL tests have been given at MLWGS since the SOLs began and before that any other state mandated tests required by law, said Ms. Chappell in an email. “Maggie Walker is a public school and must follow the laws of the state.”
According to Ms. Chappell, all students who are taking in US and VA History, Global Studies 10, Algebra II, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology and English 11 will take an SOL in May. All World Lit 10 students will take a Writing SOL in March.
Pulling in over $900 and counting, the Mr. Maggie Walker contestants raised money for charity from December 5-9 as part of the competition.
“In the future, if the school needs support, then it [the Mr. Maggie Walker Competition] is a good way to raise money,” said Mariel Jorgensen (’12), SCA co-president. She described the event as “definitely” successful, “more than we ever thought it would be.”
“We’re hoping we broke $1000,” said Jorgensen.
Some of the biggest contributors were Trey Nunnally (’12), Andrew Morton (’13), and John Ruml (’13), with each raising over $100. Nunnally collected the most money of all and was eventually crowned winner of the Mr. Maggie Walker Pageant. All of the proceeds went to benefit Heifer International, an organization dedicated to helping impoverished farmers by giving them gifts of livestock and training.
“It’s teaching man how to fish instead of just giving him one for dinner,” said Nunnally. “The whole thing was about promoting love and acceptance.”
“We pulled out to get $300 by the end of the week. I’m tired from doing it.” Nunnally had an entire network to raise money, including everything from stickers, to cookies, to setting up cans in the cafeteria lunch line.
Some of the other competitors came up with somewhat unusual means of fundraising. Andrew Morton went around school and even from classroom to classroom offering to sing songs in exchange for donations.
“He has a beautiful voice. It sounds like a chorus of angels,” said Robbie Crawford ('15), wiping a phony tear from his eyes. “I thought it was a very creative and heartwarming, soul wrenching thing to do.”
Morton, however, declined to comment.
For the first time, a class of English students joined the art students on their annual DC trip on Friday, Dec 2. Instead of art galleries, Ms. Sheppard’s English class visited the Holocaust museum as a supplement to their reading of “Night”, a Holocaust memoir.
Choosing between the two trips presented a problem for some students enrolled in both classes.
“I knew the Holocaust one would be kind of depressing,” said Carley Leckie (’15). She opted for the art museum, for which, she said, she needed to complete an assignment.
“When they talk about it in class, I kind of regret [not going],” said Leckie, but “I feel like I would have regretted it either way.”
The MLWGS Academic Team wrote over 500 competition questions in preparation for their 19th annual self-hosted GSAC Quiz Bowl Tournament on December 3.
“It took about a year for preparation,” said Soho Kim (’13), who was the tournament director.
Though the competition only lasted one day, it required commitment from the majority of the Academic Team members to organize this event.
Twenty-seven teams of competitors came from all over Virginia and even from as far as Delaware and Pennsylvania. St. Anselm’s team, a school from D.C., won the overall tournament.
MLWGS GSAC team participates in competitions at other schools as well.
“We just went to Collegiate last week,” said Kim. “We’re going to Thomas Jefferson [High School for Science and Technology] soon.”
“It [the tournament] helped me build my leadership skills and we definitely learned academic knowledge by writing the questions,” said Kim.
Auditions were recently for the One Acts Festival, which features short plays directed and performed by MLWGS students.
"It can be hard to take direction from people only a year or two older than you," said Georgina Coffey ('14), "but it's mandatory. People have to learn how to deal."
Five plays will be performed: "Helena's Husband," "Scuba Lessons," and "Cindy and Julie." Two of them, "Pandora's Closet" and "Hexagon" are student-written.
"I love it so much," said Gwyneth Sholar ('15), who has taken part, "The people are just the greatest and I'm really grateful to be involved."
Three freshman have taken part this year. The number is less than last year, but more than usual, Coffey said.
The performance will be held sometime in mid-January in the Black Box.
"You get to be with friends but you still get work done," said Coffey.
Thirty-two freshmen and two seniors took SOL tests last Wednesday in various subjects including Algebra I and II, Geometry, World History and Chemistry. The tests were conducted in the Black Box for the Freshmen who come to MLWGS from private schools. Two seniors who were in Germany for their junior year were also tested.
According to Ms. Patti Chappell, who was in charge of the tests, most students who have been home schooled or went to a private middle school have not had the chance to take SOLs, which are a requirement for all public school students.
“It was more an annoying little thing I had to do to tie up loose ends,” said Gwyneth Sholar. (‘15). Sholar comes to MLWGS from Orchard House School, an all-girls private school in the Richmond area. She says she didn’t do that much to prepare for the test, and wasn’t overly worried-- “I looked over the practice test online, and I looked through my notes from Algebra I.” Other students had similarly relaxed study habits.
“I didn’t study at all,” said Mariah Macon (’15).
“The SOL tests have been given at MLWGS since the SOLs began and before that any other state mandated tests required by law, said Ms. Chappell in an email. “Maggie Walker is a public school and must follow the laws of the state.”
According to Ms. Chappell, all students who are taking in US and VA History, Global Studies 10, Algebra II, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology and English 11 will take an SOL in May. All World Lit 10 students will take a Writing SOL in March.
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