Alumni Jazzed for Art!

Join us for a night of art and live jazz at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts this Thursday, February 23 at 7pm-8pm. 

We're excited that Jeff Hall, the Fine Arts Department Chair and teacher of Art III-V and Topics in Digital Media, will be joining us for our visit and will be on hand to share his expertise!

Plan to meet up with your fellow alumni in the Best Cafe, featuring the LKB Jazz Trio.

Parking is $3 in the deck or free for VMFA members. Street parking is also available around the museum. 

RSVP to the event on facebook, and we'll see you tomorrow night!   

 

GSGIS Annual Alumni Party: You're Invited!

Richmond has been grandly illuminated for the holidays, so we're ready to welcome home all of our MLWGSGIS Alumni!

 

The Richmond Alumni Chapter invites you, your family, and friends to the Annual Alumni Holiday Party on Monday, December 26, 2011, starting at 7pm at BlackFinn Restaurant, which is located in downtown Richmond at 1001 Haxall Point (http://blackfinnrichmond.com). Barring another snow-pocalypse, the event promises to be a great evening of holiday cheer among familiar friends and our Governor's School family! ALL Governor's School Alumni are welcome to attend, so we hope to see a great mix of folks from all class years!

 

We'll have lots of appetizers for everyone to enjoy. Please bring $2 cash to park in the parking deck, accessible from Haxall Point. 

This year, the Chapter is starting a new initiative to collect canned food for our local food bank. We're asking everyone to bring a canned good, which will be donated to FeedMore, the umbrella organization of the Central Virginia Food Bank, Meals on Wheels serving Central Virginia, and the Community Kitchen. We thank you in advance for your generous holiday spirit!

 

Please feel free to RSVP by visiting our GSGIS Alumni facebook group page, and we'll see you there!

 

Fourth Place Finish!

A BIG THANKS to all the Spirit Booth volunteers at this year's Richmond Marathon! We had a great time on a beautiful day showing the runners our support. And the zeal everyone brought to brighten up the race paid off! We're happy to announce that our booth won Fourth Place and $200 in the Community Spirit Challenge! This is a GREAT honor and will help us come back bigger and better next year! The cool part is that we had at least a few runners tell us that we were the BEST booth of the day! So just think, if everyone who came invites one other friend, we'll make an even bigger impact and clinch the top spot in 2012. Go Dragons and Vikings!  

Most importantly, we've had alumni contact us to share their thanks for our spirit booth because "seeing you guys at Mile 24 made all the difference!" --Caroline Morris, Class of 1999

Congratulations to all the runners. You inspired us to keep on cheering!

Enjoy the video from the event below! We had an awesome DJ who played the hits that keep you movin'.

And check out our pics below. We even got a great pic in the Richmond Times Dispatch!

A mini-tribute to the TJ/GS Vikings!

Thanks for everyone who joined the Spirit Booth. 

See you at the marathon next year!

Show Your MLWGS Spirit!

Governor's School's Community Spirit Group at the Richmond Marathon

The Richmond Alumni Chapter is showing its continued commitment to community service for the second year in a row by manning the cheer group in front of Maggie Walker for the SunTrust Richmond Marathon/McDonald's Half Marathon....and we want you! Both alumni and current Governor's School family are welcome.

Come cheer on fellow Governor's School runners as well as Richmond racers the morning of Saturday, November 12, 2011. Put on your green MLWGS gear, mingle with students and staff, past and present, and get ready to have an all-around good time.

To volunteer for the spirit group and for full details, please register by clicking here. Just click on the green "Register +" button.

Questions? Please contact Khiem Tran '06, the Richmond Chapter's Community Outreach Chair. See you there!

Reminder: An Evening with John Wilkes

Remember those early, exhausting, but enticing Saturday Schools? Remember those delicious donuts? Well, now's your chance to relive the memories with an awesome lecture from Mr. Wilkes. 


THIS Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7:00 pm @ MLWGS


Come "back to school" to hear the Governor's School's very own John Wilkes lecture on "The Negro Exposition at the Jamestown Tercentennial of 1907." Join us for this engaging program crafted exclusively for our alumni community. Explore our history with one of our favorite faculty members. And YES, come enjoy a donut! (Thanks Bryce!)


Thanks also to the nearly 30 of you who have RSVP'd "Yes!" Do the same by e-mailing Kristina or posting on the event's facebook wall. See you there! 

Alumni Focus Group

The Acting Director and Administrative Team of the school have reached out to ask local alumni to lend their voices to the direction of the school.


They would like a handful of alumni representing a diverse cross-section of our community to join them in a Focus Group session next Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 6:00pm at Selba.


There is very limited space, so please respond to the e-mail soon if this interests you. Particularly, they would like our thoughtful feedback on the successes of the program and ideas for improving the program.

Fall Festival & Alumni Reception

Join the entire school community in kicking off the year right at the annual Fall Festival held on Maggie Walker Grounds. Next Friday, September 30, 4:00pm. Swing by the alumni table and say "hello."


Then head down to Bottom's Up Pizza at 9:00pm to finish the evening with your fellow alumni. All alumni are invited to join the Classes of '06, '01, and '96 in kicking off their Reunion Weekend. Come on out and join us!