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Gov School Students' Favorite Activities!
by Jacob Eckelman and Ethan Lassiter Massanutten Regional Governor's School offers many activities in our school days for students to...
Jennifer Moyers
Apr 11, 20242 min read


MRGS Canoe Expedition
by Kolin Dean and Peyton Kenee Introduction Massanutten Regional Governor's School students are offered the opportunity to embark on a...
Jennifer Moyers
Apr 9, 20242 min read


Cruzin and Snoozin
by Julia Cicatko and Kaylee Hatton Snoozin on the Bus Massanutten Regional Governor's School is predominantly an environmental science...
Jennifer Moyers
Apr 4, 20242 min read


Perfectly Plentiful Proficient Practical Perilous Pompous Perplexing Pivotal Peculiar Project Drafts
by Lily Harner and Aiden Morgan The Process of Ideas How do you even come up with good ideas? It’s definitely a process. Since many of...
Jennifer Moyers
Apr 2, 20243 min read


Student-led Research Highlights
by Ben Caudill and Hannah Chesson At Massanutten Regional Governor's School, student-led research is a large part of the curriculum. The...
Jennifer Moyers
Mar 28, 20243 min read


Pickles Will Kill You! The MRGS Project
by Noah Bauserman and Ayden Reynard A major aspect of what makes MRGS so unique is that there are virtually no tests. Instead of tests,...
Jennifer Moyers
Mar 26, 20242 min read


A Day at The River With MRGS
by Audrey Kepler Background information about the river trip Every year for Mrs. Bates's class, the juniors have a trip to two different...
Jennifer Moyers
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Elizabeth Furnace Field Trip: An Adventure to the Furnace
by Evie King and Victoria Shoop Introduction In the middle of October, the beginning of first semester in 2023, the junior class took a...
Jennifer Moyers
Mar 19, 20244 min read


The Sager Farm Field Trip
by Morgan Conley Massanutten Regional Governor’s School students were taken on a field trip to Sager Farm in November of this year....
Jennifer Moyers
Mar 14, 20241 min read


Frolicking, Foraging, and Food Miling at Food Lion
by Danny Gass, Cayden Polk, and Asher Ryan Before we delve into our Gov School Food Lion trip, we must start with the night before...
Jennifer Moyers
Mar 12, 20242 min read


Happy Hominid Highlights
by A.D. Carter and Josh Uribe The purpose of the “Day In The Life” project was for us students to plan a creative work to depict a day in...
Jennifer Moyers
Mar 7, 20243 min read


Every Day Is a Holiday
by Virginia Blank and Lillian Salyards National Day is something that the school does every day. Each morning during announcements, Mrs....
Jennifer Moyers
Mar 5, 20242 min read


Biometric Highlights
by Brady Hecker and Bodie Lohr Massanutten Regional Governor’s School Juniors completed the annual Biometrics: Trackways and Evolutions...
Jennifer Moyers
Feb 29, 20242 min read


Applause for her Paws
by Veronica Gutierrez and Macy Waid Golden Retriever Maggie is the MRGS therapy dog. As of the summer of 2022, Maggie has been...
Jennifer Moyers
Feb 27, 20242 min read


The Move and The Mission
by Addison Bailey-Hughes and Kaylee Gail Kite The Move Over the summer, Gov School moved from Triplett Tech to Mountain View High School...
Jennifer Moyers
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Friendship Knows No Distance
by Briana Brown and Hayley George At MRGS, students from ten schools come together to learn and grow. These students develop strong...
Jennifer Moyers
Feb 20, 20242 min read


Let’s Get Creative: Design-a-Thon!
by Rowan Meadows and Lucy Whitely What is Design-a-Thon? When students arrive at the Governor's School, team building immediately begins,...
Jennifer Moyers
Feb 15, 20243 min read


Where Are MRGS Alumni Now?
by Drew Lankford, Javier Molina, and Gio Sanchez-Garcia Graduates of Massanutten Regional Governor’s School move on to a diverse range of...
Jennifer Moyers
Feb 13, 20241 min read


A day in the life of an MRGS student
by Laurel Webb and Bella Weve Have you ever wondered what seventy-eight students at MRGS have in common? They all wake up way too early....
Jennifer Moyers
Feb 8, 20243 min read


What is Gov School?
by Rebeka Shulgan and Molly Walsh Massanutten Regional Governor’s School for Environmental Science and Technology is one of Virginia’s 19...
Jennifer Moyers
Feb 6, 20247 min read
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