{"id":376602,"date":"2023-06-04T18:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T22:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content-mlwgs.pantheonsite.io\/?p=376602"},"modified":"2024-07-29T15:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:53:33","slug":"success-stories-2022-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/success-stories-2022-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Stories 2022-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2022-2023<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>School Successes<\/h2>\n<p>MLWGS ranked <strong>#4<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/k12\/search\/best-public-high-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Best Public High School in America <\/strong><\/span><\/a>and <strong>#1<\/strong> Best Public High School in Virginia in <strong>2022<\/strong> by Niche.&nbsp; MLWGS ranked <strong>#1<\/strong> for Best Public High School Teachers in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>MLWGS&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AP Results in 2021-2022<\/span><\/strong>.&nbsp; 471 students took 1,233 exams with 97.03% of our students that tested earning a 3 or higher score.<\/p>\n<p>The MLWGS <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w4xUbVt5QQs\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>National Honor Society<\/strong><\/span><\/a> donates 250 coats to Coats for Kids.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MW <a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/2022-mlwgs-yearbook-wins-first-place-with-special-merit-award-from-the-american-scholastic-press-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2022 Yearbook Wins First Place with Special Merit Award from the American Scholastic Press Association<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Class of 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Class of 2023 had \u200b179 Graduates (some of the totals below are updated from the May report)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;As a class, they have performed a total of \u200b<strong>40,432.75&nbsp;community service hours.<\/strong>&nbsp;This is an average of approximately \u200b226 hours per student.<\/li>\n<li>Carson Wang (Henrico) reported&nbsp;<strong>773 hours of community service<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>As a class, they earned&nbsp;<strong>$13.3 million in scholarship offers as of May 16th<\/strong>, and that number continues to grow.<\/li>\n<li>The average&nbsp;<strong>GPA was \u200b4.3.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>The average&nbsp;<strong>SAT score was \u200b1410<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>ACT is \u200b31<\/strong>&nbsp;(official numbers in the fall).<\/li>\n<li>They are going to \u200b63 different colleges, \u200b107 are staying in-state, \u200b66 are going out-of-state, \u200band four are attending college outside the United States.&nbsp; \u200bOne student is planning to take a gap year.&nbsp; Bethany Robinson (Prince George) has enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourteen were National Merit Finalists<\/strong>&nbsp;and \u200b<strong>45 more received Commendations<\/strong>&nbsp;in the National Merit Program.&nbsp;<strong>Four were offered National Merit Scholarships<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>One was awarded a corporate-sponsored scholarship through National Merit.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Four were Presidential Scholar candidates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In total, the Class of 2023 was recognized with \u200b<strong>371 honors, awards, and scholarships<\/strong>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Student Successes<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-junior-named-2022-russian-scholar-laureate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MW Junior named 2022 Russian Scholar Laureate<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dragons create <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/dragons-create-psa-for-hitting-cancer-below-the-belt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PSA for hitting Cancer&nbsp;below the belt.<\/strong> <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Dragon Advances to the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-sophomore-advances-to-state-competition-at-the-virginia-history-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Competition for Virginia History Day<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MW Students Earn <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-students-earn-summer-travel-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer Travel Awards<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from Language Honor Societies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MW freshman accepts <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>s<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-freshman-accepts-scholarship-for-summer-travel-and-study-in-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cholarship for summer travel and study to Germany<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Senior has work selected for<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-senior-has-work-selected-for-a-juried-art-exhibition-in-nova-scotia-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> juried art exhibition in Nova Scotia<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, Summer 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dragon named as <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/battle-of-the-brains-post-season-all-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BoB Squad Post-Season All-Star<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Team Successes<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/gsmun-25-raises-over-12000-for-charity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GSMUN raises over $12,000 for charity<\/a><\/span><\/strong> at March 2023 Conference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Walker <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-debate-wins-1st-place-at-regional-debate-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Debate wins 1st Place at Regionals<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/congratulations-mlwgs-we-the-people-2023-state-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>We the People team<\/strong><\/span><\/a> wins the VA State title in January 2023 for its 24th win at this championship. MLWGS wins the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/the-2023-we-the-people-national-champions-is-the-maggie-l-walker-governors-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTP National Championship<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, April 2023, its 5th national title in its 25th appearance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MW <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/the-dragon-academic-quiz-bowl-team-wins-the-2023-vhsl-3b-regional-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quiz Bowl wins 1st Place at VHSL 3B Regional<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">and<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-quiz-bowl-team-wins-the-vhsl-class-3-state-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1st Place at VHSL State Championship<\/a><\/span><\/strong><b style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Quiz Bowl team competes at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-quiz-bowl-results-at-naqt-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAQT nationals in Atlanta<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>with one player winning an <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">individual<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;award .<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>MW Latin Students win <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-latin-students-win-the-gamma-division-of-the-93rd-annual-latin-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gamma Division of the 934d Annual Latin Tournament.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MW Students Take <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/walker-students-take-1st-and-2nd-at-the-vhsl-super-regional-forensics-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1st and 2nd Places at Super Regional Forensics Tournament<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dragons compete for the first time in the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/2023-japan-bowl-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Japan Bowl<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mech-tech-dragons-have-their-most-successful-performance-yet-at-first-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mech Tech Dragons (robotics)<\/a><\/span><\/strong> have their most successful performance yet at FIRST Championship in Houston .<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-tsa-team-returns-to-technosphere-with-impressive-showing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology Students Association (TSA) names MLWGS students as State President and Vice-President at Technosphere. Three others named event finalists<\/a><\/span><\/strong> at same event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-earns-24-honors-with-the-2023-scholastic-writing-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2022-23 Regional Scholastic Writing Awards:<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>MLWGS had many students winning 24 awards including 3 Gold Keys, 1 American Voices Nominee, 9 Silver Keys, and 11 Honorable Mentions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-earns-69-honors-with-the-2023-scholastic-art-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>2022-23 Regional Scholastic Art Awards:<\/strong><\/span><\/a> MLWGS had numerous students earn 69 awards; 28 Gold Keys, including 2 Gold Key Art Portfolios, 1 Gold Key Photo Portfolio, and 1 American Visions Nominee. 14 Silver Keys, including 1 Silver Key Art Portfolio and 1 Silver Key Photo Portfolio.&nbsp; 27 Honorable Mentions with 3 Honorable Mention Art Portfolios and 1 Photo Honor Mention Portfolio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senior Wins <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-senior-wins-national-gold-medal-american-visions-award-in-scholastic-art-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Gold Medal &amp; American Visions Award<\/a><\/span><\/strong> in Scholastic Art &amp; Writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MLWGS Drama presents <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-presents-macbeth-november-17-19-9-pm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacBeth<\/a><\/strong>,<\/span> November 17-19, 2022, and <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-drama-presents-emma-a-pop-musical-february-23-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma: A Pop Musical<\/a><\/span><\/strong> February 23-25, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>A record number of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/record-number-of-mlwgs-students-accepted-to-district-band\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLWGS students accepted to District Band 2023<\/a><\/strong>. <span style=\"color: #333333;\">Then<\/span> <strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-students-audition-for-all-virginia-band\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audition for All-Virginia Band.<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MLWGS Advanced and Intermediate <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-orchestra-had-a-successful-assessment-day-earning-superior-and-excellent-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orchestras received Excellent ratings<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>MLWGS wins <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/vhsl-athletic-winners-announced-for-the-2021-22-national-guard-cup-presented-by-the-virginia-army-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VHSL 2021-22 National Guard Cup<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (<em>announced July 2022<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Academic Successes<\/h2>\n<p>Six seniors sign <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/athletic-signing-day-friday-may-5th-at-330-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA National Letter of Intent<\/a><\/span><\/strong> on Signing Day, May 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MLWGS Senior named <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/richmond.com\/sports\/high-school\/sports-backers-boys-scholar-athlete-of-the-month-maggie-walker-sprinter-grayson-ramsey\/article_014a5dd2-e2ee-11ed-a3ae-6bfdcebbe696.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RTD Boys Scholar Athlete of the Month.<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>3 seniors named RTD Scholar Athlete of the Year finalists.<\/p>\n<p>MLWGS Awarded <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">V<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-named-on-the-vhsl-2022-23-winter-sportsmanship-honor-roll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HSL 22-23 Fall Sportsmanship Honor Roll<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-named-on-the-vhsl-2022-23-winter-sportsmanship-honor-roll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VHSL 22-23 Winter Sportsmanship Honor Roll<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MW Girls tennis takes 1st Place at <a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/girls-tennis-wins-vhsl-regional-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Regionals<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-girls-team-wins-region-3-vhsl-tennis-state-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VHSL State Championship<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.&nbsp; Girl&#8217;s team has an undefeated season.<\/p>\n<p>MW Boys tennis takes 1st Place at <a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/boys-tennis-wins-vhsl-regional-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Regionals<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/375791-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VHSL State Championship<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Walker Girls track wins the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">V<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-girls-track-wins-3b-regional-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HSL Region 3B Championship<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/walker-girls-swim-takes-1st-place-at-state-championship-boys-team-takes-2nd-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Walker Girls Swim takes 1st Place at State Championship<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Boys team takes 2nd. For the girls, this is the second consecutive year to win the championship. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-girls-swim-team-are-the-2023-vhsl-3b-regional-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regionals<\/a><\/strong><\/span> saw the same results as State.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-fall-sports-regional-results-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">MW Cross-Country teams<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&#8230;girls and boys both win at Regionals, boys take 1st place and girls take 2nd, November 2022.&nbsp; <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-cross-country-excellence-continues-at-the-state-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Girl&#8217;s team takes 2nd at State Championship<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Three Dragons Named <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/three-maggie-walker-swimmers-were-honored-by-the-rtd-as-all-metro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RTD All-Metro Swimmers<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>MW Senior Named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmlwgs.com%2Fmlwgs-senior-named-vhsl-volleyball-all-state-player-of-the-year%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Z8kaKjTuQeIfaE9SEs_Nn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>VHSL Boys Volleyball Player of the Year plus First-Team All State<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.&nbsp; One other volleyball player also named First-Team All State.&nbsp; The boys volleyball team finished State runner-up at the championship. Additionally, four players named First-Team All-Region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty Successes<\/h2>\n<p>MW Coach Named <a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/congratulations-to-the-mlwgs-first-team-all-region-boys-volleyball-members-and-their-coach-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>VHSL Volleyball Coach of the Year.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLWGS Librarian publishes article in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mlwgs-librarian-publishes-article-collaboration-inclusivity-and-trust-building-diverse-political-voice-in-high-school-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Library Connection<\/a><\/strong>,<\/span> fall 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Math Teacher Awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/a-man-of-mathematical-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Teaching<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social Studies faculty member awarded the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/the-2023-pat-taylor-teaching-award-goes-to-dan-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Pat Taylor Teaching Award<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/maggie-walker-teacher-wins-a-study-scholarship-at-oxford-university-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teacher wins Scholarship for Summer 2023 Study at Oxford University.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022-2023 School Successes MLWGS ranked #4 Best Public High School in America and #1 Best Public High School in Virginia in 2022 by Niche.&nbsp; MLWGS ranked #1 for Best Public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":381796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[618],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Success Stories 2022-2023 - Maggie L. 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