Governor's School 2022
Nomination Announcement
About the Governor's School Program
The North Carolina Governor's School is a 4-week summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students, integrating academic disciplines, the arts, and unique courses on each of two campuses. The curriculum focuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline, and does not involve credit, tests, or grades.
The North Carolina Governor's School is the nation’s oldest statewide summer residential program for gifted high school students. The program, which is open to rising seniors only, with exceptions made for rising juniors in selected performing/visual arts areas, is located on two campuses of up to 335 students each: Governor's School West (2021 location TBA) and Governor's School East at Meredith College in Raleigh. The program is administered by the Public Schools of North Carolina, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Public Instruction through the Exceptional Children Division. A Board of Governors, appointed by the State Board of Education, acts as an advisory body.
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Are you eligible?
For 2022, the achievement/aptitude test score requirement has been suspended.
• RESIDENCY – You must be a North Carolina resident. Any student attending a North Carolina high school is eligible.
• ENROLLMENT – You must be:
- o Attending a North Carolina public or non-public school, and
- o Enrolled in the eleventh grade at the time of nomination (exceptions are made to allow for students in tenth and eleventh grades in Dance, Choral Music and Instrumental Music).
Again, there is no achievement/aptitude test score requirement to be nominated to the State level. However, local schools/school systems may use test scores along with other measures (e.g., interviews, essays, auditions, etc.) to determine which of their students are most eligible of their limited nominations to the State level.
Interested?
Woods Charter School is invited to nominate one junior for consideration for next summer's NC Governor's School program in the Limited Academic category. Students may submit a statement of interest to be considered.
Nominees in Spanish and the arts are also invited to apply for consideration.
A faculty committee will select the final Woods nominee(s).
If you would like to be considered....
- read through the Application Packet and all NC Governor's School materials
- submit a 300-500 word statement describing your interest and qualifications by November 10 to scholarships@woodscharter.org
Please email Adrienne Berg, High School Director, with further questions - aberg@woodscharter.org