MCS Juniors Heading to Governor’s School
Two from the district make the cut in rigorous selection process
Two students from Martin County Schools have been selected for the prestigious North Carolina Governor’s School 2024 Summer Session.
Yusef Blow and Melany Gonzalez Toj received the news last week from Dr. Michelle White, Superintendent of Martin County Schools. Both students are current juniors from South Creek High School.
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 the two campuses. The curriculum focuses on exploring the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline and does not involve credit, tests, or grades.
Governor’s School offers amazing educational opportunities to selected students in ten academic and arts disciplines. Each student’s chosen discipline becomes their Area I class.
Each student was accepted into a chosen area of study. For Blow, his Area I Discipline will be mathematics. He will attend the Governor’s School West campus at Greensboro College.
Gonzalez Toj will primarily study Spanish at the Governor’s School East campus at Meredith College in Raleigh.
All Governor's School students also take interdisciplinary classes, Area II and Area II. The descriptions of Areas I, II, and III provide an idea of what students can expect in their classes at Governor's School.
Campus life, guest speakers, elective seminars, and campus-wide activities also contribute to the fullness of this robust and unique program, profoundly impacting the lives and education of hundreds of North Carolina’s bright high school students every summer.
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 400 students each.
The program is administered by the Public Schools of North Carolina, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Public Instruction through the Division of Advanced Learning and Gifted Education. A Board of Governors, appointed by the State Board of Education, acts as an advisory body.