School Board Honors Governor’s School Program Students
The Loudoun County School Board recognized the 37 Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) students who accepted invitations to attend the 2011 Summer Governor’s School at its September 27th meeting.
This is an intensive four-week educational experience for gifted students that takes place during July on college and university campuses throughout Virginia.
The Governor’s School provides rising juniors and seniors with a program of intensive instruction in visual and performing arts, engineering, humanities, mathematics, science and technology, agriculture and life sciences and medicine. The 37 students were selected for the Summer Residential Governor’s School program in the fall of 2010.
Students are encouraged to apply for the intensive program by mid-October. A student may apply for both academic and performing arts placement, but must accept only one program if both are offered. Only rising high school juniors and seniors are eligible to apply for the highly sought after spots.
The visual and performing arts selection process requires participation in Virginia Department of Education-sponsored adjudications. Student applications are reviewed by the student’s high school, which then submits a set number of applications to the school division. The school division must then review and score the applications. The division is limited in the number of applications it may submit to the state. The Virginia Department of Education makes the final decision on selection of students admitted to the Summer Residential Governor’s School.
There are two mentorship programs (at the NASA/Langley Research Center and Marine Science) associated with the Governor’s School. These programs offer individualized student assignment to one or more researchers/graduate students, or engineers at the two sites. Selection is based on the match between mentors available during a specific summer and the skills, interests and experiences of the individual student.
LCPS students who attended the Summer Residential Governor’s School (with home high school and Governor’s School program attended) are:
- Erik Abrahamsen, Dominion High School, Vocal
- Samuel Allen, Dominion High School, Vocal
- Megan Boyle, Stone Bridge High School, Vocal
- Ciara Bucci, Loudoun Valley High School, Humanities
- Lauren Choinski, Tuscarora High School, Instrumental
- Naga Deepak Chelluri, Briar Woods High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Suchita Chharia, Loudoun Valley High School, Humanities
- Ann Clark, Tuscarora High School, Humanities
- Samuel Coffman, Dominion High School, NASA
- Martha Dawson, Loudoun Valley High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Daniel Gil, Potomac Falls High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Lauren Goldbeck, Dominion High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Jun Lee, Briar Woods High School, Humanities
- Natalie Martell, Stone Bridge High School, Vocal
- Abhir Mathur, Dominion High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Chetan Mishra, Broad Run High School, Humanities
- Mark Newberry, Stone Bridge High School, Life Science and Medicine
- Judy Pan, Broad Run High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Madeleine Presley-Wolff, Briar Woods High School, Dance
- Michelle Radcliffe, Heritage High School, Vocal
- Edgardo-Inigo Reyes, Loudoun County High School, Dance
- Yugank Singhal, Briar Woods High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Frank Song, Loudoun Valley High School, Vocal
- Emma Thomson, Loudoun Valley High School, Humanities
- Jonathan Thurston, Park View High School, Instrumental
- Daniel Valenzuela, Dominion High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Caroline Vangsnes, Woodgrove High School, Humanities
- Priya Venkatraman, Briar Woods High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Ann Vespestad, Briar Woods High School, Dance
- Ryan Walton, Loudoun Valley High School, Instrumental
- Kristin Ward, Park View High School, Instrumental
- Kaitlyn Weaver, Loudoun Valley High School, Humanities
- Rosemary Williams, Tuscarora High School, Instrumental
- Stephanie Williams, Dominion High School, Instrumental
- Amanda Wong, Dominion High School, Math, Science and Technology
- Diana Woodrum, Potomac Falls High School, Agriculture
- Kevin Yan, Briar Woods High School, Math, Science and Technology
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on Oct 6 2011. Filed under Loudoun County.
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