Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public Schools September 2014 | Page 8
17 UCPS students chosen for 2014 Governor’s School
Seventeen
Union County
Public Schools
students have
joined hundreds
of the most
distinguished
North Carolina
rising high
school juniors
and seniors
at the 2014
Governor’s
School.
The Governor’s
School of North
Melissa Hagsteadt, a student at Marvin Ridge
Carolina is the
High, shares a photo of students performing in the
oldest statewide
instrumental music area on the East Campus of
Governor’s School. Pictured are Instrumental Music
summer
students performing a “music bomb” outside on the
residential
quad.
program for
gifted and talented high school students in the nation.
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: Governor’s School West
at Salem College in Winston-Salem and Governor’s School East at
Meredith College in Raleigh.
Opening day of the 2014 session of the Governor’s School was
June 15. It concluded Wednesday, July 23.
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There are seven selected areas of study: art, dance, English,
instrumental music, math, natural science and Spanish.
UCPS students on the East Campus were:
Denise Cochran-Gentry (CATA) dance;
Kyle Johnson (CATA), instrumental music;
Kaitlyn Izzo (Cuthbertson High) natural science;
Benjamin Laramee (Cuthbertson High) instrumental music;
Misbah Ahmad (Marvin Ridge), natural science;
Melissa Hagsteadt (Marvin Ridge High) instrumental music;
Natalie Huffman (Marvin Ridge High), English;
Madison E. Tibbetts (Piedmont High School), art;
Nigel L. Barber (Weddington High) art;
Sahil Vasa (Weddington High), math;
Walker Cherry (Weddington High), instrumental music;
UCPS students on the West Campus were:
Jessica Suggs (CATA) English;
Megan K. Stephens (Cuthbertson High) math;
Walter L. Bonar (Marvin Ridge High), instrumental music;
Kayla Thompson (Marvin Ridge High), Spanish;
Jacqueline I Neu (Porter Ridge High School), art;
William Spence (Porter Ridge High), math;
The Governor’s School of North Carolina was founded in 1963 by
former Gov. Terry Sanford. Governor’s School West began in 1963
and Governor’s School East began in 1978.
The program is administered by the Public Schools of North
Carolina, State Board of Education, Department of Public Instruction
through the Exceptional Children Division.
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