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National organizations

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National Conference of Governor's Schools The National Conference of Governor's Schools (NCoGS) is a United States national organization committed to establishing, supporting, and enriching summer residential governor's school programs. Its members are individuals involved in maintaining ...
, a national organization committed to establishing, supporting, and enriching summer residential governor's school programs.


High schools

* Virginia Governor's Schools Program, a system of state-chartered regional magnet high schools and summer programs for gifted students in the
Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
, or, regionally, one of the schools in the system. * Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies, a high school in Richmond, Virginia. * Chesapeake Bay Governor's School, a marine-and-environmental-science-oriented program for students in grades 10–12, with campuses in Warsaw, Bowling Green, and Glenns, VA. * South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts & Humanities, located in Greenville and opened in 1999. *
South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics The South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) is a public, boarding high school for students in grades 11 and 12, located in Hartsville, South Carolina. The school concentrates on science and mathematics, but offers the ...
, a public, two year residential high school in Hartsville.


North Carolina

North Carolina has four Governor's School programs. *
North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) is a two-year, public residential high school located in Durham, North Carolina, that focuses on the intensive study of science, mathematics and technology. It accepts rising juniors ...
, public two year residential secondary school in Durham, founded by former governor
Terry Sanford James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917April 18, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. pr ...
. * University of North Carolina School for the Arts, public conservatory for arts and humanities, founded by former governor
Terry Sanford James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917April 18, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. pr ...
; and the Winston-Salem campus for the
University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...
. Its elementary and secondary school resembles North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus Middle School. It is also a university college and graduate school. North Carolina remains the third-largest film-making industry after California and New York, a courtesy of the parents of
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. * Governor's School of North Carolina — North Carolina's secondary schools participate in summer programs for gifted rising 11th and 12th graders at the private colleges
Salem College Salem College is a private women's liberal arts college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1772 as a primary school, it later became an academy (high school) and ultimately added the college. It is the oldest female educational establ ...
and
Meredith College Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina. As of 2021 Meredith enrolls approximately 1,500 women in its undergraduate programs and 300 men and women in its graduate ...
.


Summer schools for the gifted

* Mississippi Governor's School, a two-week tuition free residential honors program for high school students, founded in 1981 and hosted at
Mississippi University for Women Mississippi University for Women (MUW or "The W") is a coeducational public university in Columbus, Mississippi. It was formerly named the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls and later the Mississippi State College ...
. *
Governor's School of New Jersey The Governor's School of New Jersey, a member of the National Conference of Governor's Schools, is a summer program for academically talented high school students from New Jersey who have completed their junior year and who are interested in the ST ...
, unique summer programs committed to meeting the educational needs of academically talented high school students who have completed their junior year. The two programs offered as of 2013 are The Governor's School of Engineering and Technology and The Governor's School in the Sciences. * Governor's School of North Carolina, a summer program for gifted high school students held in
Raleigh Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeas ...
and
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in ...
. * North Dakota Governor's School a six-week, tuition-free, resident honors program in North Dakota. * Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence, a collection of summer programs in Pennsylvania. * Governor's School of Texas, a 3-week summer program for talented high school students in Texas. * Governor's Schools of Tennessee, twelve summer programs for gifted and talented high school students, including Arts, Humanities, International Studies, Engineering, Science, Prospective Teachers, Scientific Exploration of Tennessee Heritage, Information Technology Leadership, and Agricultural Science. * Governor's Academy for Teaching Excellence (GATE), at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, is a 3-week summer residential program on the Texas Gulf Coast for gifted and talented high school students who are interesting in the field of teaching science and math. Link to gate.tamucc.edu. * Georgia Governor's Honors Program, at Valdosta State University, is a 4-week summer residential program for Georgia's talented high-school students. *
Arkansas Governor's School The Arkansas Governor's School (also known as Arkansas Governor's School for the Gifted and Talented or AGS) is a publicly funded four-week (formerly six-week) residential summer program offered to rising seniors in the state of Arkansas. The scho ...
a six-week, tuition free, resident honors program in Arkansas founded in 1979 by
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.


See also

* Missouri Scholars Academy, a summer program for high schoolers held at the
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. {{schooldis *
New York State Summer School of the Arts The New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) is a series of summer residential programs for New York State high school students. It provides intensive pre-professional training. It is open to all New York State high school age students wh ...
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