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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 (disambiguation), governor's school programs. Its members are i ...
, 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 U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
, or, regionally, one of the schools in the system. * Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies, a high school in
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. * 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 #REDIRECT South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities {{R from other capitalisation ...
, 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 or SCGSSM) is a public, Boarding school, boarding high school for students in grades 11 and 12, located in Hartsville, South Carolina. The school concentrates on science an ...
, 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 with two physical campuses located in Durham, North Carolina, and Morganton, North Carolina, that focuses on the intensive study of scien ...
, 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. pre ...
. * 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. pre ...
; and the Winston-Salem campus for the
University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the Public university, public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referre ...
. Its elementary and secondary school resembles
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ...
'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 The Governor's School of North Carolina (GS, GSNC) is a publicly funded residential summer program for intellectually gifted high school students in the state of North Carolina, United States. North Carolina's Governor's School was the first such ...
— 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 esta ...
and
Meredith College Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qu ...
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Summer schools for the gifted

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Mississippi Governor's School The Mississippi Governor's School is a publicly funded two-week (formerly three-week) residential summer program offered to rising juniors and seniors in the state of Mississippi. The school typically accepts around 60 students each year. Modeled ...
, 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 Coll ...
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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 S ...
, a group of unique summer programs committed to meeting the educational needs of academically gifted 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 The Governor's School of North Carolina (GS, GSNC) is a publicly funded residential summer program for intellectually gifted high school students in the state of North Carolina, United States. North Carolina's Governor's School was the first such ...
, a summer program for gifted high school students held in
Raleigh Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) ...
and
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the List of municipalities in North Carolina, fifth-most populous ...
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North Dakota Governor's School 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 six-week, tuition-free, resident honors program in North Dakota. *
Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence The Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence (PGSE) are five-week, publicly funded summer program for gifted high school students. List of Governors of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell cut funding for the PGSE program in the st ...
, a collection of summer programs in Pennsylvania. *
Governor's School of Texas The Governor's School of Texas, formerly the Texas Honors Leadership Program (THLP), is a summer program for academically talented high school students from Texas, who have completed their sophomore or junior years. The program is a member of the ...
, a 3-week summer program for talented high school students in Texas. * Governor's Schools of Tennessee, a group of eleven (11) 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, a 3-week summer residential program on the Texas Gulf Coast for gifted and talented high school students who are interested in the field of science and math education. *
Georgia Governor's Honors Program The Georgia Governor's Honors Program (commonly referred to as "GHP") is a summer educational program in the state of Georgia, in the United States. It is a four-week (formerly six-week prior to 2011, and originally eight-week) summer instructiona ...
, a tuition-free, 4-week summer residential program for Georgia's most intellectually gifted and artistically 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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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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