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Four Riverwood Students Selected for Governor’s Honors Program
The Sandy Springs students will participate in a four-week summer program from June 23 – July 20.
Four students Riverwood International Charter School have been selected for Georgia’s 2013 Governor’s Honors Program - Jonah Blumenthal for Visual Arts Cailin Kellum for Chemistry, Sun Young (David) Kim for Mathematics and Kimia Shahrokhi for Visual Arts.
Of the 3,000 students interviewed or auditioned across the state this year, nearly 700 have been selected as finalists. Riverwood’s finalists will participate in a four-week summer program from June 23 – July 20. The remaining semi-finalists are designated as alternates for the program.
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The Governor’s Honors Program, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is a residential summer program for intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school juniors and seniors. A function of the Georgia Department of Education, GHP takes place on the campus of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Since the program is fully funded by the Georgia General Assembly, there is no cost for student attendance.
Students will spend the morning in their major area of nomination exploring topics not usually found in the regular high school classroom. During the afternoons, students choose one of the other twenty areas in which to study. Evenings are filled with seminars, activities, concerts, and performances.
