GSE!!(?)

I’m at Governor’s School!! For French! And it’s pretty cool! Wooo

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What is the North Carolina Governor’s School??? Well, it is a 5.5 week summer program, open to rising 11th and 12th graders (depends on the subject area), for ‘gifted students’ whom have demonstrated interest in the pursuit of knowledge, or excellence, in a particular subject. The North Carolina Governor’s School is the longest running and oldest in the nation, founded in 1963 by the then-governor of North Carolina as a response to the Cold War.

On the East campus (there are two campuses), students represent the subjects of Natural Science, French, Mathematics, English, Choral Music, Instrumental Music, Social Science, Dance, Theater, and Visual Art. Selected from a pool of over 1600 applicants from around the state, 336 of us make up the community of GSE, and roughly the same number provide and build the community of the lawless West campus. Most subjects are represented at both campuses, though there are some differences in music and foreign language. French, for example, is unique to East while Spanish is the only ‘foreign’ language at West.

In short, Governor’s School is a month-long academic party in which we, the students, expand upon previous knowledge of life and our respective subject, network/make friends, and discover the joys of dorm living and college dining.