We are proud to announce that 26 Hall County School District students have been selected as Semifinalists for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program (GHP). These students will move on to GHP Interviews on February 26 at Berry College in Rome, GA, as they compete to be named a finalist for GHP.

The Governor’s Honors Program is a residential summer program for gifted and talented high school juniors and seniors. Managed by the Governor’s Office for Student Achievement, planning is moving ahead to hold it again this summer at Berry College in Rome, Ga. The Georgia Governor’s Honors Program is the longest continually running program of its kind in the nation.

Public and private high schools across the state nominated 3,200 students who represent the “best of the best” in eleven areas of study: Agricultural Science, Communicative Arts, Dance, Engineering, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts, and World Languages. Of these, approximately 1,300 were selected as GHP semifinalists and will be interviewed and audition in February. Approximately 650 Finalists – one-fourth of 1% of eligible sophomores and juniors in the state — will be chosen to participate in the 2022 program. Since the program is fully funded by the Georgia General Assembly, there is no charge for students to attend.

During the four weeks of the program, students spend the morning in their major area of nomination, exploring enrichment topics not usually found in the high school classroom. In the afternoons, students choose one of the other areas in which to study. The curriculum in all the areas is challenging and engaging. Evenings are filled with seminars, activities, concerts and performances.

Laurie Ecke, Hall County’s Director of Innovative and Advanced Programs, said, “We are proud to have such a fine showing of Hall County Students competing as GHP semifinalists. Each high school has a GHP Coordinator who supports these students through the application and interview process, and I am confident our semifinalists will shine in the interviews!”

Please see the list of Hall County’s 2022 GHP semifinalists below: