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Contact: Renarta C. Moyd Communications Manager, Communications and Community Engagement Phone: 910-678-2307 Email: renartac@ccs.k12.nc.us
For Immediate Release: December 19, 2023
Cumberland County Schools 2023-2024 Governor’s School Selection Announced
Congratulations to this year's nominees for the North Carolina Governor’s School.
According to Cumberland County Schools' Academically/Intellectually Gifted Program, the nominees are as follows:
- 33 Academic Nominees (selections made by the CCS Governor’s School Selection Committee)
- 13 Arts Nominees (selections made at the local school level)
The following students will compete for state selection to attend the prestigious summer residential program for gifted high school students:
Cross Creek Early College
- Samone Dobson - English
- Julianna Jones - Instrumental Music
- Carlo James Valencia - Math
- Trevor Mayfield - Math
- Morgan Snyder - Theater
Cape Fear High
- Kennedi Brown - Dance
- Andi Brinker - Natural Science
- Joshua Pirro - Natural Science
- Vicky Wang - Natural Science
- Leah Gadsden - Social Science
Cumberland International Early College
- Ariminta William -; Natural Science
- Nia Spence - Natural Science
Cumberland Polytechnic Early College
- Zyann Saunders - Choral Music
- Jackson Woodward - English
- Jasmine Lee - English
- Jackson Barr - Natural Science
- Kaiser Momin - Natural Science
- Thaison Tran - Natural Science
Douglas Byrd High School
E.E. Smith High School
- Gray Byrd - Choral Music
- Alanna Smith-Boston - Math
- Kaylyn Gardner - Natural Science
Gray's Creek High School
- Addison Hurley - Choral Music
- Atania Jackson- Dance
- Lana Gilmore - English
- Paige Cardon - English
- Elizabeth Bullock - Instrumental Music
Jack Britt High
- Alice Tang - Choral Music
- Ellie Kim - Instrumental Music
- Mabel Ummini - Natural Science
- Sude Arabaci - Natural Science
- Aidan McConnell - Social Science
- Audrey Suh - Social Science
- Genevieve Kipsisin - Social Science
Massey Hill Classical High
- Andrew Gronski - English
- Lauren Nazario - Instrumental Music
- Helen Kamara - Natural Science
- Jordan Sanchez - Natural Science
Pine Forest High
- Carolle Stephenson - English
Seventy-First High
- Daniele Morgan - Instrumental Music
- Julian Wilkerson - Math
South View High
Terry Sanford High
- Samantha Yu - Instrumental Music
- Tristan Oliveros - Natural Science
- Madison Culbreth - Social Science
Westover High School
- Mark Wahba - Natural Science
All nominees will receive notification of selections and non-selections in March 2024.
The program is administered by the Public Schools of North Carolina, the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction through The Office of Advanced Learning and Gifted Education.
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