 2465 Gillespie Street Fayetteville, NC 28306
Contact: Lindsay Whitley Associate Superintendent, Communications and Community Engagement Phone: 910-678-2303 Email: lindsaywhitley@ccs.k12.nc.us
For Immediate Release: January 14, 2025
2024-2025 Governor’s School Selection of Local Nominees 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 include:
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34 Academic Nominees (selected by the CCS Governor’s School Selection Committee)
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31 Arts Nominees (selected at the local school level)
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1 World Language Nominee (selected at the district school level)
The students listed below will compete for state selection to attend the prestigious summer residential program for gifted high school students.
Governor’s School Nominees by School
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Cape Fear High School
- English: Kailyn Stern
- Mathematics: Rama Elhatto
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Cross Creek Early College High School
- Choral Music: Sabrina Scriven
- Mathematics: Paola Jaime-Martinez
- Natural Science: Avion Hill
- Natural Science: Bethania Ketema
- Natural Science: Jessica Lin
- Natural Science: Natalie Perez
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Cumberland International High School
- Natural Science: Andrew Smith
- Social Science: Alianny Vargas Castillo
- Spanish: Suleika Cruz-Ocampo
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Cumberland Polytechnic High School
- Natural Science: Ian Kim
- Natural Science: Athaliah Vassilopanagos
- Social Science: Camille Welch
- Visual Art: Josephine Agyemang
- Visual Art: Trinity Serrano
- Visual Art: Grace Stevenson
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Cumberland Virtual Academy
- Social Science: Haleigh Bledsoe
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Douglas Byrd High School
- Social Science: Tony Lewis
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E.E. Smith High School
- Natural Science: Sa’rheya Nelson
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Gray’s Creek High School
- Choral Music: Taylor Duckworth
- Dance: Jenna Grace Nance
- Instrumental Music: Carlie Kokidko
- Natural Science: Brittney Mincey
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Jack Britt High School
- Choral Music: Alden Kim
- Choral Music: Re Lee
- Instrumental Music: Jaden Chung
- Mathematics: Angie Blandin
- Natural Science: Elinor Decker
- Natural Science: Tessa Shibin
- Visual Art: Novia Lin
- Visual Art: Sienna Ricotta
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Massey Hill High School
- Choral Music: Mose Harris V
- Choral Music: Anavictoria Matuszewski
- Instrumental Music: Sophia Stemen
- Natural Science: Juliana Carter
- Natural Science: Laurel Hustwit
- Natural Science: Julia Martyak
- Natural Science: Kylie Wilson
- Social Science: Gabrielle Quick
- Theater: Elliott Fiebig
- Theater: Savannah Houston
- Theater: Zoey Hughes
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Pine Forest High School
- Instrumental Music: Sophia Fernandez
- Natural Science: Priya Hull
- Social Science: Abigail Wagner
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Reid Ross Classical High School
- Natural Science: Vaungh Stone
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Seventy-First High School
- Dance: Jessica Fikes
- Dance: Sa’Nai Lewis-DeWalt
- Instrumental Music: Daniele Morgan
- Natural Science: Drayden Duke
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South View High School
- Social Science: Brianna Bagby
- Social Science: Breana Clark
- Visual Art: Amiyah Whitaker
- Visual Art: Nathaniel Williams
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Terry Sanford High School
- Dance: Anna Childers
- Instrumental Music: Edison Dill
- Instrumental Music: Vivian Kramer
- Instrumental Music: Caroline Oh
- Instrumental Music: William Swinford
- Natural Science: Deborah Asante
- Natural Science: Jiya Gorintala
- Social Science: Chimdi Okoye
- Visual Art: Sandy Jung
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Westover High School
- Choral Music: Kimora Terry-Miller
- Mathematics: Savannah Watson
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.
Nominees will receive notification of selection or non-selection in March 2025.
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