The Governor's School of North Carolina is a five-week summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students, integrating academic disciplines, the arts, and unique courses on each of two campuses. The curriculum focuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline, and it does not involve credit, tests, or grades. Students are selected to attend through a competitive process after being nominated by their public school unit or non-public school.

Promotional Video

Get a quick overview of the North Carolina Governor's School for 2021 with this video. 

Nominations for the 2021 Governor's School

Nominations for the 2021 Governor's School from schools and school systems were due December 1.

June 17 Update

• IMPORTANT - A final set of consent forms is required for each student. UPLOAD DUE DATE: SATURDAY, JUNE 19. Visit the Resources for Selected Students page for more details.
  • Other Student Forms - All other earlier forms are still required. The campus office will  variety of forms are required for all students who have been selected to attend this summer. Visit Resources for Selected Students.
• Parent Orientation Sessions - The Office of the North Carolina Governor's School held parent orientation sessions on Sunday, June 13. Here are recordings from those webinars:
  • Governor's School West (4:00 pm)
  • Governor's School East (7:00 pm) - NOTE: This zoom page says West in the title, but it is the East webinar.
• Questions?
  • For questions about what to bring, when to arrive, etc., refer to various available documents:
    • The Student Handbook for the specific Governor's School campus is at the Resources for Selected Students tab.
    • The Mitigation Plan reviews the multiple layers of COVID-19 risk reduction both campuses are implementing this summer. It is available at the Resources for Selected Students tab.
    • The relevant Faculty Letter for each campus's Area I discipline was emailed to each student.
    • Each campus website has move-in schedules, details, and more.
• The North Carolina Governor's School announced on April 30 that the summer session will be held in person. Details on plans and features are available here.

Employment

There are no more employment vacancies for the 2021 session.

Contact Information

Sneha Shah-Coltrane, Director
Division of Advanced Learning and Gifted Education

Tom Winton, Coordinator
984.236.2577 (p)

Tish Bynum, Special Assistant
984.236.2576 (p)

Governor's School of North Carolina
NC Dept. of Public Instruction
6356 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6356