Three seniors at Caldwell County High School have just returned from the Governor’s Scholars Program where they spent several weeks of the summer at a university in Kentucky.
Any high school junior is invited to participate as long as you live in Kentucky and have passed the standardized test. Once they were accepted into the program they are randomly assigned a University to attend. Each student decides an area they would like to study and then is assigned to classes in their chosen field. Each day they are assigned 3 classes to attend consisting of general studies, their focus group, and a seminar class. The seminar group is designed where the class sits in a circle and discussed various topics including diversity, values, future and personal growth.
17-year old Rachel McClung, daughter of Sonia & Aaron McClung, said the GSP program is a 5-week residential summer program for outstanding students who just completed their junior year of high school.
click to download audioOne of Rachel’s studies included “G X 3” being Gaslighting, Gatekeeping and Girl Boss. She also was able to be out in the community while there.
click to download audio17-year old Sydney McKinney is the daughter of Laura McKinney. One of her studies included “we are not amused” and looked into what you thought was funny and made you laugh and what did not. She enjoyed being with other students who enjoyed learning.
click to download audio17-year old Cannon Littlejohn, the son of Amy & Mike Littlejohn, said one of his studies was “get rational” and they looked into the rational aspects of different situations and issues. Cannon enjoyed getting to meet so many new friends.
click to download audioSydney said she learned that students across the state have the same values that they do here.
click to download audioCannon shared he was glad to be able to grow as an individual while attending GSP.
click to download audioRachel was impressed that students from all over the state want to work together to improve Kentucky.
click to download audioEach of the students stated even though they missed being at home for the summer they really enjoyed GSP and learned a lot from it and wish it has lasted longer. Rachel plans to attend Morehead or UK after graduation and study Pre-Med, Spanish, and agriculture. Sydney plans to attend UK and study Pre-med in Dentistry, biology, agriculture and medicine. Cannon plans to attend UK and study biology.
