MHS Announces 2020 MHS Governor Scholar’s Program Recipients
(Editor’s Note. The MISD will highlight our 2020 Governor Scholar Recipients individually through our MISD social media platforms. Congratulations to our 2020 Recipients and Alternates).
MHS junior, Caroline Kim, has been named a 2020 Governor’s Scholar Program Alternate. A member of the MHS Speech Team, Kim is also a member of the MHS French and BETA Clubs. In addition, Kim is a member of the MHS Golf Team and Student Council, and a Write and Book Club member. Kim was voted Vice-President the MHS Class of 2021.
To apply for GSP, students were required to be in the eleventh grade at time of selection and intend to return to a Kentucky school district for the next school term. (Students skipping their senior year to enter college are not eligible). Students must be a current Kentucky resident and have taken the ACT, PSAT, or SAT in the ninth, tenth, or eleventh grades.
After completion of their own Governor’s Scholars application, students must be selected and sent by their school districts or private schools to be considered for the statewide selection process. If selected, scholars attend the program free of charge, needing only “pocket” money for personal and incidental expenses.
Arrangements for the 2020 GSP program are still being finalized. Governor’s Scholars are selected from across Kentucky and represent the diversity of the Commonwealth.
The program is singularly free from competition, creating an environment that is conducive to building a community of friends and colleagues. The program offers Scholars a chance to know and make friends with other enthusiastic, energetic students with high intellectual capacities. The give-and-take among Scholars from different backgrounds is one of the most treasured aspects of the program.
The GSP Statewide Selection Committee faced some very difficult choices in selecting the 20210 Scholars from a highly competitive field of 1,857 outstanding young Kentuckians. The 1,020 students accepted represent 55 percent of the total pool of candidates.