Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Governor's School

GCS 擁有30所高中,共有164名學生報名參加2025年夏季四週的住宿式 Governor's School。姐姐很榮幸被學校提名,並成功晉級至州層選拔。Governor's School 每年夏季在兩個校區錄取約800名學生。學費為600美元,且全數由學校負擔,父母只需負責往返校區的交通費用而已。

其實,相較於其他大學主辦的住宿型計劃,600美元的四週住宿學費並不算貴。媽媽查了幾個計劃,一週的住宿學費就至少要一千多美元。那麼,為什麼 Governor's School 能夠提供這麼低廉的學費呢?原來,NC Governor's School 的費用相對較低,主要是由州政府(State Government)透過北卡羅來納州公共教育部(North Carolina Department of Public Instruction)提供資助,也就是說,該計劃的大部分費用由納稅人資金覆蓋,使得學生的學費得以降低。



PROGRAMDESCRIPTION

The Governor’s School of North Carolina is the oldest statewide summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students in the nation. The program is administered by the State Board of Education and North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) through the Office of Advanced Learning & Gifted Education. Each summer, selected students are invited to Governor’s School to help build a learning community during a four-week residential session. Students are encouraged to explore and ask questions, with the purpose of learning for its own sake and discovering new possibilities that complement their high school instruction, without the regular pressures of tests, scores, and grade point averages. The Governor’s School emphasizes collaborative efforts in all disciplines. Students go through a local and state nomination process. Students are selected locally at the district level or at the school level, if at a charter or non-public school. Each district/school has its own process to determine nominees for NCDPI at the state level.

chatgpt 的翻譯如下:

計劃簡介

北卡羅來納州的總督學校是一個專為有天賦的高中生設立的州立夏季住宿計劃,是全美最古老的此類計劃之一。該計劃由州教育委員會和北卡羅來納州公共教育部(NCDPI)通過先進學習與天賦教育辦公室管理。每年夏天,經選拔的學生會被邀請參加為期四週的住宿課程,並在此期間建立學習社群。

總督學校的目標是促進學生的探索精神,讓他們在沒有測驗、分數和學業平均成績壓力的情況下,專心學習和發現新知識,這些知識能夠補充他們的高中課程。學生將會參與跨學科的合作學習,並與來自全州的同儕一起合作解決問題,拓展視野。

學生的選拔過程包括地區層級或學校層級的提名(若是特許學校或非公立學校則為學校層級)。每個地區或學校會依照自己的程序挑選合適的學生,並將名單提交給NCDPI進行最終選擇。


2025.3.12

近期,媽媽一直在關注 email,因為 Governor's School 的錄取名單將於三月初揭曉。媽媽一方面期待收到好消息,另一方面也希望能儘早規劃姊弟倆的暑假活動,這樣才能讓人更安心。

今天,姊姊和另外四名學生被召進校長辦公室,宣布他們五位成功被選中參加今年暑期的 Governor's School。被淘汰的學生則分別被單獨召進辦公室,向他們解釋結果。

我真的很為姊姊高興,希望她能藉此機會提早體驗大學生活,感受離家的挑戰,並學習如何與人相處、共同生活。

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