Off to Governor's School

Twenty-one students from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are among 550 high school students selected to attend North Carolina Governor’s School this summer. The five-week session goes through July 21 on the campus of Meredith College in Raleigh. The school is the oldest statewide summer residential program for academically and intellectually gifted high school students in the nation.

 Ardrey Kell students: Seok-Jin Hong and Soonmin Hwang, Instrumental Music (clarinet and cello, respectively); Rosa Park, Math. Butler: Kaitlyn Baker, Social Science; Dang Pham, Math. Hough: Craig Amasya, Social Science; John Buffum, Natural Science; Eileen Jakeway and Mary Schwalbe, French. Myers Park: Poulumi Banerjee, Sona Kumar and Apourva Thatavarty, Natural Science; Douglas Barnes, Art; Sydney Feinglass, French; Conner Kearse, Theater; Yeonsoo Lee, Social Science. Northwest School of the Arts: Kathryn Guild, Choral. Providence: Brinda Bhaskar, Natural Science; Halley Freger, Social Science; Erich Jegier, Math. South Mecklenburg: Sarah Peters, Math. Among others selected from

Charlotte-area schools: Cannon School: Barclay Sparrow, English; Sam Workman, Natural Science. Charlotte Catholic: Lauren Nahouraii, Social Science. Charlotte Country Day: Matthew Harden, Social Science; Alexander Kim, Instrumental Music; Eryn Ratcliffe, Art. Charlotte Latin: David Farrow, Social Science; Katherine Mayopoulos, Theater; Alexandra Ozmeral, Dance; Leora Sharma, Choral Music; Constance Zhou, Natural Science. Covenant Day School: Ian Johnson, Math. Mooresville High: Kathryn Elkin, Math; Gina Marchitell, Instrumental Music.