Virginia Governor's School Programs
Regional Governor's Schools
Blue Ridge Regional Environmental Studies Governor's School (BREGS)
- Two week summer program
- For rising 6th to 9th grade students
- 10 openings - and several at large spaces of which FCPS usually gets 3-4
Performing and Visual Arts Northwest (PAVAN)
- Two week summer program
- For rising 9th to 12th grade students
- Openings - typically 40 per division, but that depends on what talents are within a school division at the time (i.e. FCPS usually has 0 guitar applicants but will get about 60% of the visual art openings)
Residential Governor's Schools
Learn more about the Residential Governor's School programs listed below.
Academic
- Humanities
- One month summer program
- For rising 11th and 12th grade students
- Radford University campus
- 200 students accepted
- Math, Science & Technology
- One month summer program
- For rising 11th and 12th grade students
- Lynchburg College campus
- 160 students accepted
- Agriculture
- One month summer program
- For rising 11th and 12th grade students
- VPI & SU campus
- 100 students accepted
Mentorships
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
- One month summer program
- For rising 11th and 12th grade students
- Christopher Newport University campus
- 12 students accepted
- VA Institute of Marine Sciences
- One month summer program
- For rising 11th and 12th grade students
- Christopher Newport University campus
- 6 students accepted
- Medicine & Health Sciences
- One month summer program
- For rising 11th and 12th grade students
- Virginia Commonwealth University campus
- 26 students accepted
Visual and Performing Arts
- One month summer program
- For rising 11th and 12th grade students
- Radford University campus
- Dance (20-25 students)
- Theater (40-45 students)
- Vocal (25-30 students)
- Instrumental Music (50-55 students)
- Visual Arts (40-45 students)
Foreign Language Academies
- One month summer program
- For rising 11th and 12th grade students
- Washington and Lee campus
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Randolph Macon College campus
- Japanese
- Latin
Academic Year Governor's School
Mountain Vista Governor's School for Science, Mathematics and Technology (MVGS)
- School year/three year program
- For rising 10th grade students
- Physics/Engineering Focus Area (Prerequisite - Math Analysis)
- Biology/Life Science Focus Area (Prerequisite - H Algebra II)
- 48 FCPS students accepted - approximately 16 students in each new cohort/class