Governor's School

Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School (SRGS)

2025 Virginia Summer Residential Governor’s School (SRGS)

Interest Meeting: Tuesday, October 29th 2024

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) offers the opportunity for 10th and 11th grade students to apply to attend summer residential Governor’s schools in Academics and Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). Students who are accepted into one of the programs will live in residence halls in one of the state colleges in VA for four weeks in the June - late July timeframe. To learn more about SRGS opportunities and the application process, visit the VDOE website and view the promotional video

To be considered for an academic or VPA Governor’s school, students must complete the steps below:

Step 1: Complete the interest form linked below for either Academics or VPA. The form is a required part of the application process and is due Nov. 6th 2024. No late entries will be accepted. When completing the form, enter a personal email address and NOT an fcpsschools.net email address. VDOE cannot send communications to the fcpsschools.net domain. (Mount Vernon's point of contact for SRGS is Sarah Freeland, @email.)

Step 2: Attend the MVHS Governor’s School interest meeting which will take place on Tuesday, October 29th, during Major Time at 10:30am in the media center. Attendance at the meeting is optional but strongly encouraged. You can access the interest meeting slides here.

Contact Sarah Freeland ([email protected]) or Bryce Green ([email protected]) in Student Services with any questions.