Congratulations to this year’s nominees for the North Carolina Governor’s School!
According to Cumberland County Schools’ Academically/Intellectually Gifted Program, the nominees include:
34 Academic Nominees (selected by the CCS Governor’s School Selection Committee)
31 Arts Nominees (selected at the local school level)
1 World Language Nominee (selected at the district school level)
The students listed below will compete for state selection to attend the prestigious summer residential program for gifted high school students.
Governor’s School Nominees by School
Cape Fear High School
English: Kailyn Stern
Mathematics: Rama Elhatto
Cross Creek Early College High School
Choral Music: Sabrina Scriven
Mathematics: Paola Jaime-Martinez
Natural Science: Avion Hill
Natural Science: Bethania Ketema
Natural Science: Jessica Lin
Natural Science: Natalie Perez
Cumberland International High School
Natural Science: Andrew Smith
Social Science: Alianny Vargas Castillo
Spanish: Suleika Cruz-Ocampo
Cumberland Polytechnic High School
Natural Science: Ian Kim
Natural Science: Athaliah Vassilopanagos
Social Science: Camille Welch
Visual Art: Josephine Agyemang
Visual Art: Trinity Serrano
Visual Art: Grace Stevenson
Cumberland Virtual Academy
Social Science: Haleigh Bledsoe
Douglas Byrd High School
Social Science: Tony Lewis
E.E. Smith High School
Natural Science: Sa’rheya Nelson
Gray’s Creek High School
Choral Music: Taylor Duckworth
Dance: Jenna Grace Nance
Instrumental Music: Carlie Kokidko
Natural Science: Brittney Mincey
Jack Britt High School
Choral Music: Alden Kim
Choral Music: Re Lee
Instrumental Music: Jaden Chung
Mathematics: Angie Blandin
Natural Science: Elinor Decker
Natural Science: Tessa Shibin
Visual Art: Novia Lin
Visual Art: Sienna Ricotta
Massey Hill Classical High School
Choral Music: Mose Harris V
Choral Music: Anavictoria Matuszewski
Instrumental Music: Sophia Stemen
Natural Science: Juliana Carter
Natural Science: Laurel Hustwit
Natural Science: Julia Martyak
Natural Science: Kylie Wilson
Social Science: Gabrielle Quick
Theater: Elliott Fiebig
Theater: Savannah Houston
Theater: Zoey Hughes
Pine Forest High School
Instrumental Music: Sophia Fernandez
Natural Science: Priya Hull
Social Science: Abigail Wagner
Reid Ross Classical High School
Natural Science: Vaungh Stone
Seventy-First High School
Dance: Jessica Fikes
Dance: Sa’Nai Lewis-DeWalt
Instrumental Music: Daniele Morgan
Natural Science: Drayden Duke
South View High School
Social Science: Brianna Bagby
Social Science: Breana Clark
Visual Art: Amiyah Whitaker
Visual Art: Nathaniel Williams
Terry Sanford High School
Dance: Anna Childers
Instrumental Music: Edison Dill
Instrumental Music: Vivian Kramer
Instrumental Music: Caroline Oh
Instrumental Music: William Swinford
Natural Science: Deborah Asante
Natural Science: Jiya Gorintala
Social Science: Chimdi Okoye
Visual Art: Sandy Jung
Westover High School
Choral Music: Kimora Terry-Miller
Mathematics: Savannah Watson
The program is administered by the Public Schools of North Carolina, the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction through the Office of Advanced Learning and Gifted Education.
Nominees will receive notification of selection or non-selection in March 2025.