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Linwood Holton Governor's School Virginia's First Virtual Governor's School One Partnership Circle - PO Box 1987 Abingdon, VA 24212 Telephone: 276-619-4326 Fax: 276-619-4309 e-mail: holton@hgs.k12.va.us |
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NEW AT HGS: The Governor's School is advancing through the inaugural year of three new HGS exclusive courses: Survey of American Literature, Medical Terminology, and Latin. Survey of American Literature (ENG 241/ENG 242) is a one semester asynchronous class that is offered in the spring semester. The six hour college credit course emphasizes individual writers and their works, beginning with works in the colonial period, continuing up to approximately the Civil War. Medical Terminology is a one semester asynchronous course, which is offered in both the fall and spring semesters. The three college credit hour course includes the study of prefixes, suffixes, word stems, and technical terms with emphasis on proper spelling, pronunciation, and usage. Latin is also an asynchronous class, with Latin I offered in both the fall and spring semesters and Latin II offered in the spring semester. With Latin being the basis for many scientific names, terms, and phrases as well as legal phrases, knowing basic Latin may be of significant benefit in college and in one's subsequent professional career. Latin is a high school credit only course. Interested? Talk to your guidance counselor about ALHGS admission requirements and enrollment during the 2021-2022 academic year. Carpe Diem. |
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WELCOME to the [temporary] home of the HGS Bulletin Board. The HGS Bulletin Board is the place where you can find student scholarship opportunities, unique educational opportunities, student competition announcements, and much more. Student Poetry ContestThe American Library of Poetry is holding its 25th Annual Student Poetry Contest, which has a first place prize of $500 in each of four grade divisions. Students may submit one original poem on any subject, with the poem being from 2 to 20 lines. Contest entry flyer for mail-in entries is available HERE. For more information and to enter via the web go HERE. William & Mary Summer Enrichment ProgramWilliam & Mary’s Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) is an academically challenging program with an emphasis on inquiry-based learning for students. The program is not meant to replace the regular school curriculum; rather, it recognizes the importance of allowing able children to explore additional specialized areas of science, mathematics, humanities, and the arts. Click for More Information. Summer 2021 SEP registration is now open for high ability students in grades 2-12. William & Mary’s Center for Gifted Education is excited to offer 2 weeks of virtual opportunities with courses available in the morning and afternoon each week. William & Mary have virtual courses available in the areas of robotics, civics, STEM, coding, writing, social science, and many more. Please see their Summer 2021 Brochure for more information.
2021 Granville P. Meade ScholarshipThe Granville P. Meade Scholarship provides financial assistance to students who have achieved academically but who are financially unable to attend college. The fund awards scholarships to eligible Virginia high-school seniors to attend one of Virginia's public or private colleges or universities. See Superintendent’s Memo 017-21 [PDF], available here, for additional details and deadlines. Black History Month Essay ContestVirginia Congressman McEachin's Black History Month essay contest is open to middle and high school students (grades 6-12) residing in Virginia's 4th Congressional District. Essays due by February 15. Winners will be notified individually and announced on Congressman McEachin's social media in February. The winners will also have their essay entered into the Congressional Record. Details are available at the program web site here. Pathways Flight AcademiesVirginia Space Grant Consortium, in partnership with Averett University, Aviation Adventures, and the Virginia Department of Aviation, is providing high school students the opportunity to experience a free, intensive, flight academy program. Students will undertake ground school and 10 hours of flight training that can potentially culminate in their first solo flight. Program flyer is available here, and additional details are available at the program web site here. Building Leaders for Advancing Science and TechnologyBLAST is a free educational program of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium designed to support students who are interested in STEM. This is a 3-day residential, on-campus experience with demonstrations and collaborative activities led by college faculty. Applications are due February 8, 2021. Details and applications are available here. 2021 BBB Student of Integrity ScholarshipThe deadlines for the Better Business Bureau Serving Western VA's 18th Annual BBB Student of Integrity Scholarship and Social Scholar Video Contest are quickly approaching. The application deadline for the BBB Student of Integrity Essay Scholarship, which offers a $1000 award, is February 7th. The application deadline for the BBB Social Scholar Video Contest, which offers a $500 scholarship, is February 28, 2021. Details here. NASA Stem Enhancement in Earth and Space ScienceNASA, the Texas Space Grant Consortium and The University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research have joined forces to encourage high school students’ interest in STEM careers. The SEES project allows students to work remotely prior to their on site internships in Austin, Texas, July 17 – July 31, 2021 or participate in a virtual project. Participants will conduct authentic research with NASA subject matter experts in their chosen areas of work. Housing, transportation and meals will be provided. Application deadline is February 22, 2021. More details are available HERE. Pamplin Leadership AwardThe Pamplin Leadership Award is a one year merit-based $5000 Virginia Tech tuition scholarship presented to up to forty qualified students chosen from the Commonwealth of Virginia's public high schools. Details HERE. Focusing on the FutureFocusing on the Future is a virtual career and academic planning conference for all Middle and High School Students as well as Counselors and Parents. Details HERE. Saturday Enrichment ProgramThis fall William & Mary will offer Saturday Enrichment Programs (SEP) for students grades 7-9 in the area of Statistics, Art, Botany, and Anatomy. William & Mary’s SEP is an academically challenging program with an emphasis on inquiry-based learning for students. Details HERE. Virginia Space Grant Consortium OpportunitiesVirginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) provides several FREE and highly engaging Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) learning opportunities for Virginia students. The applications for our three online programs are OPEN UNTIL October 25, 2020
VDOE Covid-19 ResourcesThe Virginia Department of Education has issued a bulletin with links to resources for parents. Students may want to forward the link to family members. Details here. Free Comcast InternetDuring the coronavirus pandemic, Comcast is offering free internet to low-income families for two months. Details here. Prepare for College In VirginiaThe State Council of Higher Education for Virginia provides resources for parents and students to help them with preparing for higher education: Student Resources. One of these resources is the 1-2-3 GO! Program, Virginia's Three Steps to College, which helps with preparation, the application process, and paying for higher education in Virginia: Three Steps to College Events. MIT Beaver Works InstituteMIT Beaver Works Institute is a four-week program at MIT that challenges high school students to tackle high-tech projects. Watch for future offerings and course announcements here. Emory & Henry College STEM Cohort Scholarship ProgramEmory & Henry College introduces their Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Cohort Scholarship Program. Download the announcement PDF here. |
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HGS Virtual School Browser RequirementsThe software used by the Governor's School makes use of the latest web standards supported by the major browsers: Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Thus, the HGS Virtual School (Canvas) and the HGS Virtual Classroom (Jigsaw) no longer support the Internet Explorer web browser. Students should not use the Internet Explorer browser to access the HSG web site, HGS Virtual School, and/or HGS Virtual Classroom. Soon students may not be able to access the HGS Virtual School/Classroom unless they are using the latest version of Chrome and/or Firefox. Currently, one must use Google Chrome browser versions 75, 76, or 77, with browser version 77 being preferred. If one is using Mozilla Firefox, one must use version 67, 68, or 69, with browser version 69 preferred. As new versions of Firefox and Chrome are released, students are obligated to keep their browsers up-to-date to have access to the school's sites. You do not know what browser version you are using? Instructions on how to check and update Firefox are available here. Instructions on how to check and update Chrome are available here. Enforcement of the above noted browser requirements will begin no later than October 15, 2019. |
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Smart Phone E-mail Access is availableTo use this feature:
You can reach the non-flash mail access web page here: http://www.hgs.k12.va.us/mobile Unfortunately, due to variation in phones, OS of phone systems, etc., we cannot offer any advice and/or support beyond the above for phone e-mail access.
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