Thursday, March 26, 2026
-News Release-
After a rigorous interview and testing process, Rome High School students Emerson Hunter and Noah Jennings have been selected as Governor’s Honors Program Finalists and will attend the Governor’s Honors Program this summer.
Hunter was selected for Dance. Jennings was selected for Music with a Jazz Saxophone concentration.
“We are proud to have two students selected for the Governor’s Honors Program this year,” Rome High School Principal Parke Wilkinson said. “Their commitment and their drive to excel have earned them this opportunity, and we are confident they will represent Rome High School well this summer.”
The Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, more commonly known as GHP, is a residential summer program for skilled, knowledgeable, and talented high school sophomores and juniors. GHP offers instruction that is significantly different from the typical high school classroom and is designed to provide students with the academic, cultural, and social enrichment necessary to become the next generation of global critical thinkers, innovators, and leaders.
Public and private high schools across the state nominated more than 4,000 students who represent the best in areas of study, including Agricultural Science, Communicative Arts, Dance, Engineering, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, Theatre, Visual Arts, and World Languages. Of these, approximately 1,500 were selected as GHP semifinalists. Approximately 650 finalists were chosen to participate in the program. Since the program is fully funded by the Georgia General Assembly, there is no charge for students to attend.
The Georgia Governor’s Honors Program is the longest continually running program of its kind in the nation.
During the four weeks of the summer program at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, students spend the morning in their major area of nomination, exploring enrichment topics not usually found in the high school classroom. In the afternoons, students choose one of the other areas in which to study. The curriculum in all the areas is challenging and engaging. Evenings are filled with seminars, activities, concerts, and performances.
