Allen County-Scottsville High School has six
juniors selected as Kentucky
Governor’s Scholars for the 2018 summer program. Colton Barton, Rachel Bomar, William Gregory, Jason Sikes,
and Mason Towery learned this week of their selection. Katelyn Bewley was
selected as an alternate.
The Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP) allows high school
seniors to spend five weeks taking college-level class work at selected Kentucky
colleges and universities during the summer proceeding their senior year.
The six students were accepted for the state
GSP after a lengthy process. First, the group was selected as District
Governor’s Scholars in January after completing GSP applications packets late
last year. Their application materials were then forwarded for review by a GSP statewide
selection committee. The panel consists of college admission personnel, college
and high school teachers, and education leaders from different areas of the state.
Each committee member reads and scores only one of seven different sections.
The sections
include academic achievement which
consists of ACT, PSAT, or SAT test score, grade point average, and difficulty
of class load. The Student Profile sections includes extracurricular activities, voluntary or paid
service, and honors and awards. The writing entry section of the application materials requires a 500-word essay.
A sixth section area is based on a teacher recommendation which must be completed
by a teacher who has had the student in class for a core academic subject in ninth,
10th, or 11th grade. The final section area is a based on a recommendation
from a community leader in a role not associated with the applicant's school.
The students will learn in May which college---Murray State University,
Morehead State University, or Northern Kentucky University----they will attend for
their classes when GSP begins in June.