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35 Arlington Students Selected to Participate in the 2024-25 Summer Residential Governor’s School and World Language Academies

The VDOE announced that 35 APS students have been invited to participate in the Summer Residential Governor’s School for Academics, Mentorship, Visual and Performing Arts, and World Language Academies.

Summer Residential Governor’s Schools provide high school rising juniors and seniors in Virginia with intensive educational experiences in one specialty area of interest in visual and performing arts; humanities; medicine and health sciences; mathematics, science, and technology; or through mentorships in marine science, or engineering. Summer Residential World Language Academies offer full-immersion academies in French, German and Spanish, Japanese and Latin.

Congratulations to the following students who are invited to participate this summer:

Summer Residential Governor’s Schools for Academics, Mentorship and Visual and Performing Arts

Arlington Tech
Olive Jeng, Marine Science
Dagny Schnitger, Agriculture

H-B Woodlawn
Anna Brodsky, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Carrie Torg, Agriculture
Janak Vasisht, Agriculture

Wakefield
Lyla Price, Dance
Greyson Schroeher, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Ava Spera, Vocal Music

Washington-Liberty
Caitlin Baum, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Maral Bayarsaikhan, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Audrey Fortner, Visual Arts
Claire Goody, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Farrell Hidayat, Instrumental Music
Sara Klancnik, Agriculture
Caroline Lee, Medicine & Health Sciences
Amelia Newell, Theater
Eva Sanchez-Armass, Agriculture
Diya Sundaram, Visual Arts

Yorktown
Clara Amundson, Agriculture
Suhani Desai, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Madeline Mangi, Humanities
Megan Roche, Visual Arts

Summer Residential Governor’s World Language Academies  

Arlington Tech
Lauren Sproles, Latin

H-B Woodlawn
Mallory Burton, Spanish
Lydia Dabrowski, French
Hannah Schons, Spanish

Wakefield
Greta Ibinson, French
Mizhgona Zamirova, Japanese

Washington-Liberty
Barbara Brodersen, German
Nadia Hassen, Spanish
Valentina Randi, French
Emily Roeseler, Latin
Nicholas Talbot-Lilly, Latin

Yorktown
Maya Batenhorst, Spanish
Ryan Sullivan, Latin

Applications are posted each year in early October on the Virginia Department of Education Summer Residential Governor’s School webpage or the World Language Academies webpage. Interested students should contact school counselors, the advanced academics coach and/or World Language teachers to learn more about this opportunity.

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