Quick Facts
- Tuition ($4,200) is paid by local school divisions.
- Local school divisions provide daily transportation to and from CVGS except for internships and college biology lab.
- CVGS operates during morning hours—students return to their home schools for afternoon classes and extracurricular activities.
- New students attend a 4 day summer orientation before school starts.
- Governor's School classes are weighted courses for home school transcripts.
- CVGS sends school profile and verification of Governor's School courses to colleges.
- Student selection is conducted by selection committees in each school division.
- Students from each high school in a division are considered for total CVGS positions allotted to the division.
- College classes are taught by CVGS faculty and offered through CVCC with tuition paid by the Governor's School.
- CVGS is good college prepartion due to the college type environment, the research experience, the technology exposure, and the internship program.
- Virginia has 18 Governor's Schools serving over 6000 gifted and talented students across the state!