Summer Guidance Programs

pennsylvania governor's school of excellence

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Schools of Excellence are eight summer residential enrichment programs on college campuses for high school students excelling in the arts or academic subjects. Programs are listed below:

• PA Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences (Grades 10 & 11)
• PA Governor’s School for the Arts (Grades 10 & 11)
• PA Governor’s School for Global Entrepreneurship (Grades 10 & 11)
• PA Governor’s School for Health Care (Grade 11 only)
• PA Governor’s School for International Studies (Grade 11 only)
• PA Governor’s School for Information, Society and Technology (Grade 11 only)
• PA Governor’s School for the Sciences (Grade 11 only)
• PA Governor’s School for Teaching (Grades 11 only)

Tuition, room, board, classroom materials, activities and field trips are provided to all students selected to participate. Selection is highly competitive. The programs are administered through the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Alumni of the programs are eligible for special merit scholarships awarded by select colleges and universities in Pennsylvania.

General Eligibility

• Applicant must be in the grade level specified for the Governor’s School of choice.

• Applicant must have at least one custodial parent or legal guardian whose primary residence is in Pennsylvania.

• Applicant must not have previously attended one of the seven Pennsylvania Governor’s Schools of Excellence.

• Applicant must not apply to more than two Governor’s Schools in a year.

• Applicant who accepts an invitation to participate in a Governor’s School must commit to being in residence for the 35-day program, without absences.

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Schools of Excellence are “equal access” programs: All students who feel they meet the general eligibility requirements have the right to obtain an application and to pursue the application process. The Pennsylvania Governor’s Schools of Excellence are administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Please see your counselor to discuss your eligibility for applying to a School.

Act early in completing the applications. They all have different deadlines.

summer academies at temple university

Cost of coursework, textbooks, co-curricular trips and workshops is covered by Temple University. Students are responsible for their daily transportation costs and food expeditures. Students must commit to the complete schedule of their chosen Academy.

Academy Programs

• Engineering: 3-credit course introducing major components of Engineering, including Civil and Environmental, Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering.

• Landscape Architecture: 3-credit course introducting students to sustainable landscape design, principles of landscape drawing and graphics, and color rendering and model making techniques.

• Molecular Life Sciences: 4-credit course including lectures and laboratory work.

• Sustainable Environments: 3-credit course introducing students to Environmental Studies and including topics such as Environment-Natural Society Relationships and ecological principles.

• Leadership Academy at the Fox School*: 3-credit course where students can choose from four different academic tracks, Business, Pre-Law, Sport Management, or Financial Engineering and Investing.

*For more information on the Business Leadership Academy, please visit www.fox.temple.edu/academy.

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