GSP offers opportunities for uprising seniors

College is expensive, especially if students want to go out of state, but there are ways to prevent the loss of thousands of dollars and student debt. Here at HC, many seniors have participated in the Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP). GSP is a program for rising seniors, and it allows student to gain scholarship opportunities, get more involved with the community. The program lasts for five weeks during the summer. Students take classes on a college campus, location varies each year, and get to choose what class they want to take.

“Once students get accepted they are placed at a college, “HC counselor April Cain said. “Each one has a focus area that they get a say in. They rank their top choices and try to assign them to that area.”

Each class focuses on distinct areas and students participate in different experiences, and get to learn about more detailed criteria. The classes teach students something different and

“My math class was very abstract. We talked about different ways to think about things or logic puzzles.” HC senior Sarah Palmer said. “Some were talking about how you would teach negative numbers to children.”

Along with taking classes and being involved with a college-like experience, students also developed friendships.

“My favorite part was all the friends I made and how friendly everyone was. You could go up to someone and just start a conversation.” HC senior Elizabeth Piper said.

With everything that has already been going on students get more freedoms, such as exploring the community and got a sense for how the world is outside of classes.

“We had an Explore Kentucky day where students got to go out and explore different places in Kentucky.” Piper said.

GSP is a way for students to gain money through scholarships, which helps with the cost of schooling.

“Students who complete the program can get scholarship money from a lot of Kentucky colleges” Cain said.  “The program itself is good and students make friends and meet people from all over Kentucky and learn a lot about what their focus area is.”

Not every student wants to go to a school in Kentucky, but the students wishing to be a part of the program get a chance to have their education paid for, if they go to a school in Kentucky.

“If you juniors are interested, then come see me as soon as you can,” Cain said.

“You take your classes and everyday your schedule is different. You have a lot of freedom and there’s a lot of different activities, like you can go see a movie, hangout and play cards. We had an Explore Kentucky day where students got to go out and explore different places in Kentucky.”