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The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities is proud to announce that Nathaniel Greenberg, of Hilton Head, and Indigo Nath, of Anderson, have been named Semifinalists in the 70th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. In addition, Governor’s School students Tatiana Fasnacht, Isabel Garcia, Sophia Myers, and Mya Sinclair have been recognized as Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.
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The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities has been recertified as an Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) School, a designation that recognizes its commitment to arts education as a fundamental component of student development.
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South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities student Anna Castro Spratt, of Greer, has been nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts program.
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The Governor’s School has seen incredible results in literacy gains throughout South Carolina with its outreach program called Spark! Inspiring Tomorrow’s Readers Through Drama.
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- Film
- Visual Arts
This year, seven students from the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities were selected as winners of the YoungArts competition.
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The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation receives a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
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- Foundation
The SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation announces Thad Dulin's appointment as its new Treasurer.
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- Outreach
Spark! Inspiring Tomorrow’s Readers Through Drama has been named the winner of the 2024 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award, awarded annually by The Riley Institute at Furman University. The award, named after former U.S. Secretary of Education and two-term S.C. Governor Richard Riley and his late wife Tunky, recognizes exceptional programs making a positive impact on South Carolina public education.
- 2024
- Award
- Outreach
- Spark
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- Foundation
The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation is excited to announce the addition of five new members to its board of directors.
- Board of Directors
![SCGSAH senior Charlie Ratterree walks across a darkened stage to receive an award at Palmetto Boys State.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1726514426/scgsahorg/ao8vbbrc4smtwfgjnm2g/CharlieRatterree-PalmettoBoysState.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1726514426/scgsahorg/ao8vbbrc4smtwfgjnm2g/CharlieRatterree-PalmettoBoysState.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1726514426/scgsahorg/ao8vbbrc4smtwfgjnm2g/CharlieRatterree-PalmettoBoysState.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1726514426/scgsahorg/ao8vbbrc4smtwfgjnm2g/CharlieRatterree-PalmettoBoysState.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1726514426/scgsahorg/ao8vbbrc4smtwfgjnm2g/CharlieRatterree-PalmettoBoysState.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1726514426/scgsahorg/ao8vbbrc4smtwfgjnm2g/CharlieRatterree-PalmettoBoysState.jpg","width":2100}])
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Governor's School student Charlie Ratterree attended Palmetto Boys State and was selected to attend Boys Nation 2024.
- American Legion
- Boys Nation
- Civic Engagement
- Palmetto Boys State
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- Music
- Outreach
- Visual Arts
Under the theme "Connect and Collaborate as We Amplify the Arts," Coastal Creatives will offer a transformative experience that inspires young minds to use the arts as a powerful tool for problem solving and creative expression, July 8-11, 2024. .
- summer camp
![Nine piano students, all dressed in concert blacks, stand around a grand piano on the stage in SCGSAH Smith Recital Hall.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1726517532/scgsahorg/dx3lcoicupkdv93yxriw/SteinwaysforStudentsphoto.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1726517532/scgsahorg/dx3lcoicupkdv93yxriw/SteinwaysforStudentsphoto.png","width":400}])
- Music
The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH), a residential public arts high school in the heart of downtown Greenville, is proud to announce a new partnership with Steinway and Sons to replace the school’s pianos with world-class Steinway and Steinway-designed instruments.
- Steinway
- fundraising
- pianos
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The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities is proud to present the following students of the Class of 2024 who will graduate on Friday, May 24 at Furman University’s McAlister Auditorium
- commencement
- graduation
- Academics
- Awards & Achievements
The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, a public residential high school for the arts located in downtown Greenville, announced that it received a reaccreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Precollegiate Arts Schools (ACCPAS).
- accreditation
![Ten students from Hardeeville take part in a SPARK! program.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1728932025/scgsahorg/puhqiiizxhe9xqddwelh/HardeevilleElemstudentsinSpark.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1728932025/scgsahorg/puhqiiizxhe9xqddwelh/HardeevilleElemstudentsinSpark.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1728932025/scgsahorg/puhqiiizxhe9xqddwelh/HardeevilleElemstudentsinSpark.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1728932025/scgsahorg/puhqiiizxhe9xqddwelh/HardeevilleElemstudentsinSpark.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1728932025/scgsahorg/puhqiiizxhe9xqddwelh/HardeevilleElemstudentsinSpark.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1728932025/scgsahorg/puhqiiizxhe9xqddwelh/HardeevilleElemstudentsinSpark.jpg","width":2048}])
- Outreach
The Arts Schools Network Board of Directors has awarded the Research Initiative-Institution Award to the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. The award honors an organization for its commitment to ongoing research and the dissemination of knowledge in research in arts education.