The Shenandoah Valley Governor's School is one of Virginia's 18 state-initiated magnet

Magnet school

In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...

 Governor's Schools

Governor's Schools (Virginia)

The Governor's Schools are a collection of regional magnet high schools and summer programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia intended for gifted students....

. It is a part-time school where 11th and 12th grade students take advanced classes in the morning (receiving their remaining classes from their home high school).

Curriculum

There are two separate curricula at SVGS. The curriculum for the Math Science and Technology program includes the following college prep. and dual enrollment classes: Research or Engineering (not dual enrollment), Advanced Technology, AP Computer Science, Pre Calculus, AP Calculus, DE Calculus, DE Discrete Mathematics, AP Statistics, DE Molecular Biology, DE Environmental Chemistry and AP Environmental Science. The curriculum for the Arts and Humanities program includes DE Acting I (trough JMU), Acting II, DE Introduction To Theatre (Through JMU), Advanced Dramatic Theories and Criticism, advanced art classes, and DE Humanities 111/112 and (?)(Through BRCC).

Contributing schools

• Buffalo Gap High School
  Buffalo Gap High School
  Buffalo Gap High School is a public school located in Swoope, Virginia. Although this rural school rarely garners extensive media coverage or recognition, Buffalo Gap High School is locally renowned for offering a broad-based high school education that enables students from all backgrounds to...
  
  
• Stuarts Draft High School
  Stuarts Draft High School
  Stuarts Draft High School is in the community of Stuarts Draft in south-eastern Augusta County, Virginia. The school opened in 1970 during a consolidation period for the county’s public schools. Stuarts Draft High School originally served grades 8 through 12, and housed the 7th grade due to...
  
  
• Fort Defiance High School
  Fort Defiance High School
  Fort Defiance High School is a public school located in Fort Defiance, Virginia. It is often referred to by its initials, FDHS or Fort.-Academics:...
  
  
• Riverheads High School
  Riverheads High School
  Riverheads High School is a public school located in Augusta County, Virginia. Riverheads is the home of the Gladiators. 2000, 2006 and 2010 State A Football Champions, as well as the 2009 Mens Track and Field State Champions.- External links :*...
  
  
• Robert E. Lee High School
  Robert E. Lee High School (Staunton, Virginia)
  Robert E. Lee High School is a public high school in Staunton, Virginia, United States.- External links :*...
  
  
• Waynesboro High School
  Waynesboro High School
  Waynesboro High School is a public high school in Waynesboro, Virginia, United States....
  
  
• Wilson Memorial High School
  Wilson Memorial High School
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Extracurricular activities

• Electric Vehicle Team
• Robotics Team
• Outreach (with elementary and middle schoolers)

External links

• Shenandoah Valley Governor's School