The Middleburg Eccentric, 2004 to 2022, preserved in full. Our Middleburg Town Council Report continues.

Wakefield Students Selected for Governor's Programs

· From pages 30, 31 of the print edition

Four of our Upper School students have been selected to attend the prestigious 2019 Summer Residential Governor's School Programs. The students are:

• William Brosnan ('20) – Spanish
• Dylan Fanico ('20) – French
• Chelsea Mulkerin ('20) – STEM
• Skyler Tolzien ('20) – Theatre

The Governor's School Program is highly selective and it's amazing that we have four juniors going this year! We have had students admitted for a long time, but we've been sending 3 students each year since 2016... and now this year is 4!

Summer Residential Governor's Schools provide gifted high school juniors and seniors with intensive educational experiences in visual and performing arts; humanities; mathematics, science, and technology; or through mentorships in marine science, medicine and health sciences, or engineering.

Each Summer Residential Governor's School focuses on one special area of interest. Students live on a college or university campus for up to four weeks each summer. During this time, students are involved in classroom and laboratory work, field studies, research, individual and group projects and performances, and seminars with noted scholars, visiting artists, and other professionals. In the three mentorships, students are selected to work sideby-side with research scientists, physicians, and a variety of other professionals. A director and a student-life staff provide supervision of students 24 hours a day, throughout the program.