Selected from the pool of nearly 2,000 Kentucky high school GSP applicants, all seven recipients were acknowledged for their successes and achievements, while overcoming adversity in their lives.
Sessions will be hosted by Bellarmine University in Louisville, Morehead State University, and Murray State University. A five-week summer residential program for outstanding high school students in Kentucky who are rising seniors, the GSP originated in 1983 as a result of Kentucky leaders' concern that the state's "best and brightest" were leaving the Commonwealth to pursue educational and career opportunities elsewhere without fully understanding the potential of their talents at home. Students selected attend the program without charge.
In order to participate in the program, students must be nominated by their high schools and then compete on a state-wide level. Teresa Speed, MHS principal, said these seven Murray High School students were chosen from a highly competitive field of outstanding young Kentuckians. "Being a chosen recipient to represent our Murray High School at this prestigious summer program is a well-deserved honor for these individuals," she said. "I am very proud of their accomplishments and believe this opportunity illustrates the quality education our system provides our children on a daily basis."
