A total of 10 students representing each of Fayette’s public high schools have been selected to attend the 2025 Governor’s Honors Program (GHP) on the campus of Georgia Southern University June 15-July 12.

Representing Fayette County High is Aaron Lamothe (Voice: Tenor). 

Representing McIntosh are Athavi Anuraj (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Muriel Chan (Communicative Arts), Hayoung Kim (String: Viola), Anika Shah (Chemistry), and Aadi Vaidya (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering). 

Representing Sandy Creek is Catherine Brown (Visual Arts). 

Representing Starr’s Mill are Qiyi Lin (Communicative Arts) and Isabelle Stanek (Voice Soprano). 

Representing Whitewater is Ludovic Lythgoe (Chemistry). 

Three students were named as alternates: Sandy Creek’s Nydia Lewis for Chemistry, Starr’s Mill’s Michael Panait for Electrical & Computational Engineering, and Whitewater’s Kayence Diner for Woodwind: Bassoon. 

GHP is a four-week intensive study of undergraduate, graduate, and professional-level coursework, and experience in a given field. Students spend approximately 27 hours a week in highly-advanced classes in their fields, encompassing 20 areas of study. The Governor’s Honors Program is fully-funded by the Georgia General Assembly, so there is no charge for students to attend.

Nomination to the program is a multi-part process beginning at the school system level with an exam in the students’ selected subject area. If students meet the cut-off score, they participate in a county-level interview, which determines the nominees who are invited to complete a state application. The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement selects a limited number of students to interview at the state level. Finalists are selected from this final group.

GHP has been in operation more than 50 years, making it the longest continually-running program of its kind in the nation.