Mount Paran Christian School announces student Claire Finch was named as a finalist and invited to participate in the 2023 Georgia Governor’s Honors Program (GHP) as a visual arts major. As a finalist, Finch represents the top quartile of the top percentile of her student peer group in the state.
GHP annually hosts a four-week-long college immersive program for several hundred of Georgia’s best and brightest in academics and the arts. The program will be held at Georgia Southern University.
GHP is the oldest and largest program of its kind in the United States. Started in 1964, the Georgia GHP is the only Governor’s program that is fully funded by its state legislature – students attend at no cost.
In addition to Finch being named a finalist, MPCS set several new school benchmarks of achievement. This year, MPCS sent its largest contingency of nominees in school history. Nominees were Caroline Bethel, Lydia Burton, George Childs, Claire Finch, Aiden Gilmore, Sydney McCune, Chelsea Parada, and VJ Ray.
Another MPCS benchmark was the number of semifinalists named in one year: Caroline Bethel, Lydia Burton, Claire Finch, Aiden Gilmore, and Chelsea Parada, who was also selected as an alternate.
