Two rising juniors and one rising senior from St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School attended three Tennessee Governor’s Schools this summer: filmmaking, computational physics, and sciences and engineering.

Rising senior Emmett True, Sewanee, participated in the filmmaking program at the School for the Arts at MTSU, June 6-28. Along with his program peers, True participated in every aspect of filmmaking, from developing a story idea to casting to editing the film. He said, “I worked with professors and film grads, as well as people who have worked in Hollywood and professional freelance editors/directors, all of whom were instructors. I highly recommend it and would attend again if I could.”

Rising junior Adeline Pond, Sewanee, studied sciences and engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, May 31-June 27. In this immersive college experience in STEM classes, Pond focused on materials science, which included several three-day labs exploring a different material each week: metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Of her experience, Pond said, “My recommendation to future students hoping to attend this program is to stay curious and involved in the classes you are interested in most. Programs like Governor’s Schools can help you to expand on that curiosity.”

Martin Brodsky, a rising junior from Sewanee, studied computational physics at Austin Peay State University, May 31-June 26. “I worked with professors, grad students, and experts in fields of computer science, physics and modeling,” Brodsky said. “I made a lot of new friends and had a lot of fun. Those four weeks flew by.”

The Governor’s Schools of Tennessee provide 11 intense programs in arts, humanities, agriculture science, STEM programs, advanced mathematics, physics, leadership, international studies, Tennessee history, or potential teaching careers. Students are nominated by teachers, and the programs are funded by the Tennessee State General Assembly. Each program has specific eligibility requirement criteria.