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 * College Writing Class Visits MSU
 * Mr. Gibbons and the Early College Program at MSU
 * Poetry Out Loud 2015
 * Amy MacAdams Competes in Poetry Out Loud
 * Haley Bryan Wins State Poetry Out Loud Competition
 * Haley Bryan Competes in National POL Competition
 * Poetry Out Loud 2013
 * Author Keith O'Brien Visits GCHS
 * Poetry Out Loud 2012
 * Poetry Out Loud 2011
 * 2010 Poetry Out Loud State Competition

=Gibbons participates in early college program=

 Morehead State University’s Early College Program held its summer faculty meeting with nearly 75 high school personnel that will participate in the 2015-16 school year.

More than 50 high and technical schools offered MSU classes with more than 2,000 high school students participating in the program.

Scott Gibbons is an English teacher at Grant County High School. Each course offered at the high school has the approximate cost savings of $1,000 per student while also allowing students to graduate from college up to a year sooner.

Among those attending from Grant County was Scott Gibbons.

School systems that took part are: Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Bullitt, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Grant, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Lewis, Martin, Mason, Montgomery, Morgan, Oldham, Pike, Powell, Rowan, Shelby and Wolfe counties; as well as Ashland Blazer, Jackson, Maysville’s St. Patrick, Russell, independents and Lakeside Christian. Qualifying students are given the opportunity to prepare for the future while attending high school. In the program, students may enroll in a course taught in their high school and receive college credit for successful completion. The program allows qualified high school faculty, who meet accreditation standards, to teach the University courses.

MSU and the partner schools are collaborating to offer 24 college credits to all high school students before they graduate. Students enrolled in courses taught by MSU faculty on the Morehead campus, at one of our regional campuses or online during the semester will receive a 60 percent scholarship and would be responsible for the remaining tuition for their courses. Students enrolled in courses instructed by approved faculty in their school system will continue to receive a full waiver for the cost of tuition. Additional information is available by calling Joel Pace, director of early college programs, at 606-783-2995 or you can find an application at [|www.moreheadstate.edu/earlycollege/].