Since 1987, VDOE has sponsored Governor's World Language Academies (GWLA), summer residential programs for Virginia's most motivated and talented world language students. The current Governor's Summer Residential World Language Academies include full-immersion academies in French, German and Spanish; a partial-immersion Japanese Academy; and a Latin Academy.

Information about applying for the GWLA is available on the Virginia Department of Education website and is updated each year in early October for the following summer's Academies.

This short video presentation provides an overview of the application process.

This one page pdf document shows a summary of the tasks related to the application process.

This short video from the 2022 Immersion Academies at Washington and Lee University will give you a small taste of the exciting things that happen at the Governor's World Language Academies.

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Visit the following pages to learn more about the Governor's World Language Academies.