Governers Village Academy

John M. Morehead Elementary School, established in 1998, is a magnet school offering educational programs in math, science and environmental studies. The school serves students in prekindergarten through grade five. It has an enrollment of more than 700 students and is a part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District. It also offers classes in character education, social studies and literacy. Through its accelerated reader program, the school helps students increase reading comprehension and the amount of time spent in reading. It awards Personal Pan Pizza certificates to students for meeting personal reading goals. The school offers various extracurricular activities, such as math Olympiads, math superstars and Right Moves for Youth, and provides opportunity to students to participate in a daily closed circuit television production. John M. Morehead Elementary School is located in Charlotte, N.C.