November 16, 2021
Goochland High School students will travel into the past and recreate vintage 18 th and 19 th century southern recipes with Chef David Booth at the G Tech Culinary Lab on Novemb...
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November 15, 2021
Now that we are nearly one third of the way through the current school year, it is time to start the process of looking ahead to the 2022-2023 school year.
GCPS is asking that ...
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November 15, 2021
Each November, school divisions throughout the United States take time to celebrate public education during American Education Week. This year, as we look toward the future of Goo...
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November 11, 2021
Angela Allen was sworn in on Monday November 8 as the Goochland County School Board Representative for District 2. Mrs. Allen was elected to the position in the November 2, 2021, ...
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November 5, 2021
Goochland County voters overwhelmingly passed two bond referendum questions to allow the county to issue General Obligation Bonds for schools, fire-rescue, and courthouse construc...
November 4, 2021
For nearly 10 years, our school division has explored potential options to challenge some of the traditions associated with the structure of our instructional calendar. Since Mar...
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October 29, 2021
Goochland County Public Schools’ efforts to connect students with work-based learning opportunities was on prominent display at Friday’s grand opening celebration of Greenswell Gr...
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October 21, 2021
Our division leadership team has been engaged in instructional rounds for the past ten years. The “rounds” model is one adapted from the medical field in an effort to better connec...
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October 19, 2021
After serving the learning needs of generations of students, Goochland Elementary is scheduled to be reborn in 2024 as a new school along Bulldog Way! The new Goochland Elementar...
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October 14, 2021
On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, Fitch Ratings, Inc. (Fitch) assigned its highest credit rating to Goochland County.
When combined with its existing AAA rating from Standard and...
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October 5, 2021
Mark your calendar to come to the BES Gymnasium on Monday, October 11 at 6:30pm to learn about the proposed balanced calendar and bond referendum. Learn more about the B...
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October 4, 2021
October in Goochland County Public Schools gives students, staff, and families opportunities to celebrate the connection between schools and local farms and focus on the healthy f...
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September 30, 2021
97.2 percent of Goochland High School seniors graduated on-time in 2021 – nearly five percentage points ahead of the state average of 92.3. Factoring in students who earned their ...
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September 27, 2021
For the fourth year in a row, GCPS was named Best District in the Richmond area by Niche, a national school information website. Niche also recognized GCPS teachers as best in the...
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September 7, 2021
Beginning this Thursday (September 9), we will be hosting 6 different community meetings to discuss the bond referendum on this fall's ballot, a concept being considered for a bal...
September 1, 2021
Since last spring, we have had many stakeholder conversations about the balanced calendar concept. Specifically, we’ve had 18 meetings with various groups including GCPS team mem...
August 30, 2021
In the past several days, our division has received questions regarding the process for contact tracing and our instructional plan for any students who are required to quarantine ...
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August 26, 2021
Even with the challenges of the 2020-21 school year Goochland County Public School students continued their history of high achievement on state and national assessments. Addition...
August 23, 2021
We had a great first day of school in GCPS! Over 99% of our students returned for in-person instruction! It was wonderful to see students and teachers in our classrooms ready and...
August 18, 2021
For the third year in a row, Goochland County Public Schools earned a perfect score on Virginia’s Annual Performance Report relating to services provided to students with disabili...