Goochland Elementary School

📚🦦 It’s Book Fair Time, GES! Discover your next favorite story at our Fall Book Fair, November 16–20, and support our school library!

Students will shop during their regular library Encore visits. Don't forget to set up an eWallet.

Families can join us:
📖 Monday–Thursday After School: 2:15–3:30 PM
☀️ Tuesday, November 17: 7:45–8:45 AM (This is the only morning for shopping!)
💛 Grateful for Good Books and Grand Friends Night: Tuesday, November 17, 4–6 PM, with a Kindergarten and 1st Grade performance at 5 PM!

You otter find a book you love! 📚

Our GES Girls on the Run team is putting kindness into action! 💕 For their Community Action Project, our girls have chosen to support Goochland Cares by collecting gently used winter clothing for their Clothes Closet! ❄️ We’re collecting: 🧥 Sweaters & warm clothing 🧤 Mittens & gloves 🧣 Scarves 🧢 Winter hats 📍 Drop-off: Outside Room 117 at GES 📅 Deadline: December 4 Our girls are learning that even small acts of kindness can make a BIG difference! ❤️ Help our Otters spread warmth throughout our Goochland community, one donation at a time!

Celebrating the heart of our school community! 🌟

At earlier this week's School Board meeting, we were proud to honor our latest ECCHO Award recipients for living out our core values: Excellence, Courage, Creativity, Honor, and Optimism. Congratulations to:
👏 Sara Cocke (GHS)
👏 Amanda Steeley (GMS)
👏 Jennifer Kelly (BES)
👏 Morgan Noone (GES)
👏 Kylie Wensel (RES)

Thank you for being part of the GCPS team 🌟

🇺🇸❤️🤍💙 Honoring Our Heroes! This week, our GES Otters have had the special opportunity to visit with local veterans during Library Encore! 📚🇺🇸 We are so thankful for these heroes who shared their time, stories, and love of reading with our students. Thank you for your service and for making this week otterly special! 🦦❤️💙

Honoring our heroes, inspiring our future. 🇺🇸✨

Across Goochland County Public Schools, our community came together to celebrate and thank our local veterans! From red, white, and blue spirit days and heartfelt thank you letters to visits from the local American Legion and a special assembly at Goochland High School, it was a memorable day of connection and gratitude.

Thank you to all who have served! ❤️🤍💙

🍕🤖 PIZZA NIGHT IS COMING! 🤖🍕

Make plans to skip cooking Monday and support our GES Robotics Team at GG’s Pizza!

📅 Monday, November 9
⏰ 4–8 PM
📍 GG’s Pizza | 2031 Broad St. Rd., Maidens

🍕 Dine in or take out
🍕 Mention GES Robotics when ordering
🍕 15% of the proceeds will be donated to our team!

A HUGE thank you to GG’s Pizza, our proud Robotics Team sponsor, for continuing to support our River Otters! 💙🦦🤖

Pizza for dinner + supporting GES Robotics = a great way to start the week! 🍕🙌

🦦❤️ Otterly Warm Wishes for our Goochland community!

Help Goochland Elementary spread holiday kindness through our Christmas Mother Collection! We’re collecting:

🍎 Applesauce (plastic containers only!)
🥫 Cans of green beans
🥣 Cans of soup
🍚 Rice

📅 Please send donations to school by Friday, November 20.
🌟 Students earn +5 Lodge Points for donations!

Thank you, Otter families, for helping care for our neighbors this holiday season! ❤️

📚🎃 Book Character Day was OTTERLY AMAZING! 🦦✨ Our GES grade-level teams brought their favorite books to life today! From creative costumes to lots of laughter, our teachers sure know how to make learning FUN! ❤️📖 We love seeing our River Otter family come together to make special memories! 🎃🧡 Wishing all of our GES families a safe, fun, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN weekend! 👻🍬

🧡 Kindness connects us across all five of our schools! 🧡

Last week, our entire division celebrated Kindness Week with special activities designed to uplift one another and remind our students just how much they are loved and valued. The highlight of the week came on Wednesday, when our halls were filled with a sea of orange as students and staff stood united in kindness!

We are so proud of the supportive, caring environment our students, staff, and families build together every day. 🌟

Big news across Goochland County Public Schools! 💡✨

We are so proud to announce that staff members at every single one of our schools were recognized as winners of the @goochlandedufoundation Strategic Innovation Grants! 🏆🎉

These grants empower our incredible educators to bring creative, forward-thinking learning experiences directly into the classroom for our students. From dynamic hands-on projects to innovative new technologies, our teachers are always finding fresh ways to inspire learning.

We are immensely grateful for our continued partnership with the Goochland Education Foundation! Together, our community and schools build a brighter future for Goochland students every day. ❤️📚

Please take a minute to view Mrs. McCay's video of the lost and found. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v2yibYAimduIOt8xkqIyHlLEdSJkZYLG/view?usp=drive_link

The Goochland County School Board will hold a School Board meeting on October 13, 2026, at the Goochland County Administration Building. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m.

GCPS School Board agendas can be found here: https://glnd.community.highbond.com/Portal/

All are welcome to attend.

🍕🤖 MAKE MONDAY A PIZZA NIGHT! 🤖🍕

Our next GES Robotics Spirit Night at GG’s Pizza is coming up this Monday!

📅 Monday, October 12
⏰ 4–8 PM
📍 GG’s Pizza | 2031 Broad St. Rd., Maidens

Dine in or grab takeout and be sure to mention GES Robotics when you order! GG’s Pizza will donate 15% of the proceeds to support our Robotics Team. 💙🦦🤖

A huge thank you to GG’s Pizza, our proud Robotics Team sponsor, for supporting our River Otters!

🍕 No cooking Monday + supporting GES Robotics = WIN-WIN!

Paging Dr. Math! 🩺📊

Our 5th graders at Goochland Elementary School stepped into the "operating room" this week for a hands-on math lesson! Dressed in surgical scrubs, these young scholars performed "Order of Operations" to solve complex equations step-by-step.

Hands-on learning experiences like this remind us how special our Goochland community is—where teachers bring creativity into the classroom to make learning memorable and fun.👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️📋

🚨 CORRECTION: GHS Dance Camp Registration 💃

Oops! We left out an important link in our original post. If your child would like to attend GHS Dance Camp on Thursday, October 15, please complete the registration form AND submit payment.

📝 Register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAUoVzq-WbArvpuWfKSXEsbAPFLSeakekN3mk0JlDjeCBTAg/viewform

💲 Pay the $40 camp fee here:
https://www.givebacks.com/causes/ghsglnd/shop/items/c3a0997c5e

Both the registration form AND payment must be received to secure your camper’s spot.

Thanks for your understanding — and get ready to DANCE! 💃🕺🎶

💃✨ GHS DANCE CAMP IS COMING! ✨🕺

Looking for something FUN for your child to do on the Thursday, October 15 Teacher Workday? Join the GHS dancers for a day of dancing, learning, and fun! 🎶

📅 Thursday, October 15
⏰ 9:00 AM–2:00 PM
👟 Ages 6–12
💲 $40 per camper — online payment only
📍 GHS Gym

Campers will spend the day learning from the GHS dancers and will show off what they learned with a special performance at 1:45 PM! 🌟

⚠️ Space is limited! A minimum of 12 campers is needed to hold camp, and registration is capped at 50 participants.

Enrollment is confirmed once BOTH the registration form and payment have been received.

💳 Pay your $40 camp fee here:
https://www.givebacks.com/causes/ghsglnd/shop/items/c3a0997c5e

📍 Drop-Off: Please use the side door to the GHS Gym near the big rock along the sidewalk in the Student Parking Lot.

Come dance the teacher workday away with GHS! 💃🐾🎶

🩵 GES GOES TEAL! 🩵

Today, our River Otter staff wore TEAL from head to toe to show our love and support for one of our own, Hannah Newlon, and to honor the memory of her mother, Caroline. 🦦🩵

Caroline was a teacher who loved her school community as deeply as she loved her family. Throughout September, our staff has been counting our steps for Steps for Caroline — Year 2, honoring her memory while raising awareness during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Today’s sea of teal was a beautiful reminder that our River Otter family walks alongside one another — celebrating, supporting, remembering, and loving each other through it all.

👟 Every Step for Caroline.
🩵 Every Step with Hannah.
🦦 Every Otter Together.

The Goochland County Board of Supervisors and School Board are hosting two joint Town Hall meetings this October, and we want to hear from you.

📍 District 5 Joint Town Hall
🗓️ Sunday, October 4 | 2:00 PM
🏢 Benedictine Auditorium (12829 River Road)

📍 Countywide Joint Town Hall
🗓️ Wednesday, October 21 | 6:30 PM
🏢 Goochland High School Auditorium (3250 River Road West)

Can't attend in person? You can stream both meetings live or submit your questions in advance by emailing townhall@goochlandva.us.