🎉🐾 Goochland Otters Spirit Week is Here! 🐾🎉
Winter break is just around the corner, but first, let's make the week unforgettable with some festive fun! Here’s our Spirit Week lineup to keep you warm, cheerful, and full of Otter pride:
🎅 Monday: Merry & Bright Monday
Wear your favorite holiday colors — think red or green OR dress as your favorite holiday character✨🎄
🧣 Tuesday: Deck Your Feet, Necks and Heads
Wear your holiday scarves, hats and socks! ❄️🦌
🎁 Wednesday: Swiftie Sparkles or Winter Flannel
Channel your inner pop star with sparkles and glitter or keep it cozy in your favorite winter flannel! 🎀🎅
⛄ Thursday: Winter Holiday Shirt or Sweater
Show off your festive side with a cheerful holiday shirt or a cozy sweater to spread the seasonal joy!🎄
💙 Friday: Goochland Otters Day
Show your Otter pride by wearing your Lodge shirt with pajamas! 🦦💙
We can’t wait to see your creativity and spirit all week long! Let’s make this a week to remember before we head into winter break! 🥳🎄
Hoo hoo hoo, ha ha ha! Let’s go, Otters! 🦦✨
Stay Healthy This Flu Season! 🍎🤧
Flu season is here! Keep germs away with these healthy habits:
🖐️ Wash your hands often with soap and water.
💪 Cover your coughs and sneezes with your elbow.
🏠 Stay home if you’re feeling sick.
🥗 Eat healthy foods and get plenty of rest.
Let’s work together to keep our school community healthy and strong! 🦦💙
Congrats to Libby Routson, GES Teacher of the Year! 🎉 This is such a well-deserved honor! Libby’s always smiling, full of positivity, and brings so much joy to her students. Her kindness and dedication make a world of difference, and we’re so lucky to have her in our family!
📚✨ A New Chapter for Reading Fun! ✨📚
We’re thrilled to announce an exciting partnership with The Goochland Restaurant to inspire our students to dive into the magical world of books! 🌟
The Goochland Restaurant is bringing back the nostalgic joy of the BOOK-IT Program with their own Reading Incentive Program! Here's how it works:
📖 Step 1: Your child will receive a special bookmark to track their reading progress.
📚 Step 2: Read 8 books and mark them on the bookmark!
🍪 Step 3: Take the completed bookmark to The Goochland Restaurant and enjoy:
A FREE drink
Your choice of fries, onion rings, or a cookie!
💡 Bonus: There’s no limit to the number of bookmarks! Keep reading, keep earning, and keep enjoying those tasty rewards!
Let’s make reading a delicious adventure for our Goochland Otters! 🦦📚❤️
We dazzled the GCPS School Board with our Tacky Light tour! Much enthusiasm and excitement for a project that will become a tradition! An excellent collaboration between motivated students and their three super teachers, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Potter, and Mr. Beasley!!! #toGether
It was my pleasure to attend the award ceremony for our VSTE State Coach of the Year, Morgan Noone! Well deserved! I am one proud principal!
It's beginning to look a lot like .....a tacky light tour! We can't wait to share all of their hard work with our families!!
Parents still need to order pictures? Our NEW Code Lookup Tool is now available. You can simply scan the QR code and follow the directions to access your child's picture ordering gallery. All you need is *Student last name and Student ID number will be required for data security.*
Smiles all around as we enjoyed the annual GES Winter Program! The kids were amazing and Ms. Watts somehow made this show even better than the last!
Otters of the Month! From our SRO, to our custodial supervisor, to our amazing teachers and staff, you all make GES a special place.
Thank you for your commitment, care, and positivity. Your impact is felt in every corner of GES-and we’re so grateful for all that you do!
As we head into Thanksgiving break, we’re filled with gratitude for our Goochland River Otters' incredible kindness and generosity. Together, we collected well over 11,000 school supplies for Greenlee Primary School in western North Carolina! Students sorted and tallied donations, colored thoughtful cards for elderly community members, and brainstormed ways to spread kindness.
As our school song reminds us:
“We show kindness to others,
And to our own selves too.
Look out for each other —
And we do our very best!”
Thank you, Goochland families, students, and staff, for making a difference. Have a happy and restful Thanksgiving break! 🦦❤️
Thank you, St. Matthew's United Methodist Church for facilitating a turkey hunt, including prizes, for the GES staff! We love and appreciate our partnership!
Hi Families! Just a reminder that all donations for our Otter Outreach School Supply Drive for North Carolina are due by Thursday! Yellow Lodge: Markers; Blue Lodge: Crayons; Green Lodge : Colored Pencils; Gray Lodge: Glue Sticks 🦦❤️
🎉🏆 Exciting News! 🏆🎉
🥇 We’re thrilled to announce that our LEGO Robotics Team earned 1st Place for the Division 1 Project Award!
This incredible achievement is a testament to the team’s hard work, creativity, and collaboration. A huge shoutout to our amazing coaches, mentors, and supporters who helped us along the way. 🙌
We couldn’t be prouder of this group of innovators and problem-solvers. The future is bright with minds like these! 🚀🤖💡
🎉 We are thrilled to announce that our very own Instructional Technology Coach, Mrs. Noone, has been named the 2024 VSTE Coach of the Year! 🎉 This prestigious award from the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) recognizes Mrs. Noone’s dedication, innovation, and impact in advancing digital learning and technology integration in our school community.
Mrs. Noone has been instrumental in helping our teachers and students harness the power of technology to enhance learning experiences, making a difference every single day. From one-on-one coaching sessions to division-wide workshops, Mrs. Noone brings energy, expertise, and inspiration to everything she does.
Please join us in congratulating Mrs. Noone on this well-deserved honor! 🏆 We are so proud to have you on our team! 🌟
🎉 Holiday Spirit Wear Sale! 🎉
Get 25% OFF all spirit wear! Order now for delivery by December 23rd. Perfect for holiday gifts! 🎁
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📣 Today, Goochland Elementary proudly celebrates Veterans Day! 🇺🇸 We are honored to welcome local veterans into our classrooms, where they’re sharing stories of service and reading with our students.
Our fifth-grade students are learning about the powerful symbolism of the White Table—a tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice and never returned home. This meaningful display is set up in the performance area on stage for all to observe and reflect upon.
To show our gratitude, each student will also receive an American flag to take home. Thank you to our veterans for your courage, dedication, and service!
Otter Outreach: The Goochland River Otters will be working together to gather much needed school supplies and materials for an Elementary School in Western North Carolina that was devastated by Hurricane Helene.
Supplies Needed:
Yellow Lodge: Markers
Blue Lodge: Crayons
Green Lodge : Colored Pencils
Gray Lodge: Glue Sticks
Bring all supplies to your classroom by Thursday, November 21st
Mark your calendar: Friday, November 22 is an Otter Lodge Day! Wear your Lodge Shirt for a fun culminating event across grade levels!
Our next spirit night is this Thursday, Nov. 7 at California Pizza Kitchen at Short Pump Town Center. Thank you for supporting GES!
Our first River Otter Lodge Day was a huge success!!! Thank you GES team for making it happen for our kids!
