Byrd Elementary

11/28/22 Dear Parent/Caregiver and Staff: As you may be aware, influenza season has arrived in the area. We have been notified that a number of children have becom...

Alexander Peskin, senior at Goochland High School was awarded the 2022 Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Exhibitors Scholarship on Wednesday at the VSBA Annual Convention...

Three new GCPS school buses will be yellow on the outside, but inside, these buses will be green and run on electricity rather than diesel fuel. GCPS will use a $1,185,000 gran...

News from the Byrd Parent Group We hope to see you at our school silent auction on Tuesday, November 15th. Dinner is from 5-6 and the auction is from 6-7. We will have a movie ...

Cleaning out your closets or looking for a place to donate new or gently used coats and jackets? Goochland Schools is holding a coat drive at each of its schools from November 1...

At their monthly meeting on October 11, the Goochland County School Board accepted the resignation of Dr. Christopher Collier, principal of Goochland High School. Dr. Collier has...

For the fifth year in a row, GCPS was named Best District in the Richmond-Metro area by Niche, a national school information website. GCPS was ranked second in the Richmond-Met...

The Book Fair will visit Byrd Elementary School during Fairy Tale Week (October 17-21)! Students will bring home a flyer this week with more information . Please mark your calen...

The gifted referral window is open through the end of October. To refer your child for the gifted program, please complete and return this form to Mrs. Donovan (Gifted Resource T...

Let's get excited for Goochland's 2022 Homecoming with Spirit Week! See the flyer below for details.

YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is designed to teach parents, caregivers, community members, and others how to help an adolescent who is e...

FOOD PANTRY FRIDAYS At Byrd Elementary School we believe in helping our neighbors! We will be doing “Food Pantry Friday” as a way to help increase the availability of food an...

With the help of community partners, GCPS recently provided over 50 family members and students with access to resources and services that will improve family engagement and stude...

Today, the Virginia Department of Education announced graduation and drop-out rates for the Class of 2022. At Goochland High School, 96.4 percent of students graduated on time in ...

Goochland Christmas Mother The Goochland Christmas Mother Association will be accepting applications on Saturday October 15 and Saturday October 22 from 9am-12pm at the Go...

As one of only 10 school divisions in Virginia that have maintained 100 percent accreditation for more than 10 years, today, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) announced ...

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Back To School Night Our back to school night is T uesday, September 20th from 6:00 - 7:00 . Come by the school to visit your student's classroom and see all the great wo...

Acceptable Use Policy (And Other Forms): If you have not already done so, please view and sign our school division’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) regarding technology usage, a...

SEPTEMBER IS ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH Did you know that missing 10% of the school year, or about 2 days each month over the course of a school year, is considered chronic a...