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Please join the celebration of National FFA Week February 24th through February 28th. Students can celebrate by participating in their annual spirit week. The themes for each day are:

2/24: America Monday

2/25: Traditional Blue & Gold Tuesday

2/26: Western Wednesday

2/27: Thicket Thursday

2/28: Ford vs. Chevy Friday

Throughout February, GHS has been excited to celebrate Black History Month through our “Relevant and Impactful Lessons” program. On February 25th and 26th, all of the slideshows and artwork from Social Studies, Science and Art classes will be on display during our student inspired Black History Month Assemblies. During those assemblies, our choral students will sing songs inspired by African Americans, our jazz band will play music inspired by African American jazz musicians, our Dance Company will perform dance routines inspired by African Americans, and our Theatre students will perform excerpts from a play written by an African American. We are extremely excited to celebrate the accomplishments of these great American heroes!

Students, do you have plans Thursday night before your four day weekend? Why not come out to Bandit’s Ridge in Goochland from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm for the SnowCo Social. The cost is $8.00 and can be paid online through OSP. Bring a friend and a coat to donate to help those in need. You could also win an Amazon Gift card. We must sell at least 60 tickets to hold the event, so please purchase them as soon as possible. Contact members of DECA for more details.

All course requests for the 2020-2021 school year must be submitted through the PowerSchool Parent Portal.  The portal will open Monday, February 10th, and will close Thursday, February 13th. Instructions on how to select courses are attached HERE. Please remember that student requests impact our decisions on whether or not we offer a course for the 2020-2021 school year. Please work with our school counselors and teachers to ensure that your child’s course requests reflect his or her interests!

Students in Ms. Coddington’s English 10 and English 10 Honors classes have been working hard! They were tasked with choosing a country or topic that they either knew little about, or had heard stereotypes about. They then had to do research for a midterm paper to discuss The Danger of a Single Story in relation to their topic or country of choice. After Winter Break, students were grouped by similarities in their papers to alter and create their work via radical revision to spread the news to the world through a podcast. We hope you enjoy listening!

The Danger of a Single Story Podcasts

Goochland County Public Schools will be closed on Friday, February 14th for a teacher professional development day. We will also be closed on Monday, February 17th for Presidents Day. We hope you enjoy your four day weekend!