Quality Education in Central Virginia

Goochland County Public Schools is dedicated to providing all students with a quality education for living in the 21st century. Located in central Virginia, Goochland County Schools currently serves over 2500 students between five schools. Our superintendent is Linda A. Underwood, Ed.D.

We support strong communication between the classroom and families through our teacher blogs. Since 2004 Goochland has been using the PowerSchool student information system which allows parents to gain access to student grades and attendance records. Likewise, secondary students can log in to check their progress throughout the year.

An Evening with Dr. Mary Slade

The community is invited to:

An Evening with Dr. Mary Slade, speaking on The Essential Components to Effective Gifted Education Programming on February 7, 2012, at 7:00 PM. The event will take place at the Goochland High School Auditorium.

Dr. Mary Slade is a Professor in the Department of Exceptional Education at the College of Education at James Madison University. A graduate of Longwood College, she earned her Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Virginia. Dr. Slade directs the gifted education coursework and the Pre-K-12 Add-On Gifted Education Endorsement Program at JMU. She is an out-going member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, and won the Early Leader Award from that organization in 1997.

Dr. Slade’s current scholarship includes professional development, advanced studies, differentiation, consultation and collaboration, and web-based distribution of personnel preparation. She consults with individual schools and districts in the areas of consultation and collaboration in gifted education, differentiation, and online learning.

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