Goochland Elementary sets August dates for back-to-school night and first classes
Families can mark Aug. 13 for Back to School Night, with preschool and kindergarten starting Aug. 17 and all students back Aug. 18.
Goochland Elementary School has set Thursday, Aug. 13 for Back to School Night and posted the first August deadlines families need to track. Kindergarten Orientation will run from 2 to 3 p.m., pre-K families may drop in during that same hour, and grades 1 through 5 will have a drop-in window from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
The school also says 2026-2027 supply lists are already online, and it has extra supplies available for families that need them. That gives parents more than a date to circle. It gives them a chance to check what to buy, what to bring and what to leave to the school before the year gets underway.
Classes begin a few days later. Goochland Elementary says Monday, Aug. 17 will be the first day for preschool and kindergarten students, and Tuesday, Aug. 18 will be the first day all students attend. The school day will run from 7:55 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., a schedule that shapes child care pickups, bus routines and after-school plans as summer winds down.
The timing fits into a broader divisionwide rollout. Goochland County Public Schools has already posted its 2026-2027 calendar, and the supply-lists page includes grade-level lists for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and grades 1 through 5, along with grades 6 through 8. For families with more than one child in the system, that means one place to check the calendar and the materials list before the first bell rings.
The notice also lands in the context of a school that remains relatively new to the county. Goochland County Public Schools announced in 2022 that the new Goochland Elementary School was slated to open for the 2024-2025 school year. By October 2025, the division said the project had won a 2025 Construction Management Association of America Project Achievement Award in the education category for construction value under $50 million, and later said it was named the 2025 CMAA National Project of the Year.
A separate county schools message had already told families to save the date for Back to School Night on Aug. 13 and said each child’s principal would share school-specific times and details. Goochland Elementary has now filled in those details, turning the countywide reminder into a practical schedule for households preparing for the first week of school.
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