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Goochland’s Innovation Team

Parents

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What’s Our Story?

We each have a story and some of them are worth sharing. Our schools have stories too, and those stories are always changing. As a school leader, telling your school’s story requires a pause and a reflective stance on what’s been going on, where we’re headed together. How are kids learning, and what makes the learning work?

When writing your own story, it’d be wonderful to project ourselves as the best school, or that all of our investment in hardware and software made us great. And while these books are chock-full of the iPads, the MacBook Air laptops, and the software and network, these tools as a whole only amplify the other great things supporting their utility. We do have areas for growth. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t celebrate some special moments over the past year.

They deserve to be seen, heard, and read about. Savor them. It takes sustained energy and effort to keep it all going.

I’m very proud of the school teams that came together, through the extra hours, with the patience it took to collect media, to write stories, and finally, put everything together into a media-rich digital book! The Goochland Schools are extraordinary, and we might even think, distinguished.

Please pause with us and reflect on our journeys of learning together as you review our 2019 applications to become Apple Distinguished Schools for the next three years. A sincere thank you goes to our principals, our tech coaches, our teachers, and our students for making this all possible.

In order to experience these books, you need the Apple Books app on iOS or MacOS.

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Kajeet Smart Spot Applications for 2019-20 School Year

Dear Families:

The applications for Kajeet SmartSpot devices is now available and will be accepted through October 1, 2019. The SmartSpots are provided to the division through a grant program administered by the Goochland Education Foundation. The grant targets families with financial challenges and is eligible to qualifying families with students participating in our 1:1 program in grades 3-12.

Return the applications to your school’s librarian before October 1.

As part of your application, you may need to complete an income verification form. These are also available here in English and in Spanish.

The Kajeet devices are due back at the end of the school year. We reserve the right to not lend Kajeets to families who did not return devices from the previous school year.