Gordon-Barbour Elementary News
School Hours of Operation for 2021-2022 School Year
School Hours of Operation for 2021-2022 School Year During the Spring of 2021, parents of Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) students were surveyed regarding their preference of start times for the 2021-2022 school year. Options provided in the survey were for (1)...
FFA Students Complete the Scholastic Circle
Orange County Future Farmers of America (FFA) President Cole Ryder recently visited with the kindergarten classes at Gordon-Barbour Elementary School. Each year, some of the seniors in the agriculture classes return to their elementary schools to visit with...
Virginia School Boards Association Art Contest
Art work by students of Orange County Schools is on display at the Taylor Education Administration Complex. Based on the votes of Taylor Education Administration Complex staff, winning entries will be submitted to the Virginia School Board Association Art Contest.
Orange County Students and Staff Participate in 2018 Hour of Code
The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to celebrate...
Gordon-Barbour Third Graders Visit Monticello
Third grade students went on a field trip to Monticello. Before the field trip, third grade spent time studying Ancient Greece and the different types of columns designed during this time. While visiting Monticello, students were able to identify the types...
Gordon-Barbour Kindergarten Class Visits Liberty Mills Corn Maze
Mrs. Neeley's kindergarten class participates in pumpkin school with Ms. Evie from Liberty Mills farm in Somerset, VA. Mrs. Neeley's kindergarten classes poses for a group shot after completing the corn maze at Liberty Mills farm.
Gordon-Barbour 5th Graders Enjoy Inquiry-Based Learning with Breakout EDU
Fifth graders at Gordon-Barbour Elementary visited Mrs. Likins-Hohman's classroom to participate in their first Breakout EDU experience of the school year. Much like popular escape room experiences, students are given a limited amount of time to discover...
Gordon-Barbour Elementary Celebrates Read a Book Day
To celebrate "Read a Book Day," our hardworking Gordon-Barbour reading specialists organized this event and scheduled guest readers for each grade level to come in and read to our students. The theme was "kindness." Some of our special guests included: Our...