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Welcome to the Gordon-Barbour homepage!

We hope this website will help you to stay informed of things occuring at GBES.  We are excited about the possibilities that it may provide us.  Please visit both our school and this website frequently!

GBES Artwork at Artsonia.com

Check out the artwork done by GBES students at www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=42016

Grades K-5
500 W. Baker St.
Gordonsville, VA 22942
Phone: 540-661-4500
Toll Free: 866-803-8636
Fax: 540-661-4499
Cafeteria: 540-661-4498

Bill Berry, Principal
Email: bberry@ocss-va.org
Phone Extension: 2242

School Start Time: 8:25 AM
School End Time: 2:55 PM

For AYP and school-wide standardized test score results, see the Achievement Data section of our web site.


Gordon-Barbour History

The Gordonsville Female Institute was actually the first school built on the same site as the present facility; it was constructed in 1878 and was a girls' school. Orange County bought the building in 1910 and converted it in to a public school in 1914. Originally known as Gordonsville High School, it housed both secondary and elementary school students. In 1952, the high school students were moved to Orange County High School and Gordonsville Elementary School served students in grades one through seven. In 1965, that structure was razed and the present building was constructed; the elementary schools at Gordonsville and Barboursville were combined to form Gordon-Barbour Elementary School.

Arts Festival 2009
Gordon-Barbour Elementary students displayed their art work at the 2009 Arts Festival held on March 28th and 29th.