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Odyssey team receives second place after finding
scoring error
 March
16, 2010 - During the Regional Odyssey
competition in February, C. J. Hooker Middle School
Odyssey team members Kelly Fellenzer, Lydia Defusto,
Tessa Schaumburg, Alexandria Milidantri, Nina
Pasquini, Ashleigh Pagano and Julia Sullivan were
excited to take third place in their division. But
their excitement would be renewed when the team
found out that they had actually placed second, not
third.
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View a
letter about upcoming Regents exams
March 16, 2010 - As mandated by the New York
State Board of Regents, all sixth, seventh and
eighth grade students in New York State are required
to take exams in a number of content areas.
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CJH
students participating in county-wide spelling bee
March 16, 2010 - Two students from the C. J.
Hooker Middle School will participate in the
Orange-Ulster BOCES Spelling Contest on March 16.
Seventh grader Kevin Rooney and eighth grader Joe
Graham will compete against representatives from
schools all over the county. To qualify for the
county-wide bee, the pair beat 18 of their
classmates during the school spelling bee on
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A
Cappella group "Much More Chill" coming to CJH
March 11, 2010 -
"Much More Chill," an all male a Cappella group from
SUNY Fredonia, is coming to Goshen! The group will
perform at 7 p.m. March 16 in the C. J. Hooker
Middle School auditorium. Founded in 2000 by Music
Teacher William Greene, "Much More Chill" sings
rock, hip hop and pop music a Cappella style, or
without instruments. Tickets are $7 at the door. For
more information about "Much More Chill," visit the
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Student Government to host fundraisers, soldier
drive
March 11, 2010 - Student
Government will host two fundraisers to help fund
the end-of-year Student Development Day Carnival.
They are also collecting comfort items for soldiers
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Baseball/softball clinic, homerun derby open to
students in grades 1-6
March 1, 2010 -
The The Goshen Baseball Parents Association will
host the Goshen Baseball Varsity and JV Fundraiser
Clinic and Wiffleball Home Run Derby from 8
a.m.-2:30 p.m. March 20 in the Goshen High School
New Gym.
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Modified, high school spring sports seasons begin in March
January 13,
2010 - Springtime seems so
far away, but the high school and modified spring
sports season is right around the corner. High
school spring sports begin on Monday, March 8, and
modified spring sports start the following week on
Monday, March 15.
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March breakfast, lunch menus now available online
March 1, 2010 - The
March breakfast and
lunch menus give our students the
fuel they need to get through the day! The
menus offer a variety of choices, from pizza
to burgers, salads and sandwiches, so every
student is sure to find something delicious
-- and nutritious! In fact, school lunches
provide one-third of the recommended dietary
intake for calories, protein and vitamins A
and C, iron and calcium. The
March menus are now online -- take a
look! |
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Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler! French students
celebrate Mardi Gras!
 February
22, 2010 - On February 16, seventh and eighth
grade students in Kyle Lewis' French classes
participated in a Mardi Gras celebration. The
students discussed the history and traditions of
Mardi Gras, including how these customs were brought
to the United States by French settlers who made
their homes in New Orleans in the early 1700s.
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CJH
faculty, staff “Go Red for Women” with basketball
game
 February
22, 2010 – On February 5, the C. J. Hooker
Middle School held its first annual Go Red for Women
Basketball Game in honor of National Wear Red Day, a
nationwide event sponsored by the American Heart
Association where millions of people choose to wear
red to show support for heart disease –- the #1
killer of women in the U.S.
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Middle
School students named to honor, merit rolls
February
18, 2010 - Principal Colleen Kane and Assistant
Principal Jason Carter are proud to announce that
the following students have made the honor roll or
merit roll for the second marking period.
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Bon
Appétit! French students celebrate La chandeleur
 February
8, 2010 - On February 2, French students in
Monsieur Fabien Rivière’s class celebrated La
chandeleur, a very important day on the calendar in
France and a day that many French kids look forward
to. This is the official and national day for les
crêpes, French pancakes. In almost every French
household throughout the country, Le chandeleur is
an opportunity to enjoy a lot of crêpes as well as
do some fortune telling while making them.
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Students donate, raise money to benefit The Smile
Train
February 3, 2010
- During the month of January, more than 100
students, as well as several members of faculty and
staff at the C. J. Hooker Middle School,
participated in a fundraising campaign for The Smile
Train, an organization that provides free
life-altering cleft surgery for children in
impoverished countries.
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Teachers' pet contest is the cat's meow at CJH
library
February 3, 2010 - During the month of
January, Librarian Kathryn Loughran held a
teacher-pet contest, where students guessed from a
number of photographs which pet belongs to which
teacher. Sixth grade student Karissa Smith correctly
identified the most teachers' pets and won a Barnes
and Noble gift card.
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Eighth
grade artists recognized with
Scholastic Art Awards
January
26, 2010 - Several students from the eighth
grade advanced art class were named winners
in the 2010 Hudson Valley Scholastic Art Awards.
Winners were chosen from more than 1,200 entries
from schools in Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and
Ulster.
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