Tag: GIS
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5th Grade School Supply List 2024-25
Welcome to Fifth Grade! We look forward to meeting you and having you in our fifth grade classes in September. While you are enjoying your summer vacation, take some time every day to read. Please gather the supplies listed below during the summer and come prepared for your first day of school. Please label all […]
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#FacultyFriday: Valerie Natt
This week’s spotlight is on Valerie Natt, a third grade teacher at Goshen Intermediate School who has been with the district for almost 11 years. Natt joined the Goshen Central School District in 2013 during her field work assignments in college, and said she has been lucky to work at C.J. Hooker Middle School, Goshen […]
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Fifth graders complete Social Perspectives GIS, ADAC course collab
On May 22, the students in Dana Piaquadio’s 5th grade class graduated from the Social Perspective program taught in conjunction with the school district’s Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Prevention Specialist, Brian Rudden. Piaquadio and Rudden combined forces to engage the students over the course of three months on various topics such including self […]
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“Gaga Ball” kit win from fall Pie Run possible through Eagle Scout project, community support
Goshen Intermediate School students earned a Gaga Ball kit for their school during last November’s annual GIS Parent Teacher Organization Pie Run fundraiser, and Goshen High School scout Colby Bridges took on the task of building the kit for his Eagle Scout Project. Now that it is complete, the game installation has been revealed. Colby […]
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GIS, CJH send 27 students to Elementary School All-County Music Festival
The Goshen Intermediate School and C.J. Hooker Middle School music departments had 27 students accepted into this year’s Elementary School All-County Music Festival held on April 24, 26 and 27 at Newburgh Free Academy. In order to be chosen for this honor, each student prepared an audition piece and performed before a judge in January. […]
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GIS Writers’ Workshop students share pieces inspired by visit to FDR House
The Goshen Intermediate School Writers’ Workshop is a writing enrichment program for fourth and fifth grade students that meets twice a week before school. Students in the Workshop visited the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) House in Hyde Park, NY over the winter to engage in a place-based writing project. To prepare for the trip, GIS […]
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#FacultyFriday: Michael Tangney
This week’s spotlight is on Michael Tangney, a Goshen Intermediate School Physical Education Teacher who has been with the district for 12 years. Tangney earned his Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from SUNY Brockport and his graduate degree in Education from Long Island University before joining the Goshen Central School District in 2012. He has […]
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Goshen students win both grand prizes and more for 37th Annual ADAC Poster Contest
Aubrey Cirigliano, a sixth grade student at C.J. Hooker Middle School, and Kaia Oum, a fourth grade student at Goshen Intermediate School, were announced as the two grand prize winners of the 37th Annual Alcohol and Drug Awareness Council (ADAC) of Orange County Substance Abuse Prevention Poster Contest. More than 1,500 hand-drawn and digitally designed […]
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Goshen places 1st, 2nd, 3rd at regional Odyssey of the Mind competition, headed to state finals
Goshen’s Odyssey of the Mind teams competed at the regional competition this past weekend, on March 2, 2024, emerging with first, second, and third place rankings. First Place Second Place Third Place The Losee Team (CJH) will advance to the State Finals in Syracuse on April 13, 2024. Three additional teams are also headed to […]
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Goshen celebrates Black History Month
A geometric twist The 6th grade Purple Team at C.J. Hooker Middle School made a colorful tessellated quilt with famous Black Americans to celebrate Black History Month. Students were assigned figures such as Jackie Robinson, Rita Dove, Harriet Tubman, Kobe Bryant, Simone Biles and Michelle Obama. “Learning about Black history is important me because it […]