On May 20, district residents will go to the polls to vote on the proposed budget for the 2008-09 school year. This section of the website will provide information about voter registration, absentee ballots, the proposed spending plan and more. Information will be posted as it becomes available, so stay tuned!

View upcoming Budget Presentations

View the Budget 2008-09 Newsletter*

*Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to download and print. You can get a free copy from the Adobe web site.

Chris DeVitt, left, talks to GHS students about his drunk driving accident that killed his friend.

Wearing a Yankees baseball cap and looking like your average young 20-something, Christopher DeVitt stood before a roomful of Goshen High School students and explained how one bad decision ended his friend’s life.

On January 21, 2006, DeVitt killed his friend, Bryan Steinard, in a high-speed drunk driving accident. At around 2 a.m., DeVitt, then 19, wrapped the passenger side of his sports car around a telephone pole on South Montgomery Street in Walden, crushing Bryan. The two had been drinking underage at a local bar. At the time of the accident, DeVitt’s blood alcohol content was 0.15 percent.

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This table was created for last year's "Festival of the Arts" furniture auction by Kristine Dodge, who was a senior at the time.

The Goshen Central School District proudly presents its annual “Festival of the Arts” on May 21 in the Goshen High School gym.

Original artwork by “the best of the best” art students in grades K-12 will be displayed, along with exhibits by Goshen High School Unified Arts students, live solo and ensemble music performances and an auction of one-of-a-kind painted furniture by art teachers and students.

“Artists in grades 9-12, as well as district art teachers, will refinish and paint old chairs and tables in the style of a famous artist,” said Jane Unhjem, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. “The pieces will be auctioned off with the proceeds benefiting art scholarships for our students.”

The Opening Reception and Viewing will begin at 6 p.m. The Furniture Auction and Musical performances will begin at 7 p.m. Additional exhibit viewing hours will be held from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. May 22.

Check out the new Art Program website

The K-12 Art Program has a new website! Learn about our art students' curriculum, read about the district's art teachers, view galleries of artwork created by students and teachers, keep yourself updated about the latest in art news...and more!

The Art Program now has its own link on the left-hand navigation rail, or click here to view the new website.

Author Susan Beth Pfeffer

C. J. Hooker Middle School students were treated to a visit from award-winning author Susan Beth Pfeffer as a part of the middle school’s National Library Week celebration.

Pfeffer, who resides in Middletown, has written more than 60 books that are geared towards young adults. She discussed her career, which began almost 40 years ago, and read to students from two of her books, Life as We Know It and The Dead and the Gone.

Pfeffer’s novel About David was awarded the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. The Year Without Michael, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and winner of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, was named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best books for teenagers written between 1968-1993.

Student Teacher Amanda Lamb introduces Pam O'Dea, Advocate Youth Specialist from Safe Homes of Orange County.

On April 11, Pam O’Dea, Advocate Youth Specialist from Safe Homes of Orange County, visited students in Family Living and Health classes to talk about healthy relationships.

O’Dea talked with students about teen dating violence as well as its signs and effects. Students learned that domestic violence is:

1. A crime
2. Underreported
3. Being afraid of saying “no”
4. Losing self-esteem
5. Feeling cut off from the rest of the world
6. Feeling like your partner is the “boss”
7. Being told it’s your fault
8. Everybody’s business; it affects us all.

For more information, visit www.safehomesorangecounty.org.

Principal Daria Murphy.

Daria Murphy, principal of the Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School, was awarded this year’s Orange-Ulster BOCES School Library System Administrator of the Year Award. This award is presented annually to honor an educational administrator who has made a significant contribution to school librarianship.

Mrs. Murphy was nominated by Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School Librarian Christine Banuls on behalf of all librarians in the district. In her nomination letter, Mrs. Banuls explained how Mrs. Murphy “has always been an energetic and spirited supporter of reading and the library.”

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As a part of their Black History Month/Cultural Diversity Celebration, students at the C. J. Hooker Middle School participated in a door decorating contest. Students worked together to decorate their homeroom doors with the theme of tolerance and diversity.

The following classrooms were winners in the door decorating contest and were treated to an ice cream social:

• Homeroom students of Social Studies Teacher Mrs. Bertone, who decorated their door with their different dreams, such as finding a cure for cancer and ending pollution;
   
• Homeroom students of Math Teacher Mr. Guarneiri, who decorated their door with a large painting of Martin Luther King Jr., painted by Kyle Iazzetti, Elizabeth Iozzino and Nicole Clark;

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On February 4, the Goshen Central School District Board of Education adopted the student calendar for 2008-09. View the calendar.*

*Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to download and print. You can get a free copy from the Adobe web site.

The Goshen Central School District recently updated its phone system. To make the transition easier, please use the consolidated phone directory until a full directory is available.

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