Month: May 2023

  • Goshen’s Odyssey of the Mind team named World Champs

    World Champions! Goshen High School’s Odyssey of the Mind team is best in the world after defeating 46 teams at the World Finals at Michigan State University. The team is made up of high school and middle school students — incredibly, four team members are three-time world champions! Congratulations to Hannah Barhorst, Nathan Hulse, Grey […]

  • Food Service employee wins bench for school through recycling challenge

    Carol Fernandez, a food services employee at Goshen High School, secured a new park bench for the school grounds by participating in a plastic recycling challenger earlier this year. The challenge was hosted by STERIS Applied Sterilization Technologies in Chester. Fernandez, whose daughter works at STERIS, was the largest contributor to the challenge, collecting and […]

  • Goshen residents pass proposed budget for 2023-24 school year

    On May 16, district residents passed the $89,119,147 budget for the 2023-24 school year by a vote of 755 yes votes to 274 no votes — an approval rating of 73.4%. Under the approved budget, the district’s tax levy is projected to increase by 1 percent. Ashley Salte and John Sullivan will serve three-year terms […]

  • GHS to offer Seal of Civic Readiness for juniors, seniors

    Parents/guardians of rising juniors and seniors, I am writing to introduce an exciting opportunity for your child to enhance their civic engagement and make a lasting impact on their community—the Seal of Civic Readiness, a prestigious recognition in New York State that highlights a student’s dedication to civic participation, community service, and the pursuit of […]

  • GHS students named to third quarter Honor, Merit Rolls

    Honor Roll Grade 9 Briana Alfieri, Aaron Archer, Elizabeth Archer, Abhiram Bagam, Hannah Barhorst, Matthew Barnable, Isabel Barnhorst, Kaitlyn Baumgardt, Rogelio Bautista, Henzi Bonilla, Colby Bridges, Kylie Bryant, Ava Carroll, Angelina Celio, Mary Ellen Collins, Sean Connell, Isabella Corcoran, Ezra DeFoor, Kylah Demers-Ballard, Jacob Duzdevich, Jovani Duzdevich, Valentina Fini, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Dalton Fortugno-Harris, Sydney Frazier, […]

  • One of the country’s best: GHS tech, engineering program honored

    Goshen High School’s technology and engineering education program, led by Joe Fedor and Dillon Johnson, was honored for excellence by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) at its 85th Annual Conference held April 12-15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Goshen’s program is one of 28 from across the country at the elementary, middle, and high […]

  • May 16: Voters to decide on $89 million budget for 2023-24

    On Tuesday, May 16, Goshen Central School District residents will vote on a proposed $89,199,147 budget for the 2023-24 school year. If approved, the proposed spending plan would result in a 1% tax levy increase for next year – below the district’s legal limit of 2.8% as defined by New York’s tax levy cap legislation. […]

  • Kindness Cart celebrates grand opening, ribbon cutting at GHS

    “Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” A single link can join with another link, until an entire chain is made, evident by the number of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members who worked together to make the high school’s Kindness Cart come to fruition. The Goshen High School Kindness […]

  • BUDGET NEWS: Learn about proposed roofing repairs, HVAC upgrades at SAS

    On Tuesday, May 17, district residents will vote to approve a proposed $9,082,558 Capital Improvement Project to address HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) upgrades and roof renovations at the Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School. This project will be listed as a separate proposition during the annual Budget Vote and Board of Education elections. The project […]

  • CJH, GHS students honored as Sojourner Truth Award winners

    Forty-five Goshen High School and C.J. Hooker Middle School students are among 735 students recently honored by SUNY Orange with 2023 Sojourner Truth Awards. SUNY Orange’s Sojourner Truth Awards Program honors students who have been nominated by school guidance counselors and principals for demonstrating excellence in areas such as athletics, citizenship, creative arts, diversity, English […]