February 2012

Crystal Apple Award

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The Crystal Apple Award at Goshen Elementary was given to Renee Davis as a small symbolic statement of the district's gratitude and appreciation of all that she’s  done, and continues to do, for each faculty member, and more importantly for the students that attend and have attended Goshen Elementary! Renee sacrificing her own lunch time almost every day, to help out students and/or correct their work.  Renee always works well past our contract hours.

Keyboarding Awards

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The fourth and fifth grade students at Goshen Elementary finished their 3 month keyboarding classes.  The class was taught by Mr. Randy Bartholomew who had the students working toward goals this year.  Students were given candy and money based on the levels they reached in keyboarding.  The highest scoring girl student at the school, who passed all the fourth grade levels and had a new level created was able to type 70 words per minutes, is Kiera Nelson!

Spirit Day Award

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In sports they call it a three-peat when a team wins the championship three times in a row.  Mr. Jason Dickie's second grade class at Goshen Elementary has won the school spirit award three times this year.  You will notice the students holding up three fingers in the picture to mark this great event.  The Goshen PTA sponsors this friendly competition between classes.

Jose Vazquez Makes Reading History

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Everyone knows the first book printed with movable type was by Gutenburg.  He printed the Holy Bible.  Who read the first e-book on-line at Goshen Elementary?  You may not know that it is Jose Vazquez.  Jose was selected for the honor because he checks more books out of the school library than anyone else (his mom tells him she wants him "to read and read some more") and because he has a computer at home.  Goshen Elementary has just acquired a "shelf" of e-books for their library.  The number one advantage is that students can read them on their iPads and

Amazing Tutor is Helping One Child at a Time

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     Mike Christensen used to have grandchildren at Goshen Elementary.  Then he would come on a regular basis and help in the classrooms where his grandchildren learned.  Now the grandchildren are grown, but Grandpa Christensen still comes every Tuesday to help the rest of the students at Goshen Elementary.  He's been doing this for 8 years.     With Grandpa Christensen's beard of white, when he wears his Santa hat at Christmas time, quite a few heads turn in his direction to see if he is really Santa Claus checking for good boys and girls.&

January Citizens of the Month

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The citizens of the month for January at Goshen Elementary are Ryann Thornton, Caleb Spencer, Payden Sorensen, Heidy Varela, Lindy Hampton, Mclayne Balzly, Brylee Oldroyd, Layne Osborn, Sky Simmons, Kaylyn Eastwood, Conner Raven, James Baum, Raquel Black, Adrian Rodriquez, Chelise Tromble, Alexys Palmer, Kelby Grill, Caden Eastwood, Carson Lavery, and Anna Wood.  The theme for the month was cooperation. These students can always be counted on to cooperate when working with others.

Spirit Day at Goshen

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Goshen Elementary PTA sponsored their monthly spirit day by having students wear their school colors or school shirts.  Mrs. Renee Davis' second grade class won the traveling spirit trophy for having the highest percentage in her class participate in the contest.  The trophy is a wooden statue of a falcon, the school's mascot.