This week's teacher spotlight is Mrs. Larson.  Mrs. Larson teaches 3rd grade here at Goshen Elementary.  This is her second year at our school, and her second year teaching.  Before she started teaching here, she was a substitute teacher.  She loves sharing stories with her students, and also loves camping, swimming, reading and spending time with her family.  She likes Mexican food, ice cream, and root beer.  Her favorite color is blue, she loves basketball and her favorite book is The City of Ember.  A couple of interesting facts about Mrs.

Mrs. Barber's 3rd grade class won the spirit contest this month, and gets to have the Falcon stay in their class for the rest of the month.  Congratulations, and thanks for showing your school spirit!!!

Here are the minutes to the School Community Council meeting that was held October 4th, 2016.  Please be aware that the next meeting will be held on November 1st.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNX8_hZ38MpGQ210s2NhYeFLI_U3RURGrxSBoTtQgLo/edit

This week is Red Ribbon Week at Goshen Elementary.  Below you will find the themes for each day:

Goshen held their first Parents and Pastries event last week with the sixth grade.  Parents of our sixth graders came and brought their favorite book and read to a group of students.  While they read, Mr. Bailey and Mrs. DeGraffenried brought donuts around.  I was a fun time, and we would just like to thank all of the parents and technicians that read to the kids.  We would also like to thank the PTA for providing the donuts.  Next month, the 5th grade will be participating.

Our first SEP's for this year will be held next Thursday, October 6th. There is a sign up under the PARENTS tab on our website, or you can follow this link http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e44aaac2babfb6-sepconference  Hurry and get those times saved, they are going fast!

Goshen's Fall Dance Festival will be tomorrow morning (Friday, September 30th) at 10:00 AM., on the Southwest field.  Please bring chairs to sit on.  The students have been practicing so hard, and are so excited to show you what they've learned.  Here is what each grade needs to wear for their dance:

Kindergarten:  Jeans and a bright colored shirts without prints.

First Grade:  Jeans and a bright colored shirts without prints.

Mrs. DeGraffenried is the principal here at Goshen Elementary.  This is her fifth year at our school, but she has taught for many years at other schools.  She taught first grade at Wilson Elementary in Payson along with being their Title 1 Coordinator.  She was also the Title 1 Coordinator at Santaquin Elementary and taught Early Childhood classes at BYU.  She loves working with all of the teachers and faculty here at Goshen, and loves to see our students succeed.  She loves to read, play with her grandkids and travel with her husband.

We have several new students to our school this year, so we thought we would remind parents what Goshen Elementary's treat policy is.  We follow Nebo School District's policy which states that all edible food/drinks must be store bought and commercially packaged.  We have included the policy from the District's handbook as a PDF link if you would like to read it.  Please find it as the second picture on this post.

We are excited to start a new tradition this year!  Each month a grade level will participate in our Parents and Pastries event, where parents and grandparents are invited to come read with their children.  The PTA will provide donuts as a special treat during the activity.