Each year at Goshen Elemenatary students celebrate the holidays by reading some of their favorite holiday books.  For Christmas, it is called "Books and Candy Canes."  Parents were invited to the school to come and read to students while they enjoyed a good story and a candycane.

Goshen's Citizens of the Month for November are Kash Strasburg, Skylar Black, Easton Thomas, Shane Pyne, Andrew Ewell, Keelee Bingham, Seiji Valerio, Dillon Ewell, Hope Williams, Elmina Clinger, Colton Shelly, Darian Piper, Audrey Sexton, Samuel Hanning, Selena Nieto, Edward Deeb, and Myra Ogden.  The theme for this month was fairness.  These students have been found being fair in class and outside at recess.

This is the second time this year that the students in Mr. Jason Dickie's second grade class has been honored for winning the school spirit contest, Each class counts the number of students who wears a school shirt, or a shirt primarily blue or yellow, the school colors.  There is a lot of school spirit in Mr. Dickie's class.

Goshen Elementary School celebrated the winners of the Eureka Elks' Lodge's "Why I am Proud to Pledge Allegiance" essay contest. Pictured on the back row are all of the sixth grade students from Mr.Nate Holt's class that participated with their participation certificates.  Standing on the front row are Mr. Garth Bird, Goshen's principal; third place winner, Kennedy Guernsey; first place winner, Gage Judd; and Elks' Lodge contest sponsor Nick Castleton.  Missing from the picture was the school second place winner Courtney Osborn.

Congratulations to the 2011 Reflection Contest Winners at Goshen Elementary!  The theme for this year was "Diversity Means..." Students entered work in different categories to show what diversity means to them.  The winners for each category are as follows:
Literature-Whitney Peterson, Jonathan Perry, Alyssa Zohner
Music-David Moore
Visual Arts-Leland Fowers, Whitney Peterson, Sage Boswell, Dillon Ewell, Rojelio Morales
Film-Lauren Voran
3-D Arts-Chelise Tromble, Kelby Grill
Photography-Hope Williams, Cambria Parkin