To the Goshen Community,

Our community has long thrived on strong partnerships and working together. On Monday, June 10^th, the Goshen Fire and Police Departments will work together with Goshen Community Schools to conduct a training drill at Goshen High School. The training is scheduled to begin at approximately 1:00 p.m. and will continue for most of the afternoon. Some Goshen Community Schools staff have volunteered to participate in the drill. This allows Goshen Fire and Police Department to respond to a more realistic scenario. Because of other scenarios in the state of Indiana that have been reported, we want to be clear that no projectiles/plastic pellets will be used during this drill. The well-being and safety of our volunteers will be monitored at all times during the drill.

Additional Goshen Officers and Fire personnel who are not participating in the training will remain on duty during the training exercise, and there will be no lapse in response to calls for service from Goshen residents and businesses.

Signs will be posted along the roadway to alert passersby that training is being conducted at Goshen High School. Please spread the word, as we do not want any misperceptions of why first responders are at the school.

GPD and GFD are constantly training to better serve our community. This training exercise will allow the police and fire departments to train further, while also helping school staff see first-hand what could happen in an emergency. It is our greatest hope that our community never has to utilize what is learned in exercises like this; but there is value in training, and we will be prepared.

Thank you to everyone involved.

Sincerely,

Goshen Police Department

Goshen Fire Department

The City of Goshen

Goshen Community Schools

Transportation to Goshen High School:

As students transition to Goshen High school, this is a reminder that bussing to and from school for those outside the one mile walk zone must be requested.

All high school students will be required to register with the Transportation Dept. before being allowed to ride.  To ensure your student will be assigned a bus to ride next fall, register by June 15.

Instructions:

• Register by logging into skyward.goshenschools.org and go to “Online Forms”.
• Select “Transportation Request Form”
• Complete all required information

Note: If you do not have access to Skyward, you may get help at skyward.goshenschools.org and select “Help – Getting Started”.

If you have any questions, please contact Transportation at 574-533-7176 or email transportation@goshenschools.org.

A medida que los estudiantes hacen la transición a la preparatoria Goshen High School, le recordamos que debe solicitar el servicio de transporte hacia y desde la escuela si vive fuera de la zona de caminata de una milla.

Todos los estudiantes de preparatoria deberán registrarse en el Departamento de Transporte antes de que se les permita tomar el autobús escolar. Para asegurarse de que a su hijo le será asignado tomar un autobús escolar el próximo otoño, regístrese antes del 15 de junio.

Instrucciones:

• Regístrese en goshenschools.org y vaya a Online Forms.
• Seleccione Transportation Request Form.
• Complete toda la información requerida.

Nota: Si no tiene acceso a Skyward, puede recibir ayuda visitando skyward.goshenschools.org al seleccionar Help Getting Started.

Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con el departamento de transporte al 574-533-7176 o envíe un correo electrónico a transportation@goshenschools.org .

There are many factors that are in play when we make decisions about school delays and closings, and as you might imagine, each weather event is unique and has its own peculiarities. Having said that, we know that many of you wonder about timelines and such for when we are making these decisions. Normally, we decide on delays by 5:45 a.m., as the first buses roll out between that time and 6:00. If there is a delay, we have until 7:45 to decide if we will close school or not, also based on when the first buses would begin their routes. We take making these decisions very seriously, as 6600 young lives depend on us for so many things. For many of our students, we provide their only two nutritious meals a day.

We are back after a brief hiatus with a new Superintendent Step-In. This week’s Step-In finds Dr. Woodworth flexing her math muscles in Todd Kirkton’s IB Math Studies course at Goshen High School.

CareDox will be offering free flu shots to all of our students this year. Clinics will be held at each school based on the schedule below. Sign up online at register.goshenflu.com  or complete the paperwork that was sent in the mail to your home and return to your school nurse.  If you have any questions please call 1-800-566-0596.

Vacunas gratuitas contra la gripe. Registre a su hijo para recibir una vacuna gratuita. Regístrese en línea visitando rellister.goshenflu.com o devuelva la forma que enviamos a casa.  Administraremos las vacunas contra la gripe en la escuela de su hijo el 13 o 14 de noviembre. Si tiene preguntas llame al 1-800-566-0596.

For more information and consent forms, click on the links below.
Para obtener más información y formularios de consentimiento, haga clic en los enlaces a continuación.

Information for Flu Shots
Información para las vacunas contra la gripe

Consent form in English
Consent form in Spanish

We are happy to announce a more convenient way of completing the annual summer mailing forms, through Skyward Family Access. In Skyward Family Access, you can complete on-line forms for your student as well as access grades, attendance, discipline, and much more.  For instructions, go to skyward.goshenschools.org and click on “Skyward Family Access Help.” Online forms are saved with your student’s record and immediately available to school staff.  This is a “test” year for the online option, if you have students in other schools besides West Goshen and GHS you will need to complete the paper version for them.

Downloadable forms are located here. Look under “GHS Packets” should you prefer printing then filling out the paper version. You may pick up a packet at the GHS Main Office from 7:30a-4:00p M-TH starting July 16^th. Paper versions of packets can be returned at laptop distribution in August

Estamos muy contentos de anunciarles que ahora contamos con una manera más conveniente de completar el paquete que mandamos por el correo durante el verano a través de Skyward Family Access. En Skyward Family Access, usted puede completar todas las formas, tener acceso a las calificaciones, asistencia, disciplina y mucha más información de sus estudiantes. Para revisar las instrucciones, vaya a skyward.goshenschools.org y haga clic en el ícono  “Skyward Family Access Help”. La información que se complete en las formas se guardará en el archivo de su estudiante y estará inmediatamente disponible para el personal escolar.

Las formas que se pueden descargar están localizadas aquí here. Si prefiere imprimir y llenar las formas en papel, busque el paquete bajo “GHS Packets”.  A partir del 16 de julio, el paquete completo también se puede recoger en la Dirección Escolar de lunes a jueves de 7:30 am. a 4:00pm. Los paquetes que se completen a mano se pueden entregar el día de la distribución de las computadoras portátiles (laptop) en agosto.

This week, the Engineering Technology classes at GHS began working with a sweet little soon-to-be-named Hereford calf who was born on Friday, April 13^th. The calf is a Dwarf, bred purposely to be miniature. But she was also born with birth defects, namely, she only has one digit per foot, and her back legs are different lengths and deformed. Her front legs are strong, but due to her back leg deformities, she is unable to walk on her own.  Her owners, Don and Nancy Shaum did not want to put her down, so they enlisted the help of Jen Yoder, and her Tech. Ed. classes at Goshen High School.

Mrs. Yoder has been bottle feeding the young calf and taking her back and forth to school with her each day, while her students work to plan and develop a prosthetic or trainer device to help the calf stand and walk.  They are also currently working on a sling solution to assist with feeding.

There will be several opportunities for collaborative work with the calf, including: Working with GHS science teacher Cathy DeMeyer’s classes to study the calf with regard to its biology and genetics; and Mrs. Yoder has also invited Fairfield High School’s Vet. Tech. class to be involved in studying the calf and offering input for her care.

As you can imagine, GHS students and staff are very excited about this project! If you would like to follow along with the students as they work to make this calf’s life a little easier, you may follow @GHSEngineerTech on Twitter. If you are interested, you may also check in on the calf while she is at GHS. There will be a webcam on her from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. during the school day.

GHS is thankful to Don and Nancy Shaum for the opportunity for our students to work on this unique, real-world problem; especially when the subject is just so adorable! When the solution has been found for the calf’s mobility issues and she is able to stand and walk with the new device(s), she will return to the Shaum family where she will remain in their care as a beloved family pet

Goshen Community Schools is asking your input in completing a brief survey regarding selected areas in the development of the 2019-2020 school calendar.  Your input will help provide additional perspectives to as we update our calendar.

Please log on to take the survey, it will be available at the link below starting Monday, March 12^th through Monday, March 19^th.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gcscal2018

La Corporación Escolar de Goshen le pide que llene una encuesta sobre áreas específicas en relación al desarrollo del año escolar 2019-2020. Sus sugerencias ayudarán a proveer una perspectiva adicional para actualizar nuestro calendario.

Por favor inicie la sesión para tomar la encuesta. Estará disponible en el enlace de abajo a partir del lunes 12 de marzo y hasta el 19 de marzo.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gcscal2018span

Starting at 9:30am, Friday, Feb 23, 2018, the Fire Department will be at the walking paths along Plymouth Avenue approaching Goshen Middle School to assist students in route to schools.

This afternoon some Goshen High School activities are cancelled today due to poor weather conditions. The following will practice until 5:30; wrestling and boys basketball. Boys Swim and Dive sectional is still on as scheduled at Concord High School. Winter Guard parent meeting is still on as scheduled. Musical practice going until 5:30. All other activities have been cancelled.