Over the course of this first semester, we have shown you some of the things students are learning and doing in each grade. We have shown the progression in the degree of difficulty of the coursework for each next/new grade. … Continue reading →
We recently visited Britney Charles’ English 12 class to see what her seniors were doing. When we arrived in her classroom, Ms. Charles was explaining to her students where they could find the study guide for their upcoming final exam. … Continue reading →
Yesterday we continued exploring what it means to grow up in Goshen Community Schools, as we observed a few classes of sophomores and juniors. We started the morning in Barrett Younghans’ World History class where they were learning about the … Continue reading →
Yesterday we visited Goshen Online Academy (GOA), one of the alternative education options available to GHS and GMS students. The academy is located in the Boys and Girls Club, in their Academic Wing. The wing is used after school by … Continue reading →
Today we visited Goshen High School to observe a couple of freshmen classes. What we saw was both inspiring and slightly nauseating! The first classroom we visited was Preparing for Colleges and Careers where the students were discussing their futures. … Continue reading →
In this edition of “The Nature of Life is to Grow”, we checked in at Goshen Middle School again to observe more of the opportunities that are available to students. The first stop was at one of the GMS modular … Continue reading →
Today we visited 8th grade classrooms to see what GMS 8th graders are studying, and how much difference there might be between the 7th graders that we saw last week and the 8th graders today. First we visited Mrs. Terry … Continue reading →
Today we visited GMS again. This time to observe what 7th graders are learning and doing. We started off the morning in Mr. Brenton Fish’s Pre-Algebra class. We knew we were in Mr. Fish’s class because of the big wooden … Continue reading →
Today we visited a couple of Goshen Middle School New Tech 6th grade classrooms, to get a glimpse of what 6th graders are learning and doing in GCS. The Social Studies and English classes of the 6-1 team are currently … Continue reading →
To find out what the elementary students are doing and learning in their “specials” (music, art, P.E., computer, and media center), we visited West Goshen Elementary. What we discovered was that the students are learning so many things that they … Continue reading →
Today we visited 5th grade at Chandler to see what 5th graders are doing and learning at GCS. We started off in Mrs. Robina Sommers’ classroom, and couldn’t help but notice the Rights and Responsibilities that the students had come … Continue reading →
This morning, we visited 4th grade classes at Chamberlain to observe the ways in which students are growing and changing from 3rd grade to 4th grade. Chamberlain Elementary School is an Expeditionary Learning (EL) Education School. EL Education is a … Continue reading →
Today’s look at how GCS students grow and change put us in 3rd grade at Prairie View, in Mr. Luke Penner’s and Mrs. Corrie Timmons’ classes. When we arrived at Mr. Penner’s classroom, the students were working on their morning … Continue reading →
Today’s visit to schools to learn more about how GCS students grow and change took us to Parkside Elementary, to a couple of 2nd grade classes. First we visited Ms. Maria Wenger’s classroom, where they were working on math. The … Continue reading →
Yesterday we visited 1st graders at Waterford Elementary to look at the next step in a student’s journey through GCS. At Waterford, they practice the Waterford Way, which means being “Respectful, Responsible, Safe, and Involved“. In Mrs. Carmen Durnell’s classroom, … Continue reading →
Yesterday we got the chance to see some of the youngest learners at GCS in action by visiting two kindergarten classes at Model Elementary. During the morning announcements, Model principal Tami Hicks led the Pledge of Allegiance, previewed the lunch … Continue reading →
Prairie View principal Donna Wiktorowski shared the theme song for Prairie View this year, Prairie View: A Good Place to Grow, and welcomed the chance to have it included in the new GCS series on Growing within Goshen Community Schools. You … Continue reading →
