September 4, 2012 – The Goshen Central School District celebrated its Opening Day ceremonies on Tuesday, September 4, in anticipation of the first day of school for students on Thursday, September 6. The ceremony included a welcome from Superintendent Daniel T. Connor and Board of Education President James Kimiecik.
During the ceremony, building principals and department heads honored several faculty and staff members for serving the students of our district for 20 years or more. The following employees were honored for their years of service to Goshen Schools:
35 years of service
Carole Griffin, Academic Intervention Services teacher at Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School
30 years of service
Florence Crawn, school bus driver
Janice Gracey, school bus driver
25 years of service
Diane Bigg, guidance counselor at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Patricia Capocciamo, sixth grade teacher at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Casey Hulick, music teacher at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Frank Kowalczyk, maintenance worker for Buildings and Grounds
Eileen Nelson, teacher aide at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Sheryl Reese, librarian at Goshen High School
Christopher Tucci, art teacher at Goshen High School
20 years of service
Linda Clavelle, cook manager at Goshen High School
Andrew Krish, math teacher at Goshen High School
Miriam Mordoh, special education teacher at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Mary Nuara, Academic Intervention Services teacher at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Jessica Weir, special education teacher at Goshen High School
William Wright, custodial worker at Goshen High School
In addition, members of the APPR (Annual Professional Performance Review) Committee were honored for their work. The APPR Committee members are:
Michael Isseks, social studies teacher at Goshen High School
Michael LaMonica, science teacher at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Evelyn Schneider, English teacher at Goshen High School
Beth Tyrell, third grade teacher at Goshen Intermediate School
Mary Sharoff, Academic Intervention Services teacher at Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School
John Piscitella, assistant principal at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Joanne Karchawer, second grade teacher at Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School
Robert Karchawer, social studies teacher at Goshen High School
Andrew Krish, math teacher at Goshen High School
Joshua Dornfest, sixth grade teacher at C. J. Hooker Middle School
Diane Burrows, fifth grade
teacher at Goshen Intermediate School.