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Colleen Kane, Principal
Jason Carter, Assistant Principal
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  PTO presents Family Bowling Night fundraiser

March 19, 2010 - The C. J. Hooker Middle School PTO will host Family Bowling Night from 6-8 p.m. April 10 at Colonial Lanes in Chester. Registration is $17 per person and includes two hours of cosmic bowling, shoe rental, pizza and soda. Registration deadline is March 26. View the flyer and registration form!

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  Family Night French Cafe will support Haiti relief efforts!
Celebrate reading during Scholastic Book Fair March 22-24


March 18, 2010 - The C. J. Hooker Middle School Scholastic Book Fair will be held March 22-24 during the school day. Family Night will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m.  March 23. Full story
 
 
 
  Art, French students host French Impressionists art show

March 18, 2010 - Advanced art and French students will host an art show from 6-8 p.m. March 24 in the main office of the C. J. Hooker Middle School, in celebration of French Impressionists. Enjoy appetizers while viewing the exhibit, which will feature biographies of students as artists, translated in both French and English by eighth grade students.

 
 
 
  Attention parents: Please note important calendar change

March 18, 2010 - Please note that the following change to the Goshen Central School District calendar is being made: Monday, May 3 will now be a regular day of school for students. Full story
 
 
 
  Review classes begin March 19!
Grade 8 ELA Exam review classes to be held on Fridays


March 18, 2010 - The Eighth Grade New York State ELA Exam will be held April 26-27. In order to prepare for the exams, all eighth grade students are encouraged to attend the following study sessions, which will be held from 3-5 p.m. (location to be announced). Full story
 
 
 
  Review classes begin March 26!
Grade 7 ELA Exam review classes to be held on Fridays


March 18, 2010 - Beginning Friday, March 26, Mrs. Jordon and Mrs. Massaroni will hold NYS Seventh Grade ELA Exam reviews from 3-5 p.m. in the CJH cafeteria every Friday leading up to the state exam, which will be held the week of April 26. Full story
 
 
 
  Odyssey team receives second place after finding scoring error 

Two members of the Odyssey teamMarch 16, 2010 - During the Regional Odyssey competition in February, C. J. Hooker Middle School Odyssey team members Kelly Fellenzer, Lydia Defusto, Tessa Schaumburg, Alexandria Milidantri, Nina Pasquini, Ashleigh Pagano and Julia Sullivan were excited to take third place in their division. But their excitement would be renewed when the team found out that they had actually placed second, not third. Full story
 
 
 
  View a letter about upcoming State exams

March 16, 2010 - As mandated by the New York State Board of Regents, all sixth, seventh and eighth grade students in New York State are required to take exams in a number of content areas. Read more
 
 
 
  Student Government to host fundraisers, soldier drive

March 11, 2010 - Student Government will host two fundraisers to help fund the end-of-year Student Development Day Carnival. They are also collecting comfort items for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Full story
 
 
 
  Baseball/softball clinic, homerun derby open to students in grades 1-6

March 1, 2010 - The The Goshen Baseball Parents Association will host the Goshen Baseball Varsity and JV Fundraiser Clinic and Wiffleball Home Run Derby from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. March 20 in the Goshen High School New Gym. Full story

 
 
 
  March breakfast, lunch menus now available online

March 1, 2010 - The March breakfast and lunch menus give our students the fuel they need to get through the day! The menus offer a variety of choices, from pizza to burgers, salads and sandwiches, so every student is sure to find something delicious -- and nutritious! In fact, school lunches provide one-third of the recommended dietary intake for calories, protein and vitamins A and C, iron and calcium. The March menus are now online -- take a look!

 
 
 
  Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler! French students celebrate Mardi Gras!

Student wearing Mardi Gras hatFebruary 22, 2010 - On February 16, seventh and eighth grade students in Kyle Lewis' French classes participated in a Mardi Gras celebration. The students discussed the history and traditions of Mardi Gras, including how these customs were brought to the United States by French settlers who made their homes in New Orleans in the early 1700s. Full story and photos
 
 
 
  CJH faculty, staff “Go Red for Women” with basketball game

Go Red basketball playersFebruary 22, 2010 – On February 5, the C. J. Hooker Middle School held its first annual Go Red for Women Basketball Game in honor of National Wear Red Day, a nationwide event sponsored by the American Heart Association where millions of people choose to wear red to show support for heart disease –- the #1 killer of women in the U.S. Full story and photos
 
 
 
 

Middle School students named to honor, merit rolls

February 18, 2010 - Principal Colleen Kane and Assistant Principal Jason Carter are proud to announce that the following students have made the honor roll or merit roll for the second marking period. Full story

 
 
 
  Bon Appétit! French students celebrate La chandeleur

photo of girls eating crepesFebruary 8, 2010 - On February 2, French students in Monsieur Fabien Rivière’s class celebrated La chandeleur, a very important day on the calendar in France and a day that many French kids look forward to. This is the official and national day for les crêpes, French pancakes. In almost every French household throughout the country, Le chandeleur is an opportunity to enjoy a lot of crêpes as well as do some fortune telling while making them. Full story
 
 
 
  Students donate, raise money to benefit The Smile Train

February 3, 2010 - During the month of January, more than 100 students, as well as several members of faculty and staff at the C. J. Hooker Middle School, participated in a fundraising campaign for The Smile Train, an organization that provides free life-altering cleft surgery for children in impoverished countries. Full story

 
 
 
  Teachers' pet contest is the cat's meow at CJH library

February 3, 2010 - During the month of January, Librarian Kathryn Loughran held a teacher-pet contest, where students guessed from a number of photographs which pet belongs to which teacher. Sixth grade student Karissa Smith correctly identified the most teachers' pets and won a Barnes and Noble gift card. View some of our teacher-pet photos!