Goshen High School (Alabama)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Goshen High School

district = Pike County Public Schools
principal = Mr. Allen Griffin
type = Public
year established = 1897
city = Goshen
state = Alabama
country = USA
enrollment = ?
grades = 7-12
campus = Town
mascot = Eagle (Ea-gle)
colors = Dark Purple & Old Gold
free_label_1 = School hours
free_1 = 7:40 AM to 3:08 (3:08 - 3:12) PM
free_label_2 = Average class size
free_2 = 28
picture =
website = [http://www.pikecountyschools.com/goshenhighschool/]

Goshen High School is a secondary school located at 101 Eagle Circle in Goshen, Alabama in Pike County; its principal is Allen Griffin. Eugene Nelson retired in 2008 (1992-2008) from being principal 16 years.

=Community=

Goshen is located about 10 miles west of Troy, Alabama and 10 miles east of Luverne, Alabama. The earliest record of a public school in Goshen was in the middle 1800s. A small wooden structure made from hand-split logs was located between Goshen and the Troy-Luverne Highway (U.S. Route 29) on a parcel of land called "Goshen Hill". This is what is now known as Mt. Zion Community. This first public school in Goshen was a one room building with one teacher. The school tern was whenever the students were not busy on the farm. The school was moved to its present site in the town of Goshen in 1897 and employed its first principal, Miss Ada Ray, about 1920. Goshen High School has grown continually over the past number of years, and today meets the educational needs of over 400 students in grades seven through twelve. The current principal is Allen Griffin.

Teaching Grades

* 1800s to 1897 Grades (6 - 12)
* (Goshen Location) 1897 to 2004 Grades (6 - 12)
* 2004 to present (7 - 12)

=ARMT Results= Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

Grade 7

Reading63% (2006)68% (2005)The state average for Reading was 74% in 2006.

Math45% (2006)52% (2005)The state average for Math was 59% in 2006.

Source: Alabama Dept. of Education, 2005-2006

Grade 8

Reading60% (2006)65% (2005)31% (2004)The state average for Reading was 72% in 2006.

Math67% (2006)54% (2005)The state average for Math was 68% in 2006.

Source: Alabama Dept. of Education, 2005-2006

About the tests

* In 2005-2006 Alabama used the Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test (ARMT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math.

* The ARMT is a standards-based test, which means it measures specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Alabama.

* The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

=December 18, 2007 - The Bus Accident=

A Pike County school bus crashed and landed on its side on County Road 2242 near the Goshen community Tuesday morning.

Dr. Mark Bazzell, Superintendent of Pike County Schools, tells WSFA 12 News that five students and the bus driver were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries.

They were all treated and later released.

The students, juniors and seniors from Goshen High School, were returning to their school after taking courses at the Business and Finance Academy located at Pike County High School.

State troopers says the bus left the road and flipped on the shoulder of the road.

External links

* [http://www.pikecountyschools.com/goshenhighschool/ The Goshen High School Homepage]
* [http://www.wsfa.com/global/story.asp?s=7513119/ Alabama's WSFA 12 News - All Victims Released From Hospital After Bus Crash]