Goza FBLA Made Their Mark at the District IV FBLA Middle School Spring Conference!

We’re so proud of our middle-level leaders for representing Goza with excellence and enthusiasm!

Chapter Award:

4th Place — Largest Chapter Membership

LEAD Award Excellence:

Out of only 12 students recognized conference-wide for completing a LEAD Award, 9 of them were Goza FBLA members! That’s an incredible accomplishment and a powerful display of leadership and commitment!

State Qualifiers:

Students who qualified will advance to represent Goza FBLA at the State Leadership Conference on April 9 in Little Rock!

First Place:

Cooper B - Exploring Business Communications

Tiana B - Exploring Business Issues

Will C - Exploring Agribusiness

Giselle M - Exploring Public Speaking

Jack T - Exploring Personal Finance

Second Place:

Savannah G - Career Research

Logan H - Exploring Website Design 

Third Place:

Mason P - Exploring Agribusiness

Landon W - Exploring Customer Service / Talent Show

Fourth Place:

Tyson B - Talent Show

Stephanie B - Exploring Professionalism

Summer C - Exploring Economics

Max S - Exploring Agribusiness

Fifth Place:  

Miley B - Exploring Professionalism

Chelsey F & Sydney F - Exploring Management & Entrepreneurship

LEAD Awards:

Tiana B, Tyson B, Chelsey F, Logan H, Giselle M, Issac P, Rylee P, Avery S, Bianca Z

Our 7th Grade History teacher, Mr. Michael Ankton, was recognized by the City in its 2026 Class of Black History Honorees. Congratulations, Mr. Ankton!

Looking for an easy way to support teachers and students? Goza PATHS (Parents and Teachers Helping Students) meets the 3rd Tuesday of every Month in the Goza Library.

The next meeting is February 17th at 12PM.

Come join a meeting or join the Facebook page and GroupMe to get and stay involved.

GroupMe Link

If you need a new School ID, they are $5. 

Parent Teacher Conferences, February 12th. 

Banking happens every Thursday morning.

Spring Picture Day is Friday, February 27th.

Picture Day is PRE-ORDER ONLY! Only students who have pre-ordered pictures will have their picture taken. 

If you would like your students to get their picture taken, you must order prior to February 27th. 

Order forms are coming home with students today. If you do not receive one, use this link to order online. 

The Book Fair is here this week!  Visit our fair website HERE to set up an eWallet and get more information.

It will be open Thursday during Parent-Teacher Conferences, so come take a look and support our school! 

Free Rice is a website where students can engage in vocabulary games while providing food to less fortunate families around the world. Every correct answer is equivalent to 10 grains of rice for the United Nations World Food Program. Visit https://freerice.com/home.

Vaping is becoming more common among students as young as middle school age. Even the most responsible students can feel tempted to try it under peer pressure. It is so dangerous and can affect them for the rest of their lives. NaturalHigh.org has a wonderful article about holding the important conversation with your child to discuss vaping.

I’m including the link below. It is filled with so much useful information on how to have those tough conversations with your child.
Naturalhigh.org

The site has an entire section devoted to parents and how to talk to your children about all kinds of substances from nicotine to fentanyl. I encourage you to take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the Natural High material.

-Ms. Cheryl Hilser

Counselor

Big Hairy Audacious Goals Update:

Goza Middle School teachers have been challenged to reach a big goal by the summative assessment in April. These goals are from our current students' performance on the 2025 ATLAS Summative Assessment. We appreciate the efforts our teachers are making to accomplish these goals. 

It will take all of us - teachers, students, and their families to achieve this. How can you help? Reading 20 minutes aloud each day with your child goes a long way toward developing fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Completing lessons on Khan Academy for Illustrative Mathematics is a great way to review previously covered math content. Science is about questioning what is around them. For instance, why is the snow taking so long to melt? Or how do hand warmers work? Even baking and cooking are great opportunities to teach all three areas. More importantly, the ATLAS Practice Tests in the portal help students become more familiar with the platform. This develops confidence and stamina when completing a test. 

Our goal is to become a better school with a better school performance grade. Can we count on you as parents and caregivers to do your part to make this happen? Please feel free to contact our instructional facilitator, Ms. Miller, at della.miller@arkadelphiaschools.org for more information.

Did your student lose their ID card? They can get a new one printed for $5.

Did you know Goza has an online Parent Resource Center? Check it out to find helpful information.

Click HERE to access Resource Center.

High Impact Tutoring for Math

Goza’s performance on the 2025 ATLAS Summative Assessment for Mathematics was 31%. Goza has qualified to provide High Impact Tutoring for 88 students (22 per grade level). The goal is to increase the number of students who are proficient in math. Goza stands to gain points that will improve its school performance score, now that the state acknowledges growth in student scores. 

Edmentum will provide online tutoring. Students will engage with certified educators online. We are in the final stages of planning and are excited about this opportunity to provide our students the help they need to succeed.

Curriculum Resources for Parents

Parents, we have heard your requests. This table includes direct links to student resources, which are also accessible through Clever. It also contains links to ECHO pages for students and parents, as well as a sign-up link for parents without an account.

Lexia is our ELA intervention program where students do activities in Word Study, Grammar, and Comprehension. Khan Academy offers the entire math curriculum online, allowing students to complete Illustrative Mathematics tutorials. Prodigy is an educational game like Tetris, where students compete in ELA and Math by answering questions. The Wonder of Science and PhET are excellent tools for enhancing science learning through online simulations and phenomena that affect our daily lives. Twenty minutes a day in these applications goes a long way!

Echo Student

Echo Parent

Echo Parent Account Sign Up

MyPerspectives

Lexia

IM360

Khan Academy

Prodigy

Inspire Science

The Wonder of Science

PhET