Goshen Central High School educates students in

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9- 12 from the Goshen Central School District, which largely overlaps the

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and

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of the same name in

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, United States. It is located just outside the north end of the village, located at the end of a short access road off Scotchtown Avenue behind the district's

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garage and Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School. Constructed in

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, it is the newest of the district's four buildings. Many period

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elements are in evidence within, from the

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s predominant in the hallways and classrooms,

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ing in some,

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s and a

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in the south wing. The school's library is named for

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, who taught in Goshen as a young man in the late 18th century. The 1997 Boys' Cross Country team is the only GHS team to win a state championship. The 2009

Odyssey of the Mind Odyssey of the Mind, abbreviated OM or OotM, is a creative problem-solving program involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined long-term problem and present their solution to t ...

team won the world championship. The Boys' Varsity Tennis team has not lost a Conference Title in over 10 years. The Mock Trial team has won the county championship for mock trial in

for nine of the last ten years, 2005-2014.

Notable alumni

Izett Buchanan William Izett Buchanan (born May 8, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. Early life Buchanan hails from Goshen, New York and attended Goshen Central High School. He graduated in 1990 having scored 1,344 points during his hig ...

(b. 1972), expatriate professional basketball player * Chris Caffery (b. 1967), professional guitar player for the band Savatage, Chris Caffery Band and the

Trans-Siberian Orchestra Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) is an American rock band founded in 1996 by producer, composer, and lyricist Paul O'Neill, who brought together Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli (both members of Savatage) and keyboardist and co-producer Robert Kinkel to ...

. *

Dale Memmelaar Dale Edward Memmelaar (January 15, 1937 – March 17, 2009) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore Colts. He played coll ...

(1937–2009), NFL

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from 1959 through 1967.Dale Memmelaar player profile
, database Football. Accessed August 22, 2007. *

Malcolm Shabazz Malcolm Latif Shabazz (October 8, 1984 – May 9, 2013) was the grandson of civil rights activists Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, through their daughter, Qubilah Shabazz. Shabazz made headlines for various reasons throughout his life, most not ...

(1984−2013), grandson and first male descendant of Malcolm X

References

External links

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The Spectrum
', online student newspaper {{authority control Public high schools in New York (state) Schools in Orange County, New York Educational institutions established in 1976 Goshen, New York