Welcome to our team website! Here you will find important information to help you stay informed throughout the school year.
Welcome to our team website! Here you will find important information to help you stay informed throughout the school year.
ELA & Social Studies, Room 125
Hello! My name is Nicole Penner and I am super excited to work with your family this year! I currently live in Warwick, NY with my husband Mike, who is a firefighter with the FDNY, and our kids McKenna, Max, Otis, and Maggie Mae. Our daughter, McKenna is four years old and is in UPK this year. Our son, Max, is two years old and is starting daycare for the first time this year! We have two dogs, Otis and Maggie Mae. Yes, I consider our dogs to be my children. :)
I am entering my 13th year of teaching. I taught for six years in the Bronx, and six years here at Goshen Intermediate School. I attended Marist College for my undergraduate degree in Elementary Education. I earned a Master's Degree in Curriculum & Instruction from the American College of Education and a Master's degree in Educational Leadership from the College of St. Rose.
I am looking forward to a great year at GIS with you!
Fun Facts about Me:
If I could eat sushi every day, I would.
Sour Patch Kids and Buttery Popcorn are my guilty pleasure.
I do not like chocolate- never have. :)
I enjoy playing tennis and cooking!
I am a Mets fan and proud of it! This means that I am loyal, patient, and a true believer that one day we will win again.
Sunflowers make me happy.
My favorite thing about teaching is that we start the year out as strangers but end as a family.
Math & Science, Room 103
2023 Kickball Champs above!!
Welcome! My name is Amanda Tirado, and I'm so excited to be teaching math and science to your children this year! I've been a Goshen resident myself since 2011 and I love living and working in this community. My husband and I have three children, Sarai (14), Caleb (12), and Mira (8). Some of your children may know them as former classmates!
This is my 21st year teaching, and my 9th year teaching 5th grade here at GIS. I graduated with my master's degree in Elementary Education from Brooklyn College and have a second master's degree in Educational Leadership from Long Island University. Let's bring it, 2023-2024!
Fun Facts About Me:
I'm a cat lady, totally. I am trying to limit myself to two right now, Taj and Leo... they're my boys!
I don't have a sweet tooth.
Broadway and coffee, yes please!
I love to make things. Tik Toks, photo collages, food, pickles, whatever! Every year I make a costume for my oldest for Halloween, and one year we were on The Today Show (via Zoom)! Today Show costume below!