About Mrs. Goss

I am a 2002 graduate of Kutztown University with a B.S. in Secondary Education/Social Studies/History & Political Science. In 2009, I graduated with a M.A. in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from West Chester University and in 2020, I completed an M.A. in American History from Pace University. Prior to moving to Augusta County, I spent 10 years teaching Social Studies at Fleetwood Area High School in Fleetwood, PA. At Fleetwood I taught various courses including AP US Government & Politics, Senior Government, Freshman American Geography/History and 2 Holocaust electives. In the evenings, I teach US & World History at Blue Ridge Community College.

A big part of my work in education has been centered around Holocaust education. I was a member of the former Regional Education Corps of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and in 2010, I was selected to take part of in the USHMM Museum Teacher Fellow's Program with 13 other educators from around the United States. I also do work locally as a part of an informal group known as the Shenandoah Valley Holocaust Education Consortium. In 2016, I was privileged to be selected as a Dawbarn Award Winner and in 2017, I was named the Virginia DAR Outstanding History Teacher and the Augusta County Historical Society's History Teacher of the Year. In 2020, I was selected as the local and district VFW American History Teacher of the Year. In the Fall of 2005, I was named Rotary Teacher of the Semester by the Fleetwood Rotary Club. In 2008, I was named a winner of the "Best Practices in Holocaust Education Award," by the Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Council. In the summer of 2008, I traveled to Berlin & various areas of Poland to visit sites associated with the Holocaust. The following summer, I took part in the Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teacher's Program which takes teachers to sites associated with the Holocaust in Poland and Israel. Most recently, I worked with colleagues at FAHS to create the documentary Misa's Fugue. In 2014, the film was nominated for 2 Emmy's in the Documentary and Screenwriting categories. In 2016, I co-authored the book, Remember, My Child with Itka Zygmuntowicz and in 2020, published a chapter in the University of Wisconsin press text, Teaching and Understanding the Holocaust.

I live in Augusta County with my husband, Matt and our dogs - an Irish Setter named Killian and a Chocolate Lab, Reese. In December 2013, we welcomed a daughter, Ashleigh, into our lives. In my "free" time, I enjoy reading, traveling, cars, skiing, photography, boating and equestrian sports with my off-the-track Thoroughbred, Henry, who also lives on our farm with his donkey pal, Suede and Ashleigh's mini-horse, Spanky.