{"id":5487,"date":"2022-06-30T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T19:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:09:30","slug":"message-from-the-principal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/blog\/2022\/06\/30\/message-from-the-principal\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"SchoolImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eride.ri.gov\/ReportCardImages\/26\/26107.jpg\" alt=\"School\" width=\"320\" align=\"right\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Goff Middle School is one of three middle schools in the Pawtucket School District. \u00a0It is home to just over 780 students in grades 6, 7, and 8 predominantly from Potter Burns, Fallon, Curtis, and Curvin McCabe elementary schools. The student body represents a diverse group of students from many cultures and nationalities. \u00a0Over fourteen percent of the student body is characterized as a special population &#8211; either special education or ELL.<\/p>\n<p>Goff offers a comprehensive educational program that prepares their students to be life-long, successful learners. \u00a0They take their partnership with the home and the community seriously and work to establish an environment that values diversity and fosters respect for all individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Goff Middle School offers a wide array of extra and co-curricular activities that are sure to get everyone involved. \u00a0Whether it is a sport, a club, or a fine arts production, the students will find an activity that interests them and will get involved and show their Goff Pride.<\/p>\n<p>Goff PRIDE is the foundation upon which everything is done. \u00a0P: Personal Responsibility \u2013 students will take responsibility for their academics and behavior; R: \u00a0Respect \u2013 students show respect at all times for their classmates, their school, the adults, and themselves; I: \u00a0Involvement \u2013 students get involved in all aspects of the school community; D: \u00a0Determination \u2013 students are determined to succeed; E: \u00a0Excellence \u2013 students strive for excellence each and every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goff Middle School is one of three middle schools in the Pawtucket School District. \u00a0It is home to just over 780 students in grades 6, 7, and 8 predominantly from Potter Burns, Fallon, Curtis, and Curvin McCabe elementary schools. The student body represents a diverse group of students from many cultures and nationalities. \u00a0Over fourteen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-principal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5487"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6441,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5487\/revisions\/6441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5487"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/goff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=5487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}