Back to School Night Presentation

2. Before You Leave…
 Make sure you signed in
 Write a letter back to your child
 Guess how many starbursts are in the jar
(on back table)
 Sign up to be a parent volunteer
 Help yourself to a water bottle 

3. A Message from
Matawan School District

4. • This is my 12th year teaching
• Taught 1st grade for 5 years 3rd for 7 years
• Won Teacher of the Year in 2014
• Love to spend time with my family and
friends, travel, play field hockey, softball,
and dodge ball
• Tutor for the district’s MOST program
• Coach for Matawan’s Girls on the Run

5. School Policies
• If your child is absent please call the office
• Parent Portal is live
• Verbal consent from a student for dismissal will not
be allowed
• Birthdays can be celebrated with cupcakes during
lunch
(Please take into consideration peanut and tree nut
allergens)

6. Class Policies
• Attendance and tardiness
• Grading: Quizzes and Tests
• Homework & No Homework Binder
• Star Jars
• Snack/Water Bottles

7. Curriculum Goals
• Common Core Standards
• Writer’s Workshop
• Reader’s Workshop & Social Studies
• Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)
• Everyday Math
• Science STEM

8. Technology
• Chromebooks
• Skype
• Everyday Math Online & Reflex Math
• Google Apps & Google Classroom
• Instagram

9. • Fridays with Mrs. Bauer
• Every Drop Matters
• Reading Takes Us Places
• Genius Hour

10. State and District Testing
District-wide Testing – STAR Renaissance
www.renaissance.com/products/star-assessments#
Standardized State Testing - PARCC
www.parcconline.org

11.  The best way to contact me is by email:
jhickey@marsd.org
 Telephone number: 732-290-2770
Ext. 2134
*Parent-Teacher conferences can be made at any time in
person or by phone after school or before school.*

12. Questions?