Introduction

Hello and welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! My name is Mrs. Joy Mitariten and I am looking forward to being your child’s science teacher.  This is my twelfth year teaching.

Science has always been my favorite subject and I am extremely passionate about it. As we embark this year under the Next Generation Science Standards, your child will be challenged to think critically about core science concepts, science and engineering practices and also general cross-cutting concepts. Through hands-on activities and the use of technology, the students will delve deep into their science education.

Classroom Vision 

The guiding vision for this classroom is to establish a community where every member shares the joy, excitement, and passion for learning. Stemming from this, the hope is for each student to personalize this passion and take control of their education by recognizing their own educational goals and taking responsibility on how to meet them. 

Mrs. Mitariten’s Grading Policy 

Student work will be graded in a timely manner and returned to them with either personalized feedback or general class feedback. Upon the receipt of their graded work the students will then have the opportunity to update their work and have it reassessed so that their grade can be updated in the gradebook. This opportunity for improvement only exists for the week after the grade is received. After a week if they hand in updated work no change will be made to the gradebook, although feedback will once again be provided. 

Sixth Grade Curriculum

If you are interested in learning more about the sixth grade curriculum for science, along with the other subjects, please take a look at this brochure. 

Contact Information

 If you need to contact me please email me at jmitariten@ctsdnj.org.