New Jersey public schools are required by the Department of Education to administer the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA), a state-sponsored assessment that measures student achievement in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics for students in grades 3 through 9. Piscataway students are required to take assessments in ELA and math. Science will be assessed only in grades 5, 8, and 11.

 

Here is the schedule for when students will be assessed:

 

April 27 - ELA Reading

April 28 - ELA Writing

April 29 - Math

May 4 - Science (Grade 5 only)

May 5 - Science (Grade 5 only)

This schedule has been planned to minimize, as much as possible, the impact on classroom instruction. 

 

Students will use their school-issued device for testing. If any condition affects your student’s ability to take the test, please provide a hard-copy letter with your signature (no emails or forms) to your student’s principal a minimum of five days before your student is scheduled to be tested. If you have any questions, contact the principal.

 

Information about the NJSLA and NJ Student Learning Standards can be found on our district website, www.piscatawayschools.org, under the Curriculum (Assessments and Benchmarks). We thank you for your assistance and support. 

Families are also invited to submit a yearbook booster message—a fun and personalized way to celebrate your child at the end of the school year!

Each message is $2 each. Payment can be sent to the PTO via cash, check or venmo, all details included on the submission form.

Please submit your yearbook booster message at this link:  https://bit.ly/MLKBoosters

From Ms. Hunter, advisor to the Multicultural Club...

I am excited to be able to put together, King’s 3rd annual Multicultural Night. This will take place on Tuesday, May 12th at 6 pm. We can’t make this evening a success without amazing, parent volunteers like yourself. We are currently looking for parents’ to host a table from their country. You will need poster board, displaying your country and facts, along with something else to teach us about your country. This could be with food, or an activity. If you are interested, please fill out the form below. Please understand, we would like to limit it to no more than 3 people, hosting a table for the same country. If you have any questions, please email: shunter@pway.org

From the MLK PTO:

We are so excited about our upcoming Color Run!

We wanted to send a quick reminder that registration and donations are still open, so there is still plenty of time to sign up and continue fundraising. Every contribution helps support our school and makes a meaningful difference for our students.

Please note that bonus items are available on a first come, first served basis, so we encourage students to continue sharing their fundraising pages and submitting donations as soon as possible.

Thank you for your continued support and participation—we can’t wait to see everyone at the Color Run!

Our Reading for Education fundraiser continues, and it isn't too late to register. Your child was given a take home lanyard letting you know about a safe and easy way for our school to raise funds for essential tools our students and teachers need to succeed.

The Reading for Education fundraiser is 100% online so there is NO face-to-face selling, handling money, or delivering products. Your participation will take less than 12 minutes, and there are exciting prizes to make it fun for the students.

Here is all you need to do to participate:

1. Go to https://www.rfe.net/sid.t?0000159544 to sign up.

2. Send form emails inviting family, friends and co-workers to support your child.

3. Return the Lanyard with the Student Prize Code to school for your child to get their fun participation prize.

Be sure to ask your child for the take home lanyard. Your participation will make a difference for our school and teachers!

We have already received a number of great messages for staff!! Let's keep it going! We encourage all families to participate in the Passionate Penguins Project, an opportunity to submit a shout-out to a teacher doing an awesome job!!

Please use this link to submit a quick recognition, and we will let the teacher know about their shout-out at our next staff meeting!

This link will remain in our Snapshot for the rest of the year. Feel free to submit any time!!