Hello! My name is Miss McGilloway and I was blessed to be invited back to St. Jerome School after serving as a long-term sub in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade last school year. I hold a Bachelor's degree from Temple University in Business Marketing, which I used for event planning and fundraising until I made the switch to education. I most recently received my Masters in Early Childhood Education from Gwynedd Mercy University. I grew up with a strong Catholic faith attending both St. Anselm and Archbishop Ryan. I am so excited to learn and grow with the first grade class this year!

First Grade is a transitional year for the students. It is the first year they are required to wear the school uniform, sit in a desk all day, and have regular tests on work learned in the classroom. During a "normal" year first grade incorporates guided reading and math groups. The students will work in small groups doing various reading/math centers around the room while I work with a small group providing semi individualized instruction. The small groups allow me to evaluate a student's progress and if they need to come back to the table for small group intruction again this is possible. Some of the students favorite things about first grade are our visits to the STEM lab which we will be doing in the classroom this year, the Halloween Saints parade, Grinchmas, The Great American Wax Museum, setting our Leprechaun traps and of course listening to the antics of Junie B. Jones.