jhicks@somersetacademy.com

My name is Jennifer Hicks and I have been an employee at Somerset Academy for the past 8 years. I began with Ms. Kaye as her assistant and have been working in my own classroom for the past four years.

My career in education began 14  years ago, when I began teaching at Chesterbrook Academy in Weston (formerly known as Another Generation Preschool). It was there that I began to develop my own ideas about teaching and what I wanted my future to look like. I was fortunate to be surrounded by wonderful professionals that had a genuine love for children. Thanks to those women I learned a tremendous amount through hands on experience. The experience was invaluable. I was employed there for seven years and worked predominantly with the Pre-K and Kindergarten children, although I was a camp counselor with the school age children each summer. As you can imagine, the summers, with their field trips and unbearable heat, posed new challenges all their own. The next stop would be Somerset…

As I mentioned, I began as an assistant in the Kindergarten classroom and it is there that I gained even more necessary experience. Those first four years allowed me to establish my own way of doing things and prepared me for what would lie ahead. I have truly enjoyed my first years of teaching and the students and I have made our way together – successfully so far.

I am a native Floridian, having lived in Broward County my entire life. I am a proud product of the Broward County public school system. Educationally, I graduated with my B.A. in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University and I will begin the Masters program for School Counseling this semester, August 2008.

I look forward to each new school year and I am excited to face the challenges that the upcoming year will present.