By Miss Wada/Instructional Paraprofessional Curious about what’s been going on in the Elementary Room lately? Last month, Alaska the therapy dog came to visit. This month, we had another special visitor. Like Alaska, this visitor isn’t human. However, this visitor is not a furry, four-legged friend. Dom the Elf, sporting his aviator jacket, came all […]
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By: Gwen Specht /Instructional Paraprofessional Recently, the Ocean Academy music students and a few lucky staff members participated in a field trip to the Lakehouse Music Academy. Located in Asbury Park, the Lakehouse Music Academy is a professional recording studio and a teaching academy. Eric Novod, Director of Education at the recording studio led the tour
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By: Robert Austin/Licensed Clinical Social Worker On December 13,2017 Sandra Sanderlin a safety education specialist from NJ Transit came to Ocean Academy and presented on how to remain safe around railroad tracks and trains. Ms. Sanderlin reviewed the law regarding walking on railroad tracks, and trespassing in a railroad yard, she presented examples of the
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By: Charla Cole/Instructional Paraprofessional The students and staff at OA enjoyed a wonderful Christmas concert at Algonquin Theater this week. The Newark Boy’s chorus were featured and they sang beautifully. This talented chorus is comprised of diverse young men who are poised, articulate, with the most amazing voices! The mission of the Newark Boy’s
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By: Shetina Barnes, M.Ed, School Social Worker Maintaining emotional balance can be difficult to do with the pressure of the holidays. Financial and social/emotional stressors can easily derail us from finding the joy of the season. Here are a few suggestions to stay focused and to minimize your holiday stress: ~Stay mindful that Christmas is
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By: Mr. TJ/Instructional Paraprofessional You want to know what’s been going on in the Elementary room? Well, this past week during Mr. Nick’s Health lesson, we had a special guest speaker. Joey, one of Ocean Academy’s Elementary students, taught the class about respect. Joey spoke about what respect means and how we should use respect
By: Mrs. Teresa Salisbury/ Instructional Paraprofessional Thank you Holy Cross Lutheran Church for blessing OA families with a Thanksgiving feast! They say “charity begins at home” and what better time than Thanksgiving to offer a helping hand. Holy Cross reached out to Mr. Corbett with the offer of food for families from Ocean Academy to enjoy
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Journey of Healing Jennifer came to therapy just days after her husband died suddenly. Life for her and her young daughter changed forever when Jen discovered her husband in their home; he had overdosed on opiates. Jennifer was completely unaware that her husband had become addicted to heroin. Though she had noticed some changes in
By: Ms. Sandra DeGroat/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner OMHS & Kimberly Wada/ Instructional Paraprofessional Alaska, a 5 year old mixed breed (German Sheppard/Husky), is a therapy dog who is trained in Animal-Assisted Therapy and certified by Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs. Ms. Sandra is Alaska’s handler and is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the outpatient department at
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By: Professor James/OA Student The newest class I taught this year was the history of Pixar Animation Studios. In 1986, they released Luxo Jr, their first short film, about a desk lamp playing with a ball. Since then, Luxo Jr became the studio’s official mascot. My classmate’s assignment was to write a biography of their
