By: Thomas Goldberg, Instructional Paraprofessional/Substitute Teacher Students have been working hard on a couple of art projects here at OA. The first involved the students drawing their hands in the shapes of letters from the American Sign Language alphabet. Students chose four to five letter words that have a positive meaning and resonated with them. […]
By: Alysha Simmons, Intern My time here at Ocean Academy has been such as asset to me both professionally, and personally. All the staff and students have accepted me with open arms, allowing me to be a part of their community. I credit this partly to Rob Austin, my supervisor. He saw my strengths
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By: James D, Student Today, I taught my class and Mr. Berman’s class about LEGO building sets. I taught them about the history of legos, and even showed them magazines about them. We even watched a video about a big lego exhibition, which showed many different Lego sets. I was very proud of my students
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By: Robert Scheiderman/ Instructional Paraprofessional As the 2017 school year continues to dwindle down, Ocean Academy’s 11th grade finds themselves deeply enmeshed in studying World War II. As part of Ocean Academy’s continuing effort to infuse the creative Arts into our curriculum, the 11th grade recently incorporated a collage project into their studies of World
By; Kathleen Caffee, Science Teacher That’s it! It’s a wrap for the third successful year of raising trout and releasing them into the Toms River! Students came by bus to Riverwood Park and participate in clean up. Afterwards they enjoyed watching the fingerlings take to the stream, one by one. Some were sad to
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Mr. Berman, Elementary/Middle School Teacher Mr Berman’s art infusion class just finished making their wind chimes. It took the class a few weeks but they are complete and making beautiful sounds outside in the world. With just a few simple supplies (metal washers, wood, eye screws and fishing line) the students made wonderful presents
By: Heather Lacher, Instructional Paraprofessional What better way to kick off Spring Break then a Easter Egg Hunt? The students enjoyed the afternoon searching the school grounds with all of their classmates for eggs filled with candy! Afterward, the students and staff enjoyed a delightful Easter meal together. It was an Egg-cellent day all around,
My name is Nik, I have been a student at Ocean Academy for five years, and I would like to tell you about my experiences. When I first joined Ocean Academy, I didn’t think much of it. I simply thought “Oh, it’s just another behavioral school trying to tell me what to do.” I never
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By: Lynne Newman, Supervisor of Clinical Services/School Social Worker With pride we said good bye to our student Nikolas V. as he returns to his home district. During his 5 year tenure at Ocean Academy Nik has grown and matured into a fine young man. Just a short while ago, Nik’s placement at OA was
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By: Marie Cooper, Math Teacher On Thursday, 3/30/17, students spent the day with Cheryl Hulteen; author of Yes,Yes, Good, Good. Students were introduced to improvisational skills to be used in the classroom. Students worked cooperatively embodying saying “yes” to their own ideas, “yes” to each other’s ideas, and making each other look “good”. They improvised
Mrs. H…… Yes, Yes, Good….Improv!!! Read More »
