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
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By: Teresa Salisbury/Educational Interpreter-Sign Language Interpreting Happy Birthday!! Students and staff surprised Mr. Corbett for his birthday! The students worked behind the scenes to create unique gifts. Conner entertained us with a rap he composed about Ocean Academy and Mr. Corbett. Bethanie and Zach C. used their artistic talents to create beautiful pictures of Mr.
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During our monthly in-service, the staff at Ocean Academy had the great pleasure of meeting Mrs. Cheryl Hulteen. She introduced the art of improvisation in which the basis of its language is “YES YES GOOD”. This stands for saying YES to the ideas and creativity of our coworkers, while making each other look GOOD! Mrs.
Fiscal Year 2016 has been another successful year for OceanMHS. Despite a multitude of challenges and difficulties our community mental health centers continue to face year after year in New Jersey and around the country, OceanMHS finished strong. As the largest community mental health center in Ocean County, OceanMHS continues to be a leader in
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