By: Eileen Catalano, Teacher Recently the Bright Harbor Foundation held their first art show: The Art & Soul Exhibit and Brunch was a wonderful expression of the creativity and spirit of all of the individuals involved. We have already started planning next year’s exhibit and we know it will be bigger and better with even more […]
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By: Tom Goldberg; Instructional Paraprofessional/Substitute Teacher Students were taught how to draw a picture using one point perspective. One point perspective is “a drawing method that shows how things appear to get smaller as they get further away, converging towards a single ‘vanishing point’ on the horizon line”. Each student was given a piece of
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Art & Soul Exhibitors – Share Their Thoughts About Participating in The FIRST Bright Harbor Foundation Art Exhibit! Jeremy “My experience at the art show was amazing. I love to see people appreciating art the way I do. I am really gifted to have work presented in the community. I wouldn’t have been
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By: Eileen Catalano, Teacher As a follow up to Claire Boren’s visit students reflected on the experience and used Claire’s artistic process to inspire the creation of a work of art. While students listened to music they took turns creating collaborative abstract art pieces that reflects their response to Claire Boren’s visit. The finished
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By: Mrs. Charla Cole, Instructional Paraprofessional/ Substitute Teacher The students at OA enjoyed a wonderful performance at Count Basie Theater this week. Momix Opus Cactus, a company of dancer-illusionist thrilled us with a stunning show, creating images of cactuses, slithering lizards, and fire dancers. They captivated the audience with a mix of dance, acrobatics, and
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By: Mrs. Charla Cole, Instructional Paraprofessional/ Substitute Teacher The students and staff Ocean Academy had the great pleasure of meeting artist and holocaust survivor, Claire Boren. During over an hour long presentation, she took us on a harrowing journey of her childhood and what it was like to survive the war in hiding. Born
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By: James/Student Today I taught my class and Mr. Berman’s class about the world’s country flags. I showed them all the flags that I created with flash cards. They were all amazed and astounded by my teachership and hard work. They hope I do it again sometime. I am really looking forward to doing a
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By: Scott Corbett/Principal We have had a couple of difficult months here at OA. We have lost loved ones, we’ve had injuries, we’ve had illness creep in, we’ve had traumas, and of course the flu… What we really had was progress, success, unity, and a team centered approach with a clear vision to
By: Kathleen Caffee, Science Teacher Tout are extremely sensitive organisms, that rely on high standards of water quality. Unfortunately, like many schools raising Trout in New Jersey this year, our population did not survive past fingerling stage. Thanks to volunteers and the Pequest Fish Hatchery, we have received a new batch of trout in the
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By:Mr. Berman, Elementary/Middle School Teacher Last week Mr. Berman’s class finished reading the book, “How to Eat Fried Worms.” As a reward the class went to Insectropolis to see if it was really OK to eat worms. The answer was a definite, yes. Besides the cool worms on display the students also enjoyed
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