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Art-Infused Conference, Princeton University

Arts-Infusion Conference, Princeton University BY: Eileen Catalano, Ocean Academy Several of the Ocean Academy staff had the opportunity to attend a three day conference, Educational Leaders as Scholars, sponsored by the Foundation for Educational Administration, New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in Partnership with the Program for Teacher Preparation, […]

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OA Trout Released at Riverwood Park

The students in Environmental Science and Marine Science had the pleasure of participating in the “Trout in the Classroom” program. Ocean Academy students witnessed the life cycle of trout firsthand and recently released them in the stream at Riverwood Park.  Students had the opportunity to release trout individually as well as record the fish acclimating and

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Increasing Focus in the Classroom with the Marvel Focus Desk

BY: Eileen Catalano, Ocean Academy Teacher Ocean Academy is an APSD in Bayville, NJ that serves a varied population of classified students grades 3-12 from both Monmouth and Ocean Counties. We offer some very unique services for students and their families including counseling, psychiatric services, yoga therapy, behavior analysis with home visits, and a highly

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Facing Racism

Several students from Ocean Academy participated in the “Facing Racism” student art project sponsored by “cchange” at Brookdale Community College.  The exhibit opened Sunday, April 10th and will continue through December 16th.  Many local schools, along with OA contributed to the exhibit.  Each school submitted an artistic “face” of racism, as well as an essay demonstrating

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