By: Thomas Goldberg/History Teacher The 11th grade class took some time to look into the historical Civil War “Graffiti House” in Brandy Station, Virginia. Due to its location near a railroad, both the Union and Confederacy wanted this house for strategic purpose. As a result, soldiers from both sides spent time in the house over […]
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Ms. Kara Armellino/ Instructional Paraprofessional The connection between art and science has always inspired me.  Artists and scientists share a similar curiosity of the world and approach their subjects with the same open mind.  Artists were inventing, dissecting and theorizing alongside scientists for as long as art was being created.  The Greek sculptors perfected their
By: Drennan Hayden/ John Bernaski/Instructional Paraprofessional  Ocean Academy has been lucky enough to have a number of visiting artists who have brought their own unique skills to the school and have produced some great work. In this instance, the visiting artist was Tamara Worocuzk. She is a former Art teacher who is also a member
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By: Charla Cole/Instructional Paraprofessional In keeping with our month of holiday festivities, we took another trip to Algonquin Arts Theater to see the Charles Dickens’  famous classic ,“A Christmas Carol”. Featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, the cast of seasoned actors brought this story to life with beautiful musical performances and comedic dialog. As Ebenezer Scrooge
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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. Â 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
