TEF

TEWKSBURY EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Enhancing & Expanding Educational Opportunities

TEWKSBURY EDUCATION FOUNDATION

The Tewksbury Education Foundation (TEF) is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization established to enhance and expand educational opportunities for more than 600 students in the two schools of the Tewksbury Township district.

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2018-19 Fundraising Goal

$13,417

Amount Raised

7

Weeks Running

$40,000

Fundraising Goal

Events

2019 Tiger Trot

A 1-mile fun run and 5K race fun for the whole family! This is the culminating event of our wellness program. Fourth graders receive programming each month provided by Pro-Activity Associates. OTS students receive programming from Hunterdon Healthcare on mental health, cyber-addiction, physical activity and nutrition.

Date: May 19th, 2019
Time: TBD

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2019 Barn Dance

Come casual or come dressy but come ready to party at Tewksbury’s biggest event of the year. Our annual Barn Dance helps raise funds to support curriculum-enriching programs and mini grants in Tewksbury public schools. Contact event chair, Carrie Martinelli below with questions or to volunteer.

Date: June 8th, 2019
Time: TBD

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2018/2019 Enrichment Programs

TES

Kindergarten

March

Science Can Dance! With Laura Marchese

Science Can Dance!

A 3-day STEM program where science and the natural world come to life through the exciting and dynamic creative movement experience. Students explore and move based on classroom topics while practicing critical thinking skills, creative problem solving, and cooperative sharing of ideas in an environment that values each members’ contribution to the creative process. Topics include flowers turning into seeds, the water cycle, and the life of a tree.

1st

March

Parade of Nations with Joanna Atkins

Parade of Nations

While participating in Mrs. Atkins’ 6-day multi-cultural dance program, first grade students will be exposed to the music, dance, history and geography of a variety of cultures from around the world. The culminating performance provide students with the ability to share their hidden talents with the school community as they take part in a Parade of Nations. It is a true celebration of diversity.

2nd

March

Earth Science with John Miller

Earth Science

Science educator John Miller of Pearl Observatories is bringing an engaging Earth science program to the second grader's classroom. This four-day program includes hand-on activities such as making a model earth and discovering how the continents drifted apart, learning about fossils, and building/erupting a volcano.

3rd

May

Poetry Writing with BJ Ward

Poetry Writing

Poet BJ Ward will be spending three days reading and discussing poetry with each third grade class. During the workshop, the children will: publish their own poem in a class booklet, discover poetry with assistance from a harmonica and silly glasses, read poems by Pulitzer Prize winning poets.

4th

January

Coding Musicians with Code The Future

Coding Musicians

In this 3-day program, students will learn how to create music using programming software. CTF staff will teach students how to write and debug code using different challenges and techniques. Students will hear their code come alive, and code a song! Students will present their final song at the end of the program.

4th

October-May

Health & Wellness with Pro-Activity Associates

Health & Wellness

During this year-long program, students learn about 5 "elements" of health: move, fuel, recover, connect and endure. Students work as a team to earn points for making healthy choices throughout the year. A virtual blog will be available to parents to facilitate the family discussing topics and teaming up together. The culminating event of this wellness program is a 1-mile fun run and 5k race.

4th/5th

February

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra "Jungle Book"

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Students are introduced to various styles of music through thier version of Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Narration alternates with musical interludes, puppets and toy animals that bring the program to life. Opportunities for participation include conducting the musicians or trying out world instruments. Instrumentation includes bassoon, viola and bass. Musical concepts discussed include learning about various instrument groups; developing awareness of pitch, tempo and dynamics; experiencing different styles of music; and learning about emotion in music.

5th

May

Wonders of the Universe with John Miller

Wonders of the Universe

"Wonders of the Universe Grade 5" Science Program. Each class will participate in the following 2 day adventure through the Solar System and across our galaxy and beyond.

5th

May

Shakespeare Theatre of NJ

Shakespeare Theatre of NJ

The Pages to Players 5 day workshop utilizes theatre performance and the theatrical tradition as tools for achieving greater proficiency and pleasure in the study of the English language generally, and Shakespeare in particular. Students begin learning how to interpret and understand the text on day one, how to use their unique voices to bring the text to life on day two and spend day three putting it all together via the exploration of a short theatre scene from one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces.

5th

May

National Nutrition Month with Hunterdon Healthcare

National Nutrition Month

The TEF is bringing in a Registered Dietitian from Hunterdon Healthcare to speak with fifth graders. The purpose of the lesson is to encourage healthy snack options, reading nutrition labels, and eating a variety of healthy foods.

All

November

Family STEM Night at TES

Family STEM Night at TES

The TEF will open up the doors for families to experiment with STEM. Many TEF-sponsored programs and professionals will be on-site to demonstrate what students experience in the classroom.

All

January

Life/Social Skills with Joe Beckman

Life/Social Skills with Joe Beckman

Elementary School Students: Who you are now is not who you will always be! In this fun, faced paced interactive experience, students learn that success in school, in friendship, and in life, is very much determined by how we think about ourselves. Middle School Students: In this hilarious, story based talk, students are challenged to think about how small actions can lead to incredible impact. Topics discussed include choices, responsibility, respect, and belonging.

OTS

6th

January

Pound Physical Activity Class

Pound Physical Activity Class with Hunterdon Healthcare

Sixth graders will be receiving a TEF-sponsored physical activity program administered by a Hunterdon Health and Wellness Center fitness instructor. If you've dreamed of channeling your inner rock star into a fitness plan, it's time to POUND. Created by two female drummers, the POUND workout fuses cardio interval training with drumming to provide a challenging, heart-pumping workout. Students will experience a new form of physical activity and have a ton of fun!

6th

January

Smart Car Developers

Smart Car Developers

In this 5-day program students will work in teams to program robots with visual programming software. The robot will act as a self-driving car and the students will pick one of three routes to program the car to drive through. Each route comes with unique challenges, such as changing lanes and stopping for pedestrians. Staff will guide students through the process of writing, debugging and watching their code come alive as they implement their code in a robot.

6th

December

Ode to the Everyday with poet Jacob Winterstein

Ode to the Everyday with poet Jacob Winterstein

Odes and appreciation poems have been praising people, places, events, things, and ideas for millennia. During this program students listen to, watch, and engage in close readings of odes and appreciation poems from a diverse sampling of poets. Students identify people, places, events, traditions, beliefs, and ideas in their lives that they want to appreciate and then craft their own poems.

7th

February

Cyber Addiction with Hunterdon Healthcare

Cyber Addiction with Hunterdon Healthcare

Seventh graders will be receiving a TEF-sponsored program on cyber-addiction administered by a school-based youth services coordinator from Hunterdon Behavioral Health. Students will learn what cyber-addiction is, how excessive internet use can impact wellness and the brain, and discuss ways to develop a healthy relationship with technology.

7th

January-May

Animodule with Barat Foundation and Whittemore

Animodule with Barat Foundation and Whittemore

Animodules™ are artist facilitated, community created, contemporary totems. The collaboratively made public sculptures are an OTS original art form. They are instruments of community formation and encourage pride, ownership and stewardship of public space. Each year, the seventh grade will work together with their teachers to create an Animodule™. The Animodule™ is decorated by the students and focuses on a certain theme that directly or indirectly relates to the 7th grade curriculum.

7th

February

Dissection with Liberty Science Center

Dissection with Liberty Science Center

This three-day issection workshop will begin with an introductory lesson to acquaint students to anatomical directions, dissection tools and procedure on Day 1, followed by 2 days of dissections. Day 1 Introductory lesson: Gelatin 'Gingerbread Man.' Day 2 Sheep Brain with kinesthetics. Day 3 Cow eye dissection.

8th

December

School of Rock Broadway Show

School of Rock Broadway Show

8th graders will travel to a Broadway for a show! School of Rock is a rock musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Julian Fellowes. Based on the 2003 film of the same name, written by Mike White, the musical follows Dewey Finn, an out-of-work rock singer and guitarist who pretends to be a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After identifying the musical talent in his students, Dewey forms a band of fifth-graders, in an attempt to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands contest.

8th

December

Mental Health Awareness

Mental Health Awareness with Cynthia Camparato of Hunterdon Healthcare

A Clinical Coordinator of Outpatient Psychological Service will come to OTS to discuss mental health with the 8th grade class. During this program, the following topics will be covered: anxiety, depression, suicide, obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders.

8th

December

Poetry Workshop with BJ Ward

Poetry Workshop with BJ Ward

Nationally published, award winning poet, BJ Ward, will show students how accessible and fun poetry can be. Students may even revisit their work from 3rd grade! Every student will compose poems based on poetry that BJ reads with the class, share their work with their classmates, and discuss their reactions to poetry shared.

All

November

Family STEM Night at TES

Family STEM Night at TES

The TEF will open up the doors for families to experiment with STEM. Many TEF-sponsored programs and professionals will be on-site to demonstrate what students experience in the classroom.

All

January

Life/Social Skills with Joe Beckman

Life/Social Skills with Joe Beckman

Elementary School Students: Who you are now is not who you will always be! In this fun, faced paced interactive experience, students learn that success in school, in friendship, and in life, is very much determined by how we think about ourselves. Middle School Students: In this hilarious, story based talk, students are challenged to think about how small actions can lead to incredible impact. Topics discussed include choices, responsibility, respect, and belonging.

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PO Box 448, Oldwick, NJ 08858
tewksburyTEF@gmail.com