Show #4
Initial Air Dates:
Monday, October 2 at 6:30 pm
Saturday, October 7 at 9 am

Getting to Know You – Special needs and at-risk students from Pinelands Regional Junior High School in Tuckerton share an intergenerational experience with residents of Sea Crest Nursing Home in Little Egg Harbor. The students adopt a senior citizen who shares their life story. At the end of the year, the students present a gift of an original biography highlighting the life and times of their adoptive senior. This program is funded through the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.

Science of Sound – Find out if students at Jose Marti Middle School in Union City can make sounds travel in outer space as they create a sonic boom in their auditorium. The Liberty Science Center, which operates an electronic field trip program at the school, presents a program on “Science of Sounds…. Shaking it.” This program helps students explore how sound is produced and transmitted.

DYNAMIC CIRCLE – Springfield Township Elementary School in Jobstown participates in a DYNAMIC CIRCLE, which stands for Developing Youth – Nurturing Attitudes, Managing Individual Conduct – Citizens Integrating Responsibility, Cooperation, Learning, and Empowerment. The goal of this district-wide, multi-faceted character education program is to improve communications and interaction skills while advancing peace and eradicating bullying, harassment, and violence. This program is funded through the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.

SOS – Support on Site is a program for teachers in Gloucester Township. Teachers from James W. Lilley School in Erial and Loring Fleming School in Blackwood meet on a regular basis to talk about the joys and pitfalls of a new career in education. The goal is to retain teachers in the district and give the new teachers a good start on their careers.