Poets and Artists of the Issue
The winners of this issue’s Poetry contest are:
Cameron Caruso, 2A, for his poem “Hailstorm” and John Stevenson Medwin, 2Z, for “I Hear.”
Cheerleaders Bring It
By Arely Rubio, Sports Editor
(Photo courtesy of Alisyn Morder)
This year’s cheerleading team is the biggest team in five years, consisting of 19 students, with five captains!
The team is doing an outstanding job of spreading the school spirit. They were invited to the Monmouth County Athletic League’s exhibition at Manasquan High School for the fifth consecutive year on February 27.
With a big team comes great cheers, and even a new one: “The Welcome Cheer” is a new cheer revamped to make it more relevant, said Mrs. Alisyn Morder, the cheerleading coach. Read more
Girls Basketball Off to a Winning Start; New Coaches for Boys and Girls
By Arely Rubio and Kevin Hernandez, Sports Editors
(Photo courtesy of Alisyn Morder)
After an amazing season of soccer for the boys, the girls basketball team is also showing great promise this year. For the first time in four years, the girls’ basketball team won a game! The girls beat Deal 22-11 on December 1, and beat Belmar 6-4 on December 4. Read more
The Young YouTubers of BBES
By Raul Gregory, Student Life Editor
Surfing, trap music, and video games are some of the specialities of the young YouTubers of BBES. In this article, find out about three of our up and coming YouTubers, and get their links.
First check out “DEVIN WIGGINS,” the channel made by eighth grader — you guessed it — Devin Wiggins. It focuses on trap music, which is a hip hop music sub-genre that originated during the 1990s in the South. Devin, who takes his music career very seriously, loves the art form, and has always enjoyed music. He has been making and singing songs ever since he was a little boy. His music varies from a calm, slow tune to a fast-paced, heart-racing beat. His YouTube channel, which currently has 10 subscribers, consists of 34 videos that I really suggest you go check out. His songs are all original and were made using the Soundtrap app. Devin has always said that if you keep trying, all of that work will pay off. All in all, Devin’s YouTube channel is really great if you want to listen to a diverse collection of songs. I really would suggest you go check it out here. Read more
Graphic Novel Project Brings Teaching Artist to the School
(Illustration courtesy of Kevin C. Pyle)
By Kevin Hernandez-Perez, Sports Editor
In most schools, students get in trouble for doodling in language arts class, but in eighth grade here at BBES, you get in trouble if you don’t, according to our resident teaching artist Kevin C. Pyle.
Mr. Pyle is here at BBES to help eighth graders write and illustrate a series of original graphic novels. The project, a collaboration between our art, Spanish, and language arts departments, is being funded by a grant from the Artists in Education Grant, a project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania. BBES was one of 11 schools in the state to receive the grant this year.
Students will present their work at an event at the school this spring.
Mr. Pyle, the author of three graphic novels and several docucomics, answered some questions for The Tides. Read more
Mr. Liebmann is Leaving
(Photo courtesy of Mr. Liebmann)
Supervisor of Curriculum Michael Liebmann announced on Tuesday that he will be leaving BBES in February to take a job as director of personnel in the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School district. Mr. Liebmann, a former language arts teacher, has been here at BBES for three and a half years. The search for his replacement will begin soon.
“My time working at Bradley Beach Elementary has been inspiring,” Mr. Liebmann said. “Every day I’m impressed by the talent and dedication of our teachers and the success of our students.”
Mr. Liebmann is pictured above with his family at the Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education meeting where his hiring was approved. On the right is Matawan-Aberdeen Superintendent Jay Majka, formerly our principal and superintendent here at BBES.
Mr. Liebmann, we will miss you!
Meet Our New Staff
By The Tides Staff
Have you been wondering about the new faces here at BBES this year? Well, here is the scoop:
The school hired five new teachers this year: Mrs. Nancy Merkelbach in pre-school; Ms. Ashley Gianfrancesco in middle school math and computers; instructional aides Mrs. Risa Nardone and Mr. Andrew Robinson; and Mrs. Sonali Khatri, an occupational therapist. Read more
Bradley Beach VIP Leaves a Legacy
(Photo courtesy of Donna Maggio)
A very important member of our community passed away on October 19, 2017.
Real-Life Coding
(Photo courtesy of Ms. Gianfrancesco)
In technology class, the students of 7S applied what they were learning about coding on the computer to cup stacking. On December 14th, the students worked in small groups and took turns being the programmers and robots. The programmers wrote an algorithm to program their “robot” to create a cup tower of their choice. The robot tried to recreate the cup tower using only the programmers’ code and debugged it to fix any mistakes, if necessary. The students challenged themselves by using loops to create the tallest tower possible with the least amount of steps.
Veterans Day Ceremony
(Photo courtesy of Jillian Kreutzer)
The BBES band played patriotic songs to salute our military veterans during a ceremony on Veterans Day, November 6. The school unveiled a new stone bench and a commemorative plaque thanking those who served.
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