EDUCATIONAL ARTS TEAM INC
300 MORRIS PESIN DRIVE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07305

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Organizations Filed Purposes: OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS PROVIDE STRUGGLING YOUNG LEARNERS FROM DIVERSE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS WITH ENGAGING ACTIVITIES, THESE PROGRAMS, BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND AFTER SCHOOL, HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE SKILLS. WHILE OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS BRING TOGETHER OVER 1000 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER JERSEY CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN HIGHLY ACTIVE INTERPERSONAL ACTIVITIES.WORKING WITH STUDENTS, OUR PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO EVALUATE, ANALYZE, SYNTHESIZE, PREDICT AND INFER AS THEY MAKE MEANING THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, WHICH HAS BEEN FOUND TO IMPROVE HIGHER ORDER & ABSTRACT THINKING. STUDENTS IMPROVE READING, WRITING, SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS, INCLUDING SUPPORTING OPINIONS WITH REASONS, UNDERSTANDING PLOT AND CHARACTER, CITING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE AND PRESENTING TO A GROUP. THIS PROJECT WAS FOUND TO HAVE "MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOW WELL STUDENTS DEVELOPED IN THE ACADEMIC, PROCOGNITIVE AND PRO-SOCIAL DOMAINS.

The Educational Arts Team uses performance and visual arts to provide young people with deep and long lasting emotional and academic development. Our guiding philosophy is that the arts are an essential way to inspire young people to realize academic success, increase self-worth, strengthen critical social skills, and create a vision of a positive future.

CAMP LIBERTY:THOUGHOUT THE SUMMER, OVER 1000 YOUNG PEOPLE ages 6 to 15 participate in a full range of programs and activities designed to PROMOTE SOCIAL GROWTH IN A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. IN OUR GREEN URBAN OASIS LOCATED INSIDE LIBERTY STATE PARK WE OFFER A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A CAMP-WIDE PERFORMANCE, AS WELL AS SPORTS, SING-A -LONGS, GARDENING, DANCE, ART, DRAMA AND SWIMMING. Approximately 250 CAMPERS PER DAY ARE SUPERVISED BUT ALLOWED TO EXPLORE THEIR OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS TO ENCOURAGE SELF DIRECTION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF CAMP LIBERTY IS TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHOUT ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND DISTRACTIONS. THE TEEN PROGRAM, A COMPONENT OF CAMP LIBERTY, PROVIDES A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND ADVENTURES WITH A FOCUS ON TEACHING LEADERSHIP VALUES FOR 50 YOUNG PEOPLE

IN SCHOOL WORKSHOPS:BRINGING LITERATURE TO LIFE IS THE KEY OBJECTIVE OF THIS VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. FOR APPROXIMATELY 11,000 K - 8 STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL ARTS TRANSFORMS STORIES INTO DYNAMIC AND ENGAGING ART, DRAMA AND WRITING ACTIVITIES OPPOSED TO TEACHING TO A TEST, OR TEACHING CHILDREN HIGH LEVEL SKILLS IN A RIGID ENVIRONMENT, THESE WORKSHOPS ENGAGE AND INVOLVE THE STUDENTS IN THE LITERATURE BY FOSTERING POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD READING AND WRITING WHILE DEVELOPING THE IMAGINATION, THE ABILITY TO COLLABORATE, AND IMPROVED PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS.. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE "MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOW WELL STUDENTS DEVELOPED IN THE ACADEMIC, PROCOGNITIVE AND PRO-SOCIAL DOMAINS BY INDEPENDENT EVALUATORS WHO STUDIED RANDOMLY SELECTED TREATMEMT AND CONTROL GROUPS. THE 11,000 STUDENTS WHO WERE PART OF OUR THEATER INFUSION PROJECT OUT-PERFORMED STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT ON STANDARDIZED LANGUAGE ARTS TESTING

DRUG PREVENTION:VIOLENCE & DRUG PREVENTION SERIES - APPROXIMATELY 1,500 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT JERSEY CITY LEARNED HOW TO IMPROVE IMPULSE CONTROL THROUGH ROLE PLAYING, TABLEAU WORK, SCRIPT WRITING, DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION. SESSIONS FOCUSED ON HOW THE CHOICES THEY MAKE AFFECT NOT ONLY THEMSELVES, BUT OTHERS AS WELL.

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