OAaSIS International Foundation (Jamaica)

LISTEN UP: At participating locations across Jamaica, there will be cannisters for you to donate your mite. Please add your name to the list of cheerful givers.
This donation however small or soft, will go towards defraying expenses of our projects as listed on this site. Projects include
1. creative workshop series especially for transporting volunteers, art materials
2. arts materials for arts departments in communities and schools
3. book drive, yes we do need to purchase and transport excercise books, note pads, sketch pads too

OAaSIS cannisters

ON THE CANNISTERS YOU’LL SEE THESE WORDS:

OAaSIS I N T E R N A T I O N A L  F O U N D A T I O N
welcomes your support of our creative workshop series
To EMPOWER TODAY’S YOUTH under the THEME:

“The Critical Role and Impact of the Arts”

“One one coco full basket” PLEASE GIVE TODAY!

LEARN MORE AT www.oaasisinternational.org/call 876-797-7297
For a visit in your area – school, church, community centre
OR TO BE A PARTNER OR VOLUNTEER WITH US!

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OAaSIS I N T E R N A T I O N A L  F O U N D A T I O N
invites your support of our creative workshop series
To EMPOWER TODAY’S YOUTH under the THEME:

“The Critical Role and Impact of the Arts”

“Every lickle mek a muckle” SO PLEASE GIVE TODAY!

LEARN MORE AT www.oaasisinternational.org/call 876-797-7297
For a visit in your area – school, church, community centre
OR TO BE A PARTNER OR VOLUNTEER WITH US!

Join a dynamic network of creative souls for empowering others on and through the Arts, Culture, Creativity here on this site, Let’s be extraordinary and super impacting together instead of being just plain ordinary apart.

Below are links to all the reports as submitted by students at St Theresa. They are overwhelming and a true outpouring of gratitude from St Theresa students. Some have been published in main media too. Please click on any of the names below for reports from each student.

Report by Alexia Brown 6G

REPORT by Kareem Bowley, St Theresa Prep

Report by Kameika Smiles, St Theresa Prep

Report by Tshara Plummer, St Theresa Prep

Past student Mark Foga who now has a music school hosts a motivational session.

REPORT by Abigail Bryan

REPORT by Tyrese Powell

Report by Bre-Annatyn

REPORT by Brandon Grant St Theresa Prep

Report from Brittney Blake, St Theresa Prep

REPORT From Akeem Brown, St Theresa Prep

From Marlon Reid, St Theresa Prep

REPORT from Yagyn Scott, St Theresa Prep

Report by Carvell Redwood, St Theresa Prep

Report from Joel Brown, St Theresa Prep

REPORT by Marvel Francis, St Theresa Prep

From Danel Thompson, St Theresa

From Danielle Gordon, St Theresa Prep

Report from Jordan Jones, St Theresa Prep

From Devante Williams, St Theresa Prep

From Ashley Ann Davis Grade 6G, St Theresa Prep

From Crisonya Powell, St Theresa Prep

Another report written by Jetaime-Sharon Morris, St Theresa Prep

REPORTS:
READ MORE:
DAY ONE at St Theresa
DAY TWO at St Theresa

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OAaSIS creative series appreciated for Jamaica’s child’s month

Students Reports St Theresa Prep

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Video Clip Cordel Green endorses at St Theresa’s

Schools, churches and communities are invited to submit a letter of request, or make contact through this site, or call 876-797-7297

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Jordan Jones
May 12, 2010

During the days of the OAaSIS International Workshop, I learnt a lot about arts. I learnt about the three forms of arts – visual, performing and literary.
I also learnt that culinary art is a form of visual arts. Aunty Stacey was the emcee and she was nice. The magician was very exciting. He did a lot of mad tricks. Uncle Babatunde told us a story. I thought it was very interesting and funny.
Uncle Jermaine told us a song: it went: “Everybody praise the Lord.” He told us if we see anyone sad we should cheer them up by saying whoo!.

Mr Foga sang a nice song. Aunty Joann sang a song about respect.
I learnt that photographs can be transferred into drawings.

Mr Sydney came from Berger, he taught us about Berger Paints. He was there for 27 years. We got some Berger pens. It was a wonderful experience.

Report from Jordan Jones, St Theresa Prep

Jetaime-Sharon Morris
6b
May 11

A daily report on OAaSIS International that visited St Theresa prep school. It started on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. with a lady named Stacey. She was a worker in OAaSIS International. She taught us three types of arts visual, performing, literary. It was good but not that good.
OAaSIS really helped St Theresa with their art.
Some of the A graders performed quadrille for them. Those babies were magnificent. Grade six’s choir also performed a song but some of the choir members were disappointing.
Miss Stacey asked a lot of questions about arts. We met a lot of the people and their different types of art. Babatunde, Mark Foga, Mervaylle Foga, Kemarch the magician and many more it was good but not so good. We learned and saw a lot but the best part was when the magician came.
Mr Babatunde is a radio man, he used to come on Fame FM. We learned about different music instruments and how to make people smile. It was a good review on our school. We got in contest, we played Frisbee, and we learned how to appreciate each other.
We now know our arts and to appreciate it.

Another report written by Jetaime-Sharon Morris, St Theresa Prep

Crisonya Powell
May 11

On Tuesday, we had some vsitors visiting us to talk ABOUT what they do and where they went. We had Aunty Stacey to talk to us about our visitors.
We had Mr Davonish who taught us about his occupations. He asked some questions “Who do you, what do you want to be want to be when you grow up?”
On Thursday we had some more visitors. Aunty Stacey introduced us to Mr Sang who told us about what he does.
Then we have Mr Jermaine who entertained us with a smile and a ‘whooo!’
Then we have Mr Moo Young to teach us about photography and drawing of photos.
On Friday we had someone who taught us about Berger Paint.
Then we have Ms Richards who teaches us about instruments from Africa and Peru. She asked us some questions “Do you know where Peru is?”
I answered saying South America, and I got it right. She played some music for us until the end of the OAaSIS International workshop.

From Crisonya Powell, St Theresa Prep

Devante Williams
May 11

During the dates of May 4,6, and 7, some of OAaSIS members came to my school. My school’s name is St Theresa Prep. Aunt Stacey-Ann taught me a lot about the arts. Visual, Performing and literary are some of the main arts.
Aunt Stacey was kind and nice so we enjoyed it.
One of the presenters was Berger. We were taught songs like “Shut out the negative voices,” “Praise the Lord” and “wow” and more songs.
DJ Davonish was a great radio announcer. We were taught about culinary arts.
The magician was so cool. He did a lot of tricks. He made a bird on a painting come to life. He made a red bull can turn into a small glass of red bull.
We have learnt a lot from them. We thank you a lot for all we have learnt.

From Devante Williams, St Theresa Prep

May 11,2010
Danel Thompson

My name is Danel Thompson. On May the 4th,6th and 7th OAaSIS International came to my school. I have learnt a lot of new things about art. The founder of OAaSIS international is Aunty Stacey-anna. On the first day of the workshop a very famous radio person, his name is Babatunda told us about his trip to a very wonderful place. Also on the first day Uncle Kemarch did some very interesting magic tricks. Uncle Jemaine was very lively and he told us to always take our smiles everywhere we go.
Then Aunty Stacey -anna told us that there are artists in our school except for the ones we know of and they are: Nadine Issacs , Violet Woulese,Claudette Hilton and more. I also learnt the three types of arts they are: visual, performing and literary.
We learnt about a new kind of art that the lunch lady do, it called Culinary. On the last day we were promised that they would have a concert for us, but Aunty Stacey-anna said we didn’t behave at the end, so we prayed and got our bags and went under the shed.
It was a very good workshop as I say before. I have learnt a lot.

From Danel Thompson, St Theresa

Marvel Francis
May 11, 2010

On the three days of the OAaSIS International workshop, May 4,6,7, I learnt that arts is almost in everything we do. In fact there are three kinds of arts: visual, performing and literary and even culinary.
The meaning for those are: culinary has to do with food, visual has to do with painting and performing arts has to do with dancing music and more. Nowadays, people think that only persons who sing and draw are artists but I am telling you all our teachers are artists.
During these three days, there was a man called Jermaine Gordon who is my father’s friend, who taught us about smiling. He told us that his opinion was that he thinks that smiling is an art. I believe that too.
Oh! And I almost forgot there was a magician, he was the bomb, I could not believe my eyes, but overall I enjoyed it.

REPORT by Marvel Francis, St Theresa Prep

Marlon Reid
May 11,2010

I am Marlon Reid reporting from St. Theresa prep where they were having a OAaSIS workshop. I was enjoying it on the first day. the people were talking about OAaSIS international. Then we had a magic man and he was fun.
On the second day there were an artist he did some wonderful drawings. And then they started to talk about arts, and then a musician came and was playing wonderful songs. Then the boss for Berger Paints Company came and was talking about type of paint and their uses.
The third day the headboy and headgirl were giving out certificates to the presenters and then they gave out pens to us to write important notes.

From Marlon Reid, St Theresa Prep

On Tuesday May 4, 2010, the OAaSIS International workshop group visited our school at St Theresa’s Preparatory. To Me OAaSIS now means
O-Operating,
A-Academical
S-Services
I-In
S-Skills
The OAaSIS International was founded in 2008.
On the first day of their arrival, we learned about three types of Art – Performing, Visual and Literary.
Mr Cordel Green talked to us about how he started out as a child to be the person he is today. The way how he spoke the Jamaican Creole, encouraged him to enter a speech festival in which he won a gold medal. This motivated and encouraged him to become the head of the Broadcasting Commission.
On the second day, May 6, we learned about God, and that He is the original creator and the first artist on the face of the earth and also that the Bible is in the literary art form. Then Mr Jermaine Gordon told us an interesting story about a frog that didn’t listen to the people telling him that he could not make it to the top of the mountain. So he shut out the negative voice and made it to the top of his mountain. The message was, to be confident, persistent and determined in all that you do.
Mr Howard Moo Young talked to us about photography and how he started thinking about becoming a photographer from the age of seven.

On the third day May 7, 2010 Mr Sydney Jumpp talked to us about Berger paint and that there are companies in Europe, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. The branch located in Jamaica is found at 256 Spanish Town Road, Kingston. He spoke about different types of paints and their purposes. He also presented a brochure which demonstrates types of paint colours and their surfaces they should be used on.

Then Ms JoAnn Richards spoke about the different cultures, native instruments and languages. She is an Ethnocoligist which means she studies the cultures of different countries. She visited Peru, Berkina Baso, Benin and Mali. She brought a loonaga (talking drum). When the strings are tightened the sound of the drum, when hits, makes a higher sound. When the strings are loosened it makes a lower sound.She also brought a ‘weerow’ from a village in Peru. It grows on trees and tiny grooves on the side that can be scratched to produce sound. Seeds are inside which whewn shaken can produce sound. She broughtcalabash with shells around the edges and a “Balaphone” (talinkg wood) from Berkina Baso. It is related to the xylophone. She also mentioned that they speak 67 different languages in Berkina Baso only.
We at St Theresa Preparatory have learned amazing things from OAaSIS International workshop series.

Report by Alexia Brown 6G

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