Oasis Arts & Social Change Program

Friday, June 27, 2014

AWT arts course "I'm not Gary"

Monday, June 23, 2014

From the OASIS recording studio

We spent the final few weeks recording the "Meters" tune "Cissy Strut". Kaiyash on Bass and recording, Jesse on Guitar, Kohnk on Sax and Dionte on misc. Percussion. Jonny on "oh Yeah!"

Lisa would be proud.

Alt Art class video project. Spring 2014.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Oasis Arts and Social Change

Leaving/Graduation Ceremony

Please join us @ 20 Brant Street, top floor, to bid farewell to some of our students

and congratulate our graduate, Tom!!!

When: Monday January 20^th, 2014

Time: @ 10:30am

The ceremony with awards and leaving gifts will begin at 10:30am, followed by a screening of our Social Circus production.

Please stay and join us for lunch afterwards

(students will remain at school after lunch working on credit rescue/culminating tasks)

Holiday Feast

Oasis chows down on a terrific feast prepared by students and staff. Our Music class gave two great performances to get us in the festive spirit. Big thanks to Meve, Jane, Anita and Joe for cooking up great times!

Monday, December 2, 2013

The Circus Comes to Town

Recently, Oasis students had an amazing opportunity to join the circus for a few weeks. Working with a local community group, Social Circus, students learned a variety of circus related skills, including acrobatics and juggling. Much more than just learning to wow an audience, students worked creatively and cohesively as a team and gained a new found confidence. Culminating in a performance for Alpha I Elementary students, it was truly an experience to remember.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Night of Dread in the Torontoist

Night of Dread was a great success. Check out some of the photos from the Torontoist here including a photo of the cart featuring Oasis students' work:

Here are some more pictures from the event:

ASC Staff: A Small but MIghty Team

Anita Court is our fabulolus Office Administrator. She knows a lot about a lot and it's her job to know. Students and staff alike look to Anita as a confidante and problem solver for anything from getting the bathroom key from a locked bathroom to finding a band-aid for a cut to taking care of a busted printer to putting together the Superintentdent's package and tracking attendance. Anita is the glue that binds the three satellite locations of Oasis.
Jane Fonseca is the Guidance/Phys Ed and Science teacher. She has been working at Oasis for the last six years. She went to school at York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in the Specialized Honours degree in Kinesiology and Health Science. She also received her Massage Therapy Diploma and at one time was a Registered Massage Therapist (no jokes or massages please). She completed her initial teacher education at York University, Parkdale campus with a focus on Equity and Social Justice. She is always up for a friendly challenge…game on!
Joseph Ghassibe is our fearless leader, CL of Oasis. He has worked in mainstream schools in Australia and Canada. He has worked in alternative programs and other alternative schools. Oasis is, by far, his favourite :-) We are a community, a family and a home. He is proud to be here!
Martin Van de Ven - Our Music and Math Guru has a Masters in composition from U of T and took calculus for entertainment during his undergrad. He has spent much of his adult life as a freelance clarinettist, composer and musical director. Working for local theatre companies such as Jumblies Theatre he has created many works for mixed ensembles composed of amateur, professional and untrained musicians. Recent compositions include a 5 part work for the Toronto Children's Chorus. He performs with Toronto based Balkan/Klezmer band “Beyond the Pale”. He loves helping people find their inner musician, as an added bonus, at OASIS he gets to do the same with Math. Before signing up with OASIS Martin was the Jazz teacher at Earl Haig secondary.