Shrewsbury School Students To View Solar Eclipse They've Studied

SHREWBSURY, NJ — More than 200 students at the Shrewsbury Borough School will view the solar eclipse on Monday - dubbed at the school as the "Great Solar Eclipse-O-Palooza," according to the district.

Students in the pre-K to 8th-grade school will gather to view the partial solar from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the school at 20 Obre Place.

While some schools are closing early on Monday, Shrewsbury Borough School is providing an afterschool opportunity until 4 p.m. for students and guests to enjoy a viewing party for the solar eclipse, the school officials said.

Staff and parents will volunteer and make the event fun and safe, they add.

Students have been preparing for the upcoming partial solar eclipse during and after school, according to the district:

Tanja Larsen’s fourth-grade class created solar eclipse music for the event, made chalk creations of an eclipse and played a NASA photo game called Snap It!

Laura Ehlers and Kristen Tardiff worked with fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders to create solar eclipse bookmarks with UV light-detecting beads. They also created models of the different stages of an eclipse.

Other classes tested the safety of the eclipse glasses and used temperature gauges.

All attendees will receive a pair of ISO standard eclipse glasses, which are required to safely view the sun during the partial solar eclipse, the school said.