Ocean Gate Principal Parodies “Africa” Song To Announce Snow Day

OCEAN GATE, NJ — Ocean Gate School's principal sang a parody of the popular song "Africa" to announce the school's pivot to a traditional snow day on Monday.

Officials initially announced a virtual learning day for Monday, but made the switch on Sunday night as weather conditions worsened.

"Our school district is choosing to have an 'old-fashioned' snow day tomorrow," Principal Melanie Patterson told Patch on Sunday. "We started off with announcing a virtual day then switched to a real snow day to give our students, staff and families a break. "

Patterson posted a video to the Ocean Gate School Facebook page to announce the news along to the melody and beat of the song "Africa," which was originally written by Toto and more recently covered by the band Weezer.

Listen to the full song here.

The district announced that they will utilize a remote learning day on Tuesday.

Ocean Gate is under a winter storm warning until Tuesday at 1 p.m. and a coastal flood warning through Tuesday at 5 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

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