Tuckerton Seaport offers a variety of educational programming, and is now bringing its efforts into the classroom with the launch of an in-school folk artist residency at Tuckerton Elementary School. Decoy carver Andrew Tonnesen, who attended Tuckerton Elementary 20 years ago, is teaching a five-part series to sixth-grade classes on folk art and the tradition of decoy carving in the region with the help of his former teachers.

“It is really exciting to be able to give back to my school and see the changes that have been made over the years.