The Lions Roar

THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

September 6, 2020

In this Issue:

LAUSD WEBSITE

Oak Middle School Website

Oak PTA E-mail

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OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEEKLY UPDATE

Academics, Athletics, Activities and the Arts

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

Welcome back to Oak Middle School. School officially resumed on August 31st in a distance learning platform. We have missed all of our students and families. A giant THANK YOU to our amazing staff who spent most of their summer days preparing for our opening.

Materials Distribution at Oak: Materials for over 1100 students were distributed last week in a drive through in front of Oak. A giant thank you to our Media Center staff , office crew, PTA volunteers and our LAUSD bus drivers who helped to scan, carry and deliver each set of books. Way to go team Oak! Still need a chromebook?

Please email Mr. Mendrin click here

OUR ONLINE CLASSES ARE UP AND RUNNING:

In our online classes,students have live instruction for 33 minutes per period per day. In addition to the synchronous 261 minutes of daily instruction, students are also receiving opportunities for practice and learning through asynchronous assignments. All assignments are located in our Schools PLP tile located in the golosal portal on the Oak Website.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PHOTOS:

Our Yearbook class has set up several sites for students to send us photos of Oak. Would you like to send us your photos?

click here for grade 6

click here for grade7

click here for grade 8

VIRTUAL WEB DAY FOR ALL NEW TO OAK STUDENTS!

This year our WEB activities (Where Everybody Belongs) was a bit different as a result of the restrictions for large group gatherings. Oak WEB went virtual with the help of Ms. Morrison and Ms. Mulholland. Thank you WEB leaders for helping to welcome our new students.

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WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST OAK TEACHERS!

A giant welcome to our new Oak Staff. Welcome to the PRIDE!

Mrs. Pratt: English

Ms. Uy. English

Mr. Pixler. Math

Mr. Caiati. Math

Ms. Mulholland. Science

Ms. Harbour. Art

DID YOU KNOW?

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Back to School Night is scheduled for September 9th. This year we will have special links for all parents so that you can hear special presentations by each teacher. Links will be available for families so that they can watch at their convenience. More information to follow. Links will be available on Wednesday, September 9 after 12:00 p.m.

PARENT SQUARE: Parent Square is a great way to stay connected to school. Now students can stay in touch too! Students will receive their invites to StudentSquare on their golosal.net accounts.

StudentSquare iOS App Download click here

StudentSquare Android App Download. click here

Once a student activates their account and signs in, they will have access to the help guides on how to use StudentSquare.

HYBRID SCHEDULES: We are still awaiting final clearance for the return of students to campus. The tentative date for return will be towards the end of September (tentatively Sept. 22). We are currently developing a plan to divide students into two groups. Cohort A will come in the morning and Cohort B in the afternoon. We have not yet assigned students a cohort and will be working on that in the coming weeks. We appreciate your patience as we build and design the schedules. We understand that many of you will have preferences for cohorts. Our priority is in keeping our numbers of students down in both cohorts. Priority at Oak will always be given to keep sibling together.

PTA NEWS:

Do you shop at Amazon? Please click on this link and bookmark it. When you shop at Oak's Amazon Smile page, we get 0.5% of what you spend and it costs you nothing! You shop and you help us raise money every time you make a purchase.

Click here

Please join us in making a positive difference in our school community and support your

Oak Middle School PTA today.

Join Oak PTA!

Just click the link and join!

Join PTA here

Please join us at our first PTA Association meeting on Tuesday, September 15, at 9:00am via Zoom.

Everyone is welcome to attend, and PTA members get to vote. Click here for the agenda (I've attached it to the email)

Join Zoom Meeting. click here

CHECK OUT WHAT IS NEW AT THE OAK SPIRIT WEAR STORE: New face masks with the Oak Logo.Purchase Oak Spirit click here On-line

Gear up to show your school spirit on Fridays!

Oak spirit wear is available for purchase or go to casswimshop.com search Oak.

HEAR US ROAR!

Erin Kominsky

Principal, Oak Middle School

ekominsky@losal.org

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OAK THIS WEEK?

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7: NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8: DISTANCE LEARNING CONTINUES

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9: DISTANCE LEARNING CONTINUES

VIRTUAL BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT DETAILS TO COME SOON

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10: DISTANCE LEARNING CONTINUES

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11: DISTANCE LEARNING CONTINUES

Oak Middle School PTA Board 2019-20

President- Janet Murphy. click here

Executive Vice President- Tracy Sturm

Treasurer- Stacey Levine

VP Ways & Means- Suzy Johnson

VP Parent Ed- Viki Bragg-

VP Legislation- Remy Hernandez

VP Membership- Alison Mohanna

Financial Secretary- Amy Payne

Recording Secretary- Maria Osorio

Historian- Jodee Flint

Parliamentarian- Chris Lamb

Auditor-Jackie Dominick

Purchase Oak Spirit click here On-line

Gear up to show your school spirit on Fridays!

Oak spirit wear is availbable for purchase or go to casswimshop.com search Oak.