THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

March 17, 2019

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HEAR US ROAR! OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEEKLY UPDATE  Academics, Athletics, Activities and the Arts Extraordinary Experiences for Everyone Every Day SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING: Teaching and learning at Oak this week highlights just some of the many ways our students are engaged in rigorous learning. Pi Day at Oak : Pi Day was celebrated Oak on March 14th. Pi represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. No matter how big or small, the ratio NEVER changes. This never ending number has been recognized for thousands of years and dates back to Babylonia. Our students love the math but they also LOVE eating pie! Thank you PTA for your amazing collection of parent volunteers for slicing and serving over 1200 pieces of pie! A special thanks to all the parents who brought us pie. It was delicious!

SOCIAL SCIENCE : 7th grade students in Mrs. Siegmann's and Mrs. Spatharos' class had a chance to experience the Renaissance through the works of Michelangelo by recreating the art of the Sistine Chapel. Students painted replicas upside down using their desks as the ceiling.

SCIENCE: Sixth grade students conducted their very first dissection as they completed their learning of the systems of the body. Thank you PTA for supporting this lesson through INNOVATION GRANTS.

PERFORMING ARTS: Congratulations to all our choirs for an amazing performance at the Los Alamitos All District Choral Festival. In addition, our choirs competed in this week's Extravaganza. Congratulations: Showmen: 1st Runner Up, Show Tunes :1st Place, Best Music, Best Show and Showstoppers 1st Place, Best show!

CONGRATULATIONS : The Oak Jazz Band under the direction of Mr. Robert Harrell, has had a two week winning streak. The Jazz Band took first place at the Esperanza High School Jazz Festival last week and on Saturday took first place AGAIN at the Irvine High School Jazz Competition. Go Lions!

Students in Dr. Arias' sixth grade wheel had their final dramatic performances this week.

Students in Mrs. Reynold's Ukulele music class also had their final wheel performance this week.

CONGRATULATIONS: Our very own Alexa Dharmapalan was selected as the 2019 Girls Inc. Strong, Smart, and Bold 8th grade National Scholar. She was surprised this week with a $500 scholarship along with some beautiful flowers. Way to go Alexa!

Congratulations to our Lion's Club Teacher of the Year: Mrs. Berthon! Mrs. Berthon was selected by the Oak Staff for her dedication to students above and beyond her classroom responsibilities. Mrs. Berthon teaches a zero period math exploration, daily gives up her lunch to work with students, and stays after school to help those who need it. Congratulations Mrs. Berthon!

Congratulations to our PTA Honorary Service recognitions: Mr. Schiele was given the Outstanding Teacher Award and Ms. Kuhar was given the Golden Oak Award, the highest award given by PTA. Both were recognized for their outstanding service to students and families.

CAREER CAFE: Special thanks to Mr. Aguilar for taking time out of his busy schedule to talk at our career cafe during lunch. Mr. Aguilar shared his career as an Attorney.

TRANSITIONING TO HIGH SCHOOL: Our 8th grade students had a chance to meet their high school counselors and to hear about selecting courses for next year. This is SO exciting!!

INNOVATION GRANTS AT WORK: Thank you for supporting our Step It Up fundraiser earlier this year. Proceeds go to funding our PTA Innovation Grants. Our Media Center team , Mrs. Hoefflin and Mrs. Stiller have used their innovation grant to help make the Media Center a warm and comfortable place to learn. Mrs. Stiller makes these decorations herself out of discarded library books. She also created the scrabble tiles. Check out our improvements!

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW..... World Down Syndrome Day  ( WDSD ) is on March 21. On this day, people with Down syndrome  and those who live and work with them throughout the world organize and participate in activities and events to raise public awareness and create a single global voice for advocating for the rights,  inclusion  and well-being of people with Down syndrome. At Oak we will be joining the celebration by wearing fun knee high socks as knee highs look like chromosomes. Please join us on March 21st by wearing your favorite knee highs!

 DID YOU KNOW...... we are looking for parent volunteers to help us with the special end of the year 8th grade activities? If you would like to help Click here

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DID YOU KNOW... You can celebrate a birthday while helping our Oak Middle School Scholarship Club raise money for the McKenna Claire foundation that supports research for Pediatric Cancer?If you would like to post a birthday on our marquee, please click the link and fill out the paperwork. Celebrate Birthdays at Oak click here to print the birthday form

DID YOU KNOW.... Every Friday is Spirit Day at Oak? Please wear your favorite Oak Tee or show your school pride by dressing in our school colors: Blue and Yellow.

HEAR US ROAR! Erin Kominsky Principal, Oak Middle School ekominsky@losal.org

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OAK THIS WEEK?

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM DAY DISMISSAL AT 12:10 MONDAY, MARCH 18 : WEAR GREEN AND SUPPORT A POST ST. PATRICK'S DAY COSTUME CONTEST AT LUNCH. 8th grade parent night at LAHS. 6:30 p.m. in the PAC TUESDAY, MARCH 19 : Counselors to meet with all 8th grade students . Course requests are due today for 9th grade. PTA meeting 8:00 executive board, 9:00 general WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 : MINIMUM DAY FOR CONFERENCES DISMISSAL AT 12:10 THURSDAY, MARCH 21 : MINIMUM DAY FOR CONFERENCES DISMISSAL AT 12:10 WORLD DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY (WEAR YOUR FAVORITE KNEE HIGH SOCKS) FRIDAY, MARCH 22 : MINIMUM DAY FOR CONFERENCES DISMISSAL AT 12:10

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Parents we need YOU to join PTA. Our goal is 100% membership for Oak Middle School. Please JOIN TODAY! Did You Know...? Oak Families helped Oak PTA raise over $1500 last year by doing these 4 things!!   BoxTops  - Save, clip & turn in your BoxTops to the Main Office before the end of September!    Office Depot  – When you shop for supplies at Office Depot on Katella, tell them you are from Oak Middle School and they will donate 5% of your total to our school!   Ameci's Pizza  - Our local Los Al shop gives Oak $$ back if you to cut out the  AMECI CARES ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS  icon on the pizza boxes and turn them in to the Office!   Ralph's Grocer  - Follow these instructions to get your Ralph's card linked up to save for Oak! 1.    Go to www.ralphs.com. 2.    Click on Community > Community Rewards (Top center menu). 3.    Scroll down the page to Participant >Enroll now 4.    If you already have an account, click Sign In. 5.    If you are new to Ralphs.com and need to create an account, click on Register (Top right Corner) 6.    Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-660-9003 to get your REWARDS card number. 7.    Once you are logged in, go to My Account (Top right Corner) scroll down to Community Rewards to Find Your Organization and search for  OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA (or our number 81838) 8.    Under Select Your Organization, select the button next to OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA  9.    Click the Save Changes button to save your selection. 10. The City School will appear at the bottom of your Ralphs receipts. Double check the next time you go to the store.     Thank you families for supporting Oak and our PTA!

Oak Middle School PTA Board 2018-2019  President- Marita Frank- marita.frank@gmail.com Executive Vice President- Monica Graham- cmograham@hotmail.com Treasurer- Krista Jameson- mskristaj@yahoo.com VP Ways & Means- Marci Ferguson- baenam@msn.com VP Parent Ed- Viki Bragg- vlw24@aol.com VP Legislation- Allison Mohanna- Alison.mohanna@gmail.com VP Membership- Cindy Welch- jcjwelch@gmail.com Financial Secretary- Kahmissa Steenhousen- ksteenhausen@gmail.com Recording Secretary- Christy Croce- croce@mail.com Historian- Rebecca Brazier- rebeccabrazier@yahoo.com Parliamentarian- Jodee Flint flintfuller@

Purchase Oak Spirit  A PRIVATE OAK STORE HAS BEEN specifically customized with OUR apparel and discounted pricing. Oak Middle School families will now need a code, assigned here in this email, to enter your Team Store. This privacy code allows CAS to offer your team custom items along with discounted accessory items normally only offered when purchased in one of our retail stores.  The domain name will remain unchanged.     casswimshop.com Enter the : TEAM STORE Oak Middle School team code is : OAK  (case sensitive-all caps) our CAS customer service number, 714.898.2655, in case anyone should have difficulty signing in. 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.

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