THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

May 19, 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. Our school year might be winding down, but our students continue to roar! OAK VS. MCAULIFFE TRACK MEET: This week our Oak athletes had an opportunity to compete against McAuliffe Middle School at our annual track meet. Special thanks to our PE team: Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Velasco, Mr. Stembridge and Mr. Meckna. Shout out to LAHS for allowing us to use their beautiful facilities . Great job both Oak and McAuliffe. Our athletes earned many medals and even broke a few records.

SCIENCE : Students in Mr. Beck's classes launched their hand made planes and collected data, while students in Mrs. Moushon's class tried out their solar ovens by cooking hotdogs on a cloudy day.

Solar ovens: the hot dogs REALLY cooked!!

ENGINEERING: Students in the sixth grade engineering wheel designed zip lines that carried cargo at a specific speed and distance.

MUSIC: Both instrumental and vocal music had their final concerts this week. Band and orchestra students played to a packed house. Our choirs sang their hearts out at a 3 night show.Thank you Mr. Harrell and Mr. Mizuki and all our parent boosters for making these nights possible.

CONGRATULATIONS: Shout out to our Lion Pride sixth grade recipients.

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW... Sara Gielow took BEST IN SHOW at the Sunset Beach Art festival last weekend? Congratulations to Sara! Congratulations to Kanela Glenn, second place and Malia Maunula third place. Honorable mention went to Avery Pawlacyk, Elizabeth Chin, Anthony Joseph, Sariah Griffin and Sonrisa Dhar.

DID YOU KNOW...We are looking for parent volunteers for the CSULB 8th grade party? Please join us for an amazing day honoring our 8th grade students Click here

DID YOU KNOW.... we have "cool" new shirts? These dry fit t-shirts are blue tie-dye and cost only $15. If you would like to purchase a shirt, please stop by the main office. We have shirts already printed and ready to wear.

DID YOU KNOW... Our Drama students will hold a performance of musical theater on May 22nd at 2:30 and 7:00 p.m.

DID YOU KNOW... There will be an informational meeting for all new 8th graders interested in the Washington DC/New York trip over Spring Break April 11-16, 2020. Parent information meeting May 22, Oak room 76 at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome who are interested. This is not a school sponsored event but is led by our very own Mr. Rob Main. Come to the meeting and check out what a cool trip this is.

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Registration is now open for LAEF’s Summer Enrichment Institute!   Sign up now at  www.LAEF4kids.org/programs ! The fully accredited Los Alamitos Education Foundation presents the 10 th  annual Summer Enrichment Institute (SEI), which offers valuable classes to students in grades K-12.    Multi-class discounts are available for the summer –  25% off the second class and 50% off any class thereafter throughout the entire summer ; it is applied to a family or individual student. Class fees increase after May 9.   Join the Summer Enrichment Institute to keep kids learning and engaged this summer! Session 1 is from June 10–21 and Session 2 is from June 24-July 3. Students entering grades 6-12 will be at Oak Middle School ( See Catalog ).   LAEF is offering Summer Sports Camps and Camps in the Arts by Los Al’s Head Coaches and Directors! HIGH SCHOOL FOR CREDIT registration is available online until Wednesday, May 29, 2019.   Catalogs and flyers for all LAEF summer programs can be found at  www.LAEF4kids.org/summer .  Questions? Email  programdirector@LAEF4kids.org  or call 562-799-4700 Ext. 80424.

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?

MONDAY, MAY 20TH : LOCKER CLEAN OUT GRADE 8 ONLY TUESDAY, MAY 21ST : 8TH GRADE STUDENTS TO KNOTT'S WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND : MODIFIED DAY 2:10 DISMISSAL FAMILY LIFE BEGINS FOR GRADE 7 ADVANCED BAND AND ADVANCED ORCHESTRA TO DISNEY SOUND RECORDING DC/NY INFORMATION NIGHT FOR NEXT YEAR'S TRIP 7:00 P.M. ROOM 76 DRAMA PRODUCTION 2:30 AND 7:00 P.M. THURSDAY, MAY 23RD : LOCKER CLEAN OUT GRADES 6 AND 7 8TH GRADE AWARDS NIGHT 6:30 P.M. AMPHITHEATER FRIDAY, MAY 24 TH : SHOW YOUR SCHOOL PRIDE TODAY YEARBOOKS TO 8TH GRADERS TODAY MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Promotion: May 28 3:00 p.m. LAHS track and field CSULB party for grade 8: May 29 Last day for all students : May 30

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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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