THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

April 14, 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. OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD EVENT: Our Oak athletes competed in our annual track and field event. Students competed in Shot put, long jump, high jump, hurdles, relays and individual track events such as the 880, 440 and 100. Special thanks to our PE department: Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Velasco, Mr. Meckna and Mr. Stembridge.

The City Of Los Alamitos awarded Oak for having the MOST entries for the Race on the Base. We received $500 for our PE department and a very cool championship belt.

ENGLISH : 8th grade students in Mrs. Murray's class used a computer "break out" strategy to prepare for the upcoming SBAC testing. Students worked in teams to "break" the clues.

SCIENCE: Students in Mr. Maya's science 7 participated in the "Great Energy Debate". Guest teachers took the role of U.S. Congress members, as students defended their research.

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW...Our Society club was at lunch for 7th and 8th grades this Friday with more games. This week students played the Pringles challenge and Pictionary Playdoh.

DID YOU KNOW.... Mrs. Berthon was named Lion's Club Oak Middle School Teacher of the Year? Congratulations Mrs. Berthon!

DID YOU KNOW...... Our PTA honored our Honorary Service Award Winners? Congratulations to Ms. Kuhar, Mr. Schiele, Mr. Johnston, Mrs. Peng. We appreciate YOU!

DID YOU KNOW....Our Jazz Band received another recognition this weekend? Congratulations to our jazz band for receiving 3rd place in the Fullerton College Jazz Festival. Our Middle School band competed in a High School Only competition. There were 9 High School Bands and Oak took 3rd place. We also had 5 outstanding solo awards: Brianna Arroyo Mendez, Nathan Morones, Asher vanAndler, Colin Johnson and Zoe Ronnau. Congratulations Mr. Harrell and the Oak Jazz Band. What an amazing season!!

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...... 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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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?

MARK YOUR CALENDARS : SBAC TESTING IN SCIENCE GRADE 8 ONLY: APRIL 15-18 SPRING BREAK: APRIL 22-26 SBAC IN ELA: APRIL 30-MAY 3 SBAC IN MATH: MAY 7-10 MONDAY, APRIL 15 : SBAC TESTING IN SCIENCE GRADE 8 ONLY TUESDAY, APRIL 16 : SBAC TESTING IN SCIENCE GRADE 8 ONLY PTA MEETING 9:00 A.M. EXECUTIVE BOARD 8:00  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 : SBAC TESTING GRADE 8 SCIENCE MODIFIED DAY 2:10 DISMISSAL THURSDAY, APRIL 18 : Lion Pride lunch grade 7 FRIDAY, APRIL 19 : Band and Orchestra to Grammy Museum

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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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