THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

November 11, 2018

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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 VETERAN'S DAY AT OAK: On Friday, November 9th, all students at Oak participated in a school-wide assembly to honor our Veterans. Our students were extraordinary as we filled the amphitheater with nearly 1200 students! Our advanced choir, band and orchestra kicked off our assembly along with a beautiful Color Guard courtesy of our U.S. Coast Guard. The Student ASB and Scholarship club presented cards and mingled with our guests afterwards. We are grateful for the support of our PTA and community who came out to help set up, serve and take down. Shout out to LCDR Kevin McQuillen for helping to provide us with the Color Guard. Special thanks to Marita Frank and Monica Graham for coordinating our volunteers. A great day was had by all!

A special thanks to our Veterans and their families. Thank YOU for your service!

Students had an opportunity to add names to our Wall of Honor. We had nearly 1,000 names on the wall.

Our choir, orchestra and band were amazing!

SPOTLIGHT ON 8TH GRADE SCIENCE: Can you smell the sawdust coming from our 8th grade science rooms? Our students have embarked on a scientific engineering project to create the fastest CO2 car. Students utilize Newton's Laws of Motion along with engineering and design for this project. They also get to use some very cool "shop" equipment like saws and drills to create their cars. 

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DID YOU KNOW.... The Bantle Family helped Oak to deliver over 300 pounds of candy to Operation Gratitude for our service men and women? Thank you Oak students for bringing in your candy. Thank you Bantle family for helping us get it to Operation Gratitude.

DID YOU KNOW....Poinsettias are available to purchase for $10.00 each through our Instrumental Music Program? These beautiful plants are available in red or white and come to us at Oak DIRECT from the grower. They are BEAUTIFUL and YOU can help support or Instrumental music boosters. If you would like to purchase a poinsettia please contact our Instrumental Music Director at rharrell@losal.org or come by our school office and drop off your completed order form. All Poinsettias are of the highest quality, direct from a grower in Santa Barbara. Each 6.5” Poinsettia is lush and full, decoratively wrapped in a red satin wrap with a protective paper sleeve. Plants are a height of approximately 16” with multiple blooms. Poinsettias are  $10.00  each (retail value $14.99). Orders are due no later than Thursday,  November  15 , 2018 . Please mark your calendar: POINSETTIA PICK-UP DATE Thursday, Nov 29. TOTAL ORDER INFORMATION: Name: _______________________________________________________ Phone:_________________  Email:________________________________ Student Name/Grade___________________________________________ Student Music Group: __________________________________________ Total # of RED poinsettias ordered:      __________ @ $10.00 each = $__________ Total # of WHITE poinsettias ordered: __________ @ $10.00 each = $__________ Total Entire Order: $______________ Please attach your cash/checks payable to OAK Instrumental Music Boosters. Please be sure to keep a copy of your orders. Questions: Laura Monk at lauraemonk@gmail.com

DID YOU KNOW... Registration is now open for the Young American’s 3-Day Performing Arts Workshop Presented by LAEF! Sign up now at  www.LAEF4kids.org/Young-Americans ! Calling all 3rd-12th grade students to the Stage! The Young Americans Program aims to train young people in performance (no prior experience necessary!), strengthen character and develop self-esteem, self-worth and self-discipline.   Friday, January 25 from 3:30-8 pm at McAuliffe Middle School Saturday, January 26 from 7:45 am to 5:30 pm at McAuliffe Middle School Sunday, January 27 from 1:00-7 pm at McGaugh Elementary’s Auditorium   Details can be found at  www.LAEF4kids.org/Young-Americans .   Registration Cost: $120 which includes a t-shirt AND footage of Act 2 of Sunday’s performance. Multi-student discounts are available – 10% off the 2 nd  child and 15% off any child thereafter. Scholarships are available on a first come, first serve basis.  Tickets will be sold for Sunday, January 27th's performance by the Young Americans during the workshop & 30 minutes prior to the performance. Questions? Email  info@LAEF4kids.org  or call 562-799-4700 Ext. 80424.

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DID YOU KNOW... The Los Alamitos Recreation & Community Services Department invites you, your friends, and family to join in on the Race on the Base - Los Alamitos Unified School District Race Challenge. Get a $5 discount by using your own school code and earn credit towards your school. The code can be used by any student, faculty, friend or family member. PLEASE JOIN US FOR TEAM OAK RACE ON THE BASE!   The school with the most race entries by their school code receives: 1)       The winning school name on a traveling championship belt 2)       A popsicle party for the whole school 3)       $500 towards your school! Register at  www.raceonthebase.com . Early bird registration deadline is September 30, 2018. Register before the price increase! See attached flyer for details and school code.

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....THANKSGIVING BREAK IS A FULL WEEK THIS YEAR. SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED FROM NOVEMBER 19-23 MONDAY (11/12) : NO SCHOOL IN HONOR OF VETERAN'S DAY  TUESDAY  (11/13): TEACHING AND LEARNING AT OAK WEDNESDAY ( 11/14): Modified Day dismissal at 2:00 CAREER CAFE AT LUNCH THURSDAY (11/15): ONE LUNCH TODAY FOR ALL STUDENTS 12:00 6-8 FRIDAY (11/16): Show your school spirit today!

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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 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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