THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

September 9, 2018

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HEAR US ROAR! OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEEKLY UPDATE  Academics, Athletics, Activities and the Arts SPOTLIGHT ON ACADEMICS: This week take a look at some of the extraordinary experiences students had in their academic classes. Students in Mrs. Gardner's math 6A used Tarsia puzzles to construct mathematical algorithms that were true. As the students completed the puzzles...a victory picture was taken!

8th graders in Mrs. Moushon's science class showed off their videographer talents by creating original movies to explain how the solar system works.

Students in Mrs. Shearer's science 7 created their own experiments using Mentos and a variety of liter soda. Can you guess which soda had the quickest reaction? Students used Coke, Diet Coke, 7 up and Fanta.

SPOTLIGHT ON P.E.A.C.E. WEEK ACTIVITIES: People Exhibiting Appreciation and Compassion for Everyone was the theme of our week of activities. Our ASB, under the direction of Mrs. Siegmann, did an AMAZING job of coming up with special theme days and events. Check out these cool pictures: Tuesday started with Hippie Day to spread the "PEACE". Students signed a beautiful winged poster that said " Oak Lions Lift Each Other". All students in the school have signed!

Wednesday was College Day! "Oh the places you will go" with a special Limbo contest at lunch.

Thursday was Pajama day! Join the dream team with "minute to win it" games at lunch.

Friday was Spirit Day and a "cool to be kind" treat at lunch!

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW.... Reflections is now here! PTA Reflections would like to know who are your "heroes Around Me". Our Oak pride is full of creative students and this is an opportunity for them to share with our community and beyond. Reflections is a national art recognition and achievement program for K-12 students which allows students to find outlets in dance choreography, film production, literature, music competition, photography, and visual arts. There will be an art showcase in the Spring displaying all the entries for Los Alamitos. The deadline for submissions is October 19th in the main office. Entry forms must be completed and turned in with the student's project. If you have questions or your student would like to borrow art supplies, please contact our Reflections Chairperson, Michelle Williams, click here To access the application find application here by clicking

DID YOU KNOW.. On September 13th, Oak and McAuliffe Middle Schools will co-host a parent education evening "Parenting in a Digital Vaping World". SEPTEMBER 14TH: MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 6:30-8:30 P.M.

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... OAK HAS A SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL AND WE NEED YOU? We are looking for a few volunteers to be part of our School Site Council composed of site administration, parents and students. This committee meets four times each year: September 20, December 13, February 28 and May 2nd all at 3:30 p.m. at Oak. If you are interested in joining our School Site Council, please email Mr. Mendrin at amendrin@losal.org

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 (9/10) Oak math delegation off to learn at Stanford Math Consortium (Mrs. Van derLInden, Mrs. Berthon, Mr. Berger and Mrs. Gardner) TUESDAY   ( 9/11):   Teaching and Learning WEDNESDAY ( 9/12): Modified Wednesday 2:00 dismissal for period 7 THURSDAY (9/13): Parent education evening Parenting in a Digital/Vaping World 6:30 p.m. McAuliffe Middle School Auditorium FRIDAY (9/7): Show your school spirit today! State of the District 8:30 a.m. Presented by Dr. Sherry Kropp Breakfast event at the Navy golf course.]

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- Will be appointed

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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