THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

March 8, 2020

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HEAR US ROAR! OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEEKLY UPDATE  Academics, Athletics, Activities and the Arts SPOTLIGHT ON ENGLISH: Seventh grade English students in Mrs. Lasker's class collect evidence for their essays. Students did a gallery walk for potential quotes. The essay prompt was "is technology bringing people together or apart?"

Sixth graders kicked off an argumentative essay writing unit. Students did a close read on an article about child beauty pageants. Students gathered information and began to build their arguments for or against.

SPOTLIGHT ON NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS: Students learn from inquiry based science lessons in grades 6-8. Seventh graders in Mr. Maya's classes wondered about the shape of the continents and how they got to be where they currently are. Students began with a puzzle activity to find connections.

SPOTLIGHT ON MATHEMATICS : Students in Mrs.Van derLinden's Algebra class practiced their perfect squares and quadratic formulas.

SPOTLIGHT ON SOCIAL SCIENCE: Seventh grade students in Mrs. Siegmann's classes practiced the art of woodblock printing as part of their studies of world cultures.

SPOTLIGHT ON VISUAL ART: Check out these very cool micrography self-portraits done by our Advanced art students and pastels by our Art I students.

SPOTLIGHT ON ASB: Our ASB under the direction of Mrs. Siegmann and Mrs. Velasco went on a walking fieldtrip to Los Al high school and met with the high school ASB. It was great to learn from the pros.

DID YOU KNOW: The LAHS counselors visited our Oak 8th graders to get them ready to go to 9th grade?

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW... Elections are coming in April for PTA and we need Nominations by March 11. People are welcome to run for any position, but we are most in need of an Auditor, Parliamentarian, and Corresponding Secretary. You can nominate yourself or anyone else by emailing the nomination committee click here. or by turning in a completed form in a sealed envelope addressed to PTA nominating committee in the Oak office.

DID YOU KNOW.. Our very own Oak site custodian, Mr. Danny Salas was recently named as the Orange County Classified Employee of the year? Congratulations Mr. Salas as he now goes on the compete at the State level!

DID YOU KNOW... Our Advanced Orchestra and Band, under the direction of Mr. Harrell, attended the Kennedy High School Music Festival where they were rated on performance and music sight reading ability. Congratulations Orchestra for Superior ratings in both! Our band received Excellent performance and Superior in Sight reading.

DID YOU KNOW... Oak Showstoppers won 2nd place in Women's Division and ShowMen won 1st place in Best Music and Show Men's Division at the Burbank Music competition. Both choirs are under the direction of Mr. Mizuki. Congratulations everyone!

Both Oak and McAuliffe Choirs got together this Saturday at Oak for our annual Exchange of Middle School choirs.

DID YOU KNOW... The Oak STEAM fair is coming....

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DID YOU KNOW.... Dry Fit Tie Dye shirts are here! Shirts are $15 (check or cash) to our Oak Office.

DID YOU KNOW... Oak Spirit wear is worn each Friday? You can order your spirit wear by going to our Oak website and clicking on Spirit Wear. go to Team Stores Find: Oak Middle School, Code: OAK in all caps. All spirit wear will be delivered to school and distributed directly to students.

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

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OAK THIS WEEK?

Pi day is coming to Oak on Friday, March 13th. Donate a pie at drop off or help volunteer to cut and serve pie to our 1200 students. We need YOU! Sign up to help or donate click here Parent conferences are coming soon! Call in for your appointment beginning on March 9th. 562 799 4740 ext. 76100 MONDAY  ( 3/9): Day #15 Gratitude Challenge. LAHS visits our Orchestra and Advanced Band today. 6th grade elective presentations TUESDAY  ( 3/10) :  Day #16 Gratitude Challenge Lion Pride Celebration LAHS counselors to meet with 8th grade students 7th grade elective presentation Ukulele presentation periods 6 and 7 WEDNESDAY ( 3/11). Day #17 Gratitude Challenge Modified Day 2:00 dismissal Choir Booster meeting 7:00 p.m. THURSDAY ( 3/12 ): Day #18 Gratitude Challenge Executive PTA meeting 9:00 a.m. FRIDAY ( 3/13 ): Day #19 Gratitude Challenge P.I. Day! Pies at lunch SATURDAY (3/14 )Choir competition Travis Ranch

Oak Middle School PTA Board 2019-20  President- Marita Frank- marita.frank@gmail.com Executive Vice President- Janet Murphy murphycsr@aol.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- Remy Hernandez remyyamaguchi@gmail.com VP Membership- Cindy Welch- jcjwelch@gmail.com Financial Secretary- Amy Payne amy.ll.payne@gmail.com Recording Secretary- Alison Mohanna alison.mohanna@gmail.com Historian- Rebecca Brazier- rebeccabrazier@yahoo.com Parliamentarian- Jodee Flint flintfuller@me.com

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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