The Lions Roar

THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

August 11, 2019

In this Issue:

LAUSD WEBSITE

Oak Middle School Website

Oak PTA E-mail

HEAR US ROAR!

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEEKLY UPDATE

Academics, Athletics, Activities and the Arts

We apologize for the late Roar out to parents. Last night's Roar was sent only to student emails. We apologize for the delay.

The Lion's Roar is a weekly snapshot of events at Oak Middle School. It will come to your email inbox EVERY Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m. Please make sure to look at all the sections as you scroll down. We include a weekly calendar, upcoming events, parent information and a link to order Spirit Wear. We hope you enjoy reading our newsletter!

SPOTLIGHT ON REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES AT OAK:

Last week all Oak students participated in registration activities on campus. Our WEB (Where Everyone Belongs) leaders helped to ease the transition for many of our new to Oak students. A special thanks to Mrs. Moushon for coordinating our student WEB leaders.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE LION PRIDE KICKOFF EVENT: We kicked off the new school year with our annual Lion Pride Event. A great night to pick up your schedules, map out your routes to class, and reconnect with friends. Shout out to our choir and instrumental music students for providing some great entertainment.

Dr. Pulver, our new Los Al Superintendent, joined us for the festivities of Lion Pride kick off

Students received their schedules and mapped out their routes.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL: We had a great first week of school at Oak. Students engaged in team building activities, classroom demonstrations and Fun Friday lunch activities.

FAVORITE PICTURES FROM THE WEEK:

MEET OUR NEW SCHOOL COUNSELOR: A warm Oak Pride welcome to our new school counselor Ms. Adrienne Reynolds. Ms. Reynolds comes to Oak from the Tustin Unified School district where she worked at Pioneer Middle School. Ms. Reynolds can be reached at areynolds@losal.org or by phone at 562 799 4740

Meet our new Outpost Team: Outpost, our before and after school care program is now located in room 31. Our Oak Outpost director is Ms. Jessica Root.

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW.. Our first general PTA meeting will be held THIS Tuesday, August 13th at 9:00 a.m. in our teacher's lounge? Please join us for our meeting. Parents this is a GREAT way to get involved in Middle School Activities!!

DID YOU KNOW... BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH? There will be a special parent information meeting at 5:00 p.m. for all new to Oak parents. We will be highlighting the ten most important things you should know to be able to navigate Middle School parenting. Back to School Night will begin at 5:45 p.m. for students with a zero period PE class, and 6:00 p.m. for period 1. This is a parent/adult only evening please.

DID YOU KNOW... Our ONLY fundraiser this year STEP IT UP will launch at Oak on Thursday, August 15th?

Last year, generous contributions helped to fund the following at Oak:

new black box theater lights and sound for our drama program

PE conference for Mindful Moving

New PE equipment including a race clock, games, and scrimmage vests

Science and engineering: shelving , CTE tools, CUE conference , safety goggles and helping to move to our new coding and robotic classroom

Science Olympiad training support in Arizona

Ipads for teachers to use so that they can teach from anywhere in the room

Flexible furniture for classrooms including high top standing tables

And so much more....

Please help support our Step It up Fundraiser coming home this Thursday!

DID YOU KNOW... Scholarship Club applications will be available in the office and online on the Scholarship Club page via the Oak Website beginning this week. 7th and 8th grade students interested in joining can turn in a completed application with a copy of your last report card to Mrs. Van derLinden in room 72 from 8/12- 8/22. The first meeting will be on Monday 8/26 after school.

DID YOU KNOW... 6-8 grade students should bring their own computer devices to school each day? Please encourage students to mark their computer laptops with identifying stickers and names. Cases for computers are highly encouraged.

DID YOU KNOW... Class of 2020 shirts are now available? Shirts can be ordered in the main office. Cost of the shirts are $10.00 We are currently sold out, but now taking orders.

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.