The Lions Roar

THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

November 17, 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

SPOTLIGHT ON VISUAL/PERFORMING ARTS:

Oak Middle School Dramatic Arts program, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Arias, presented Beowulf the play. Advanced Drama students have all read the epic novel and it is part of the 7th grade core English curriculum at Oak. We are so proud of our dramatic arts students for taking on such a challenging piece. Special thanks to the Center Theatre Group for the use of their beautiful costumes. Our appreciation goes out to our LAHS Drama students for helping us with sets and technical aspects of the play. Many of the LAHS students were Oak alumni!

SPOTLIGHT ON 8TH GRADE SCIENCE: CO2 cars are in production in all science classrooms for grade 8. Not only do students have the opportunity to study force and motion, they also get to practice their engineering skills as they design and build their cars. Band saws, and drill presses are available for all students to build their cars. Official races will begin after the Thanksgiving break.

SPOTLIGHT ON VOCAL MUSIC : Students in choir don't just learn to sing, they also learn and study music theory. This week, students practiced identifying key signatures in music. They also practiced their sight singing skills.

DID YOU KNOW?

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.... 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?

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOVEMBER 25-29 NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK

MONDAY (11/18). Teaching and Learning at Oak

TUESDAY (11/19): Teaching and Learning at Oak

WEDNESDAY ( 11/20) : Regular Modified Day

THURSDAY (11/21): Lion Pride Breakfast awards 8:10 a.m. MPR

FRIDAY (11/22): Show your Lion Pride today!

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.