"BE YOURSELF. TRY YOUR BEST. NEVER BE AFRAID TO DREAM."
-SHARON CHRISTA MCAULIFFE
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We are excited to announce our first ASB Virtual Election for President and Vice President. If you are interested, applications are due Wednesday, May 13th.
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Dear McAuliffe Parents and Families,
This week we are collecting Intent to Run forms for ASB Officer Elections for the 2020/2021 School Year. This is an exciting opportunity for next year's 8th grade students to represent their student body--get involved!
We also have announced two ways we are celebrating the Class of 2020. Please read in the 8th Grade Info section how you can celebrate your 8th grader this year.
Hey 8th Grade Families--be sure you're checking our "8th Grade" section of the Eagle Eye for important updates!
In this issue:
- Students at McAuliffe place 1st in the Nation for Vocab.com Vocabulary Bowl!
- Virtual Choir Performance coming on May 22nd!
- Student Wrap Up Schedule for 5/26 through 5/28
- Math Power Hour Week 3
- 8th Grade Students
- Virtual Promotion Slides are due May 15th (that's Friday!)
- Student Memory Slideshow, pictures are due May 18th
- Promotion Speaker Interest Form-8th Grade
- Attention 7th Graders: DC Trip for 2021--Register now and save!
- Coffee Connection with the Principal Video
Keep dreaming big, Eagles!
Dr. Ryan Weiss-Wright
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New Schedule as of 4/27/20
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Monday, May 11th
- 10:00 Period 1
- 10:35 Period 2
Tuesday, May 12th
- 10:00 Period 3
- 10:35 Period 4
Wednesday, May 13th
- 10:00 Period 5
- 10:35 Period 6
- ASB Forms Due for Intent to Run
Thursday, May 14th
- 10:00 Period 0
- 10:35 Period 7
Friday, May 15th
- Original Virtual Learning Schedule:
8:30-9:30 Electives
9:30-10:30 English and History Social Science
10:30-11:30 Math and Science
11:30-12:30 Lunch Distribution
12:30-1:30 Special Education
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Vocabulary Bowl Champions!
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Congrats to our Middle School Students for SHATTERING last year's record and becoming this year's National Champions for Vocab.com Middle School and Elementary School division!
Together, we mastered over 288,000 words making us number one AGAIN!
Vocab.com is a school wide vocabulary program that helps students build their academic vocabulary in fun and collaborative ways.
More than 1.6 million students played this year, making it the biggest Bowl ever. Together, you mastered over 41.6 million words — crushing last year’s record of 35.5 million words! Any way you slice it, that’s a lot of learning.
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McAuliffe Virtual Choir Concert
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The McAuliffe choir students would like to share the collaborative projects they've been working on while we've been away. We will also feature a virtual choir performance with all students, and a slide show to commemorate the year.
Please join us on Friday May 22nd at 7:00 for our YouTube Premiere. Go to McAuliffeChoir.com for the link and more information on this amazing event. Hope you can join us!!
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Student Wrap Up Schedule: May 26th through May 28th
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Memo
with complete information was emailed to families on Monday, May 11th. You may read the entire message by clicking the
link
.
We will have yearbooks for sale that day. If you would like to ensure you receive one, click
here
. If you would like to verify purchase, please email Mary McCulloch, our School Office Coordinator, at mmcculloch@losal.org
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Math Power Hour: Week 3 is Friday!
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Do you like puzzles? Come and play with a set of puzzles developed by mathematicians inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). He was famous for art involving rectangles of different colors. The objective of these puzzles is to cut a square into a set of rectangles, earning a score based on the difference in area between the largest and smallest rectangles. What is the best score you can get? Is there a pattern or an algorithm for creating a best score? Let’s give our brains a workout and have some fun by diving into these puzzles together!
We’ll be meeting next Friday, May 15
th
at 2:00 pm. Use the code: dz7eeus to join the “Math Power Hour – McAuliffe MS” Google Classroom for more information.
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This section of the Eagle Eye is for all information related to 8th grade activities and information for the Spring of 2020
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Click to download the template
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8th Grade Virtual Promotion
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Virtual Promotion Ceremony
Save the Date: Tuesday, May 26th at 7:00pm
via YouTube Premiere
Promotion Ceremony will feature student speakers, and a slide presentation of each 8th grade student while their names are read by 8th grade teachers.
We encourage families to make this evening special, decorate your home, and enjoy the presentation with your family!
ACTION ITEM
: We need each student to create their slide for the presentation.
- Open the template (click the example)
- Make a Copy of the slide
- Personalize with your name, quote, and two pictures
- Please make sure you follow the slide guidelines and example
- When you are done with your slide, complete this Google form to submit.
SLIDES ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, MAY 15TH
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8th Grade Student Slideshow
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Virtual Slideshow of our 8th grade students.
This is something we will play separately and is “just for fun”. Please submit pictures of your 8th grade student for an end of year 8th grade slideshow. Please note the following guidelines:
Consider uploading 5 pictures max
Pictures should each be unique and reflect the student’s personality, time at school, time growing up, or time with their friends.
Refrain from uploading the same picture twice.
Pictures should be appropriate in nature, and please note they will be viewable on the Internet if you choose to participate.
You may upload your pictures
here
.
PICTURES ARE DUE BY MONDAY, MAY 18TH
VOLUNTEER NEEDED
: Who can help organize this slideshow? Email rweisswright@losal.org
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CLICK TO ACCESS GOOGLE PHOTO ALBUM TO UPLOAD YOUR PICS!
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Our Virtual 8th Grade Awards Ceremony is Thursday, May 21st at 5:00pm. If your child is getting an award, you should have received an email on Monday, May 11th.
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Dear Future Griffins and Parents,
Los Alamitos High School is extremely excited to have you as an incoming Griffin. Unfortunately, Athletic Night for incoming 9
th
grade students was canceled due to social distancing restrictions. As of right now, we are uncertain if summer camps/leagues will be available for participation. We continue to monitor the situation very closely and have not ruled anything out. We will communicate out to all families as soon as new information is released.
CIF imposed a new rule mandating a common Summer Dead Period among all sports whereby coaches and athletes have no contact for two consecutive weeks. Los Alamitos High School’s dead period will be May 29
th
– June 11
th
. Therefore, if allowed, camps will being as early as June 12
th
.
We look forward to getting back on campus and adding to the legacy of Griffin excellence.
Regards,
Richard Smith
Assistant Principal, Athletics
rsmith@losal.org
C
hris
V
lasic
Principal
cvlasic@losal.org
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8th Grade Promotion--Save the Date!
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Los Alamitos Band and Orchestra Information
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The LAHS Instrumental Music Program, based out of Los Alamitos, CA provides incredible growth opportunities for students in highly acclaimed performance ensembles including 2 Concert Bands, 3 Jazz Ensembles, 2 Orchestras, Several Chamber Ensembles & Combos, Marching Band, Indoor Dru
www.losalmusic.com
No experience required, no commitment needed, FREE, & SECURE ZOOM sessions with our coaches!
forms.gle
For all new students joining Intermediate or Advanced Band!
forms.gle
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Click to visit the page for Future Griffins!
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Los Al Choir Auditions Happening Now!
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Join the LAHS Choir Audition Google Classroom listed below. This is where you will complete and submit all audition requirements. Students may also fill out the
Student Leadership Application.
All current Los Alamitos middle school & high school students, you must use your golosal.net email to access the LAHS Choir Audition Google Classrooms.
MEN Audition Class Code: 3qiex47
WOMEN Audition Class Code: cpcw5am
Students NEW to Los Alamitos Unified, you must use a gmail.com email to access the LAHS Choir Audition Google Classroom.
NEW STUDENTS Audition Class Code: q3upn34
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8th Grade Volunteer Hours Update
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Hey 8th Graders!
You may remember in the Spring of 2019, we made the decision to encourage our students to collect 100 hours of community service per year. Therefore, the 8th Grade Class of 2020 would have been recognized for 200 hours of community service and the Class of 2021 and beyond would have been recognized for 300 hours of community service.
For this year, we will be recognizing students who completed 75 hours of community service or more during their 8th grade year, and students who completed 175 hours of community service (or more) during their time at McAuliffe.
Information for submitting your hours will be sent out in Tuesday’s Eagle Eye Newsletter.
When you're ready, SUBMIT hour verification
here
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East Coast Trip: Booking Now for 2021
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7th grade students, sign ups have begun for our DC/NYC trip for Spring Break 2021. Those of you who are adventurous, independent, fun and have lots of energy, check the Eagle Eye for more information. All students will need a teacher recommendation completed and students without N's/U's/D's/F's are welcome to travel.
Come travel with us as we visit monuments and museums in Washington DC, run the Rocky steps in Philadelphia, and catch a Broadway play in New York City. Hopefully we'll be adding a baseball game and a college tour to the trip as well.
Click on
this link
for a tour and information about the trip. Let me know what else you might need. Hopefully our first official meeting will be Back to School night, but there is a $75 discount for signing up by July 1.
Want more information, email Ms. Miller at vmiller@losal.org
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Registration is now open for LAEF’s
Virtual
Summer Enrichment Institute!
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Sign up now at
www.LAEF4kids.org/programs
! The Los Alamitos Education Foundation presents the 11
th
annual (but 1
st
ever)
Virtual
Summer Enrichment Institute (SEI), which offers fun, enriching and academic classes to students entering grades TK-12.
Join Virtual SEI to keep students learning and engaged this summer, while preparing them for the next school year! Session 1 is from June 8–19 and Session 2 is from June 22-July 2. 75 minute classes begin at 10:00am and 1:00pm. For the health graduation requirement classes, there are wide array of times and dates available to choose from.
Multi-class discounts are available for the summer – 10% off the second class and 15% off any class thereafter throughout the entire summer; it is applied to a family or individual student. Class fees increase after May 22.
Thank you for considering Virtual SEI for your family!
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Coffee Connection with the Principal
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for April's Coffee Connection with the Principal. If you missed it, you can check it out on YouTube!
In this meeting we discussed the new schedule changes and the update to our Grading Policy. If you haven't had a chance to read the Grading Policy, you can check it out
here
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Make A Wish Birthday Posts!
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We are still doing birthday shout outs, every day in our morning announcements!
Three-fourths of the school year is done, but there’s still time to order your Make a Wish Birthday wish for birthdays from now through the summertime. For only $20.00, you can honor your child for one week on the school marquee AND donate to a great cause of granting a wish for a critically ill child. McAuliffe has granted 5 wishes and with your help, we will be able to grant Wish #6
! Click on this link
to get started. Please email Ms. Miller
vmiller@losal.org
if you need any help or have any questions.
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Amazon Smile! We know you're shopping online!
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On your first visit to AmazonSmile
smile.amazon.com
, you need to select a charitable organization to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. Choose
McAuliffe Middle School PTA
! Amazon will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at
smile.amazon.com
will result in a donation. AmazonSmile will occasionally contact you about donation amounts disbursed to your chosen charity or about the program.
Read the full letter
here.
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Parent Tips from MCA_C.A.R.E.S
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Parent Tip: Avoid student device-use in their bedrooms! Students can wear headphones if necessary to use their devices in a common space. There is never a reason for students to have their devices charging over night in their bedrooms. We recommend removing video game controllers so that kids can't play unless it's within the designated time.
Parents--we need you to partner with us in helping to ensure students are making mature decisions online. Having students work in a common space decreases the risk of technology misuse.
For daily tips, follow us @mca_c.a.r.e.s on Instagram!
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Thanks to everyone who tuned in to our first virtual parent education session with parent coach Mary VanGeffen. If you missed it, you can catch the recording on our
YouTube channel.
Check it out!
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McAuliffe Middle School | losal.org/mcauliffe | 714.816.3320 | 4112 Cerritos Ave, Los Alamitos, California
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