THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL

January 26, 2020

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HEAR US ROAR! OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEEKLY UPDATE  Academics, Athletics, Activities and the Arts SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING: THE LION KING JR. MUSICAL COMES TO THE OAK STAGE! The combined efforts of our performing arts departments of drama and music helped to produce a breathtaking rendition of the Lion King Jr. Students have been practicing for months. Special thanks to Dr. Arias and Mr. Mizuki for their amazing work. A giant thank you to all the volunteers: Mrs.Sarah Sandvig, Mrs. Susan Frieman, Mr. Jordan Boggess , Mr. Miko and Mrs. Marita Frank!

SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORY: Students in Mrs. Spatharos' and Mrs. Siegmann's classes got a chance to experience Knighthood this week. Check out these photos!

Check out these Egyptian Spy reports from Mrs. McDiarmid's class.

SPOTLIGHT ON SCIENCE: Students in Mrs. Moushon's sixth grade classes got their first lesson in using a microscope and creating slides for study.

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW....OAK TEACHERS BEGIN EACH PERIOD BY GREETING STUDENTS AT THE DOOR? CHECK OUT THIS REALLY COOL VIDEO

DID YOU KNOW... The Los Alamitos Education Foundation's Gala is coming soon?

DID YOU KNOW... Instrumental Music is selling See's Candy? Click here

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?

 MONDAY  ( 1/27): Honor Roll Celebrations today at lunch for students Career counseling today grade 8 TUESDAY   ( 1/28) :  Career Counseling today grade 8 Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration at Lunch "The Talk" 6:30 p.m. Oak WEDNESDAY (1/29) MODIFIED DAY 2:00 dismissal ONE LUNCH TODAY FOR ALL STUDENTS 12:00 THURSDAY ( 1/30 ): CAREER CAFE TODAY ALL LUNCHES FRIDAY ( 1/31 ): OAK CHOIR SHOW AT THE LAHS PAC 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY ( 2/1): OAK CHOIR SHOW AT THE LAHS PAC 7:00 P.M. SCIENCE OLYMPIAD COMPETITION PORTOLA HIGH SCHOOL

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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