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OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEEKLY UPDATE
Academics, Athletics, Activities and the Arts
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IMPORTANT REMINDER:
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, JANUARY 18TH
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
As we navigate Hybrid learning this year, our school and district are committed to making ongoing improvements to meet the needs of all students. A part of these improvements is making an adjustment to 4-day weeks to better meet the instructional needs of our school community.
IN PERSON LEARNING: TUESDAY 1/19, WEDNESDAY 1/20, THURSDAY1/21 AND FRIDAY 1/22.
During the Winter and Spring of 2021, there are currently 5 weeks where students will only attend school for 4 days due to holidays and scheduled teacher planning days. During these weeks, students will attend IN-PERSON on Wednesdays in lieu of Distance Learning.
Week #1: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, NO SCHOOL MONDAY JANUARY 18TH
STUDENTS WILL ATTEND IN PERSON LEARNING TUESDAY , WEDNESDAY , THURSDAY ,and FRIDAY *
*If you attend Los Al@home, you will log onto classes as indicated by the schedule below:
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY:
On Monday, we pause to celebrate the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an American Civil Rights leader. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service that encourages all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. While most of us see this as a "day off" , we encourage you to consider making this a "day on". Be COVID safe by writing a note to a neighbor, picking up trash outside, or helping a sibling with homework. Take a picture of your act of kindness and upload it to the link here. How will you make your community better? We look forward to seeing the positive impact our Oak Lions will have! Click here to share your community service photos
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COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL:
We had over 70 parents join us last Tuesday for a "Coffee with the Principal" zoom. If you missed it, you can watch it here:
Topics included our new Well Space, student communication, and Social Justice standards.
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SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENT COMMUNICATION: Our ASB has done an amazing job of putting together some tips on navigating Google Classroom. Check out this great video: Click here
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SPOTLIGHT ON ART EDUCATION: Check out this amazing work in Mrs. Harbour's Advanced art classes. Students completed colorful self and animal portraits. With color theory, students focused on complimentary colors, tints, shades and tones. |
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SPOTLIGHT ON ENGINEERING:
Engineering Society:
This week in Engineering Society, students welcomed guest speaker and Stanford student Nicko Rucker to our online meeting. Nicko shared his experience attending Stanford University and his involvement in Engineering, Design, and Architecture with our club. He also discussed the projects he’s been involved with and shared some tips to the group as emerging engineers. Thank you Nicko!
Computer Science and Engineering:
This week in Mr. Schiele’s class, students honored African American engineer Dr. Mark E. Dean for his incredible work co-inventing the personal computer and developing the gigahertz processor. Because of his work with IBM and over 20 patents, Dr. Dean has had a legendary impact on computer science and computing around the world. A former Vice President of IBM and current Professor at University of Tennessee, he’s still creating an impact in Computer Science today.
After learning about what Dr. Dean invented, we reflected on his relevant quote, “A lot of kids growing up today aren’t told that you can be whatever you want to be. There may be obstacles, but there are no limits.” There WILL be obstacles in life, and we will be better humans for getting through them. Thank you Dr. Dean!
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CONGRATULATIONS REFLECTION WINNERS: |
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CONGRATULATIONS LION PRIDE RECIPIENTS: We are so proud of our 6th grade recipients. Students are selected by their teachers for outstanding effort, character, perseverance and scholarship. This is a very special honor only given three times each year per grade level. Students receive a certificate and lawn sign. These celebrations are now "drive throughs" due to COVID 19 restrictions, but we want our students and families to know...
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!
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NEW TEE SHIRT DESIGN: Eighth grader, Emma Osborne has created a new design for our 2020-21 Oak Middle School Tee shirt design. Shirts will be available for $12.00 cash or check made payable to Oak Middle School. Sizes range from Youth XL, Adult S, M, L and XL. Larger sizes are available upon request. Shirts are available in the main office.
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SIXTH GRADE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY: |
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CHECK OUT OAK'S NEWSPAPER: Our journalism students, under the direction of Mrs. Siegmann, have created the very first student run newspaper for Oak. We are so excited about our student journalists. New issue here: Click here to read the Mane Page
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DID YOU KNOW: Clubs are now being formed at Oak Middle School and will be available for both students on campus and at Los Al@home. Please check out the google form (hint: you MUST sign on with your golosal account to access. Click here
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DID YOU KNOW: Our instrumental music program has a dine out fundraiser to help support our music. Drive through and bring home lunch or dinner on Tuesday 1/26. Wahoo's will give back 20%! |
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LUNCHES AT OAK:
Lunches available for our Oak families: Each school day, our cafeteria crew is out under the blue canopies handing out free lunch and breakfast. The meals are cold, and will need to be reheated at home. Stop by and show your ID and pick up your lunch!
Oak students can pick up lunches at the snack lines. Snacks are available for purchase when you pick up your lunch: Slushies, water, pop chips, fruit roll ups, poptarts and rice krispy treats are available for purchase.
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PTA NEWS:
Do you shop at Amazon? Please click on this link and bookmark it. When you shop at Oak's Amazon Smile page, we get 0.5% of what you spend and it costs you nothing! You shop and you help us raise money every time you make a purchase.
PTA MEETING TUESDAY 1/19/21 9:00 A.M.
Mark your calendars
Good afternoon, Oak Families,
Our next PTA Association meeting is Tuesday, January 19, at 9:00 am via Zoom.
If you can come a bit early, we are opening the Zoom meeting at 8:50 am and some of the Oak PTA board members will be there to chat and answer questions before the meeting begins. We'd love to see you there!
Join Oak PTA Zoom Meeting
Please join us in making a positive difference in our school community and support your
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Join Oak PTA!
Just click the link and join!
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CHECK OUT WHAT IS NEW AT THE OAK SPIRIT WEAR STORE: New face masks with the Oak Logo. Type in casswimshop.com. There are tabs at the top and click on team store. The teams are in alphabetical order so go to Oak Middle School.
YOU MUST PUT IN THE CODE TO SEE OAK PRODUCTS.
CODE IS: OAK (ALL CAPS)
Gear up to show your school spirit on Fridays!
Oak spirit wear is available for purchase or go to casswimshop.com search Oak.
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HEAR US ROAR!
Erin Kominsky
Principal, Oak Middle School
ekominsky@losal.org
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OAK THIS WEEK? |
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PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK:
MONDAY,January 18 : No School on Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Day of Service..how will you make your community better?
TUESDAY, January 19: In person hybrid learning
PTA General Meeting 9:00 a.m. via zoom
WEDNESDAY,January 20 : IN PERSON Hybrid LEARNING TODAY
Cohorts A AND B
THURSDAY,January 21: In person hybrid learning
FRIDAY,January 22 : In person hybrid learning
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Oak Middle School PTA Board 2020-21
Executive Vice President- Tracy Sturm
Treasurer- Stacey Levine
VP Ways & Means- Suzy Johnson
VP Parent Ed- Viki Bragg-
VP Legislation- Remy Hernandez
VP Membership- Alison Mohanna
Financial Secretary- Amy Payne
Recording Secretary- Maria Osorio
Historian- Jodee Flint
Parliamentarian- Chris Lamb
Auditor-Jackie Dominick
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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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