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MONDAY September 26: Regular School Day 8:50am-3:10pm. HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH
TUESDAY, September 27: Regular School Day 8:50am-3:10pm
Wednesday, September 28: Early Release Modified Dismissal 2:10
THURSDAY, September 29: Regular School Day 8:50am-3:10pm
FRIDAY, September 30: Regular School Day 8:50am-3:10pm
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Parent-Teacher Conferences: October 25, 27 and 28
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OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL WEEKLY UPDATE
Academics, Athletics, Activities and the Arts
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P.E.A.C.E. WEEK
PEACE Week at Oak was phenomenal! So thankful to our school community for the support and participation.
PEACE week means People Exhibiting Appreciation and Compassion for Everyone. As Lions we will be commit to always be respectful, inclusive, and kind with everyone.
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SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL
New School Site Council Representatives (SSC)
I am thrilled to announce that we have three newly elected representatives to the Oak SSC. These parents will serve a two-year term (2022-2023 and 2023-2024) on the council and provide input on school planning.
Lorie Tannourji
Meggan Berthold
Nina Vadecha
They will be working in conjunction with our retuning representatives, Kim Baldwin, SSC Chair, P.J. June, SSC Secretary, as well as teachers and classified members of the Oak staff to develop the school’s Safety and Academic Plans.
The first SSC meeting is Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 at 3:30pm.
Oak Middle School
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING
ZOOM LINK:
September 28, 2022 at 3:30pm
Agenda
- Call to order
- Introductions of attendees
- Adoption of Bylaws
- Purpose of SSC
- Discussion and adoption of English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC) into SSC
- Discuss and approve Comprehensive School Safety Plan
- What’s going on at Oak
- Next Meetings: January 19, 2023 and March 16, 2023
- Dismissal
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SPOTLIGHT ON 8th Grade ELA : 8th grade students in Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Tighe, Mrs. Uy, Mrs. Conroy and Mrs. Robinson's classes discussed indefinite pronouns and color symbolism. Students worked whole class, independently and in groups to dive deep into understanding.
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SPOTLIGHT ON STEM I, II, III: Mr. Schiele and his students were working on the following:
STEM I:
Students in Mr. Schiele’s STEM I “Maker Tech” are learning Python programming by coding robotics within a virtual environment. They have learned how to move their robot using drivetrain commands, sensors, loops, and wait commands. The virtual environment changes depending on the challenge. So far, students have been challenged to knock over castle walls within the Castle Crasher environment and draw a house using a pen tool in the Art Canvas environment. Soon we will start building robots with our VEX Robotics kits and apply what we’ve learned to program the robots in our Design 38 robotics arena.
STEM II & III:
Students in STEM II “Engineering Design” and STEM III “Code and Game Design” have been learning Stanford’s Design Thinking framework and applying their design skills by recreating logos. Students have learned the fundamentals of design, including line, shape, form, texture, and balance. These skills will come in handy in the future when the Engineering Design class starts 3D design and the Code and Game Design class starts designing their own sprites (characters), as well as, game elements.
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CHALLENGE SUCCESS
Our amazing Challenge Success team spent last weekend at Stanford learning ways to best support our Lions. It was a wonderful trip filled with learning. A HUGE thank you to Mr. Maya, Mrs. Harbour, Mrs. Tighe, Mrs. McDiarmid, and Ms. Reynolds for their time and commitment to the Social-Emotional wellbeing of our students.
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CONGRATULATIONS
LIONS OF THE WEEK
Christian Parredes
Mrs.Wilson
Mrs. Nash
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The Den
September’s monthly wellness theme is making connections. The word ‘Connect’ means different things to different people. For me it is giving students respect, compassion and making effort to get to know them and help them be their best selves, and make learning meaningful for them. What does connection mean to you?
This Week:
Mindful Monday 9/26- 8:10- 8:35AM- Morning meditation in the Den, open to all students. At lunch try a new mindful practice in the Den, and get your calm on.
Trusted Adult/Tuesday 9/27- At lunch: Create and a note of appreciation to your trusted adult, and tell them how they have helped you personally or how they have helped your school community.
Welcome Wednesday 9/28 - Today reach out and invite a new student to sit with you at lunch and come to Den with a new friend to try one of the mindful activities you have not tried before, or bring a new friend and share your favorite mindful activities.
Thoughtful Thursday 9/29-8:10-8:35AM- Our series on managing stress continues, this mornings’ focus will be on how when we change how we think about a situation, it can help us to experience a lower level of stress.
At Lunch, Clinician Amelia Azzam is providing a workshop on strengthening your friendships. Please be sure to sign up early in the week to hold a spot in this lunchtime workshop.
Fri-Yay 9/30-8:10-8:35 AM - Stretch yourself and what you can do today by starting off with some mindful movement. We provide yoga matts but you are welcome to bring your own too.
At Lunch- SAVE Promise Club will meet in the Den, during lunch and plan activities for the month around the topics of being an upstander, preventing bullying and suicide, and self-care.
Be well,
Kirsten Jensen Psy.D. and Karen Shifflett- Collins
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LAEF OPPORTUNITIES
LAEF is introducing two fall after-school classes taught by highly qualified and/or credentialed teachers. These classes will occur between September 12 and December 15! The classes will be 1 hour and 15 minutes. Sign up now at LAEF4kids.org.
The class offerings at Oak are Communication Arts and Debate, and Confident Lions – Insight for Life. The class fee is $175. Class fee increases after September 6th.
Multi-class discounts available – 10% off the 2nd class and 15% off any class thereafter. It is applied to a family or individual student. All registration information including class descriptions and instructor bios are presented at LAEF4kids.org/afterschool. Call (562) 799-4700 x80424 or email programdirector@LAEF4Kids.org.
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DID YOU KNOW.....
...Lunches and breakfast are free for all students?
...Campus opens at 8:30 each day
...Dress code is strictly enforced. Please see page 13 in the Minder Binder
...Air pods are not permitted on campus (they get lost daily)
...Fridays are Oak spirit days. Need an Oak shirt? You can order online and the orders are dropped here at school.
...If you ride a bicycle or skateboard to school you MUST have and WEAR a helmet.
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SAFETY
The local police department will be issuing citations for those students demonstrating unsafe riding in and out of traffic as well as citations for not wearing helmets. This has been explained to the students on numerous occasions. The goal of this is to keep others and our students safe. Parents/guardians please have family discussions surrounding this topic at the home.
Parents and guardians....Please remind all skateboard and bike riders that helmets are REQUIRED. If a student fails to bring a helmet to school....they can not ride or skate home. A parent or guardian MUST either bring a helmet or pick up the mode of transportation. Please see page 10 in the Minder Binders for more information. Thank you for assisting with this safety concern. When riding bicycles we ask that all students stop at all 4 way stop signs. Many of our students are racing across intersections and driveways without looking. Please review bicycle safety rules at home.
E BIKE SAFETY AND CLASSIFICATIONS BELOW:
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Middle School Bus Schedule |
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School Calendars can be found by clicking here:
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Oak Middle School PTA Board 2022-23
CONTACT PTA - ptaoak@gmail.com
President Michelle Shahon
Executive Vice President Valerie Kelsey
Recording Secretary Karen Ben Shmuel
Treasurer Abby Harris
Financial Secretary Yvette Suniga
Auditor Amy Payne
Historian Emily Hogenboom
Parliamentarian - Open
Ways & Means Chair Galynn Tran
Membership Chair Faye Vasconcellos
Parent Education Chair Joy Wadleigh
Legislation Chair Roger Goss
Teacher Representative Allen Mendrin
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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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CHECK OUT WHAT IS NEW AT THE OAK SPIRIT WEAR STORE: . 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!
Evelyn Garcia
Principal, Oak Middle School
egarcia@losal.org
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