The Lions Roar

THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

February 6, 2022

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 CELEBRATING LUNAR NEW YEAR!

On Tuesday, all students at Oak celebrated the Lunar New Year with music and dance. A special thanks to our friends at the Global Education Foundation for bringing the beautiful lions and dragons for our students. A special guest joined us to share the music and our students learned how to move the large puppets to the rhythm of the drums.

Happy Lunar New Year!

SPOTLIGHT ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT OAK: Posters decorate our campus halls to celebrate Black History Month on campus. Students researched influential African Americans in history and completed an activity with all they have learned.

SPOTLIGHT ON ART: This week in Art, students gained a more in-depth understanding of color theory focusing on harmony, neutrals and saturation. Checkout their colorful hands-on activity below:

SPOTLIGHT ON SCIENCE:

Students in 6th grade science are using online escape rooms to help free their online friend! Clues are given for each room and newly learned language of the discipline (surrounding the cell membrane) are reviewed and further understanding of them were practiced. In Ms. Morrison's room, students explored all about cells in a lab that looked at how cell membranes work.

Seventh graders in Mr. Main's class explored chemistry and how reactions occur when two substances come together.

Students in Ms. Katsuki's science classes studied Newton's Laws of Motion. They are now getting ready to design their own CO2 car based on the principles they are learning.

SPOTLIGHT ON VOCAL MUSIC: This weekend, Choir performed at the LAHS Performing Arts Center. The Winter concert was directed by Mr. Vince O'Connell. Congratulations to our amazing vocalists.

ASB AND YEARBOOK CORNER

Morning announcements this Click here for this week's announcements

SPOTLIGHT ON TEAM OAK FOR RUN SEAL BEACH: JOIN US on March 19, 2022 5K, 10K AND KIDS FUN RUN STARTS AT SEAL BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER AND ENDS AT THE SEAL BEACH PIER. WE ARE ORGANIZING OUR TEAM FOR OAK NOW. MARCH 19TH

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR A FEW SPONSORS SO THAT WE CAN GIVE EVERYONE WHO SIGNS UP A FREE TEE SHIRT FOR TEAM OAK. IF YOU OR A COMPANY YOU KNOW WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR OUR SHIRTS PLEASE CONTACT OUR COUNSELOR MS. ADRIENNE REYNOLDS OR OUR REGISTRAR MRS. NICOLE CAIRNS. click here for more information

SCHOOL SAFETY...

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.

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DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW....STUDENT ID'S ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY ON CAMPUS?

Students must wait in lines to get lunch and it is imperative that all students have their ID's ready to scan. A student without an ID must enter a name in the computer and wait for the correct name to be verified. This really SLOWS the line down. If you lost your ID , you can get another one for $5.00 in the main office.

DID YOU KNOW.....

...Lunches and breakfast are free to all students?

...Campus opens at 8:20 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 a helmet.

February’s wellness theme is kindness. Students are invited to participate in kindness activities in the Den. Counselors and teachers will encourage students to practice kindness in and outside of school.

This week in the Den:

Thursday, February 10, before school @ 8:10 AM: Join us for a morning meditation to start school with more peace and positive feelings.

Thursday, February 10, during lunch: Come by the Den to participate in our “Note of Kindness” activity. Students will think of something kind they wish someone would say to them. Then students will write this kind statement to themselves. Practicing kindness with ourselves allows us to pass on kindness to others.

Friday, February 11, before school @ 8:10 AM: Join us for a morning meditation to start school with more peace and positive feelings.

Friday, February 11, during lunch: Please join us for a “Kindness Bingo” game. Students who complete the activity by the end of the month will be entered into a random drawing for a prize!

OAK CHOIR SHOW IS COMING SOON...

"Come see Oak Choir’s Winter show "I'm Still Standing!" at Los Alamitos High School's Performing Arts Center (PAC) next weekend! Two shows only-Friday 2/4 and Saturday 2/5at 7:00 pm

Tickets are on sale now for $12-15 each by clicking the link below."

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

DID YOU KNOW....FAMILIES CAN JOIN OUR OAK PTA?

Oak PTA

CLICK HERE FOR PTA MEMBERSHIP FORM

Click here for the form

School Calendars can be found by clicking here:

School Calendars

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)

Purchase Oak Spirit click here On-line

Gear up to show your school spirit on Fridays!

Oak spirit wear is available for purchase or go to casswimshop.com search Oak.

HEAR US ROAR!

Erin Kominsky

Principal, Oak Middle School

ekominsky@losal.org

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OAK THIS WEEK?

Students in Mrs. Reynolds' 8th grade English dive into Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.

MONDAY February 7: No school for students, staff development day for teachers.

TUESDAY, February 8: Regular School Day 8:40-3:00

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) testing for selected 8th grade students.

Wednesday, February 9: Modified Day dismissal 2:00

Thursday, February 10: Regular School Day 8:40-3:00

Lion Pride for grade 6

Spelling Bee 3:10 p.m.

Astronomy Night : Grade 8 5:30 p.m.

Friday, February 11: Regular School Day 8:40-3:00

Show your school spirit

Oak Middle School PTA Board

2021-22

President- Janet Murphy. click here

Executive Vice President- Tracy Sturm

Treasurer- Stacey Levine

VP Ways & Means-

VP Parent Ed- Trista Guetig

VP Legislation- Roger Goss

VP Membership- Faye Vasconcellos

Financial Secretary- Yvette Suniga

Recording Secretary- Maria Osorio

Historian- Lisa Massoumi

Parliamentarian- Chris Lamb

Auditor-Amy Payne

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.