The Lions Roar

THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

February 20, 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 KINDNESS WEEK AT OAK:

Special Shout out to our Leadership students under the direction of Mrs. Siegmann who gave us the most wonderful week of Kindness. We had dress up days, lunch time events including kindness rock painting, kindness notes and photo ops at our winged poster. Our kindness greeting to all students on Thursday morning brought smiles to all the faces. Thank you to our Board members Chris Forehan and Scott Fayette for helping us to spread the kindness.

SPOTLIGHT ON 6TH GRADE ELA: Students in 6th grade English Core did a Valentine's Day Digital Escape Room. Students had to answer ELA related questions (poetry, idioms, nonfiction reading comprehension and vocabulary.

SPOTLIGHT ON 8th GRADE SCIENCE: Students in Ms. Katsuki's science classes are combining their new knowledge of physics as they design the CO2 cars. Students design and build their cars and then have the opportunity to race them in the gym. Stay tuned to future developments.

SPOTLIGHT ON SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE: Students in Ms. Mo's science classes created Cell Cities. Check out some of these cool comparisons.

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.

March’s wellness theme is Grit, Growth Mindset, and Resiliency. Students are encouraged to develop a growth mindset with activities in the Den. Counselors and teachers will support students in developing grit and resiliency in and outside of school. Look outside the Den for a growth mindset super-star collage of famous people with a growth mindset!

This week in the Den: Monday, February 28, before school @ 8:10 AM: Come to the Den for a Growth Mindset Meditation to help reduce anxiety before school.

Thursday, March 3, before school @ 8:10 AM: Join us in the Den for a Growth vs. Fixed Mindset talk to learn how to have a growth mindset.

Thursday, March 3, during lunch: Drop by the Den at lunch to create your very own #GrowthMindsetHashtags to develop grit and resiliency.

Friday, March 4, before school @ 8:10 AM: Swing by the Den for a “Bouncing Back” activity to learn how to turn mistakes into success.

Friday, March 4, during lunch: Visit the Den for a Famous Failures activity to learn how to bounce back from obstacles in life.

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?

SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S WEEK FEBRUARY 21-25

SCHOOL WILL RESUME ON FEBRUARY 28

MONDAY February 28: Classes resume 8:40

TUESDAY, March 1: Executive PTA meeting 9:00

WEDNESDAY, March 2 : Modified day

College Day

THURSDAY, March 3: 8TH GRADE PANORAMIC PIC

FRIDAY, March 4: Show your school pride

SATURDAY, March 5: All District Band Orchestra

concert

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.