The Lions Roar

THE LION'S ROAR NEWSLETTER

March 13, 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

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Pi day is coming and we need YOUR help! Please click on this link to donate a pie or to volunteer on Click here

SPOTLIGHT ON English: Students in Mrs. Conroy's English 8 classes analyzed the authors' voice in self selected novel vs. film projects. Students then presented to the class

Students in Mrs. Tighe and Mrs. Uy's classes began establishing what they know and what they want to learn as they get ready to dive into The Diary of Anne Frank. Students did a gallery walk of historic pictures to build an understanding of this time in history.

SPOTLIGHT ON JAZZ BAND: Congratulations to Mr. Harrell and his amazing Jazz Band. This weekend the Jazz Band competed at the Esperanza High School Jazz Festival. Our Jazz Band earned 2nd place in the Jr. High Advanced Division. There were a total of 9 bands that competed. Way to go Oak Lions!

SPOTLIGHT ON 8TH GRADE SCIENCE: Students in Mrs. Shearer's science classroom are paralleling their novel The Martian, to 8th grade content. Students were using the design, build, test, method to determine which crash landing craft would get astronauts to Mars safest. Check out their models below:

SPOTLIGHT ON DIGITAL ART: Thanks to Pacific Life Foundation for their generous grant, our Advanced art students under the direction of Mrs. Harbour are utilizing ipads, Pro create software and ipencils to sketch and paint digitally. Check out their first experience with the new tools.

SPOTLIGHT ON OPEN HOUSE: Thank you to our amazing staff and community for such a great Open House. We had a packed campus with families and friends. Parents had an opportunity to see student accomplishments, hear the jazz band and choirs and have time to see old friends and meet new ones. In 6th grade ELA, parents were asked to complete a "6th grade Core , are you smarter than your 6th grader" quiz. Parents worked hard on this one! A great night was had by all!

ASB AND YEARBOOK CORNER

Morning announcements this Click here for this week's announcements

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.

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?

MONDAY March 14: Pi Day at lunch and all day in math classes. We need your PIE donations dropped off in the morning (These must be store bought)

6th grade moving to 7th grade registration workshop with our school counselor Ms. Reynolds

All District Choral Festival at LAHS track and field 6:30 pm

TUESDAY, March 15: Regular School Day 8:40- 3:00

PTA meeting via zoom 9:00 a.m.

LAHS counselors to present to all 8th grade students

WEDNESDAY, March 16: Modified Day- 2:00 Release

Elective Fair for all 8th grade students period 6

THURSDAY, March 17: Regular School Day 8:40- 3:00

7th grade to 8th grade registration workshop with Ms. Reynolds

Transitioning to High School and Beyond 5:30-7:00 Oak Middle School

FRIDAY, March 18: Show your school pride

Regular School Day 8:40- 3:00

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.