The Weekly Jr. Oiler
September 7, 2018
Welcome Back, Jr. Oilers
Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year! On Thursday, we welcomed just over 1,300 smiling faces to our halls. Entering the main building was exciting for all as a red carpet tunnel full of staff and parents greeted students and high-fived them into school. The excitement continued as students saw all the new classrooms and GRIT theme throughout the halls! It is truly a great time to be a Jr. Oiler!
Students now have one-to-one technology in all the main building classrooms and our goal is to be one-to-one school wide very soon. This means that students have access to a device (Chromebook) in every classroom! Thank you, Measure Q.
Below we have highlighted some of the fun activities that students and teachers took part in during the first two days of school. The focus was on relationship building and GRIT. It is so important that we all feel a sense of belonging and get to know each other. So much of middle school is finding out who you are and who you want to become. Our Jr. Oilers are going to grow so much in the next 180 school days!
A Red Carpet Greeting
21st Century Learning Environments
Hooray for the 1st Day!
Student Choice
GRIT Launch Day
GRIT in the Cafeteria
GRIT with Tech
PTSA Members are Winners!
At registration last week if you became a student member of our PTSA, you were entered in a raffle to win $100 cash! Congratulations to our first PTSA raffle winner, Jonah Armendariz.
Keep those memberships coming in for monthly raffles!
New/Revised School Policies
Cell Phones: Now that students have Chromebooks in class, cell phones are not needed for educational purposes at school. Due to recent statistics and the rise in anxiety and depression in youth linked to social media and phone use, students will not be allowed to use cell phones or smart watches during the school day. We want to give them time to be kids here at school without the pressure of the phone. Please help us enforce this policy by not texting or calling your child during the school day (before school or after the final bell is fine). We are happy to pass along important messages to your child through the office.
Students with their phones or earbuds out will have them confiscated and turned in to the office. After the first infraction, parents will be required to pick up the device and students will begin to accumulate detentions and demerits.
Drop-off and Pick-up Reminders
The back parking lot is not a safe area for student walkways and therefore is not a drop-off and pick-up location. It will be under construction all year and is closed to all but staff. Thank you.
What's Happening in September?
September 10 - Student Welcome Back/Expectations assemblies during PE
September 18 - PTSA Family Night at MOD Pizza
September 18 - Step It Up fundraiser assemblies
September 20 - Picture Day
September 21- PTSA Meeting, 9-10 AM in Media Center
September 27 - Back to School Night
About Us
Email: cglembocki@hbcsd.us
Website: www.dms.schoolloop.com
Location: 1502 Palm Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA, United States
Phone: (714) 536-7507