WELCOME TO UNIVERSITY

ORIENTATION NIGHT!

MRS. MEDECK

3ND GRADE

UNIVERSIT Y OF CALIFORNIA,
LOS ANGELES

OX F O R D P R E PA R AT O R Y A C A D E M Y

 ABOUT MRS. MEDECK

v  Raised in Orange,
California

v  B.A. Child Development

and Natural Science

v  California Multiple
Subject Teaching
Credential

v  Currently working on
my masters in
Education

v  LOVE crafting, DIY

projects, movie & game
nights, and being with
my family and friends

 BRUIN EXPECTATIONS

Be respectful of yourself, your

school, and others

Remain on task
Use a quiet voice
Integrity is key!
Never stop learning!
 REWARDS / CONSEQUENCES
Rewards
Consequences

§ Verbal Recognition

§  Verbal Warning

§ Dojo points

§ Bruin hearts
§  “Making Better
§ Gem jar
Choices” Slip

§ Certificates/ §  Parent Contact

Awards

§ Scholarships
§  Office Referral
§ Class parties
(automatic “D”
§ Fun Friday
in behavior)

*Every student starts each trimester at 100%

*Each “Making Better Choices” slip/phone call home lowers final

grade by 3%

* Below 90% in classroom behavior results in loss of CAP

award

PLAYGROUND DEMERITS
0-1 demerits: A

2 demerits: B

§ I will contact you

3 demerits: C

§ Behavior Plan conference

4 demerits: D

§ Conference with administrator

5 demerits: F

§ Conference with administrator

*All demerits need a parent signature

OPA TRIMESTER AWARDS

PREP Award: Attendance Award, awarded if child is not
absent from school, Short Term Independent Study
plays a role in getting full attendance credit

CAP Award: Behavior Award, awarded if no demerits and

an A is earned for your child’s behavior grade

PENNANT Award: Homework Award, awarded if child

receives no homework deficiencies

CHAMP: If all three awards are earned

 CALIFORNIA CONTENT STATE STANDARDS

All grade levels at Oxford Preparatory Academy will be

utilizing California Content State Standards. You may review
the standards at

http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/.

Some of the main standards we will be covering this school

year are:
Math
•  Operations and Algebraic Thinking -
Multiplication and division up to 100
Language Arts •  Numbers & Operations in Base 10
•  Writing - Opinion, •  Addition, subtraction, and rounding within 1000
Narrative, Informational •  Place Value
•  Speaking and Listening - •  Numbers & Operations in Base 10 - FRACTIONS
Collaborative discussion •  Develop and Understand fractions
and presentations of •  Measurement and data
material •  Measurement of time and metric
•  Language - Grammar and •  Graphing
Sentence structure •  Area/Perimeter
•  Geometry
 CALIFORNIA CONTENT STATE STANDARDS

Social Studies
Science

•  Continuity and •  Motion and Stability

change
•  Ecosystems and Life
•  Physical and human Cycles

geography
•  Earth Systems and
•  American Indians
human interactions

•  Historical events •  Plant and animal

and Settlement
adaptations

•  Rules and Laws of •  Moon/Planet

US Government
•  Engineering concepts

 NON-CORE COURSES

Music

(Wednesday)

Science Lab (Wednesday)

Science
P.E. (Tuesday)
Lab (Wednesday)

Foreign Language (Tuesday, Thursday)

Library (Monday)

P.E. Kwon
Tae (Tuesday)
Do (Wednesday,

Friday)

 CLASSROOM PROCEDURES

•  Projects

•  Reading Log – Weekly

•  Spelling - Mon – Fri

•  Tuesday Take Home Folder –Return

on Wednesday

•  Homework Folder & Agenda - Daily

 HOMEWORK
•  Assigned Monday-Thursday

•  30-45 minutes each night

•  20 minutes of reading each night in addition to

assignments

•  Due the following day

v Homework must be turned in at 8:30 am or your

student will be issued a homework deficiency.

Please review homework to ensure that it is neat and

complete.

v Homework deficiency will be issued if it is messy or

incomplete.

v Each deficiency results in a loss of 10% from homework

grade.

 TESTS & GRADING

Test dates will be announced in advance

Weekly Tests

§  Spelling, Language, Math

§  Social Studies or Science

Study guides will be provided for content areas

Grading:

§  A: Advanced (90-100%)

§  B: Proficient (80-89%)

§  C: Basic (70-79%)

§  D: Below Basic (60-69%)

§  F: Far Below Basic (0-59%)

Tests will be returned home in your child’s “Take Home Tuesday” folders.
Please make sure you empty and return folders every Wednesday.

STUDENT AGENDAS

v  Homework will be written in student

agendas each day.

v  Students are responsible for making

sure they have all assignments written
in their agendas.

v  Students are also responsible for

making sure their homework gets home.

 CHROMEBOOKS
•  Do you need one?

•  What are the best brands?

•  Acer Chromebook

•  HP Chromebook

•  If you bring a new Chromebook, it must go through our IT

department before it is able to work in the classroom

•  Please charge them before coming to school

•  What do we use them for?

•  Google Classroom

•  Essays

•  Front Row, Readworks, Zearn, Prodigy, NewsELA, Readtheory,

IXL

•  Typing Club

•  State Testing

•  Extension activities

 STUDENT UNIFORMS TK-4TH
Monday Attire
Girls
•  Jumper (aqua plaid)
•  Blouse (white)
•  Tie (aqua plaid)
•  Letterman sweater*
(optional)
Monday Attire
Boys
•  Oxford shirt (white button
down, tucked in)
•  Tie (aqua plaid)
•  Khaki uniform pants
•  Belt
•  Letterman sweater
Tues.- Thurs. Attire Friday Attire
Girls Girls
•  Monday uniform OR...... •  University T-Shirt
•  White or teal polo or •  Dress code appropriate
blouse bottoms
•  Skort (aqua plaid) OR
•  Shorts (aqua plaid) •  Standard uniform attire
•  Khaki uniform pants
Tues.-Thurs. Attire Friday Attire
Boys Boys
•  Monday uniform OR...... •  University T-Shirt
•  White or teal polo •  Dress code appropriate
•  Khaki uniform shorts or bottoms
pants OR
•  Standard uniform attire
 SHORT TERM INDEPENDENT STUDY
v  For Planned Time Off:

Please request STIS from attendancesv@oxfordchampions.com 3-5 days prior to

scheduled time off.

v  For Same Day Illnesses:

Please notify attendance clerk no later than 9:30am on the first day of the absence.

Contracts and assignments must be picked up at the end of the school day in the
office.

**Contracts, along with student’s work, must be returned to the teacher on the first
day back from STIS in order to receive credit.** (Each worksheet must be
initialed and dated.)

v  Homework Requests:

v  You can request homework by contacting the front office before 10:30 am or you
can email your child’s professor directly first thing in the morning.

v  Homework requests are not the same as Short Term IS. Professors are not
authorized to set up Short Term IS, it must be scheduled through the front
office.

v  I will not send home any classwork or homework that has not been taught. If
your child goes home at any point during the day due to illness I will catch your
child up when they return.

 TRAFFIC
We are here for your child's SAFTEY! Please make sure you are
following the directions of the staff in the parking lot, down
Blackfoot Dr. and at the back gate on Dune Mare.

Please DO NOT block the driveway in the morning and in the

afternoon. There are no left turns into the parking lot during
pick up and drop off

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of each and every child. If you need to meet with me or

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No parking or standing in the

red zones on
Loumont
REMEMBER: When you see a VEST, email a REQUEST!

Drive or
TRAFFIC MAP
 DROP OFF AND PICK UP PROCEDURES

•  Supervision in the morning begins no sooner than 15 minutes

before class begins (8:15 am).

•  Please do not drop your child off before this time unless they
are attending an organized school activity.

•  If on campus at school dismissal, please wait for your children

at the lunch tables or in the front of the school.

•  Please wait until 3:00 pm to wait at the benches.

•  Please avoid meeting students in the hallways.

PLEASE TRY TO PICK UP YOUR CHILDREN ON TIME J

 VOLUNTEERS

I attached a list of the volunteers I have so far. If you would like

to volunteer for another category please let me know as soon as
possible.

•  Room parents

•  Art Masters

•  MAJORS

•  Living Museum

•  Classroom help (filing, copying, etc.)

•  At home help- send home and return

§ We have 4 parties during the year.

§ Literature Day

§ Winter Celebration

§ Valentines Day

§ End of the Year

 NEW VOLUNTEER RULES

Step 1

Submit to the school’s main office the following documents:

-TB clearance

-Signed Volunteer Oath Form

Step 2

School will verify Safety & Security Clearances:

-TB Clearance is valid for 4 years

-TB Assessment good for 1 year

-Fingerprint

-Principal’s approval

Step 3

Once cleared, volunteers wil be issued a 2018-2019 badge that must be worn on campus at all times.

 FINGERPRINTING
•  Fingerprinting by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) is required for the following volunteers.

•  Volunteer assignment involving contact or possible contact with students at school or on field
trips where there is a possibility a volunteer could be outside the presence of a certificated
staff member (teacher or administrator) even briefly

•  Chaperoning field trips, including after-school sports.

•  Coaching or assisting with special events, including dances, sports competitions, drama and musical
productions (sports teams, Kinder Circus, Cheer, etc)

•  Providing lunch-time volunteer assistance or eating lunch on campus with children when not
volunteering

•  The fingerprinting fee varies depending on place. The school does not pay this cost.

 TUBERCULOSIS CLEARANCE
•  All volunteers must have an initial TB examination that consists of a
Mantoux Skin Test or a TB risk assessment performed by a
physician.

•  TB Mantoux skin test is good for 4 years. The risk assessment will
only be good for 1 year.

•  Documentation of tuberculosis clearance MUST be on file at the

school.

•  A chest x-ray is acceptable if required due to a skin reaction or a

medical circumstance.

LIVING MUSEUM
v  March 26th, 27th , and 28th 2019

v  2 ½ month long project

v  At home and in class assignments

v  Volunteers

v  Set up/take down

v  In class assistance (boards)

v  Art assistance

 FIELD TRIPS

•  Discovery Science Cube - Nov. 15th, 2018

- Chaperones (chosen randomly)

*must be fingerprint and TB cleared

•  Cost to be determined

•  Discovery Science Outreach - Dec 2018

- On Campus workshop

 BIRTHDAYS
•  Your Champion’s birthday will be celebrated by us in
class, however we do not do class parties for birthdays.
Please do not bring treats, you may take your
Champion out to a special lunch.

•  You may donate your Champions favorite book to our

class library and dedicate it to your Champion.

•  If you have invitations to pass out, there must be an

invitation for EVERY student, in our class, if given out
on campus after school.

 DONATIONS

Always happy to receive:

v  Treasure box items

v  Classroom library books J

v  Cardstock paper

v  Please see the UCLA Amazon wish list and the giving
tree

Amazon wish list link

Link: http://a.co/4Ra2G1L
 COMMUNICATION
Monday-Friday 6am-6pm

§ Teachers will power down after 6pm

Emails will be responded to within 24-48 hours

If there is an emergency and your child needs to be picked up

early, please contact the office.

Please check e-mails for weekly news and important dates!

My email address is jessica.medeck@oxfordchampions.com

§ If you need to contact me regarding a sensitive topic please call

the office and set up a time to meet with me.

 GENERAL QUESTIONS
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