A BIG HUGE THANK YOU!
To every single one of you who helped get us ready for SuperSMASH.
To every single one of you who helped get us ready for SuperSMASH.
Thank you for …
getting donations,
logging and labeling items,
writing the Silent Auction catalogue,
designing our postcards and posters and distributing them,
placing advertisements, designing decorations, getting refreshments,
creating a menu and promising to cook, organizing games, buying food,
bringing in canopies, baking cakes, buying prizes,
creating Core Art Projects, printing buttons,
this, that and the other …
the list is endless.
And then there are those who have volunteered
to set up or run a booth or be cashier or help clean up tomorrow.
Thanks just for promising to be there!
Come to the Volunteer Sign-Up Station near the Main Office
at least five minutes before you are scheduled to work,
so we can direct you.
And then …
HAVE FUN OUT THERE!
SuperSMASH…tomorrow…11:30 to 5:30…be there!
Dear SMASHing Families,
Micah and Eli (my 4 and 2 year old sons) have been practicing throwing little balls in a basket hoping to win another fish this year, Mitch (my husband) has t-shirts ready to tye-die for our family, Gene and Lois (my Dad and Stepmom/ “Other Mother”) will be scouting the Silent Auction for items. My family is excited for SuperSMASH this Saturday, and I look forward to spending a fun-filled day with all of you.
The last three weeks of school bring learning celebrations, year-end school traditions, narratives, and more.
Please join us for this year’s final Arts Sharing Assembly on Wednesday, June 3
8:45-9:30am Singing with Core 3 and Core 4
10:40-12:10 Core 2 Puppet Shows of Fables complete with Foley casting
10:30-12:00 Core 1 Visual Art Exhibit
10:30-12:00 Core 4 Gallery Walk of the “How to be My Best Self” Science/Math/Humanities Timelines
1:00pm Core 4 Visual Art Exhibit
Friday, June 5 is Ride Your Bike Day in the City of Santa Monica. Please make sure to wear a helmet and bring a lock and chain for your bike.
I promised to keep you updated about the budget based on my participation on the Superintendent’s Budget Committee and the committee’s potential recommendations to the School Board. Since last week’s ballot measures 1a and 1b did not pass, CA schools will receive significantly less than presented in the February state adopted budget. For SMMUSD, this means we need to cut $14 Million in expenditures over the next 3 years in order to have a balanced budget. I will keep you posted as School Board members make decisions about 09-10 class sizes at the June 4th School Board meeting and as decisions about other revenue enhancements and reductions in expenditures are made throughout next year.
Truly Yours,
Jessica
SMASH Site Council Agenda
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 6:00 pm Core 2
Welcome new members
Adopt Agenda
Approve minutes of last meeting
Community Participation
Reports and Announcements (regular agenda items)
Principal’s Report
Students Reports
Community Organization Reports (to include but not limited
to the following):
PTSA
Student Council
Other
Old Business
New Business
Community Participation (if applicable)
Adjourn
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 6:00 pm Core 2
Welcome new members
Adopt Agenda
Approve minutes of last meeting
Community Participation
Reports and Announcements (regular agenda items)
Principal’s Report
Students Reports
Community Organization Reports (to include but not limited
to the following):
PTSA
Student Council
Other
Old Business
New Business
Community Participation (if applicable)
Adjourn
SuperSMASH ‘09
TOMORROW … 11:30 to 5:30 … Be there!
Got cakes?
The cakewalk needs your cake donations. Bring them to the kitchen on Saturday morning.
Yvonne at 310-503-5663 or paradisekid@verizon.net
Got old hats?
Bring old bags/purses/belts & magazines/newspapers
for the Decoupage Booth…
Hillary at 310-291-1466 or hdrollins@verizon.net
Got T-shirts?
Bring your t-shirts, dresses, sheets to SuperSMASH to tie-dye.
Got bathing suits and towels?
Bring them to SuperSMASH so you can enjoy the water slide!
Got Internet Access?
Check out that Catalogue!
http://www.ptsasmash.blogspot.com/
TOMORROW … 11:30 to 5:30 … Be there!
Got cakes?
The cakewalk needs your cake donations. Bring them to the kitchen on Saturday morning.
Yvonne at 310-503-5663 or paradisekid@verizon.net
Got old hats?
Bring old bags/purses/belts & magazines/newspapers
for the Decoupage Booth…
Hillary at 310-291-1466 or hdrollins@verizon.net
Got T-shirts?
Bring your t-shirts, dresses, sheets to SuperSMASH to tie-dye.
Got bathing suits and towels?
Bring them to SuperSMASH so you can enjoy the water slide!
Got Internet Access?
Check out that Catalogue!
http://www.ptsasmash.blogspot.com/
PTSA news brief
Come to SuperSMASH TOMORROW, May 30, 11:30AM to 5:30PM.
Check out that Catalogue! Go to http://www.ptsasmash.blogspot.com/
Be prepared for lots of fun on the field! Lots of new attractions this year: a crawl through caterpillar for those flexible enough to tie their limbs in knots, an obstacle course for the athletes, a putting green for the budding golfer, and Plinko for the gambler in all of us.
Back by popular demand, the Fish Bowl Toss, all our favorite Ball and Bean Bag Toss games, the ever-popular Wheel of Fortune and the Water Slide. Bring a swimsuit and a towel!
For the artists among us, we’ll have Do-It-Yourself Tie Dye, Spin Art, Hair Art, and of course, the ever popular Candy Necklaces. We’ll have new art booths, too: You can make your own Buttons, beautify old handbags with Decoupage and create your own Succulent Garden.
Hungry from all this fun? Try the SMASHing food: chili, ribs, chicken, iced coffee and snow cones.
So please spread the word! Invite your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues today!
Special thanks to Fulcrum (Leslie Bourne and Lisa Martin, Core 1) for their generous support of SuperSMASH. Check out their fliers at the event.
SMASHing Meetings Our next PTSA meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 4 at 6:30PM.
Check out that Catalogue!
http://www.ptsasmash.blogspot.com/
Today’s Auction highlights
ET 1026 Lula Cocina Mexicana Santa Monica $100 Gift Card
Value: $100; Starting Bid: $50
FI 1010 Flip Mino Digital Video Camera Flip Mino Video Camera
Value: $179; Starting Bid: $40
KS 1011 Destination Science Orange week-long camp adventure
Value: $289; Starting Bid: $100
MA 1011 Elliott Bell Original Framed Watercolor Framed "Sunny Afternoon"
Value: $200; Starting Bid: $25
MT 1007 Magicopolis Santa Monica 10 Tickets to Friday or Saturday 8 p.m. Shows
Value: $270; Starting Bid: $40
SF 1014 Learn to Surf LA Venice One Day of Surf Camp 2009
Value: $90; Starting Bid: $40
Come to SuperSMASH TOMORROW, May 30, 11:30AM to 5:30PM.
Check out that Catalogue! Go to http://www.ptsasmash.blogspot.com/
Be prepared for lots of fun on the field! Lots of new attractions this year: a crawl through caterpillar for those flexible enough to tie their limbs in knots, an obstacle course for the athletes, a putting green for the budding golfer, and Plinko for the gambler in all of us.
Back by popular demand, the Fish Bowl Toss, all our favorite Ball and Bean Bag Toss games, the ever-popular Wheel of Fortune and the Water Slide. Bring a swimsuit and a towel!
For the artists among us, we’ll have Do-It-Yourself Tie Dye, Spin Art, Hair Art, and of course, the ever popular Candy Necklaces. We’ll have new art booths, too: You can make your own Buttons, beautify old handbags with Decoupage and create your own Succulent Garden.
Hungry from all this fun? Try the SMASHing food: chili, ribs, chicken, iced coffee and snow cones.
So please spread the word! Invite your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues today!
Special thanks to Fulcrum (Leslie Bourne and Lisa Martin, Core 1) for their generous support of SuperSMASH. Check out their fliers at the event.
SMASHing Meetings Our next PTSA meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 4 at 6:30PM.
Check out that Catalogue!
http://www.ptsasmash.blogspot.com/
Today’s Auction highlights
ET 1026 Lula Cocina Mexicana Santa Monica $100 Gift Card
Value: $100; Starting Bid: $50
FI 1010 Flip Mino Digital Video Camera Flip Mino Video Camera
Value: $179; Starting Bid: $40
KS 1011 Destination Science Orange week-long camp adventure
Value: $289; Starting Bid: $100
MA 1011 Elliott Bell Original Framed Watercolor Framed "Sunny Afternoon"
Value: $200; Starting Bid: $25
MT 1007 Magicopolis Santa Monica 10 Tickets to Friday or Saturday 8 p.m. Shows
Value: $270; Starting Bid: $40
SF 1014 Learn to Surf LA Venice One Day of Surf Camp 2009
Value: $90; Starting Bid: $40
SuperSMASH ‘09
Saturday, May 30, 11:30 to 5:30
FEATURING
11:30
DJ Holly Adams
Core 3 Mom Holly Adams is back by popular demand for the 3rd year
12:30
SMASH Middle School String Orchestra
Katie Cavallero Conductor
1:15
L.I.L.A.
Core 2’s Lydia Night and her all-girl band rock SuperSMASH
1:30
Chorus 1
Core 1 parents unknowingly begin their 9-year SuperSMASH engagement performing classic rock.
2:30
The Brig Band "Jazz Hip Hop Funk Rock - All Improv All the Time"
Core 1 Dad Kenny Burgomaster is back by popular demand for the 2nd year
12:15, 1:00, 2:15, 3:30, 4:15
Cakewalk
5:00
SuperSMASH Staff Raffle Drawings
ALSO FEATURING
Silent Auction
Come and bid on lots like a signed JONAS BROTHERS guitar
Auction opens at 11:30, and closes in sections at 4:00, 4:15 and 4:30
Great Food
SMASHing chili (vegetarian and not) … SMASHing Dave’s Famous Ribs
Wildflour Pizza … Shaved Ice
Great Fun
Giant Water Slide, Goldfish Toss, Bean Bag Toss, Wheel of Fortune,
Soccer Kick/Football Toss/Baseball Throw, Do-It-Yourself Tie-Dye, Spin Art,
Candy Necklaces, Hair Art
New Attractions
Putting Green … Obstacle Course … Caterpillar Crawl … Plinko
Decoupage … Build-your-own Succulent Garden … Make Your Own Buttons
Principal for a Day!
Win an opportunity to be
Jessica for a day!
When: Friday, June 5
Where: SMASH
Who: One lucky student
Sushi Making with Tamara, Genie and Malaika
Win an afternoon of cooking with the Core 3 teachers making
tasty California rolls, Vegetable rolls, and Inari (rice wrapped in beancurd)!
When: Friday, June 12, 1:30-3:30
Where: Core 3, SMASH
Who: 10 lucky students
Bowling with Kurt and Bailey
Win a trip to the bowling alley with
a couple of cool Core 4 teachers!
When: TBD
Where: Bay Shore Lanes in Santa Monica
Who: 12 lucky students
Visit the Santa Monica Aquarium with Jessica & Chrysta
Win an afternoon petting sea creatures with the fantastic Chrysta & Jessica.
Then head to the beach park for a little sand play & a lemonade!
When: Tuesday, June 16, 2:30-4:30
Where: Santa Monica Aquarium at the Pier
Who: 4 Lucky Students
Bike Cruise with Kelly and Candis!
Win a trip down the ocean breezed bike path with the fabulous Candis and Kelly!
When: TBD
Where: Bike path at the Beach
with your own bike and helmet
Who: 6 lucky students, Candis and Kelly
Teacher for a Day!
Win an opportunity to be Kurt for a day!
When: First week of June
Where: Core 4
Who: One lucky student
Window Shopping and Pinkberry, Oh my! (with Kelly)
Win a window shopping trip and a Pinkberry stop
with SMASH’s Fashionista, Kelly!
When: Tuesday, June 16, 1:45-3:45
Where: Main Street
Who: 5 lucky students
Wende for a Day!
Win an opportunity to be Wende for a day!
When: Friday, June 5
Where: SMASH
Who: One lucky student
Janice for a Day!
Win an opportunity to be Janice for a day!
When: Friday, June 5
Where: SMASH
Who: One lucky student
Jewelry Making with the Lovely Laura & Jackie
Be creative!
Make your own jewelry with the crafty Jackie & Laura and have a yummy snack!
When: Tuesday, June 9, 3:15-4:15
Where: Core 1, SMASH
Who: 8 Lucky Students
Color Me Mine with Jayme & Tamara & Janice
Win a day to paint a piece of pottery at Color Me Mine
with the amazing Jayme, Tamara, and Janice!
When: Thursday, June 4 at 3:30
Where: Color Me Mine on 4th Street
Who: 6 lucky students
DATES TO REMEMBER
Sat, May 30 - SUPERSMASH!
Wed, June 3 - 8:45am - 2:00pm Arts Sharing
Wed, June 3 - 6:00pm - Site Council Meeting
Thurs, June 4 - 6:30 pm - PTSA Meeting
Fri, June 5 –Ride your bike day in Santa Monica
Fri & Sat, June 5 & 6 - SMASH Camping Trip
Thurs, June 11 - 6:00 pm - Open House
Mon. June 15 through Fri., June 19 - Minimum days, 1:30 dismissal
Thurs, June 18 - 10:00 am - 8th Grade Graduation and All School Potluck. See Flyer
Fri, June 19 - All School Beach Day. Last Day of School!
Win an opportunity to be Kurt for a day!
When: First week of June
Where: Core 4
Who: One lucky student
Window Shopping and Pinkberry, Oh my! (with Kelly)
Win a window shopping trip and a Pinkberry stop
with SMASH’s Fashionista, Kelly!
When: Tuesday, June 16, 1:45-3:45
Where: Main Street
Who: 5 lucky students
Wende for a Day!
Win an opportunity to be Wende for a day!
When: Friday, June 5
Where: SMASH
Who: One lucky student
Janice for a Day!
Win an opportunity to be Janice for a day!
When: Friday, June 5
Where: SMASH
Who: One lucky student
Jewelry Making with the Lovely Laura & Jackie
Be creative!
Make your own jewelry with the crafty Jackie & Laura and have a yummy snack!
When: Tuesday, June 9, 3:15-4:15
Where: Core 1, SMASH
Who: 8 Lucky Students
Color Me Mine with Jayme & Tamara & Janice
Win a day to paint a piece of pottery at Color Me Mine
with the amazing Jayme, Tamara, and Janice!
When: Thursday, June 4 at 3:30
Where: Color Me Mine on 4th Street
Who: 6 lucky students
DATES TO REMEMBER
Sat, May 30 - SUPERSMASH!
Wed, June 3 - 8:45am - 2:00pm Arts Sharing
Wed, June 3 - 6:00pm - Site Council Meeting
Thurs, June 4 - 6:30 pm - PTSA Meeting
Fri, June 5 –Ride your bike day in Santa Monica
Fri & Sat, June 5 & 6 - SMASH Camping Trip
Thurs, June 11 - 6:00 pm - Open House
Mon. June 15 through Fri., June 19 - Minimum days, 1:30 dismissal
Thurs, June 18 - 10:00 am - 8th Grade Graduation and All School Potluck. See Flyer
Fri, June 19 - All School Beach Day. Last Day of School!
DEADLINE FOR LUNCH TICKETS
Friday, June 12 is the final day to accept checks, cash only after that date.
ARTS FOR ALL SURVEY!
Only 11 SMASH families have completed this survey! We feel it is important to have your voice heard. Please spend a few moments and go to www.smmusd.org and click on the Arts for All Parent Survey under What’s New At SMMUSD. Thank you!!
Only 11 SMASH families have completed this survey! We feel it is important to have your voice heard. Please spend a few moments and go to www.smmusd.org and click on the Arts for All Parent Survey under What’s New At SMMUSD. Thank you!!
RIDE YOUR BIKE DAY - FRIDAY, JUNE 5
To work, to school and to play, everywhere in the Cit of Santa Monica
WEAR YOUR HELMET! And bring a lock and chain for your bike!
To work, to school and to play, everywhere in the Cit of Santa Monica
WEAR YOUR HELMET! And bring a lock and chain for your bike!
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
Every day families all around the world are dying of hunger. Help us (Riain Prendergast and Jack Gray) raise our goal of $500 to help a village by providing them with a heifer (cow). A cow will help because it can provide dairy products for years. We have set up jars for change around campus and in the SMASH office. Please help us by donating any spare change.
For information on Heifer International contact: http://www.heifer.org; 1-800-422-0474; Or talk to Riain Prendergast (Kelly’s class) or Jack Gray (Kurt’s class), we’re both in Core 4. Thank you, Jack Gray & Riain Prendergast
Kindred Spirits, A World Humanitarian Concert
Every day families all around the world are dying of hunger. Help us (Riain Prendergast and Jack Gray) raise our goal of $500 to help a village by providing them with a heifer (cow). A cow will help because it can provide dairy products for years. We have set up jars for change around campus and in the SMASH office. Please help us by donating any spare change.
For information on Heifer International contact: http://www.heifer.org; 1-800-422-0474; Or talk to Riain Prendergast (Kelly’s class) or Jack Gray (Kurt’s class), we’re both in Core 4. Thank you, Jack Gray & Riain Prendergast
Kindred Spirits, A World Humanitarian Concert
Sunday, June 7, 7:00pm at The Walt Disney Concert Hall
Kindred Spirits is a non-profit humanitarian organization that produces annual concert events to raise awareness and
financial contributions for selected beneficiary organizations. This year's beneficiary is Heifer International.
For information go to kindredspiritslive.org or call 424-785-1563
Kindred Spirits is a non-profit humanitarian organization that produces annual concert events to raise awareness and
financial contributions for selected beneficiary organizations. This year's beneficiary is Heifer International.
For information go to kindredspiritslive.org or call 424-785-1563
FUN THINGS TO DO!
Saturdays, May 30 & June 6, 13 - Crown City Theatre - A Paper Bag Princess: A Musical
Directed by SMASH Artist in Residence, Kristy Pace. 11031 Camarillo St, N. Hollywood, 310-746-8846 Tickets $9 adults, $6 kids
Sunday, May 31 - Family Festival 10am-5pm Admission is free; an advance, timed ticket is required. Each ticket allows you to bring up to three children ages 15 or under with you in one car. Call (310) 440-7300 Explore the living arts of the ancient world with a day of music, storytelling, and art-making inspired by the current exhibitions at the Getty Villa. Make Olympic-inspired headgear, explore the music of the Mediterranean, and create art like the ancients!
Ancient Action Figures with SMASH artist in Residence Marni Gittleman. Mix and match attributes of ancient figures to sculpt a modern-day identity. Cast and combine arms attributed to Alexander the Great with the body type of Bacchus. Work with press molds and modeling compound to construct and re-construct identity, taking inspiration from the exhibition Reconstructing Identy: A Statue of a God from Dresden. Last seating at 4:30.
www.getty.edu/visit/events/family_festival_053109.html For tickets and further information (tickets are selling out!)
Santa Monica High Spring Choral Concert: “America Sings-Poets, Composers & Folk Songs from the U.S.”
Friday, June 5; 7:00pm, Barnam Hall (Santa Monica High Campus). Tickets $10 adults, $5 students.
The high school choral department invites Santa Monica Middle School students to this concert with two complimentary tickets at the door before the concert. There will be a table in front of Barnum to welcome you and give you your tickets. Bring your school ID card.
Saturdays, May 30 & June 6, 13 - Crown City Theatre - A Paper Bag Princess: A Musical
Directed by SMASH Artist in Residence, Kristy Pace. 11031 Camarillo St, N. Hollywood, 310-746-8846 Tickets $9 adults, $6 kids
Sunday, May 31 - Family Festival 10am-5pm Admission is free; an advance, timed ticket is required. Each ticket allows you to bring up to three children ages 15 or under with you in one car. Call (310) 440-7300 Explore the living arts of the ancient world with a day of music, storytelling, and art-making inspired by the current exhibitions at the Getty Villa. Make Olympic-inspired headgear, explore the music of the Mediterranean, and create art like the ancients!
Ancient Action Figures with SMASH artist in Residence Marni Gittleman. Mix and match attributes of ancient figures to sculpt a modern-day identity. Cast and combine arms attributed to Alexander the Great with the body type of Bacchus. Work with press molds and modeling compound to construct and re-construct identity, taking inspiration from the exhibition Reconstructing Identy: A Statue of a God from Dresden. Last seating at 4:30.
www.getty.edu/visit/events/family_festival_053109.html For tickets and further information (tickets are selling out!)
Santa Monica High Spring Choral Concert: “America Sings-Poets, Composers & Folk Songs from the U.S.”
Friday, June 5; 7:00pm, Barnam Hall (Santa Monica High Campus). Tickets $10 adults, $5 students.
The high school choral department invites Santa Monica Middle School students to this concert with two complimentary tickets at the door before the concert. There will be a table in front of Barnum to welcome you and give you your tickets. Bring your school ID card.
8th GRADE GRADUATION &
ALL-SCHOOL POTLUCK IS COMING!!!
THURSDAY, JUNE 18 — 10:00 AM
WE NEED EVERYONE’S HELP
TO FEED THE ENTIRE SCHOOL & THEIR FAMILIES!!!
We are having an all school potluck party after the 8th grade graduation.
If you are able to help please contact Janice in the main office,
310-396-2640, or jwold@smmusd.org
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP
Decorate Receive and Serve Food Clean-Up
DON’T BE SHY—DIG IN AND VOLUNTEER!
ALL SCHOOL POTLUCK
Please bring enough food to serve 15 people.
Food needs to be ready to serve with serving utensils and pre-cut
ALL SMASH FAMILIES (except 8th grade) if your last name begins with:
A-F: DESSERTS, including brownies, cookies, cupcakes
G-R: MAIN DISHES, Big hits are dinner pastas, buckets of chicken,
giant (cut) subs, pizza (prepaid & delivered by noon)
and anything homemade.
S-Z: SALADS, including potato, pasta, vegetable, green and fruit salads
Please deliver your items to the lunch bench area on Thursday morning before 9:30
IMPORTANT:
To save disappointment and confusion, please label your dishes and utensils
and then check at the lunch benches following the party
and take them home with you that day
Can’t bring a dish? A cash contribution for supplies & food would be appreciated!
Just send it to Janice in the main office.
ALL-SCHOOL POTLUCK IS COMING!!!
THURSDAY, JUNE 18 — 10:00 AM
WE NEED EVERYONE’S HELP
TO FEED THE ENTIRE SCHOOL & THEIR FAMILIES!!!
We are having an all school potluck party after the 8th grade graduation.
If you are able to help please contact Janice in the main office,
310-396-2640, or jwold@smmusd.org
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP
Decorate Receive and Serve Food Clean-Up
DON’T BE SHY—DIG IN AND VOLUNTEER!
ALL SCHOOL POTLUCK
Please bring enough food to serve 15 people.
Food needs to be ready to serve with serving utensils and pre-cut
ALL SMASH FAMILIES (except 8th grade) if your last name begins with:
A-F: DESSERTS, including brownies, cookies, cupcakes
G-R: MAIN DISHES, Big hits are dinner pastas, buckets of chicken,
giant (cut) subs, pizza (prepaid & delivered by noon)
and anything homemade.
S-Z: SALADS, including potato, pasta, vegetable, green and fruit salads
Please deliver your items to the lunch bench area on Thursday morning before 9:30
IMPORTANT:
To save disappointment and confusion, please label your dishes and utensils
and then check at the lunch benches following the party
and take them home with you that day
Can’t bring a dish? A cash contribution for supplies & food would be appreciated!
Just send it to Janice in the main office.
IT'S TIME TO “GEAR UP” FOR THE
SMASH CAMPING TRIP
AT DECKER CANYON CAMP
JUNE 5 & 6
LET’S ALL GET TOGETHER IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS!
WHERE:
Decker Canyon Camp is located about 2 miles up from Pacific Coast Hwy on Decker Cyn Rd About 23 miles north of Santa Monica
IT IS A BIG BEAUTIFUL SITE (WE’LL BE THE ONLY GROUP THERE!
WHAT TO BRING
*Bring your own Tent, Bedding, Food, Supplies, Etc. *Food should be stored in plastic bins to keep safe from critters. *Bring charcoal if you plan on using the grills & camping stoves if you want. *Firewood is a maybe...We’ll have to wait for a current report to see if we can have a campfire. *Bring marshmallows & fixins for s’mores *Instruments, games, sports gear, hiking gear *Sunscreen, bug repellent, first aid kit, flashlights, etc. *Bring beach gear if you want to go to the beach.
P.S. THERE ARE REAL TOILETS & SHOWERS WITH FREE HOT WATER!
PRICE
Overnight Campers: $10 per person, per night
Daytime Campers: $8 per person, per day
Checks made payable to SMASH PTSA, due by Thursday, June 4
TIME
Check-In - 11:00am, Friday June 5
Check-Out - 2:00 pm, Sunday, June 7
FOR INSURANCE REASONS - NO DROP-OFFS ALLOWED
ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR PARENT OF GUARDIAN
BE PREPARED FOR FUN, FUN, FUN !!!
Contact Janice Merrihew (Jake’s mom) with questions at:
(310) 392-4239 or e-mail: jmerrihew@gmail.com
This is a PTSA sponsored event
THE SMASH CAMPING TRIP a—fantastic mini “staycation!”
Camping is a great outdoor activity that comes in many flavors: from the
wild to the mild.
Wild: backpack‐in expeditions favored by the seriously outdoorsy.
Mild: the cabin‐style experience where you enjoy the outdoors without leaving behind many of the creature comforts of home.
So where in this range is the SMASH Camping Trip at Decker Canyon? Much closer to the mild side, for sure.
An easy drive up PCH, the facility offers free hot‐water showers, built‐in hibachis for grilling with charcoal, and is minutes away from conveniences like the Trancas Canyon Market and cafes (yes, including Starbucks). Tents get pitched adjacent to the parking area so there’s no long‐distance lugging of gear from car to campsite.
What about activities? There’s hiking starting at the campsite as well as several secluded beaches just a few minutes away by car. Campers generally bring games like horseshoes, badminton, Frisbees, hacky sacks, etc.
Never set up a tent before? No problem. Many seasoned “camping families” are perennial attendees, so there’ll be plenty of help available.
So come on out and enjoy a night or two “under the stars!” Still unsure? Then roll out with the family for a daytrip to the campsite on Saturday the 6th—plenty to do!
The SMASH Camping Trip 2009: one night, two nights, or daytrip—make some memories outside! June 5th and 6th at Decker Canyon Campground in Malibu.
See detailed flyer elsewhere in this week’s Friday Letter for the full scoop. Or for more
information contact Janice Merrihew (Jake’s mom) jmerrihew@gmail.com / 310-392-4239 or Dave Sparling (Olivia’s dad) davesparling@gmail.com / 310-562-1501
“I’ve gone on the SMASH Camping Trip for the last three years—major thumbs up! Check it out!” ‐Olivia Sparling, Core 3
Camping is a great outdoor activity that comes in many flavors: from the
wild to the mild.
Wild: backpack‐in expeditions favored by the seriously outdoorsy.
Mild: the cabin‐style experience where you enjoy the outdoors without leaving behind many of the creature comforts of home.
So where in this range is the SMASH Camping Trip at Decker Canyon? Much closer to the mild side, for sure.
An easy drive up PCH, the facility offers free hot‐water showers, built‐in hibachis for grilling with charcoal, and is minutes away from conveniences like the Trancas Canyon Market and cafes (yes, including Starbucks). Tents get pitched adjacent to the parking area so there’s no long‐distance lugging of gear from car to campsite.
What about activities? There’s hiking starting at the campsite as well as several secluded beaches just a few minutes away by car. Campers generally bring games like horseshoes, badminton, Frisbees, hacky sacks, etc.
Never set up a tent before? No problem. Many seasoned “camping families” are perennial attendees, so there’ll be plenty of help available.
So come on out and enjoy a night or two “under the stars!” Still unsure? Then roll out with the family for a daytrip to the campsite on Saturday the 6th—plenty to do!
The SMASH Camping Trip 2009: one night, two nights, or daytrip—make some memories outside! June 5th and 6th at Decker Canyon Campground in Malibu.
See detailed flyer elsewhere in this week’s Friday Letter for the full scoop. Or for more
information contact Janice Merrihew (Jake’s mom) jmerrihew@gmail.com / 310-392-4239 or Dave Sparling (Olivia’s dad) davesparling@gmail.com / 310-562-1501
“I’ve gone on the SMASH Camping Trip for the last three years—major thumbs up! Check it out!” ‐Olivia Sparling, Core 3
CORE 1 NEWS
“Maybe we could build a gial toy outside, so it will be, like the inside outside and the outside inside.” ~Maya“I just noticed something. The flowers carry weight.” ~Oisin“The tree is balanced now, so it is not tipping over.” ~Malia
Have you noticed that there is a tree growing in Core 1? The students have created this structure from the ground up, using chicken wire and natural materials. The students have created an “art guard” list to protect the piece, but we have realized that we don’t really need those jobs. The students are treating the piece of art with respect and care. Who knows? It may become our Poet-tree for our last unit of study. Our poetry unit started today! The DVD’s of Foursome the Spider are in! If you have ordered a copy and have not yet received it, please be sure to see Chrysta sometime next week. Huge thanks to Chrysta’s younger brother, Ryan Powell of Eternite Media (www.eternitemedia.com), for duplicating our DVD’s.A school-wide SMASHING ARTS sharing will be on June 3rd, starting with a musical assembly by Cores 3 & 4. As you have been reading in our Friday letters, our visual arts teacher has inspired amazing art projects in Core 1. We will be presenting our visual arts experiences on June 3rd from 10:30-noon. Much of our artwork will be on display and some of the children will be demonstrating different artistic techniques. We hope you can stop by to appreciate our exhibit and ask us questions about what we’ve learned.Please look for amazing art work created by the Core 1 students for sale at SuperSMASH on Saturday! Thanks you to all of the parents who have helped make this possible, including Kathleen, Andrea, Nina & Ross.Tuesday is the last day library day. Please return all library books on Tuesday. Thank you! If you have lost a book, you can bring another gently used book from home to replace it.
Have you noticed that there is a tree growing in Core 1? The students have created this structure from the ground up, using chicken wire and natural materials. The students have created an “art guard” list to protect the piece, but we have realized that we don’t really need those jobs. The students are treating the piece of art with respect and care. Who knows? It may become our Poet-tree for our last unit of study. Our poetry unit started today! The DVD’s of Foursome the Spider are in! If you have ordered a copy and have not yet received it, please be sure to see Chrysta sometime next week. Huge thanks to Chrysta’s younger brother, Ryan Powell of Eternite Media (www.eternitemedia.com), for duplicating our DVD’s.A school-wide SMASHING ARTS sharing will be on June 3rd, starting with a musical assembly by Cores 3 & 4. As you have been reading in our Friday letters, our visual arts teacher has inspired amazing art projects in Core 1. We will be presenting our visual arts experiences on June 3rd from 10:30-noon. Much of our artwork will be on display and some of the children will be demonstrating different artistic techniques. We hope you can stop by to appreciate our exhibit and ask us questions about what we’ve learned.Please look for amazing art work created by the Core 1 students for sale at SuperSMASH on Saturday! Thanks you to all of the parents who have helped make this possible, including Kathleen, Andrea, Nina & Ross.Tuesday is the last day library day. Please return all library books on Tuesday. Thank you! If you have lost a book, you can bring another gently used book from home to replace it.
Have a SuperSMASH weekend!
Hello Core 2 Community,
Stop by and see the display of the prints the children made at Watt’s Towers.
Writers Workshop: the students are writing a friendly letter to an incoming Core 2 student. The writing process will include a brainstorm, boxes and bullets (3 points of persuasion), transition words, paragraphing, and the 5 parts of a letter.
Math: the 2nd graders finished the Putting Together and Taking Apart unit. They began measurement, homework due Tuesday, June 2nd. The 3rd graders are reviewing the year’s work and will begin to investigate negative and positive numbers.
Arts with Kristy: the children did their last run through of their mini plays using Foley. Their arts sharing is on Wednesday, June 3 in Core 2.
Please see our schedule in Core 2 of scheduled sharing times.
Stop by and see the display of the prints the children made at Watt’s Towers.
Writers Workshop: the students are writing a friendly letter to an incoming Core 2 student. The writing process will include a brainstorm, boxes and bullets (3 points of persuasion), transition words, paragraphing, and the 5 parts of a letter.
Math: the 2nd graders finished the Putting Together and Taking Apart unit. They began measurement, homework due Tuesday, June 2nd. The 3rd graders are reviewing the year’s work and will begin to investigate negative and positive numbers.
Arts with Kristy: the children did their last run through of their mini plays using Foley. Their arts sharing is on Wednesday, June 3 in Core 2.
Please see our schedule in Core 2 of scheduled sharing times.
In Science: we finished our paper bodies by adding a brain and cutting our figures out. They are on display in Core 2.
Thursday, June 4 is our final field trip of this school year. We are going to take the Big Blue Bus to Santa Monica Playhouse to watch Cinderella. Please sign the orange permission slip and return ASAP. We would like to have 5 parents go with us. The sign up sheet is outside of core 2.
Upcoming dates and events:
Wednesday, June 3 – Core 2 Arts Sharing with Kristy
Thursday, June 4 – Cinderella at the Santa Monica Playhouse
Thursday, June 11 – Open House
Friday, June 12 – last 3rd grade District music, 1:00 parents invited to listen to them play their recorders.
Thursday, June 18 – 8th grade graduation & all-School potluck - check this Friday Letter to see what to bring!
Friday, June 19 – Beach Day, last day of school
Have a SuperSMASH weekend,
Laura, Jayme, and Nadja
Thursday, June 4 is our final field trip of this school year. We are going to take the Big Blue Bus to Santa Monica Playhouse to watch Cinderella. Please sign the orange permission slip and return ASAP. We would like to have 5 parents go with us. The sign up sheet is outside of core 2.
Upcoming dates and events:
Wednesday, June 3 – Core 2 Arts Sharing with Kristy
Thursday, June 4 – Cinderella at the Santa Monica Playhouse
Thursday, June 11 – Open House
Friday, June 12 – last 3rd grade District music, 1:00 parents invited to listen to them play their recorders.
Thursday, June 18 – 8th grade graduation & all-School potluck - check this Friday Letter to see what to bring!
Friday, June 19 – Beach Day, last day of school
Have a SuperSMASH weekend,
Laura, Jayme, and Nadja
Laura’s e-mail: sherman@smmusd.org
Jayme’s e-mail: jayme.wold@smmusd.org
CORE 3 NEWS
The final Arts Sharing is next week! It’s been another wonderful, full, enriching year for the SMASHing Arts Program—thanks to all the students’ creative enthusiasm, parent support, teachers helping the program run smoothly, artist inspiration, and Marni’s magical touch. Come check out what all the cores have been doing:
Core 3 will perform their California songs (including one they wrote themselves!) on Wednesday, June 3, in the Cafetorium at 8:45 at an All-School Assembly. Core 4 will also be performing their personal identity songs. A big shout-out to Dian for all her dedication to the SMASHing singers! FYI: We will also be performing at Ocean House on Wednesday, June 10, from 10:55-11:20.
But wait folks, that’s not all!!! Stick around because between 10:30 – 12:00 there’s a whole lotta Art Sharing going on:
Core 3 will perform their California songs (including one they wrote themselves!) on Wednesday, June 3, in the Cafetorium at 8:45 at an All-School Assembly. Core 4 will also be performing their personal identity songs. A big shout-out to Dian for all her dedication to the SMASHing singers! FYI: We will also be performing at Ocean House on Wednesday, June 10, from 10:55-11:20.
But wait folks, that’s not all!!! Stick around because between 10:30 – 12:00 there’s a whole lotta Art Sharing going on:
Core 2 will be sharing the work they’ve been doing in Drama with Kristy--Break a leg, Kristy & company!
Core 1 will be sharing the work they’ve been doing in Visual Arts with Julianna--Thanks to Julianna for helping our imaginations run wild!
We know we have more than a few nervous and excited 5th graders (and parents) who are feeling anxious about moving up to Core 4. Well, come sneak a peek into your future:
Core 4 will be sharing a variety of things they’ve been doing this year as part of an integrated math/science/humanities unit between 10:30 – 12:00 and hosting a gallery show of the work they did for Visual Arts with Julianna between 1:00 – 2:00. FYI: Their comedy show from Drama with Kristy will be on Wed, June 10.
The year is winding down, but Core 3 students have been busy using reading, writing, and Science/Social Studies time to work on their Independent Research Projects. We’re using an inquiry-based approach to help the students practice different ways to discover topics, explore questions/theories about those topics, and investigate their ideas. This project does not involve homework, but a few students need some common household items for their experiments—ask your child if he/she needs anything for their experiment (they have a list!). We appreciate your support.
If you’d like to learn more about our Non-fiction Unit, come to Open House on Thursday, June 11. From 6:00 – 6:30, Core 3 will be open and the students will be sharing the process they went through as they learned how to do research during the Independent Research Project. At 6:30, the beginning musicians will be performing and at 7:30, the advanced and middle-school musicians will be performing.
***See you tomorrow at SuperSMASH!***
Come bid on the amazing art piece created by Core 3—Thanks, Marianne!
Tamara, Genie, and Malaika
mugalian@smmusd.org
CORE 4 NEWS
FROM KURT:
Super Secret Lined Paper People: This week we practiced being peaceful and calm and directed our energies into productive thespian activities, and explored individual ways to calm ourselves when under pressure from outside forces. Unsurprisingly, this trustworthy team rose to the challenge and had another lovely week. This dream team disbands in just a few weeks; should we plan a celebration that includes parents?
Outdoor Environmental Education Trips for Next Year: The following dates are confirmed. Please work with me to find a way for every child to have these educationally rewarding adventures. Parents who wish to join an overnight trip need to check in now as the district process of screening chaperones must before completed before our parents may share the very real joys of these trips.
Catalina for 6th grade adventurers is scheduled for Mon-Wed, Oct 12-14. The balance ($200-275) of the cost will be due by mid September. Please plan ahead to avoid stress! The exact amount will depend on the final number of students joining us for this trip.
Yosemite for 7th grade will take place starting very early on Sunday, January 17 and conclude Friday around 17:00 on Jan 22. Final monies will be due around Nov 1. Final balances will be related to our young friends fundraising prowess, but will not exceed $550.
The following two trips are proposed, but not confirmed, as the 8th graders have considerably more variables in their lives that require coordination. I have penciled in these dates so the community may comment, plan ahead, and provide me feedback.
Camp Hess Kramer for 8th grade leadership training: This SMASHing tradition is tentatively scheduled for Monday -Wed starting Oct 19-21. It is important that every SMASHING senior go on this trip! If you have reservations please talk to me before deciding. The balance of the trip cost will be around $250 and due in mid September.
UC Berkeley and San Francisco: I propose that we go the week of June 14, 2010 just before our students graduate. We need to form a working group of two or three parents and me to make this happen. Anyone up for this? Early investigations suggest a cost of $600 or so…
Ciencia: Our culminating event for this min-unit will be a vivid and exciting brain dissection or an alternative virtual dissection by computer if the real brain is too gross. Operations begin next week! Be sure to join us on June 3 as we celebrate the year of learning that will be concluding. The amazing collection of Independent Investigation boards will be shared alongside their more prosaic working portfolios, and the visually arresting timelines that will result from our last min-unit. If that time does not work for you please drop around after school or before and I’ll take you through your child’s achievements. Let me know when you are arriving so I may have their work ready for viewing.
Service Learning Presentations (8th Graders): Our hard working SMASHing seniors will be presenting their learning to the public via a verbal defense and celebration of service sometime between May 28 and June 3. Be sure to ask your 8th grader about their scheduled time so you may support them during this high stakes event. Email me if they are not forthcoming with the information.
FROM BAILEY:
Sorry I will miss SuperSmash. I have prior commitment of an all day camping event with 2 of my daughters' Brownies. My husband and Shira should be there. Say hello to them.
Humanities: It is the final big push to the end. Work this weekend on your personal time line please so that you are proud of your finish!
DEADLINES:
JUNE 1: ALL Red Scarf Girl work turned in unless one makes SPECIAL arrangements with me
JUNE 1: OUTSIDE READING projects due ( not all students elected to do one)
$5 due for Chinese Luncheon that will be held June 3
Qi gong lesson at 2
JUNE 2: Personal Timeline due- artistic, thoughtful, neat presentation- we will have time to work on these
1 hour on Monday as well
JUNE 3: Arts and Academics Sharing:
8:45 music all cores; 10:30-11:30 Core 4 academics- science, math and humanities sharing; 11:45-Chinese lunch ($5/person -adults & students for Chinese Lunch) Donated beverages needed; 1:00- Core 4 Drama and Fine arts Sharing; 2:00 PE
Summer Reading:
Humanities: All Core 4 must read Three Cups of Tea young reader's edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin adapted by Sarah Thomson
Writing: A Beginning a Muddle and End by Avi
More for the SMASH short list - including science will come next Friday. Please see the smmusd.org website for the summer reading list link on their home page for grade level selections. Also Santa Monica Public Library teens program has good annotated summer reading lists grade 6-12 and programs www.smplteens.org/library/summerreading.htm. It is on the smpl.org web site under smplteens.org library resources. (Personal Note:If you make any of your purchases on June 5 or 6 at Barnes & Noble book store and mention Will Rogers School, my kids’ school will receive 20%.)
email with any questions about this craziness of the end of the year.
Kurt: Holland@smmusd.org; Kelly:kelly.kulsrud@smmusd.org; Erin@erin.haendel@smmusd.org; Bailey:baileyfield@mac.com
Super Secret Lined Paper People: This week we practiced being peaceful and calm and directed our energies into productive thespian activities, and explored individual ways to calm ourselves when under pressure from outside forces. Unsurprisingly, this trustworthy team rose to the challenge and had another lovely week. This dream team disbands in just a few weeks; should we plan a celebration that includes parents?
Outdoor Environmental Education Trips for Next Year: The following dates are confirmed. Please work with me to find a way for every child to have these educationally rewarding adventures. Parents who wish to join an overnight trip need to check in now as the district process of screening chaperones must before completed before our parents may share the very real joys of these trips.
Catalina for 6th grade adventurers is scheduled for Mon-Wed, Oct 12-14. The balance ($200-275) of the cost will be due by mid September. Please plan ahead to avoid stress! The exact amount will depend on the final number of students joining us for this trip.
Yosemite for 7th grade will take place starting very early on Sunday, January 17 and conclude Friday around 17:00 on Jan 22. Final monies will be due around Nov 1. Final balances will be related to our young friends fundraising prowess, but will not exceed $550.
The following two trips are proposed, but not confirmed, as the 8th graders have considerably more variables in their lives that require coordination. I have penciled in these dates so the community may comment, plan ahead, and provide me feedback.
Camp Hess Kramer for 8th grade leadership training: This SMASHing tradition is tentatively scheduled for Monday -Wed starting Oct 19-21. It is important that every SMASHING senior go on this trip! If you have reservations please talk to me before deciding. The balance of the trip cost will be around $250 and due in mid September.
UC Berkeley and San Francisco: I propose that we go the week of June 14, 2010 just before our students graduate. We need to form a working group of two or three parents and me to make this happen. Anyone up for this? Early investigations suggest a cost of $600 or so…
Ciencia: Our culminating event for this min-unit will be a vivid and exciting brain dissection or an alternative virtual dissection by computer if the real brain is too gross. Operations begin next week! Be sure to join us on June 3 as we celebrate the year of learning that will be concluding. The amazing collection of Independent Investigation boards will be shared alongside their more prosaic working portfolios, and the visually arresting timelines that will result from our last min-unit. If that time does not work for you please drop around after school or before and I’ll take you through your child’s achievements. Let me know when you are arriving so I may have their work ready for viewing.
Service Learning Presentations (8th Graders): Our hard working SMASHing seniors will be presenting their learning to the public via a verbal defense and celebration of service sometime between May 28 and June 3. Be sure to ask your 8th grader about their scheduled time so you may support them during this high stakes event. Email me if they are not forthcoming with the information.
FROM BAILEY:
Sorry I will miss SuperSmash. I have prior commitment of an all day camping event with 2 of my daughters' Brownies. My husband and Shira should be there. Say hello to them.
Humanities: It is the final big push to the end. Work this weekend on your personal time line please so that you are proud of your finish!
DEADLINES:
JUNE 1: ALL Red Scarf Girl work turned in unless one makes SPECIAL arrangements with me
JUNE 1: OUTSIDE READING projects due ( not all students elected to do one)
$5 due for Chinese Luncheon that will be held June 3
Qi gong lesson at 2
JUNE 2: Personal Timeline due- artistic, thoughtful, neat presentation- we will have time to work on these
1 hour on Monday as well
JUNE 3: Arts and Academics Sharing:
8:45 music all cores; 10:30-11:30 Core 4 academics- science, math and humanities sharing; 11:45-Chinese lunch ($5/person -adults & students for Chinese Lunch) Donated beverages needed; 1:00- Core 4 Drama and Fine arts Sharing; 2:00 PE
Summer Reading:
Humanities: All Core 4 must read Three Cups of Tea young reader's edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin adapted by Sarah Thomson
Writing: A Beginning a Muddle and End by Avi
More for the SMASH short list - including science will come next Friday. Please see the smmusd.org website for the summer reading list link on their home page for grade level selections. Also Santa Monica Public Library teens program has good annotated summer reading lists grade 6-12 and programs www.smplteens.org/library/summerreading.htm. It is on the smpl.org web site under smplteens.org library resources. (Personal Note:If you make any of your purchases on June 5 or 6 at Barnes & Noble book store and mention Will Rogers School, my kids’ school will receive 20%.)
email with any questions about this craziness of the end of the year.
Kurt: Holland@smmusd.org; Kelly:kelly.kulsrud@smmusd.org; Erin@erin.haendel@smmusd.org; Bailey:baileyfield@mac.com
