SuperSMASH ’11
Tomorrow … Saturday, June 11 … 11:30 to 5:30
FEATURING
Still Thinking
SMASH students Sophia Chertock, Toby Thorsen Romero,
Liam Hayden, Ari Bone, Mica Bone and Sam
L.I.L.A.
Core 3's Lydia Night
SMASHing Parents
Surprise participants from our parent community
JAMS Jazz Band
featuring several SMASH students
ALSO FEATURING
SuperSMASH Staff Raffle Drawings
SuperSMASH LIVE AUCTION
4:30
Come and bid on select items such as the ever popular
Core Art Projects, cool skateboards and bikes
Silent Auction
Auction opens at 11:30, and closes in sections at 3:30, 4:15
Great Food
SMASHing chili (vegetarian and not) … SMASHing Dave’s Famous Ribs
Wildflour Pizza … Pastries … Pinkberry Yogurt … Homemade Lemonade
Great Fun
Water Slide, Goldfish Toss, Wheel of Fortune, Plinko,
Soccer Kick/Football Toss, Bean Bag Toss,
Candy Necklaces, Hair Art, Airbrush Tattoos, Make your own Candles
New Attractions
Paint My Ride {yes, we’ve got a car to paint on the field}
SMASH My Ride {you’ve all seen the car out front; now come smash it}
Splash Attack {hit the target and water splashes all over your favorite teacher/parent/student}
… and then there’s …
Slip ‘n Slide … Yo-Yo Balloons … Little Kids Playland
Check out the auction catalogue: www.ptsasmash.blogspot.com
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DATES TO REMEMBER
Sat, Jun 11 - SuperSMASH Carnival & Auction - 11:30-5:30
Mon, Jun 20 - Student Council Field Day, 10:30-12:30
Mon, Jun 20 - Minimum Day - 1:30 dismissal
Tues, Jun 21 - 8TH GRADE GRADUATION 10:00am & all-school luncheon
Tues, June 21 - Minimum Day - 1:30 dismissal
Wed, Jun 22 - All School Beach Day. Minimum day - 1:30 pm LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Tues, Aug 30 - School resumes
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8TH GRADE GRADUATION
& All-School Luncheon
Tuesday, June 21
This year, we are requesting that all families contribute cash ($10 donation suggested)
or bring a fruit or dessert (enough to serve at least 10 people) for our all-school graduation party.
The SMASH PTSA will provide the cake, drinks and paper goods. Please bring your cash donation to Janice or Wende in the SMASH office any time.
If you are bringing a fruit or dessert dish, please bring it the day of the graduation, pre-cut and ready to serve (including utensil).
The graduation ceremony begins at 10:00am with lunch directly after
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ORDER YOUR SMASH YEARBOOK TODAY! - $20 Each
Please bring your cash or check to Janice or Wende in the SMASH Office
The $20 is due when the order is placed.
Purchase with cash or check payable to SMASH PTSA
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Santa Monica High School Choral Concert: Spring Concert Around the World in Song
Friday, June 10 at 7 pm - SAMOHI Barnum Hall - $5 Students, $10 Adult (Tickets sold at the door)
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SANTA MONICA CELEBRATES JULY 4TH ON JUNE 25
Corsair Field at Santa Monica College. Gates open at 5:00pm - Fireworks at 9:00pm Free admission - $5.00 parking.
Alcoholic beverages, glass containers, barbeques, fireworks and chairs with pointed legs are prohibited.
Live entertainment, community service booths, beach balls, food and a live auction!
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2011 SMC Film Festival
June 10 at 7:00pm at SMC Theater Main Stage
The best student films of spring 2011 - Live Action & Animation
Free Food! Bring friends and family. Facebook:SMC Film Club
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A BIG HUGE THANK YOU!
To every single one of you who helped get us ready for SuperSMASH.
getting donations,
logging and labeling them,
writing the Silent Auction catalogue,
stapling bid-sheets, organizing a live auction,
designing postcards and posters and distributing them,
squeezing lemons, organizing games, creating Core Art Projects,
buying prizes, getting refreshments, getting a car, painting it, shooting and
editing a movie trailer of people painting a car, placing ads,
creating a menu, buying food, promising to cook,
designing decorations, bringing in canopies,
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 for promising to be there! We’re counting on you!
Come to school at least five minutes before you are scheduled to work.
Can’t remember where you are supposed to work?
Come check the Volunteer Roster at the Main Entrance Ticket Station,
and we’ll direct you.
And then …
HAVE FUN OUT THERE!
SuperSMASH…tomorrow…11:30 to 5:30…be there!
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SMASH Beach Day Guidelines for Wednesday, June 22
Students may not stay at the beach with anyone other than a parent/guardian without a written note! We will not take a phone call while on the beach as permission. This will be strictly enforced!
Each student needs to come to school wearing sunscreen and a swimsuit under their
clothing, with a backpack filled with food, water, a towel, sunscreen and a sweatshirt
and/or a change of clothes. Please make sure your child's backpack and towel is labeled
with their name! Wear good shoes for walking! You may bring sand toys.
· Core 3 and Core 4 may bring Boogie Boards—NO SURFBOARDS.
· Core 4 students MAY go get food at Perrys - go in pairs or groups and eat there -
they may not bring the food back to the beach!
· We will be leaving SMASH for Life Guard Station #26 (at the end of Ocean Park Blvd.) beginning at 8:45 a.m. Stay together on the walk down to the beach. .Cores will “camp” on the sand—sit together, please, and take care of your stuff!
· No going in the water until the lifeguard tells us about water conditions and the boundaries. In the water, stay between the cones and only go in as far as the lifeguard allows (knees, waist, and chest). Stay with friends!
· Go to the bathroom in pairs or groups tell an adult before you go and tell that same
adult when you return.
· Play safely and respectfully respond to all/any adults.
· We will leave the beach at 1:00 to return to school by 1:30.
· Follow these guidelines or get escorted back to school.
PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN IN THE FUN!
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SUMMER READING AT SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Encourage your children to read this summer. Summer reading lists can be found at http://www.smmusd.org/reading/.
The Santa Monica Public library will have all these books available at their branches, and will also provide wonderful children's programs for summer reading with the theme "One World, Many Stories." A list of the library's summer programs for kids can be found here: http://smpl.org/uploadedFiles/Library/
Kids_and_Parents/Programs_and_Events/SUMMER%202011%20KIDS_programs.pdf
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FLYERS AVAILABLE IN SMASH OFFICE
Girls Get Real - offers a safe, playful environment where girls explore the “tweens” they are not and the adults they will become. Cost $525 per one week session. www.uclacommons.com/girls-get-real.
Santa Monica Community Summer 2011 - Classes and Camps. Camps for ages 2.5 through 11. Nine sets of one week camps including: multi-sports for ages 4-7; 5-star sports for ages 5-10 as well as basketball & flagg football for ages 7-11. Camps and classes at Marine Park (1406 Marine St) sss.5starsports.org
Summer Break Youth Tennis Clinic. Mini-camp for ages 6-17. Sessions are Monday-Friday, 10:30am-1:30pm Memorial Park. For info and registration www.SantaMonicaTennis.com
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SUSTAINABLE WORKS 6-WEEK GREEN LIVING WORKSHOPS
6 week Workshop series $50
FREE for Santa Monica residents/suggested $25 donation.
Save money by learning solutions to today’s greatest environmental challenges! The Green Living Workshop covers the following topics, one per week: Water, Energy, Waste, Chemicals, Transportation, and Shopping & Food. We spend time each week learning about the problems related to each of the above topics on a global, national and local scale. Then with the help of the WorksBook, a comprehensive sustainability primer that all participants receive, we review ten related solutions. Participants can now earn a special Completion Bag filled with eco-goodies when all workshop requirements are met!
1 WORKSHOP IN SUNSET PARK
Starting Monday, June 6, 2011, 7-8:30pm: Santa Monica/Westside YWCA – 2019 14th Street
Additional 6 week workshops:
Starting Wednesday, June 8, 7-8:30pm: Santa Monica Public Library – 601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Starting Thursday, June 9, 7:30-9:00pm: Patagonia – 2936 Main Street
Starting Tuesday, June 14, 7-8:30pm: CODA Automotive – 820 Broadway Street
Sign up at: www.sustainableworks.eventbrite.com 310.458.8716 ext 4 info@sustainableworks.org
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SANTA MONICA 5TH ANNUAL MAIN STREET 4TH OF JULY PARADE starts at 9:30am From City Hall & down Main Street)
Honoring the Ocean Lifeguards as Grand Marshal
Questions? parade@opa-sm.org; Volunteer at volunteers@opa-sm.org; Join the parade at entry@opa-sm.org. Celebrate at the Heritage Square after-party immediately following the parade at 2612 Main Street (at Ocean Park )
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Santa Monica Pier PADDLEBOARD RACE & OCEAN FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 11 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Giant Waterman’s History Exhibition, Paddleboard & SUP Long Course, Fun Paddle & 4-Person Stand Up-Only Relay, Dory Races, Outrigger Canoe Races, Live Music. This is a benefit event for Heal the Bay. For info go to www.pierpaddle.com or www.facebook.com/pierpaddle
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FROM THE MUIR/SMASH LIBRARY
All borrowed books are due back to the library.
Our school library has very limited funds to purchase books so please help your child look for and return theseitems. Narratives will not be issued until all books are returned or paid for if lost. Thanks for your help
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ptsa news
president’s message
Dear SMASHing Parents,
“All hands on deck for SuperSMASH!”
EVERY single family to volunteer a minimum of 1-2 hours to make it happen. Now is the time to step-up. We ALL want to just come and enjoy the carnival - but, if each parent does not sign up for a least 1 hr, then that means another family will have to step up for you and will likely have to spend twice their allotted time (or more) manning a booth/activity. We have to share the workload, in order to share thefun!
If you have small kids, then ask your spouse, a Grandparent, or another Core 1 parent to watch them for you while you do an hour at the Food Booth or the Art Court - pick your passion! But please DO pick something. Many of us (several with small children) are going to be working ALL DAY to make this event as enjoyable as possible for you and your family. So please - sign up now to do at least the bare minimum of 1 hour. Contact Helga at 310-828-8421 or
helgaschier@verizon.net or go on-line to sign-up for your volunteer slot. We are counting on the entire SMASH family to make this event the huge success it always is!
FYI - The SMASH Arts & Letters Sale on June 3rd was a SMASHing success. Thanks to all who helped make this event happen.
Dan McGee
ptsa annual family investment drive
Public school is free – a great education is not. The SMASH Annual Family Investment Drive is almost over for the 2010-1011 school year. Have you participated? If not, please make any contribution in any amount you can afford. We are still aiming for 100% participation in the single most important fundraiser of the year. Give what you can and give as soon as possible. $5 pays for a student’s bus ticket to a museum during a field trip. $50 pays for a two year subscription to a science magazine in one of our cores. $500 pays for Arts Program supplies. Please participate and drop off your donation as soon as possible. Questions? Contact Marni Ayers Brady (marniayers@gmail.com) or Helga Schier (helgaschier@verizon.net)
SMASH bash
If you haven’t participated in a SMASHbash this school year, there are only two events you can still attend. REMEMBER: 100% of all SMASH BASH funds collected goes directly to SMASH. The following events still have space available:
* Tapas and Drinks - NEW DATE - June 18 (Adults Only)
* Tacos, Mojitos & Legos -NEW DATE- June 24 (FRI) 4:30 pm (Kids and Adults)
Please contact Marni Ayers Brady (marniayers@gmail.com) and sign-up for one of these remaining events.
GREEN TIP FOR THE WEEK
No Shoes For a Greener, Cleaner Home: The soles of your shoes are not only carrying dirt and small rocks, but they are also responsible for bringing in pesticides, lead and other pollutants from lawns, roads and other surfaces that can contaminate indoor air. According to a study conducted by Rockport shoe company and the University of Arizona, the outside of a regular pair of shoes, after 14 days wear, accommodates a whole host of bacteria, including E. coli. By
taking off your shoes at the door regularly, 70% of the dirt that carries those germs and toxins can be avoided. Apart from living in a less toxic environment and reducing your indoor air pollution, you'll have a cleaner home and save time and energy from vacuuming regularly. thedailygreen.com
Terracycle All Summer Long: Join the Terracycle Summer Newsletter email list by emailing mimilichterman@yahoo.com. Find out how to drop off your Terracycling throughout the summer.
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CORE 1 NEWS
SEE YOU AT SUPER SMASH!!
With such an exciting weekend ahead of us, please be sure to find plenty of time to rest and recover.
Dates to Remember:
Friday, June 17th –
11:45 - Birthday Bash for birthdays between July 15th and August 31st. Please sign-up to bring
snacks. SCHOOL CAFETERIA WILL BE CLOSED!
Monday, June 20th –
All-School Field Day
1:30 Dismissal
Tuesday, June 21st –
9:00 – Core 1 End-of-the-Year Celebration – Children will be sharing their Portfolios and final
Published Books. Family and friends are welcome.
10:00 – 8th Grade Graduation
12:00ish – All–School Potluck –
(SMASH is asking for a $10 donations or a dessert or fruit dish)
Wednesday, June 22nd – All-School Beach Day / Last Day of School
Important information to come NEXT WEEK.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!
Candis, Chrysta, Graciela, Karin, and Jackie
Candis:
Chrysta: cwyse@smmusd.org,
Graciela:gbarba-castro@smmusd.org
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CORE 2 NEWS
Week in Review
Advisory: turns out this week was longer and busier—full of moving up days, guest speakers, a community walk, a fifth grade concert, SuperSMASH decorations, a SMASHing spirit day, and cooking! Can you believe next week is our last full week of school?
Theme: we finished our mini-investigation into California’s Gold Rush with Laura. Next week will be our final research/investigation of California’s Statehood. In science, we read about (with Tamara) and experimented with (with our 8th grade leaders Jules and Nile) energy, matter, physical and chemical changes. Ask your child about the different states of matter and how those states can be changed. Next week we will take a test (!) to show what we’ve learned about physics and chemistry.
Literacy: in RW we’ve been listening to our read aloud and reading our JR books. The only way to get better at reading is by reading and you need to read for 30-45 minutes every day!
In WW the Meatball Heads continued to collect ideas for poems, write original poems, write “inspired by” poems, and discuss the things they notice about various poems—alliteration, onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors, personification, format, rhythm, rhyme, etc. Next week we will be publishing/sharing 2 – 3 of our favorite poems in a “Poetry Slam!” Moo started a mini-comics unit.
Math: Laura’s 3rd graders investigated the strategies to add and subtract 3 digit numbers.
Tamara’s 4th graders “Why?” they ask, “Why do we have to add and subtract using different strategies, if we already know how to add and subtract?” “Because…” Tamara said patiently after yet another TERC Math epiphany, “each strategy helps you understand numbers and get better at math in a different way - so just try it, even if you already know how to do it another way!” Next week, we will be wrapping up fractions & decimals, and multiplication & division (leftovers from previous units). We did it!!!
Things to do:
*RW HW: PLEASE RETURN ALL LIBRARY BOOKS. Read every night at home.
*WW HW: L’s Advisory – Collect ideas for and make comics that tell stories at home.
T’s Advisory - We will be sharing our poems next week, so make sure you have 5 poems to choose from.
*Word Work HW: Core 2 Students - have fun practicing grammar and spelling and punctuation!
*3G Math HW: addition/subtraction worksheets due Friday, June 17
*4G Math HW: fractions & decimals worksheets due Friday, June 17
*3G & 4G Musicians: Please fill out and return your 4G & 5G music class/instrument preference form and return by Tuesday, June 14.
*3G Dancers: please wear jeans, a white shirt, and a tie for your dance performance W 6/15.
Dates for you:
Wednesday, June 15, 12:00-12:30 – Last 3rd grade dance - parents/visitors welcome
Friday, June 17 – last Friday letter, take all work home!!! It’s been a great year full of RW, WW, Theme, Art, Fun, and CARES!
Monday, June 20, 10:30 – 12:30 Field Day sponsored by Student Council, 1:30 dismissal
Tuesday, June 21, 10:00 8th grade graduation, 1:30 dismissal
Wednesday, June 22 – Beach Day, 1:30 dismissal & last day of this school year!
Wish List, too:
~Please let us know if you’ d like to be part of our “Core 2 beautification team” to do a few small projects over the summer or on Parent work day (window sheers, cushion covers for patio furniture, painting)
Laura: lsherman@smmusd.org -
Tamara: tmugalian@smmusd.org -
Jayme: j.wold@smmusd.org
8th Grade Graduation - Tuesday, June 21 at 10am and all SMASH luncheon to follow.
SMASH is asking each family to bring a fruit or dessert dish or a $10 donation. Thanks!
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CORE 3 NEWS
Thanks, Holly (Rhu's mom), for joining us on our Field Trip to SM Courthouse! We learned a little about the local court system and their civil cases as well as the ethics involved in our legal system.
Core 3 Fun Day Thursday (10:30-2:30) can only happen if students bring in their $10 food donation and we have enough chaperones to keep us all safe. Please let Genie know if you can chaperone. Please remember what sporting equipment you signed up to bring: Soccer balls: Rhu and Ian, Cones: Brighton and Ian, Tennis Racket: Ian, Tennis Balls: Andrew, Footballs: Rhu, Shaquil, and Noah, Volleyballs: Sophie and Lydia, Beach ball: Liam
6th gr Math w/ Carrie: We continued our unit on decimals by working on our addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills. We looked at why 0.02 x 0.03 is 0.0006 . For many of us, that seems impossible for the answer to be so small. We converted the decimals to fractions and used what we knew about multiplying fractions to help us see why this is true. Next week we will look at dividing decimals.
6th gr Math w/ Erin: Students continued working on their circle data - measuring radius and diameter of various circle shapes around school and figuring out the circumference and area using the formulas that they've learned. Students worked on groups to display their data in clear and creative ways.
5th gr Math w/ Genie: With more practice, the mathematicians are getting used to using doubling and halving as a multiplication strategy. I hope they think about it when they come across a large number multiplication problem. They can even use it when memorizing their facts. For example if they know 8x6=48 then they can know 4x12=48 because they know to half 8 and double 6. Some are beginning to mentally quadruple and fourth quickly as well which is just
doubling and halving twice.
Science: Our clinics are busy diagnosing their patients. These patients have so many issues, it's important for our budding doctors to be very thoughtful about how to help them. The doctors have been quite thorough and asking great questions to help them narrow in on the most important issues affecting their patient. A few of the current thoughts about the issues affecting the patients include: diabetes, pregnancy, alcoholism, and depression. Next week the doctors
will talk with their patients about their recommendations for treatments and lifestyle changes.
Social Studies/Geography: Trying to get in as much work time as possible over these last few days. We read aloud a short story by Gish Jen called, "Who's Irish?" and talked about the challenges of trying to bridge cultural ways from a country of origin with the norms of the United States. Students also worked diligently to complete their immigrant mapproject.
Reading Workshop: Stargirl has been an interesting book. It brings up the topic of conformity and nonconformity. We will begin discussing next week as we get further into the book about if SMASH welcomes nonconformity or do we still expect conformity but just have a wider range of what is acceptable. Please make sure your child is reading a just right book every day and bringing it to school every day. Please help your child look every where in their house for library books. The librarians are asking for all books to be returned.
Writing Workshop: We have been discussing different ways to gather ideas in our notebooks. We know just like reading every day, writing every day is an important part of being a learner. So we have looked at some spot cartoons as inspiration to help us write a little and draw a little in our writing notebooks all summer long. They often expect readers to infer, understand play on words, and make readers laugh
Homework:
6g Math: Assignment #3 is due 6/13
5g Math: Packet #31 is DUE 6/17. Last homework packet for the year! Please have your child memorize their multiplication and division facts over the summer if they need to!
RW: Read nonfiction "Tablet Talk" article and mark it up by Wednesday.
WW: hist. fiction pieces due Fri 6/17. Collect ideas in notebook like spot cartoons ideas.
8th Grade Graduation - Tuesday, June 21 at 10am and all SMASH luncheon to follow. SMASH is asking each family to bring a fruit or dessert dish or a $10 donation. Thanks!
Genie: ghwang@smmusd.org - Carrie: cferguson@smmusd.org - Erin: ehaendel@smmusd.org
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CORE 4 NEWS
Graduates: It is difficult, bordering on impossible, to describe the bittersweet feelings that sweep deeply through a teacher’s heart as students transition from our classrooms and care into exciting new experiences in high school. One is filled with feelings of loss, pride, joy, hopefulness, fear, and enduring optimism. A heady stew of emotions that does not admit of easy definition; it is not science, but the unruly world of emotion and personal connection. In the end, one has to wish them adieu while trusting that they will find people who care for them as much as we do. We are fortunate in that many of our alumni return to fill mentoring roles their younger brethren. This salves the feelings of loss that accompany this season of celebration.
Graduation rehearsal is Monday, June 20 at 9:00am
Graduation is Tuesday, June 21 at 10:00am
Current 7th grade students: For those who missed the parent information evening, we will have more evenings next year to look at adolescent needs and how we address them at SMASH
7th grade families: SMASH is asking that each family contribute to the 8th grade graduation and all school luncheon - a $10 cash donation or bring a dessert or fruit dish.
