Dear SMASH students, faculty, family and friends:
We are pleased to report that this year we again received over $18,000 in pledges.
SMASH’s athletes were supported by an amazing group of sponsors & volunteers who coached, DJ’d, tallied numbers, MC’d, picked up supplies, set up the course, designed posters, hung banners, counted laps, poured water, cut bagels, picked up trash, ran alongside, cheered and made it possible to give every athlete a t-shirt to commemorate the day.
We want to thank all of you and hope that everyone had as much fun at this year’s Jog-a-thon as we did. 100% of the money raised goes back into SMASH in the form of arts programs, supplies, alumni scholarships, teacher education, gardening, computers and more.
Pledge packets (showing how many laps your student ran and any money owed) will come home with each student. Please collect all outstanding pledges and turn in the money to the office or your Core teacher by Friday, 3/23.
Thanks again,
Darlene Flanders and Lillie Schlessinger
Jog-a-thon 2012 Co-chairs
PLEASE COLLECT ALL YOUR PLEDGES BY MARCH 23!
It is easy to pay your pledge online (via PayPal) by using this link: http://tinyurl.com/77lzpl9
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DATES TO REMEMBER
Thurs & Fri, Mar 22 & 23 - Stairway to the Stars
Mon, Mar 26 - 9:00-10:30am - Last SMASH School Tour
Wed, Mar 28 - 9:00am - Core 1 Drama; 2:00pm - 3 Drama; 6:00pm - OPEN HOUSE - All Cores Fri, Mar 30 - Last day to apply for SMASH for September (ALL K siblings MUST have their applications in)
Fri, Mar 30 - Beach Day Cancelled (but we’re still going to have a FUN day)
Mon, Apr 2 - Fri, Apr 13 - SPRING BREAK
Mon, Apr 23-Wed May 2 - CST Testing - 2nd through 8th Grade
Tues, May 29 SMASH music concert rescheduled to Thurs, May 31
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LAST CHANCE TO WIN a $150 Amazon.com Gift card at SMASH!
The SMMEF raffle is almost over. And, when it is one lucky raffle ticket book seller from SMASH will win $150 Amazon. com gift card! Send in your raffle ticket stubs, backings & payments by Thursday March 22 to be eligible for the gift card drawing & the district wide drawing on Friday March 23.
You may win one of the following Grand Prizes:
• 1st Prize: Weekend Getaway at The Beverly Hilton!
• 2nd Prize: MacBook Air laptop!
• 3rd Prize: The brand new IPAD3!
• Hurry! Send in your raffle tickets & payments by March 22.
• $4 per ticket or $20 per book of 6 tickets.
Thank you for your support!
Please contact me if you need more tickets or have any questions.
Debbie Dempsey, SMMEF Raffle Liaison
Lantzdempsey@msn.com; 310 351-6395
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Sustainable Works World Water Day Green Living Workshop
Saturday, March 24, 2pm-4pm
Santa Monica/Westside YWCA 2019 14th Street
This FREE workshop will focus on Water issues in general as they relate to Food production. We will spend 60 minutes discussing the environmental problems related to Water and Food as well as solutions participants can implement after completing the workshop. Presenters from partner organization will be available for participants to network with. Horticulturist & Master Gardener, Idalia Ramirez, will be on hand and she will have information on starting your own edible garden. Rain Barrels International will also be at the event to educate participants on the importance of capturing rain water and they will be selling rain barrels as part of a Sustainable Works fundraiser. Sustainability tools will be raffled off to help participants carry out the solutions discussed during the workshop. Space is limited so sign up today at: www.sustainableworks.eventbrite.com
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What is your child doing for Spring Break?
• Our artist in residence, Julianna Ostrovsky will be teaching at the Smartspace Arts Camp.
Flyers are available in the SMASH main office or go to www.smartspaceLA.com
• Fulcrum Camps. www.fulcrumcamps.com. Fulcrum camp flyers are being sent home today.
Look for the Fulcrum Camp donation in this year’s SMASHing Silent Auction.
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LOS ANGELES MARATHON - SUNDAY, MARCH 18
Visit www.smgov.net/lamarathon for information, specials and more; follow @santamonicacity on Twitter for race day updates.
Road Closures:All street closures will begin at 12 a.m. March 18. The Santa Monica Police Dept may begin reopening streets at the east end of the city around 3 p.m. San Vicente may be closed until 5 p.m. and Ocean Avenue may be closed until 9 p.m.
• Drivers will not be allowed to cross San Vicente at any street from 6 a.m. until authorities reopen the streets.
• Drivers will not be allowed to cross Ocean Avenue between San Vicente and Colorado from 6 a.m.
• Westbound lanes on San Vicente will be open (again, no left turns allowed). Eastbound lanes will be closed.
• Ocean Avenue will be closed to all vehicle traffic between San Vicente and Colorado.
• Main Street will be closed between Pico Bl and Colorado to allow buses to return runners to downtown hotels.
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BUY LOCAL WEEKEND - MARCH 17-18
The Buy Local Expo on the 3rd Street Promenade, scheduled for Saturday, March 17 has been postponed to March 31.
The Buy Local Weekend, featuring deals at local businesses and scavenger hunt, will continue.
For more information on who is participating go to www.buylocalsantamonica.com
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ptsa news
president’s message
Dear SMASHing Parents,
Last Saturday I attended the very positive, interesting and insightful forum “Making It Work: How to Establish a Successful Centralized Fundraising Program” at Roosevelt Elementary School. The forum featured Education Foundation, PTA and school district leaders from Irvine, Manhattan Beach and Palo Alto School Districts who shared their districts' implementation of successful centralized fundraising programs, along with the Beverly Hills school district which is currently transitioning to centralized fundraising. The Forum included both a panel discussion and a Q & A session, where panelists discussed their experience with both the transition and successful implementation of centralized fundraising in their school districts. This was a great opportunity to learn from others’ experience with centralized fundraising, and was an extremely positive look at how other districts have successfully transitioned to centralized fundraising. We learned that while many parents in all the districts initially experienced trepidation, this was soon extinguished as each districts centralized fundraising efforts allowed all the districts to raise more money together than they did as individual schools, which ultimately allowed each of the school districts to benefit each school to greater level than they were able to achieve as individual site fundraising units.
All of the school districts were faced with a need to find new ways to increase fundraising and to achieve greater equity between school sites. All of the districts created a partnership between the individual school PTA’s and their Education Foundation, where the Education Foundation became responsible for funding personnel and the PTAs would continue to pay for things like computers, copiers, supplies, etc. Not only were they interested in creating a professional approach to fundraising, but they needed to eliminate duplication of efforts between school sites who were making multiple requests to many of the same entities. Thus, fundraising campaigns were run together, and together the Education Foundation and PTAs achieved great success, which has resulted in increasing, sustainable fundraising growth. Palo Alto has had centralized fundraising for 10 years, and the partnership between school sites and their Education Foundation continues to grow and prosper. In Palo Alto, those parents who were the most concerned that their centralized fundraising plan would not be successful and feared there would be a leveling down of resources, programs and staffing are now their biggest supporters, because they have witnessed the continuing success centralized fundraising has achieved.
All who attended the forum learned that the transition to centralized fundraising requires a change in the culture of the individual school sites. While it was common for many parents to initially feel disenfranchised and pull back some of their efforts, it is important to grasp that every parent in the district has a responsibility to support their child’s education and it is not acceptable that some students should benefit more than others because they happen to attend a school where parents are more financially able to support their local school. Allowing large disparities in resources between schools was not acceptable to any of these districts. With all schools involved in a group effort, parental participation increased, fundraising increased and students benefited from the increase in programs and resources.
SMASH has a history of parental support and participation. We have a culture of social responsibility and group consciousness of leadership, creativity and innovation. The centralized fundraising plan needs the support and involvement of our SMASH family and every parent, teacher and student in our district, to work together with optimism and foresight to assure that transition to centralized fundraising in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District is an outstanding success.
Meanwhile, we should give a huge expression of appreciation to Core 3 Moms, Lillie and Darlene, for their outstanding work putting on last Friday’s Jog-a-thon.
Dan McGee
GREEN TIP FOR THE WEEK
Don't Watch Water Go Down the Drain: Use large bowls of water instead of running water to rinse your fruit and veggies. Take it directly outside to water plants or transfer to a pitcher next to your sink to take out later. In the bathroom: Keep a bucket, pitcher, or watering can handy to save water while you are waiting for it to get hot. You will be surprised just how much perfectly good water can be reused or saved for watering plants. Up to several gallons a day or more!
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March 16, 2012
Dear SMASH Family,
Only two more weeks until spring break – the perfect time to start thinking about SuperSMASH 2012! This year’s event will be early, on Saturday May 19, only nine more weeks away! If you’ve been at SuperSMASH before, you know it’s the place to play, eat and bid. And if you haven’t, get ready for a fun-filled day with carnival rides, entertainment, delicious food and an amazing silent auction.
The success of SuperSMASH in general and the Silent Auction in particular is as important as ever. This means we really need your help to make SuperSMASH and the Silent Auction the success we need!
Check the other side of this letter for some ideas to help you find donations for our silent auction. We are looking for donations from you, the talented SMASH community, as well as from local merchants to bring in as many donations as possible. We’ve included three Auction Donor Forms (with a letter to potential donors on the reverse). Take these forms to your favorite stores, restaurants, salons, or any business and ask for an item, gift certificate or service that can be auctioned off to benefit our school.
All donations are tax-deductible. Our tax ID is 95-4439445. The donor needs to fill out the form, and return it along with the donated item or certificate to Janice in the office. If you run out of forms, as we hope you will, see Janice for more copies.
Use this year’s spring break to go out and get as many donations as you can. Aim for at least three donations per family. Drop them off in the office right after spring break, by April 20, 2012.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ofer Grossman at 310-367-7504 or omglaw@live.com or Helga Schier at 310-828-8421 or helgaschier@verizon.net with any comments or questions. Thanks for participating in this fantastic community event!
Sincerely,
Ofer Grossman, SuperSMASH Silent Auction Chair
Helga Schier, SuperSMASH chair
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SuperSMASH 2012
Silent Auction Donation Ideas
Where do you go?
STORES • BOOKS • CLOTHING • TOYS • SHOES • HOUSEWARES • LIQUOR • WINES • MUSIC VIDEO • ART SUPPLIES • ELECTRONICS • STATIONERY • KIDS CLASSES • CAMPS • BIRTHDAY PARTY • HOTELS • RESTAURANTS • BEAUTY • REPAIR SHOP • SALONS • GYMS • SPAS • COUNTRY CLUBS • SUPERMARKETS • DRY CLEANER
Who do you know?
CHEFS • CATERERS • PARTY ENTERTAINERS • PHOTOGRAPHERS • ARTISTS •BOAT/ PLANE OWNERS • VACATION HOME/ TIMESHARE OWNERS •CASTING AGENTS • WALK ONS/CAMEOS • STUDIO TOURS •SPORTS/ TV/ MOVIE MEMORABILIA • BUILDERS • LANDSCAPERS • GARDENERS •MASSAGE THERAPISTS • DERMATOLOGISTS • BEAUTICIANS •NUTRITIONISTS • HEALERS • ACUPUNCTURISTS • YOGA TEACHERS •CLEANING SERVICES • WINDOW WASHERS • DOG WALKERS •COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS •PERSONAL ORGANIZERS •SWIM/TENNIS/GOLF PRO'S • PERSONAL TRAINERS • TICKETS TO: MUSEUMS/THEME PARKS/ CONCERTS/ MOVIES/ THEATERS •TICKETS TO: SPORTS/MOVIE PREMIERES/AWARD SHOWS
What do you do?
COMPUTER LESSONS • VIDEOS/ DVDS/ CDS/ SOFTWARE •PHOTOGRAPHY • VIDEOGRAPHY • COMPUTER GRAPHICS • WEB DESIGN •HOLIDAY CARDS • STATIONERY • HOLIDAY DECORATING BABYSITTING • COOKING • BAKING • DOG WALKING • MEDICINE • HOMEOPATHY • NUTRITION •LEGAL SERVICES • ACCOUNTING • ESTATE PLANNING •ORGANIZATION • FILING • EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS •JEWELER • FLORAL DESIGN • INTERIOR DESIGN • ARCHITECTURE •GENERAL CONTRACTING • HANDYPERSON • PAINTING •PARTY PLANNER • ENTERTAINMENT (musician, puppet shows, magic) •SPORTS • COACHING • SAILING • GOLF • TENNIS • DANCING • AEROBICS
Please drop off your donations at the SMASH office by Friday, April 20, 2012
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March 15, 2012
SuperSMASH Donor
Dear Sir or Madam,
On Saturday May 19, 2012, SMASH (Santa Monica Alternative School House) will host its annual SuperSMASH silent auction and carnival, with over 1,000 people attending. Celebrating more than 37 years, SMASH is a public school serving an ethnically and economically diverse K-8 student population. Our active community of instructors, parents, students and neighborhood members work tirelessly to forge new educational techniques in a progressive, non-competitive environment. Our school depends on the proceeds of the SuperSMASH silent auction and carnival to provide for teachers, teachers’ aides, and programs in art, science, and physical education for our children and to pay for sorely needed technology upgrades.
Continuing Severe Budget Cuts Are Directly Affecting Our Children
The State of California and the Federal government continue to make unprecedented budget cuts that are being felt directly in our classrooms, with no end in sight. In fact, depending upon the results of Governor Brown’s budget and tax initiatives on the November 2012 ballot, public schools could face billions more in immediate cuts. SuperSMASH is our chance to help offset some of those losses and provide our children with essential educational programs that are no longer paid for by the state or federal governments. In order for our children to be able to compete for the jobs and industries of our times, we need to out-educate the rest of the world. And, we cannot do so with the limited resources currently available to our public school system. The challenges we face are real, but with your help, they will be met. We ask you to choose
hope over fear in these tough economic times and to extend your generosity by contributing an item or gift certificate that can be auctioned at the Silent Auction. In the alternative, please consider making a donation to our school.
In appreciation for your support of our children, we will acknowledge your name and a description of your donation in the SuperSmash Silent Auction Catalog, and on a table poster at SuperSMASH. Your donation will also be acknowledged in the local daily newspaper, the Santa Monica Daily Press, with a readership of over 33,000. Your contribution is fully tax deductible (Tax ID No. 95-4439445) and greatly appreciated. To ensure that your company and item are included in our catalog, please return the attached donation form as soon as possible. Please contact Ofer Grossman at (310) 367-7504 or supersmash.auction@gmail.com with any comments or questions.
Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration.
Sincerely,
Ofer Grossman
SuperSMASH Silent Auction Chair
SUPERSMASH AUCTION DONOR FORM
Event: Saturday May 19, 2012
SMASH SCHOOL GROUNDS
NAME: __________________________________________________________________
COMPANY: __________________________________________________________________
TITLE: _____________________________ E -MAIL:________________________
ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________
CITY/ST/ZIP: __________________________________________________________________
TELEPHONE: ______________________________FAX:________________________________
Name of SMASH Community Member: __________________________________________________________________
DONATION DESCRIPTION FOR AUCTION CATALOG (or we will write one)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS/RESTRICTIONS
ESTIMATED VALUE: $__________________EXPIRATION DATE: _________________
SIGNATURE: _____________________________TODAY’S DATE: ________________
PLEASE CHECK ONE: __TO BE DELIVERED __ TO BE PICKED UP
__ DONATION ENCLOSED __ CREATE CERTIFICATE
SMASH IS A 501 c (3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION (Tax ID#:95-4439445)
PLEASE ATTACH GIFT CERTIFICATE & MAIL or DROP OFF by 04/01/12
Santa Monica Alternative School House
2525 5th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Thank you for your support!
CORE 1 NEWS
Core 1 cordially invites you to our
Threemendous Shadow Plays
on Wednesday, March 28
9:00-10:00
MENTORS
Play: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Time: 9:00-9:20 am
Costume: Black Clothes, Ears Optional
Guest List: Mentors' Parents, Mentors' Siblings, Core 2
Stage: The Golden Galaxy (Graciela's Rm)
BIGS
Play: Goldilocks & The Three Bears
Time: 9:20-9:40am
Costume: Black Clothes, Ears Optional
Guest List: Bigs’ Parents, Bigs’ Mentors, Core 2
Stage: The Golden Galaxy (Graciela’s Rm)
Stage: The Golden Galaxy (Graciela’s Rm)
PARTNERS
Play:The Three Little Pigs
Time: 9:40-10:00am
Costume: Black Clothes, Ears Optional
Guest List: Partners’ Parents, Partners’ Siblings
Stage: The Golden Galaxy (Graciela’s Rm)
Please walk around the Core 1 building and enter through the door to The Golden Galaxy(G). After each show, you can meet and greet the actors on the Small Yard. Actors will exit “backstage” while the guests exit the Golden Galaxy and walk around the building to the small yard.
Please contact Candis, Chrysta, or Graciela if you are available to videotape our live performances.
Mark Your Calendars:
3/23 11:45-12:15 Birthday Bash
3/28 9:00-10:00 Drama Share
3/30 Beach Day has been cancelled
Spring Break 4/2 through 4/13
Have a WONDERFUL Weekend!
Candis, Chrysta, Graciela, Jackie & Nadja
cberens@smmusd.org
Please walk around the Core 1 building and enter through the door to The Golden Galaxy(G). After each show, you can meet and greet the actors on the Small Yard. Actors will exit “backstage” while the guests exit the Golden Galaxy and walk around the building to the small yard.
Please contact Candis, Chrysta, or Graciela if you are available to videotape our live performances.
Mark Your Calendars:
3/23 11:45-12:15 Birthday Bash
3/28 9:00-10:00 Drama Share
3/30 Beach Day has been cancelled
Spring Break 4/2 through 4/13
Have a WONDERFUL Weekend!
Candis, Chrysta, Graciela, Jackie & Nadja
cberens@smmusd.org
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CORE 2 NEWS
Core 2 Dates to Remember
Friday, March 16, 2012
Monday, March 26 – Symphonic Adventure at Samo High – walking field trip, NO permission slip needed
Wednesday, March 28 – Open House, 6 – 8 pm--Arts with Julianna sharing
Friday, March 30 – Beach Day, postponed, Game Day in Core 2 – Bring your favorite board game to school
Monday, April 2 – Sunday, April 15 – Spring Break starts
Monday, April 16 – return to SMASH
Tuesday, April 17 11:15 sharing about Turbans and turban tying with Siridyal
Wednesdays, April 18, 25, May 2, and 9 8:45 – 10:15 – parent organized project for Super SMASH
Monday, April 23 – California Standardized Testing begins
Wish list: scratch paper, tissues, scotch tape refills (we have the holders), pink pearl erasers, hand sanitizer pumps and large refill bottle
In Art with Julianna we have been exploring different ways to create objects with clay – pinch pots, and slab shapes. We have Art every Wed, 8:30 – 10:15, and would love to have parent helpers. If you could come in for ALL or JUST PART (at the beginning or end) one of these sessions please let us know ASAP!
3/21 – Art
***Wednesday, March 28 – Arts sharing 6 – 8 pm
Tamara, Laura, Jayme, and Karin
Laura: lsherman@smmusd.org
Jayme: j.wold@smmusd.org
Tamara: tmugalian@smmusd.org
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CORE 3 NEWS
Middle School Musicians - Please check the Stairway schedule in today’s Core 4 Friday Letter
• Sell your Ed Foundation Golden Tickets! Last week to sell them—bring sold tickets to school by 22!
• Great running! Now don't forget to collect your Jogathon Pledges!
• $5.00 for Out of the Dust book if you haven't already donated!
6th gr Math w/ Carrie: This week we focused on adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions. We have been discussing what multiplying fractions actually means - and will continue this conversation next week when we get into what it means to divide fractions. This is not always an easy concept for people to get. Ask your child if they can explain what they think it means to you.
6th gr Math w/ Amanda: This week we have been working on circles, circumference, diameter of a circle, sorting polygons (thinking about concepts like concave and convex, regular and irregular polygons. And soon we will be covering polyhedrons—3D shapes.
5th gr Math w/ Genie: We have continued to add decimals and have played a few new games. On Wednesday we had our Body Talk with Nurse Sandy. Please begin the dialogue with your children about their changing bodies and let them know there are trusted adults at home and school to talk to.
Science w/ Carrie: The biome projects are impressive so far! Students have really gotten into creating realistic biomes, creative PowerPoints and Prezis, and detailed research papers. Students have been encouraged to focus on some of the issues affecting their biome and what can be done about it. Plan to join us on Wednesday, March 28 from
6-7pm for the Open House or Thursday, March 29 from 1:30-2:30 to see the amazing work.
SS w/ Amanda: We have been working on self-directed projects interpreting any Ancient Greek historical event for example a battle or a myth. They have many choices in the way they want to show their event from presentations to comic strips to puppets. Ask your child what is their event and how they are showing it!
RW/WW w/ Genie: We have started our 3rd and final issue of our newspapers! All of our issues will be shared at Open House on Wednesday, 3/28 from 6-7pm and on Thursday 3/29 from 1:30-2:30. They have been busy writing quickly their news articles and telling just the facts as well as churning out their column essays giving their opinions and supporting them with reasons. We have begun Out of the Dust, which many readers have found interesting. We
are reading some of it together in class and some at home independently, all the while taking notes in the book and having our dictionaries by our side as a reference. Please make sure your child reads the required pages and has the book and a dictionary in their backpack every day.
SuperSMASH Core 3 Art Auction Piece: Still need t-shirts and volunteers!
Please contact Genie or Erin Cheng-McIntire (our Core Rep and Parent Lead on this year's auction project).
Homework:
6G Math: Assignment 5 - Additional Practice, due March 22.
5G Math: Math Packet #24 due Friday, March 23.
Science: Work on biome project!
Writing: Collect 3 entries in their notebook.
Reading: read every day for 30-40 minutes! This can include Out of the Dust required reading.
Middle School Musicians - Please check the Stairway schedule in today’s Core 4 Friday Letter
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CORE 3 NEWS
Middle School Musicians - Please check the Stairway schedule in today’s Core 4 Friday Letter
• Sell your Ed Foundation Golden Tickets! Last week to sell them—bring sold tickets to school by 22!
• Great running! Now don't forget to collect your Jogathon Pledges!
• $5.00 for Out of the Dust book if you haven't already donated!
6th gr Math w/ Carrie: This week we focused on adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions. We have been discussing what multiplying fractions actually means - and will continue this conversation next week when we get into what it means to divide fractions. This is not always an easy concept for people to get. Ask your child if they can explain what they think it means to you.
6th gr Math w/ Amanda: This week we have been working on circles, circumference, diameter of a circle, sorting polygons (thinking about concepts like concave and convex, regular and irregular polygons. And soon we will be covering polyhedrons—3D shapes.
5th gr Math w/ Genie: We have continued to add decimals and have played a few new games. On Wednesday we had our Body Talk with Nurse Sandy. Please begin the dialogue with your children about their changing bodies and let them know there are trusted adults at home and school to talk to.
Science w/ Carrie: The biome projects are impressive so far! Students have really gotten into creating realistic biomes, creative PowerPoints and Prezis, and detailed research papers. Students have been encouraged to focus on some of the issues affecting their biome and what can be done about it. Plan to join us on Wednesday, March 28 from
6-7pm for the Open House or Thursday, March 29 from 1:30-2:30 to see the amazing work.
SS w/ Amanda: We have been working on self-directed projects interpreting any Ancient Greek historical event for example a battle or a myth. They have many choices in the way they want to show their event from presentations to comic strips to puppets. Ask your child what is their event and how they are showing it!
RW/WW w/ Genie: We have started our 3rd and final issue of our newspapers! All of our issues will be shared at Open House on Wednesday, 3/28 from 6-7pm and on Thursday 3/29 from 1:30-2:30. They have been busy writing quickly their news articles and telling just the facts as well as churning out their column essays giving their opinions and supporting them with reasons. We have begun Out of the Dust, which many readers have found interesting. We
are reading some of it together in class and some at home independently, all the while taking notes in the book and having our dictionaries by our side as a reference. Please make sure your child reads the required pages and has the book and a dictionary in their backpack every day.
SuperSMASH Core 3 Art Auction Piece: Still need t-shirts and volunteers!
Please contact Genie or Erin Cheng-McIntire (our Core Rep and Parent Lead on this year's auction project).
Homework:
6G Math: Assignment 5 - Additional Practice, due March 22.
5G Math: Math Packet #24 due Friday, March 23.
Science: Work on biome project!
Writing: Collect 3 entries in their notebook.
Reading: read every day for 30-40 minutes! This can include Out of the Dust required reading.
Middle School Musicians - Please check the Stairway schedule in today’s Core 4 Friday Letter
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CORE 4 NEWS
SMASH MIDDLE SCHOOL STAIRWAY REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCE INFO
DRESS: Students should wear the following: Boys - Black pants, black shoes, black socks, white dress shirt and tie. Ladies can wear the same or a black dress of an appropriate length. (No tennis shoes, please!)
SMASH MIDDLE SCHOOL STAIRWAY REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCE INFO
DRESS: Students should wear the following: Boys - Black pants, black shoes, black socks, white dress shirt and tie. Ladies can wear the same or a black dress of an appropriate length. (No tennis shoes, please!)
The following dates are mandatory for our students:
Monday, March 19th
(SMASH M.S. string participants)
4-6 p.m. at SAMOHI's Orchestra RM. Please be there no later than 3:45 with instrument, pencil, music, and a wire stand.
(SMASH M.S. Wind Students)
4:30- 6 p.m. at SAMOHI's Band Room. Please be there for 4:15 with instrument, pencil, music, and a wire stand.
Wednesday, March 21st
(SMASH M.S. Chorus)
4-6 p.m. SAMOHI Barnum Hall. Please arrive no later than 3:45 with music, folder, and pencil.
Thursday, March 22nd
(SMASH M.S. Winds)
Wind students will walk with Mr. McKeown from SMASH at 10 a.m. to the Civic Center and return with Mr. Hyziak (or a parent volunteer?) around 12:30.
5 p.m. - M.S. String students arrive at the Civic Center and tune.
6:15 p.m. - M.S. Wind students arrive at the Civic Center.
7-9 - STAIRWAY TO THE STARS (NO M.S. CHORUS ON THURSDAY NIGHT)
Friday, March 23rd
5:30 p.m. - M.S. Wind students arrive at the Civic Center.
6 P.M. - M.S Chorus students arrive at SAMOHI to warm up and will then walk over to the Civic Center with the secondary teachers.
7-9 (9:30?) - STAIRWAY TO THE STARS (NO M.S. ORCHESTRA ON FRIDAY NIGHT)
Dear SMASH 8th graders going to Samohi next year,
It's that time of year... ASB Elections. The Samohi ASB application is on the Samohi website homepage http://www.samohi.smmusd.org/. This year, they are going to interview incoming ninth graders to be part of the ASB Cabinet, they are going away from having a school vote for the ninth grade representatives. The applications are due March 22.
Applications need to be handed in to Jessica by March 22 and Jessica will deliver them to Veronica at Samohi via District mail in one SMASH group.
Also, Saturday, April 21 is the Freshman Tours & Information Day at Samohi.
Thanks. Jessica
Verónica GarcíaHecht
Activities Director/AVID & Spanish Teacher
Santa Monica High School; 601 Pico Blvd; Santa Monica, Ca 90405; 310-395-3204
