Dear SMASHing Families:
We are very grateful for the generosity and appreciation you
have shown via the retirement celebrations, delicious home-baked summer
send-off goodies, and the lovely personal notes. Thank you not only for your generous year-end staff gift but
also for trusting us with your wonderful children. We wish you all a terrific
summer.
For those who like to plan ahead, the 2012-13 SMASH Calendar of Events can be accessed by going to
www.smash.smmusd.org and clicking
“Calendar.” I will update it as Restaurant Nights and other events are
booked.
Our 2012-2013
staff is an amazing group of professionals with 2 familiar faces in new
places as well as someone new to SMASH!
We welcome Ann Serapiglia (the g is silent) as a Core 1
parent and Specialized Academic Instruction Teacher for all four Cores. Ann has worked with Jessica in a
teacher-training program at Pt Dume Elementary, with Chrysta, Graciela, and Darwin
on the Special Education team at Will Rogers Learning Community, and she
transfers to us from her wonderful recent experiences on the Franklin
Elementary staff. Many on our staff
already know and respect her; we look forward to families getting to know her
as well.
The teaching teams for the four Cores will be:
Core 1 (K-1-2):Candis, Chrysta, Graciela, and Nadja
Core 2 (3-4): Jayme, Tamara, and Karin
We celebrate Jayme’s return to the
Core 2 team as she brings her extensive training in reading programs, writing
supports, differentiation of mathematics instruction, and overall ability to
nurture curiosity, collaboration, and spirited leadership with our students.
Core 3 (5-6): Genie, Erin, Mimi, and Malaika
Mimi has been part of the SMASH
community since 1994 in various roles.
Next year, in addition to being a Core 2 Mom, Mimi returns to the SMASH
staff part-time sharing her personal passion for mathematics teaching and
learning with 6th graders. She will also facilitate research and
inquiry-based science projects with Core 3.
Core 4 (7-8): Darwin,
Kurt, and Malaika
Please note these beginning events (and look at the
year-long calendar on the web site to plan ahead):
Event
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Date
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Details
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Clean Up Day:
Adults and students always make our gardens and rooms sparkly and
organized after this event.
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Sat, Aug 18
9:00am-2:00pm
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Bring your green cleaning supplies, gloves, tool box,
gardening gloves, and if you are able to bring a sander, let Jessica know.
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First Day of School
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Wed, August 22nd 8:30am-1:30pm
Parent Coffee 8:15am
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Early Dismissal for all grades
Coffee in front of Cafetorium
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Core 1 Forum
Core 2 Forum
Core 3 Forum
Core 4 Forum
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Tues, Sept 4 6:00-7:30pm
Wed, Sept 5 6:00-7:30pm
Tues, Sept 11 6:00-7:30pm, 5:00 Catalina Trip Meeting
Wed, Sept 12 6:00-7:00pm, 7:00 Yosemite and 8th
grade meetings
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This is the night when teachers meet with parents to
explain the curriculum for the year.
Childcare available.
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Site Council
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Wed, Sept 12 3:30pm-4:30pm
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Meet in Core 1.
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PTSA Meeting
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Wed, Sept 19 6:00pm
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Meet in the Library.
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Please make sure to read the SMASHing Friday Letter each week
starting Friday, August 31. The Friday
Letter is emailed out as well as being available online at
smash.smmusd.org. If you had this email forwarded to you and did not receive it
directly from me, please email jrishe@smmusd.org and give me the email address where you
wish to receive the Friday Letter and any other eblasts I might send throughout
the year. Out of care for our
environment as well as the school paper/copy budget, we urge you to read it
electronically. If you do need a paper
copy, let the Core teachers know that you do need to receive paper copies, and
they will send it home for you.
As a final reminder,
·
School starts at 8:30am daily
·
Wednesday, August 22- Friday, August 24 – First
days of school! 1:30 dismissal for all
grades.
·
Starting Monday, August 27, Monday-Thursday K: 8:30-1:30
First & Second graders and Cores 2-4: 8:30-3:00
·
Every
Friday of the school year is a 1:30 dismissal so that the staff may participate
in professional development.
Truly yours,
Jessica Rishe, jrishe@smmusd.org
