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Ocean
Park Street Paving
Currently,
the contractors who are working on Ocean Park construction anticipate
CLOSING
Ocean Park Blvd. for grinding and paving purposes
Wednesday,
Dec. 5 and Thursday, Dec. 6.
While we
are working with them to lessen the impact on our school site,
drop off
or pick up will be affected on either or both of those days.
Pick up
and Drop off along 5th
Street will be CLOSED
those days,
as it
does not have the capacity to allow cars to turn around safely.
Families
may only drop off or pick up along 6th Street.
· Cars will head SOUTH on 6th Street.
· ALL cars will use the valet lane on the
right side.
· Cars will then proceed into the east 6th Street
parking lot to turn around and
head back on 6th Street going north.
Reminder,
John Muir starts at 8:20 and SMASH starts at 8:30.
The east lot will be closed to all traffic
and parking except handicapped spaces or school bus. Preschool families will
park along 6th street and enter in the gate next to the
preschool bungalow for these days only.
Thank you for your patience as we ensure
the safety of Muir/ SMASH students and their families, along with our faculty
and staff during street closures.
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SMASH
HOLIDAY ART BOUTIQUE
Friday,
December 7
11:30am
- 5:30pm
Handmade
Items - Crafts - Food - Treats!!
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CORE
1 NEWS
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION!!
OCEAN
PARK BL WILL BE CLOSED WED & THURS, DECEMBER 5 & 6
NO PICK UP or DROP OFF ON 5th Street
Drive SOUTH on 6th Street to use VALET on
right. Use parking lot to turn around & return NORTH
No parking in 6th Street
lot except for handicapped and school buses
We switched CIRCLE GROUPS this week, and
the children have new circle group teachers. Ask your child about it this
weekend!!
THIS MONDAY, DECEMBER 3RD is a field trip for ALL PARTNERS and SOME BIGS (everyone
who didn’t go last time). We will be taking the Big Blue Bus to the Santa
Monica Aquarium at 9am and walking back to school by 1pm. All children will
need to bring a snack and lunch, good walking shoes, and sunscreen. Any chaperones
are welcome! Candis would appreciate an email beforehand if you intend to come
along.
Core 1 Drama
Our 3 months of exploring character
development in Kristy’s Drama Class will soon be coming to an end. After weeks
of drama games, mask-making, face painting, and costume design, the children
had many opportunities to make some of our favorite stories come alive.
We hope friends and family can come to our
CORE 1 DRAMA SHARE on WEDNESDAY, DEC 12th 9am-
10am. We will be sharing photos, videos, and artifacts of our experiences in
the classrooms.
Projects
November is the time in Core 1 when we
begin to delve into our project studies. Your child visits every teacher once a
week to continue these investigations. We hope you enjoyed our email this week
to give you a taste of what has begun in Candis’ study about the Environment.
Continue to look for these updates about our Projects in future emails and
Friday Letters.
Materials in our World (with a focus on wood, paper, and fabric)
- Chrysta
Puppets, Dolls, and Our Stories - Graciela
Our Environment – Candis
Projects are a special opportunity for the
children to explore the world around them. We don’t just interact with the world,
but we carefully make observations, ask thoughtful questions, creatively
represent our thinking, and develop/ revise our theories about the world. The
children are constantly discussing with each other and building on each other’s
ideas. Here’s an example: (Written by Candis)
One day I was struck by the number of
children who came to tell me that there was a spider in the bathroom and that I
needed to “come and kill it.” Some children were too scared to go into the
stall. And I began to wonder what the children’s ideas about spiders were,
since many of the spiders in the small yard were dangerous (a striking number
of black widows and brown widows!) So, the next morning, I posed the question
to my circle group:
Do you think spiders are good and bad?
Here is a glimpse of our discussion:
Keira LG: I think that spiders are good because… well, I can’t
explain it.
Mira: Because they can’t really hurt you if you don’t hurt
them. If you try to hurt them, then they might try to hurt you, but mostly
people don’t try to hurt them because they’re scared of them.
Skylar: They’ll hurt you if they feel like you’re threatening
them.
Maggie: I think it’s in the middle because daddy long legs won’t
hurt you but maybe black widows will.
Teagan: Daddy Long Legs don’t hurt people because they don’t have
anything to hurt with. Some people try to kill them but that’s not good because
they’re a part of nature.
Taj: Some could be bad, but some can bite you when you’re not
expecting it.
Skylar: They run away from my finger, so I think they are scared
of us.
Enjoy the weekend!
Candis, Chrysta, Graciela, Nadja &
Laura
Candis: cberens@smmusd.org Chrysta: cwyse@smmusd.org Graciela: gcastrobarba@smmusd.org
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CORE
2 NEWS
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION!!
OCEAN
PARK BL WILL BE CLOSED WED & THURS, DECEMBER 5 & 6
NO PICK UP or DROP OFF ON 5th Street
Drive SOUTH on 6th Street
to use VALET on right. Use parking lot to turn around & return NORTH
No parking in 6th Street
lot except for handicapped and school buses
Hi Core 2 Families and Friends,
Our Fantasy Writing/Reading Unit has come
to an end. Thank you to all the families that joined us to celebrate all of our
hard work, dedication, and effort in creating fantastical, creative stories.
The students were so proud of their ability to add details, humor, and “show
not tell.” Here are some lines from Core 2’s Fantasy Stories:
*By the way, they were 16 and they were
going with their boyfriends. –Dixie
*It was summertime in New York and Max was
hot. –Oisin
*I walked upstairs. They were covered in
spiders and dead things. –Olin
*The next day at school, Robin kept a secret
from everyone. –Lilly
*As they were crawling back, they hadn’t
realized they didn’t change yet. –Sadie
*I hope I don’t have to resort to the fog
horns! –Lucca
*“I’ll smush you if you don’t!” –Cole
*“I’m bored,” said Elisa. –Elisa
*“Old like history,” said Ivy –Ram Rattan
*They packed a bag, left a note, and
started walking. –Phoebe
*I thought she could and “poof” she was
gone. –Nalani
*And time never unfroze. –Rio
*She was in her room with her brother,
Xander. –Liliana
*Four minutes later, the ice plane landed
in a dangerous forest. –Kim
*I was at the big yard. –Andrea
*It all starts on a regular school day.
–Marcus
*Snow, the princess, just jumped on Ice
Blade, her pet horse, and headed to the lake. –Lauren
*After that, Fred lived happily ever
after…in two places. –Sofia Marie
*The closet was empty! –Samy
*“Quiet! It’s not funny!” Mr. Seemorebutts
said as he started to cry. “Waaaaa!” All the kids watched in horror. – Clair
*Without warning, a “KNOCK, KNOCK,” on the
door. “For goodness sakes! Who could be awake in the middle of the
night?” said Cat. –Sydney
*I was walking to my first class and I saw
flying pigs, jumping chickens, and dancing cows. I thought I was going crazy,
but at lunch, I saw vegetables doing karate and fruit reading. -Shira
Math Reminder: 3rd Grade
Mathematicians are creating a class collection of 1,000 BUTTONS. If you
have any extra buttons lying around, please bring them into Jayme’s room to add
to our counting collection!
THANK YOU to our parent volunteers that have so
graciously and generously helped out in Core 2 this year so far.
Our art, field trips, and extra projects
have been more fun and enriching thanks to all of you!
Core 2’s HOLIDAY
BOUTIQUE PROJECTS are coming along beautifully!
WE NEED
MORE DUCT TAPE/$$ DONTATIONS to make these projects happen!
Parent
volunteers are welcomed and encouraged to join us in our creation time
Upcoming Events
FIELD TRIPS
Broad Theater Friday, December
7—morning-lunch
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Friday,
December 21—morning
SHARINGS
Puppet Parade Wednesday, December 12,
11:30 – 12:25
Math Morning Monday, December 17, 8:30 –
9:30 am
Have a
great weekend!
Tamara,
Jayme, & Nadja
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CORE
3 NEWS
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION!!
OCEAN PARK BL WILL BE
CLOSED WED & THURS, DECEMBER 5 & 6
NO PICK UP or DROP OFF ON 5th Street
Drive
SOUTH on 6th Street to use VALET on right. Use parking lot to turn
around & return NORTH
If you are
interested in a Catalina iMovie slideshow DVD, please have your child bring in
a $15 donation to Core 3.
Visual Arts with Juliana: Our puppets are incredible! We are excited
to share them with you and hope you can come to our Arts Share on Wednesday,
December 12 from 10:30-11:30. The puppets, their process and the puppet makers
will be available to share their journey from idea to puppet. We are still
looking for a photographer parent to take portrait shots of the puppet maker and
their puppet. Please contact Genie if you are interested.
6th Grade
Math with Mimi: This
week, we began working with percentages and how they are related to fractions
and decimals. Using percentages, fractions, and decimals interchangeably will
conclude our current math unit. HW is due 12/6. If your child gets stuck while
doing HW, please don't stress. Just have them bring it to school for help. HW
is provided as practice for students who find it helpful and/ or enjoy doing
it.
6th Grade Math with Erin: The students are immersed in their
geography project of designing their own dream room. They completed their scale
models of the classroom and have now moved on to designing their own 625 square
foot bedroom. They must draw the shape of their choosing to fit within that
specific square footage. Once students have created their idea, they will
transfer their plan to graph paper to make sure it is mathematically sound.
Then they will begin figuring out the flooring, painting, and furnishing of
their room on their $25,000 budget. We were fortunate to have Caleb and
Simeon's dad come in this week to talk about his work as a developer. He
brought in multiple sets of blue prints for the students to look over and
talked about the process in reality - from artistic rendering, to blue prints,
to meeting with the engineer to make sure the structure is sound, to visiting the
building and safety department to make sure the design is up to code. It was
very informative and definitely showed our students how what they are learning
about is applicable to real life. Thanks Ken!
5th grade
Math Workshop with Genie: We
ended our large number addition and subtraction unit with some conversation on expanded
notation and exponents. It's great because every student in our math group has
solid strategies to solve large number subtraction problems. Story problems can
lead to some challenges on what really needs to be solved. Please continue to
talk through your real world math problems and share how you would solve
them-even if you use the calculator. We have moved onto 3D geometry looking at
how to know the volume of a box. Class work and homework from the last unit
went home—please check your child's backpack to see their work.
Science with Mimi: Clinics received Code Cards with brief
descriptions of sick patients on them. Clinics will work together to research,
diagnose, and figure out appropriate treatments for their patients. Cooperative
group work is one of the most difficult tasks for many students. One way we
continue to work on this skill is by thinking about how to be tolerant and
respectful of other points of views. For example, a group member might
respectfully disagree and offer their own viewpoint by saying, "I can see your
point, but what about....?" or "I thought of something totally
different". Learning how to work with others in a productive and
respectful manner is one of the keys to success in school and in the workplace.
Social Studies with Erin: This week we worked on our projects and
also prepared for our Friday visit to the Skirball, "Creating the United
States" exhibit. In terms of our projects, as I wrote in an email blast, the students have become very invested in
their research. We have students connecting
with USO groups to meeting veterans coming home from deployment, others who
have researched bullying of gay teens and are
thinking about starting an action group on campus. Our 3 groups of students
studying homelessness have connected with Upward
Bound House in Santa Monica and will soon be starting a "household items
drive" to help the residents in their transitional
housing program. Others have been volunteering with animal rescue groups,
trying to help stray animals find loving homes. Our
women's health care group is trying to arrange a field trip to Planned
Parenthood LA and hoping to do some Peer Education.
Another group is studying US involvement in South American drug cartels. It is
very exciting! Your students are looking into their
passions and becoming more knowledgeable and passionate about these issues in
the process! To prepare for our Skirball visit we
spent a few class periods looking at and learning about Primary Sources. What
can one learn from a primary source as opposed to a
textbook or non-fiction account? What are we looking for when we look at
Primary Sources? What was the intent of the
author? What was happening during that time period? We are all historians!
Reading and Writing Workshop with Genie: We had a wonderful Literary Essay
Celebration where professional and sophisticated language was written and shared! We have
begun Fantasy writing by focusing first on the main character—our hero/ heroine.
We are also progressing in our book club discussions focusing on our individual
hopes and dreams and by analyzing video clips of conversation. We will begin to
encourage everyone to use post-its in their books to help build better
conversation around books. We have also spent some of our time working on the
Holiday Arts Boutique where your child's creativity and handy work will be on
sale Friday, Dec 7 at the Holiday Arts Boutique! We hope you can volunteer or
at least stop by and shop!
Homework:
5G math: packet #14. Due 12/7/12
6G math: HW is due 12/6
RW: read every day for 30-40 minutes (100
pages a week). This can include their book club reading!
WW: write 3 pages in your writing notebook
per week!
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CORE
4 NEWS
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION!!
OCEAN
PARK BL WILL BE CLOSED WED & THURS, DECEMBER 5 & 6
NO PICK UP or DROP OFF ON 5th Street
Drive SOUTH on 6th Street
to use VALET on right.
Use parking lot to turn around & return NORTH
No parking in 6th Street
lot except for handicapped and school buses
In math we have created a calendar of when and what we
would do in math until the algebra final on December 17th and 18th. This will
be a two day cumulative test on chapters; 1-7. In science we are studying for
the science final on chapters 1-5 and 7-11. we are also presenting our 2nd BTP which
we finished a couple weeks ago.
In writing humanities we arein groups of three making a
constitution for our government which is due on Wednesday. We are also making a
bill of rights and presenting it on a poster but that is not due until a couple
of weeks. In reading humanities we are working on comprehension and
collaboration skills.
Written by Rhu Steedman
For more information, calendar events, and schedules,
please visit our website:
www.smashcore4.org, it
will be updated weekly.
Darwin Mendinueto - dmendinueto@smmusd.org
Kurt Holland - kholland@smmusd.org
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SMASH
HOLIDAY ART BOUTIQUE
SHOPPING, CRAFTS FOR KIDS
HANDMADE ITEMS
Lots of food and yummy treats
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7
11:30am -5:30pm
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LOST
AND FOUND
Please look at the lost
clothes on tables in the front of campus.
All clothes not claimed by
Wednesday, December 5 will be donated.
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DATES TO REMEMBER
Monday, Dec 3 - 9am - SMASH School Tour
Wed & Thurs, Dec 5 & 6 - Ocean
Park Blvd CLOSED. Use 6th St, Southbound for student Drop off & Pick up
Friday, Dec 7 - Thursday, Dec 13 - SMASH
Book Fair
Friday, Dec 7 - 11:30am-5:30pm - SMASH
Holiday Art Boutique
Tuesday, Dec 11 - 6pm - SMASH restaurant
night at El Cholo
Wednesday, Dec 12 - Art Share
Wednesday, Dec 19 - 8:30am - PTSA Mtg
3:30pm - Site Council Mtg
Friday, Dec 21 - Teacher Appreciation
Lunch
Monday, Dec 24 - Friday, Jan 4 - WINTER
BREAK!
NEW
CREST ELEMENTARY ENRICHMENT CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY 14
Info:
310-458-8540 Website: www.smgov.net/crest Register online: recenroll.smgov.net
PAL
BEST GIFT EVER GIFT DRIVE - Until December 14
Donate
a new unwrapped gift at: Santa
Monica PAL at 1401 Olympic Blvd or ICE at 5th St & Arizona Ave
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WESTSIDE FOOD BANK
DONATION BARREL
IN THE SMASH OFFICE
UNTIL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18
The following items are needed (no glass
except for baby food)
Cans of: tuna, vegetables and soup; fruits and
fruit juices; pork & beans; stews & other meats
Packaged food: pasta, lentils and beans; macaroni &
cheese and packaged dinners; instant soup, hot and cold cereal; peanut butter
and other nut butters; nutritional bars: protein, granola, energy or breakfast
bars
Baby foods are urgently needed. Two thousand babies and toddlers are without
adequate nutrition each day right here on the west side of Los Angeles.
Baby/Toddler needs:
Infant formula; jar foods-all flavors
& stages; crackers, teething biscuits and cookies; raisins & fruit
snacks; juices: jars, cans, pouches & boxes; infant & children’s
cereals
Other items need at Westside Food Bank:
Socks - new or clean gently-used socks—any
size. Blankets - new or clean gently-used
Travel size sundries are urgently needed: travel sized shampoo, hair conditioner,
soap, bath & shower gel, toothpaste and toothbrush and towels (new or clean
gently-used)
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Additions/Corrections
to SMASH Directory
Theo Karlin, Core 1
Ben Karlin, Father
Emma Wyse, Core 1
22420 Warmside
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SANTA
MONICA PONY BASEBALL—SPRING SEASON
Register
Now! Space is Limited
Evaluations
held Saturday, Jan 12 & 19
www.santamonicaponybaseball.com
or 310-314-7578
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THE SMASH HOLIDAY HELPERS ARE WORKING WITH
THE
CHILDREN’S LIFE SAVING FOUNDATION!
PLEASE help us
brighten the children’s spirits by donating a new toy or a cash donation (no
amount is too small). With Cash
donations, we will use our math skills to buy new toys for these children.
We will have a collection box in the SMASH office and in Anne’s
room (#425) and at the SMASH Book Fair.
Thank you for helping us bring joy and
smiles to less fortunate children this holiday season.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Sincerely,
The SMASH Holiday Helpers
Alex M, Alie L. & Malia K.
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PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE:
Hello Smash
Community,
We'd like to take
this opportunity to proudly congratulate Arati and her entire SMASH Arts &
Letters team for creating, planning, publicizing and pulling off such an
incredibly successful event.
For those of you who
attended, you know what an amazing, inspiring, night it was, full of beautiful
art, delicious food & wine all complemented by a crowd of parents
representing schools from across the district. If you didn't make it to this
one, don't miss the next one!
It was a huge
success for many reasons:
The
second-ever SMASH Arts & Letters Sale raised close to $11k for visual arts
programs in elementary schools throughout SMMUSD (with $40 art, not an
auction!)
We
are the first school in the district to host an event in support of centralized
fundraising and look forward to
attending events hosted by other schools
The
event increased awareness of SMASH in our community at-large.
Members of the city
council and school board attended.
Local and prominent
artists contributed hundreds of works of art.
None of this would
have been possible without the generosity of the following sponsors from our
community:
Venue
& Wine: Yahoo!
Raffle
Items: Paul Velick, Aubrey Studebaker, Utrecht Art Supplies, Paint Lab
Food:
Border Grill, Fairmont Miramar, Fig Restaurant, JiRaffe, La Vecchia, Lobster,
Locanda del Lago, Michael’s, MisFit, Ocean & Vine at Loews, Tiato
Frames:
LA Art Exchange
Balloons:
La Pinata, Partyland
It takes a village
and here's a list of some of those from our village who made it all happen:
Arati, Mazi, Matt, Darren, Molly, Claire, Jessica, Helga, Jess, Nikki, Snow,
Ben Rogers, Ben Karlin, Tina, Amber, Nina, April, Michelle, Jeannine, Marni
Gittleman, Marni Ayers, Andrea, Kelly, Allison, Marsha, Claudia, Leah, John,
Dan, Megan, Barbara, Holly, Ginger, Belinda and Matia. Thanks for all your hard work!
Have a great
weekend,
Jamee Tenzer
and David Saltzman
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Santa Monica Playhouse & ARG Productions
Present a
very special holiday event!
Alex
Garza’s ABUELITA’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
One
weekend only! Saturday & Sunday, December 15 & 16 at 2:00 & 4:00pm
General
admission $12.50. Kids 13 and under (suitable for ages 8 and up) $10.50
Santa
Monica Playhouse Main Stage
1211 4th
St, Santa Monica - 310-394-9779 x 2 or SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com
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Josh Duhamel Youth Run
American Red Cross beach run to support
the PrepareSoCal campaign
December 2; Register at 9:00am, Run begins
at 11:00am
Santa Monica Beach Parking Lot 5
For more information and to register visit
http://american.redcross.org/JoshYouthRun2012
A minimum donation of $10 is requested to
participate in the run.
Join the 3rd Red Cross Youth Run on the
Santa Monica Beach. Josh’s previous Red Cross runs benefited the victims of
the 2011 Japan Earthquake and 2010 Haiti
earthquake, and each drew an estimated 3,000 runners. This year’s run will
focus on the need for LA area residents to
get ready for a catastrophic disaster and will benefit the Red Cross Santa
Monica and LA Region’s PrepareSoCal
campaign.
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YWCA
GIRLS WINTER 2012 BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Girls
7-14
Saturdays, Dec 15 - Feb 16. Each age
division plays each hour starting at 1pm
YWCA Santa Monica/Westside at 2019 14th Street,
Santa Monica
Contact: Hilton Brown, Athletic Director
at 310-452-3881 x 125 or e-mail: hbrown@smywca.org
Sign up by calling the Y at 310-452-3881
or at the front desk at 2019 14th St., Santa Monica
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DOWNTOWN SANTA MONICA HOLIDLAY EVENTS
Dec 4 & 11 - 6:00-8:00pm - Paws &
Claus” Pet Photos with Santa, Santa Monica Place, Center Plaza
Dec 8 - 9:30-11:00am - Breakfast with
Santa, Santa Monica Place, Food Court
Dec 8, 11 & 12 - Sundown - Chanukah
Menorah Lighting, 3rd Street Promenade
Dec 9 - 10:00am-Noon - Chanukah
Celebration, Santa Monica Place, The Market, Level 3
Dec 15 - 11:00am-1:00pm - Cookie Making
& Story Time with Mrs. Claus, Santa Monica Place, Center Plaza
Dec 22 - Noon-3:00pm - Holiday Kids
Crafts, 3rd Street Promenade
For more holiday event information:
WinterLit.com; SantaMoniaPlace.com or SantaMonica.com/Holidays
Now until Jan 25 - Need room for friends
& family? - Hotel discounts www.SantaMonica.com/Extra Bedroom
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SANTA
MONICA HIGH WINTER CHORAL CONCERT: Motus Perpetuus VIII
Thursday,
December 13 at 7:00pm
Barnum
Hall
Students
$5, Adults $10 (at the door)
This annual concert of perpetual motion
features all of the students in the Santa Monica High School Choral Music
Program. Choirs are strategically situated throughout Barnum Hall, with songs
following each other without applause, from one piece to the next. Folksongs,
Baroque, Medieval, and Contemporary compositions will intertwine hundreds of
years of choral music history as students traverse every area of Barnum Hall
creating an exciting, immersive experience that is a perennial favorite of
concertgoers. The concert concludes with the traditional signing of The
Hallelujah Chorus, for which the audience alumni choristers are invited to the
stage to join in. www.samohichoir.org
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Green
Up Your Holidays
If you are a holiday shopper, remember to take your reusable
shopping bags when you go retail shopping. A good idea is to have a couple
of bags, washed clean, dedicated to retail shopping so germs from groceries
don't contaminate your gifts. Reuse things like leftover or old
linens/scarves/clothes, newspaper, and shopping bags to wrap gifts.
Reduce,
Reuse, and Recycle!
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Santa Monica
Firefighters’ and Police Officers’ Associations
20th
Annual Candy Cane Drive
Saturday, December 1
Santa will be escorted by Santa Monica
police cards and motorcycles.
LISTEN for sirens and LOOK for him and the
bright red fire engines! Candy canes available for ALL
10:30 - 11:00am - Douglas Park -
California & 25th
11:15 - 11:45am - Christine Reed Park -
California & Lincoln
12:00 - 12:30pm - Third Street Promenade
at Wilshire
1:45 - 2:15pm - Marine Park - Marine &
17th
3:15 - 3:45pm - Clover Park - Ocean Park
& 25th
For information: 310-458-8474
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Getty
Villa Family Festival
The
Last Days of Pompeii
Sunday,
December 2 - 10:00am-5:00pm
Free admission - reservations required
(call 310-440-7300 or http://tickets.getty.edu/show_events_list.asp?shcode=60)
Make Vesuvius cone heads: Kapow Wow! with
Marni Gittleman!
Family festivals offer a day of
celebration and discovery inspired by exhibitions at the Getty Villa. Each
unique festival features performances by local dance and music groups, storytelling,
art-making workshops, and gallery activities.
http://www.getty.edu/education/kids_families/programs/villa_family_festival.html?
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Rain
Barrel Sales/Fundraiser Event
Get your
rain barrels before the next big rain. Barrels cost $100*.
$25 from
the purchase of your rain barrel will benefit Sustainable Works.
*Free
for Santa Monica residents after rebate http://www.sustainableworks.org/rainbarrels-rebate
When: Purchase rain barrels by December 7; 9pm,
Pick up your rain barrels on December 8; 3pm-5pm
Where: Sustainable Works, 1744 Pearl Street,
Santa Monica, 90405
To
purchase your rain barrel go to http://www.sustainableworks.org/rainbarrels
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PUPPET
HOLIDAY
At
reDiscover with SMASHing artist in residence
Julianna
Ostrovsky
A
Puppet Holiday Family Workshop - Create a Puppet!
December
16 from 1:00 to 3:00pm
reDiscover
Center at 12968 W. Washington Bl, Los Angeles 90066
RSVP to
reserve - space is limited 310-393-3636 or mail@reDiscoverCenter.org
Using various materials at the reDiscover
Center, animate all your holiday plays with characters that come to life out of
a crate of trash! Playful and creative process of searching for a funny face in
an electronic part or a plumbing gasket connect with wire and you have a marionette!
Give as gifts in a special box of your design.
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Westside
Ballet of Santa Monica presents The
NUTCRACKER
Wadsworth Theatre, Brentwood - December 7 at 7:30pm and December 8
& 9 at 1:00 & 5:00pm
SMASH’s
Olivia Sparling and Anastasia Grigorian will be performing
Friends
& Family Discount! 50% off Children & Students - $15 and 20% off Adults
- $25
Purchase
Tickets: at Westside Ballet Studio at 1709 Stewart St,
or online
at www.ticketmaster.com. Use promo codes adultballet12 or childballet 12
For more
information: www.westsideballet.com
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The DC
Dance Center Presents "The Land of Sweets & Treats"
Let our D.C. Dance Center Companies take
you to the magical world of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker "Land of Sweets"
in a fun Children's Workshop. Children will celebrate the holidays through arts
and crafts, yummy snacks, and be able to learn and perform (with the help of
our companies) excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker "Land of Sweets".
After all the arts and crafts and yummy snacks are put away, our own studio
dance companies will go into performance mode to bring you their own 2012
winter holiday performance “Land of Sweets. and Some Treats.” This includes
performance pieces that they have been working on for the last couple of
months, along with excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker "Land of
Sweets.”
Smash's Emma Green and Mackenzie Varner
will be performing in the workshops and Charity Performance
Abigail Green will be performing in the
Charity Performance
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2012 Stivelman
Theatre, University High School; 11800 Texas Ave, LA, CA 90025
Children’s Workshop (ages 3-5) ……………………… 1:00 pm
Children’s Workshop (ages 6+) ……………………....
3:30 pm
D.C. Dance Company Charity Performance
………… 6:30 pm
For more information or to purchase
tickets visit http://www.dancecenterla.com/
or email Gina Garcia at greenginagplus3@gmail.com
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FAMILY
BIKE FEST
Please join us on Saturday, December
8, anytime between 10 am and 2 pm for Santa Monica's first ever
Family Bike Fest! Events include:
· Bike Swap - Trade in your child's bike (or any bike) for one
that is a better fit
· Family Bike Demo Center - Take family
bikes (trailers, tagalongs, longtails, and cargo bikes) for a test ride
· Bike
demonstrations
· Youth
Bike Skills stations - practice bike skills with instructors from the Santa
Monica Bike Center
· Bicycle
safety information and route planning
· ...and
more!
Free valet bike parking will be
available, and food vendors will be on site (including Peddler's Creamery,
making ice
cream by bike!).
Where: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main
St
When: 10 am - 2 pm
Cost: Free admission to the public, free valet bike parking on
site
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UCLA
Family Commons Winter Camp
January 2,
3 & 4 - 9am - 3pm with free extended care until 4pm
Ages 5-7
and 8-12, free lunch and drink provided daily
Space
Limited - Call to register 310-395-5650
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NEW
SMASH BASH ITEM!
Shaolin
Arts Bash for Kids
Host:
Angela Meadows
Date/Time: TBA - Mid January to February at 3:00pm.
You may
schedule your additional 1 hour complementary lesson in November or wait until
after the group lesson.
Location:
Hotchkiss Park
Contact
Angela at
smashingmom@yahoo.com
20
spaces available at $15 per child
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ICE
At
Santa Monica
$20
tickets still available in the SMASH office. Use same as cash at the skate
rink.
SMASH
receives $8 for each $20 purchased.
Tickets
good for the entire skate season
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