Administration
Dr. Ashley Benjamin, Principal, x 65126
abenjamin@smmusd.org

Sofia Cedillo, Assistant Principal, x 65154   
scedillo@smmusd.org

Office
Melissa Russell, Administrative Assistant, x 65123
mrussell@smmusd.org
Cindy Johnston, Senior Office Specialist, x 65124
cjohnston@smmusd.org
Noelle Sandoval, SOS-Attendance/Enrollment, x 65120
nsandoval@smmusd.org
Erika Diaz, Community Liaison, x 65122
e.diaz@smmusd.org

Health Office
Nurse: Rachel Bressler, R.N., x 65119
rbressler@smmusd.org
Health Office Specialist: Alondra Ortiz, x 65119
aortiz@smmusd.org

Teachers
TK
Madelyn Ross, x 65102
Room: 102
mross@smmusd.org

Kindergarten
Elayne Borenstein, x 65103
Room 103
eborenstein@smmusd.org
Ed Curry, x 65106
Room: 106
ecurry@smmusd.org
Dr. LaShawn Moore, x 65105
Room: 105
lmoore@smmusd.org

1st Grade
Rosio Medina, x 65109
Room 109
rmedina@smmusd.org
Ling Phansavath, x 65108
Room: 108
lphansavath@smmusd.org
Nahla Salameh, x 65110
Room: 110
nsalameh@smmusd.org

2nd Grade
Bridget Dempsey, x 65139
Room: B8
bdempsey@smmusd.org
Hong Le, x 65145
Room: B6
hle@smmusd.org
Paul Sinfield, x 65143
Room: B4
psinfield@smmusd.org

3rd Grade
Wednesday Kirven, x 65107
Room: 107
wkirven@smmusd.org
Kimberly Marshall, x 65146
Room: B11
kmarshall@smmusd.org
Koko Mesrobian, x 65145
Room: B10
kmesrobian@smmusd.org

4th Grade
Katy Buckner, x 65209
Room: 209
kbuckner@smmusd.org
David Edwards, x 65208
Room: 208
dedwards@smmusd.org
Veronica Juarez, x 65210
Room: 210
vjuarez@smmusd.org

5th Grade
Kelsey Barger, x 65206
Room: 206
kbarger@smmusd.org
Jennifer Botello, x 65205
Room: 205
jbotello@smmusd.org
Deborah Talbott, x 65203
Room: 203
dtalbott@smmusd.org

Preschool
Elizabeth Olliff, x 65133
Room: Main Ctr.
eolliff@smmusd.org
Patti Sugasawara, x 65134
Room: Main Ctr.
psugasawara@smmusd.org

Special Education Services
Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI) Grades 3-5, Melanie Levitt
mlevitt@smmusd.org
Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI) Grades K-2, April Rosales
arosales@smmusd.org
Special Ed/Lifeskills K-5, Keylee Cubillas
kcubillas@smmusd.org
Special Ed Preschool, Rachel Land
rland@smmusd.org
Occupational Therapist, Jeanne Vigoren
jvigoren@smmusd.org
Physical Therapist, Jaclyn Sloboda
jsloboda@smmusd.org
Speech and Language Pathologist, Alyssa Gouge
agouge@smmusd.org
Counselor, Carla Nunez
cnunez@smmusd.org
Psychologist, Kristen L'Heureux
klheureux@smmusd.org

Instructional Support Services
Literacy Coach, x 65115, Daniela Weiner
dweiner@smmusd.org
Reading Intervention Teacher 60%, x 65204, Elizabeth Snow
esnow@smmusd.org
Math Intervention Teacher 40%, x 65204, Keri King
kking@smmusd.org
Literacy & Language Interventionist, x65204, Tiffany Estrada
testrada@smmusd.org

Staff
P.S. Science Teacher, x 65112, Aimee Oyenoki
aoyenoki@smmusd.org
P.S. Arts, Visual Arts, x 65142, Hilary Hahn
hhahn@smmusd.org
P.S. Arts, Visual Arts, x 65142, Deborah Reilly
dreilly@smmusd.org
Library, x 65113, Michael Atkins
matkins@smmusd.org
P.E. Coach, x 65151, Danny Oyenoki
doyenoki@smmusd.org
P.E. Coach, x 65151, Adriana Gutierrez
agutierrez@smmusd.org
Computer Tech, x65138, Pete Patterson
ppatterson@smmusd.org

Music Support
Ryan Rowles (Lead Teacher), rrowles@smmusd.org
Jar-el Garcia, jgarcia@smmusd.org
Kirsten Bersch, kbersch@smmusd.org
Jessi Spike Gravelle, jgravelle@smmusd.org
Lindsay Okumura, lokumura@smmusd.org
Christian Robinson, christianrobinson@smmusd.org

Child Care
CREST (City of Santa Monica) Crest Office x 65128 and B5 x 65142    
Maurusabel Quevedo, CREST Program Coordinator, Maurisabel.Quevedo@SMGOV.NET
School Age Programs (SMMUSD), Preschool room 71 x 65134 and B3 x 65137
Sofia Gutierrez, Coordinator, sgutierrez@smmusd.org
B3, 65137 and Room 71  or call x65134