310-828-5011

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
noellesandoval@smmusd.org
Erika Diaz, Community Liaison, x 65122
e.diaz@smmusd.org

Carla Nunez, Counselor, x 65101
carlanunez@smmusd.org

Custodial Staff: Lovell Colvin, Wes Johnson, Jeff Peoples

Tischa Ridley, Cafeteria Manager
tridley@smmusd.org

Health Office
Rachel Bressler, R.N., Nurse, x 65119
rbressler@smmusd.org
Alondra Ortiz, Health Office Specialist, 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
Elizabeth Snow, x 65142
Room: B5
esnow@smmusd.org
Hong Le, x 65141
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
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, x 6502
Room: 202
mlevitt@smmusd.org
Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI) Grades TK-2
April Rosales, x 65201
Room: 201
arosales@smmusd.org
Special Ed Life Skills TK-1
Keylee Cubillas, x 65136
Room: B2
kcubillas@smmusd.org
Special Ed Life Skills 2-5
Skye Davis, x 65140
Room: B7
swalser@smmusd.org
Special Ed Preschool
Rachel Land, x 65156
Room: Preschool
rland@smmusd.org
Occupational Therapist
Jeanne Vigoren, x 65135
Room: B1
jvigoren@smmusd.org
Physical Therapist
Jaclyn Sloboda, x 65135
Room: B1
jsloboda@smmusd.org
Physical Therapist
Anthea Pitysingh, x 65135
Room: B1
apitysingh@smmusd.org
Adapted Physical Education Specialist
Debbie Vasquez
dvasquez@smmusd.org
Speech and Language Pathologist
Alyssa Gouge, x 65135
Room: B1
agouge@smmusd.org
Psychologist
Kristen L'Heureux, x 65152
Room: 203A
klheureux@smmusd.org

Instructional Support Services
Instructional Coach
Daniela Weiner, x 65115
Room: 91A
dwiener@smmusd.org
Intervention Teacher 40%
Keri King, x 65204
Room: 204
kking@smmusd.org
Literacy & Language Interventionist
Tiffany Estrada, x 65204
Room: 204
testrada@smmusd.org

Staff
P.S. Science Teacher, x 65112, Aimee Oyenoki
aoyenoki@smmusd.org
P.S. Arts, Visual Arts, Room B8, x 65142, Hilary Hahn
hhahn@smmusd.org
P.S. Arts, Visual Arts, Room B8, x 65142, Deborah Reilly
dreilly@smmusd.org
P.S. Arts, Theater, Auditorium, Mr. Kevin
TK-2 Music, Room 100, Music Rhapsody

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, x 65138, Pete Patterson
ppatterson@smmusd.org

Student Technology Support
mckinleyssupport@smmusd.org

3rd-5th Music Teachers
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 B8 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

Paraeducators, Instructional Aides, and Campus Monitors