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

Enrollment- enrollmckinley@smmusd.org
Absence Line-mckinley-absence@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
Cindy Gutierrez, Health Office Specialist, x 65119
cindygutierrez@smmusd.org

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

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

1st Grade
Danielle Eden
Room: 110, x 65110
deden@smmusd.org
Rosio Medina
Room: 109, x 65109
rmedina@smmusd.org
Ling Phansavath
Room: 108, x 65108
lphansavath@smmusd.org

2nd Grade
Hong Le
Room: B6, x 65141
hle@smmusd.org
Paul Sinfield
Room: B4, x 65143
psinfield@smmusd.org
Elizabeth Snow
Room: B5, x 65142
esnow@smmusd.org

3rd Grade
Wednesday Kirven
Room: 107, x 65107
wkirven@smmusd.org
Celia Greene
Room: B11, x 65146
cgreene@smmusd.org
Koko Mesrobian
Room: B10, x 65145
kmesrobian@smmusd.org

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

5th Grade
Jennifer Botello
Room: 205, x 65205
jbotello@smmusd.org
Amanda Sherman
Room: 206, x 65206
asherman@smmusd.org
Deborah Talbott
Room: 203, x 65203
dtalbott@smmusd.org

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

Special Education Services
Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI) Grades 3-5
Melanie Levitt
Room: 202, x 6502
mlevitt@smmusd.org
Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI) Grades TK-2
April Rosales
Room: 201, x 65201
arosales@smmusd.org
Special Ed Life Skills TK-1
Keylee Cubillas
Room: B2, x 65136
kcubillas@smmusd.org
Special Ed Life Skills 2-5
Skye Davis
Room: B7, x 65140
s.davis@smmusd.org
Special Ed Preschool
Rachel Land
Room: Preschool, x 65156
rland@smmusd.org
Occupational Therapist
Jeanne Vigoren
Room: B1, x 65135
jvigoren@smmusd.org
Adapted Physical Education Specialist
Debbie Vasquez
dvasquez@smmusd.org
Speech and Language Pathologist
Alyssa Gouge-Fye
Room: B1, x 65130
afye@smmusd.org
Psychologist
Breea Rosas
Room: 203A, x 65152
brosas@smmusd.org

Instructional Support Services
Instructional Coach
Kimberly Marshall
Room: 91A, x 65115
kmarshall@smmusd.org
Intervention Teacher 40%
Keri King
Room: 204, x 65204
kking@smmusd.org
Literacy & Language Interventionist
Tiffany Estrada
Room: 204, x 65204
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, Gretchen Becherer
gbecherer@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
mckinleysupport@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

Child Care
CREST (City of Santa Monica) Crest Office x 65128 and B8 x65142 
TBD, CREST Program Coordinator
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