Thursday, October 10, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Samohi Cafeteria

Samohi students and parents are invited to meet reps from 100 local, regional, and nationwide colleges and universities. Student ID is required for admission, and admission times are staggered by grade level to give the oldest students more time:

• Grade 12 can attend 6pm-8pm
• Grade 11 can attend 6:30pm-8pm
• Grades 9 &10 can attend 7pm-8pm

PBL Pathway is hosting the 2024 PBL Halloween Carnival on Thursday, October 31st. The student leadership advisory needs your help to fill out this form to let us know what you are interested in seeing and if you want to help out in any way. This can include any ideas you have, planning the stations, setting it up, or being a live actor in the haunted house. I hope you all are excited for this carnival!

Best,
Fatima-Numa Shabih

The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls is seeking new members for our Youth Advisory Council, which supports the mission of the Commission by providing a youth perspective on state policy and practice. This unique opportunity to help shape public policy is open to girls ages 14-20 living in California. Members will be asked to attend, virtually or in person in Sacramento, 6 meetings each year, approximately 2 hours each, and engage in approximately 4 hours of advocacy, outreach, or support each month. Meetings take place on weekdays between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and applicants must be available during business hours to be considered. All references to “women and girls” include gender-expansive individuals, cis women and girls, trans women and girls, nonbinary individuals, gender-nonconforming individuals, genderqueer individuals, and any women or girl identified individuals.

Applications are due by October 17, 2024. You can download the application below.

If you are a teen writer or an artist, then the Santa Monica Public Library has an opportunity for you! If you want your work published for free and printed for the community, then the Teen Literary and Arts Magazine is accepting submissions now, under the theme “Change”. Click the link below or visit SMPL to get more information and submit! https://santamonicacity.wufoo.com/forms/m1y8oobr0jcycve/

Ryman Arts offers FREE advanced studio art program that is designed to help you achieve your dreams by strengthening your art skills, and preparing you for college, and for a career in the arts.

Eligibility: Anyone who will be enrolled in high school (grades 9 – 12) for the semester they are applying for is eligible.

Cost: All classes are free of charge. If selected, you will receive a full scholarship that covers the cost of instruction, art supplies, and field trips. Public transportation reimbursement and passes are available.

Locations: Saturdays at California State University, Fullerton and Sundays at Otis College of Art & Design, in Los Angeles. Online when required under public health guidelines. 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM or 1:00 to 4:30 PM

Learn more about Ryman Arts by joining us on Zoom for our Information Sessions. We will give a presentation about the Ryman Arts program, give lots of tips on how to have a successful application, and of course answer all your questions! This event is for potential applicants, parents, families and teachers.

Thursday, October 24. 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. REGISTER HERE
Saturday, November 16. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. REGISTER HERE
Wednesday, November 20. 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. En Español REGISTRAR AQUI
Wednesday, December 4. 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. REGISTER HERE

PTSA Reflections Art Program - Submissions due October 17th 2024

Samohi students - YOU are encouraged to submit original art to share your personal reflection on this year’s theme: “Accepting Imperfection”. Art may be submitted in six categories or in the Accessible Arts Division. Artwork will be recognized and celebrated at Samohi! The top selections will be submitted to Council and then to Thirty-Third District PTA to be judged. GET THE ENTRY FORM by October 17th, 2024 https://forms.gle/PcksgALZ51iEkmSd8.

Counseling groups are now open!

We are offering a variety of support options based on the needs of our students. This is a great opportunity for students to find support and build connections in confidential group therapy sessions.

Groups include: 9th grade young women’s group, coping skills for anxiety and depression, finding flow: watercolor art therapy group, affirm-support group for Queer students, SELFY- social emotional learning for youth, write your own story, art therapy journaling group, One on campus, and grief and loss support group.

To report a student’s absence, please send an email to:

AttendancePBL@smmusd.org

or call Crystal Griffis at 310.395.3204 ext. 71-177

Please include your student’s first and last names, student ID numbers, and the reason they are absent (illness, family matter, medical or dental appointment, etc.).

• Students who become ill at school need to go to the nurse’s office to be released from school

• If a students leaves at lunch, we MUST have an email from you IN THE MORNING, asking for an early dismissal pass…if we receive an email AFTER they have already left, the absence will not be excused

• Students can pick up their early leave pass from the PBL house office after the 1st period of the day

• These passes CANNOT be delivered to their class

• When students leave early for a doctor’s appointment, they must bring a note back from the doctor so we can clear their absence…if we don’t receive a note, it is marked as a cut.

• All absences must be cleared in 3 days…please email the PBL house office if your child is out sick…after 3 days, it is an unexcused absence

• After a student has had 5 full day absences in the school year for illness, any further absence for illness must be verified by a physician

• Attendance for athletic participation is cleared through the athletics office

• This can take a few days to be corrected. Thank you for your patience.

• Questions about attendance procedures, please go to our website: https://www.smmusd.org/domain/3026

Come and attend Enchanted Forest Homecoming Dance!

Saturday October 19th 7-10 pm at Samohi Discovery and Innovation Quad

Tickets include:~Snacks~ Games~DJ~

Ticket Prices:

• Regular Price- $60

• With ASB card- $45

• Free and Reduced Lunch-$40

If you plan on bringing a guest, you must submit a Guest Dance Application which can be found in your house office and need to be turned into the M House Office by October 11!

In AD 103- Across the hall from the nurse’s office,

Open on Tuesday from 1 to 3:45 pm and on Thursdays from 8:30 to 11:45 am!

• Immunizations

• Physicals

• Medical Care

• And so much more

If you would like your baby photos featured in the baby photo spread of the yearbook, send them in via Instagram (@samoyearbook) or email (samohiyearbook@gmail.com). Please include your first and last name. Submissions close October 16th

The PSAT has gone digital. Students will need to bring their Samohi-issued chromebook on test day. All 9th through 11th graders will be required to bring their chromebooks a week before testing in order to check the testing app.

All students are required to attend school, even if they opt out of testing. Attendance will be taken.

For more information, links to practice tests, and calculator requirements, please see our website: https://www.smmusd.org/domain/4455

SMMUSD's Weekend Bags Program offers nutritious, easy-to-prepare weekend food for Samohi students when school cafeteria breakfasts and lunches are not available. Each Weekend Bag holds two breakfasts, two lunches, and two snacks. The menus have been evaluated by a dietitian and provide a balance of healthy, nutritious non-perishable foods which change each week. Students can drop by and pick up their Weekend Bags on Fridays afterschool from the Vikings’ Hub in E113.

Students should let Carla Nuñez, Community Schools Specialist in E113, (or their House Office assistant or their House Advisor) know if they would like to receive Weekend Bags. Families wishing to have their students receive Weekend Bags on Fridays should contact Carla Nuñez at carlanunez@smmusd.org or 310 395-3204 ext. 71-143.

SMMUSD continues to provide free TAP cards to all of our students. For our PBL students this is important that each student have an active TAP card as this is our main mode of travel for many of our Leaving 2 Learn experiences (ie: field trips).

If your child did not receive a TAP card or activation code, please have them come to the PBL House Office (B111).

To reactivate your existing TAP card, please submit the following form to receive a new eligibility code: https://bit.ly/GoPass2024-2025.

Take advantage of purchasing an ASB card. For $75, you can get free admission to football and basketball games (not during playoffs), up to 3 free I.D. replacement, a reduced price for your tickets for formals, homecomings, and prom, reduced price for school plays and band concerts, reduced price for your yearbook, and local business benefits like Donut King, Little Bean Coffee, Pita House, Samo’s Oaxaca,and Sylvan Learning. Saving you over $250!!!

Margaret’s Place is open for the school year in E117 and offers services to students every weekday! At Margaret’s Place, our mission is to help end the cycle of violence in our relationships, schools, and communities. We offer free counseling for students, open lunch drop-in, therapeutic recreation activities, and more! See our newsletter for students and our newsletter for parents/caregivers to learn more about services and how to get involved, email ldesanto@smmusd.org with any questions.

If you have not received an ID card,

you LOST your ID card,

you now have an ASB card and need the stamp, or

you now have an off campus lunch pass...

use the QR code (or click on the image) to have an ID reprinted/ printed.

• It's CRAFTOBER! Stop by Samohi Library starting Monday, Oct. 7th and grab a take and make craft. One per person while supplies last! Were you given a craft kit you don't want? Add it to the cart for other crafty students.

• We will celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month from October 1st through the 31st. To help honor the month please wear pink as much as possible. Also, ASB will hand out bows on the lawn at lunch every day, so make sure to grab one before your next class.