Principal
Lila Daruty
ldaruty@smmusd.org

Assistant Principal
Gabriela Gonzalez, x67331
ggonzalez@smmusd.org

Administrative Staff
Maria Nielson, Senior Office Specialist, x67336
mnielson@smmusd.org
Noelle Sandoval, Administrative Assistant, x67334
noellesandoval@smmusd.org
Ana Cabrera, Senior Office Specialist, x67335
acabrera@smmusd.org

TBD, Bilingual Community Liaison, x67338

Transitional Kindergarten Teacher
Landri Eackelbary, Room 803 x67803
leackelbary@smmusd.org
Holly Hodges, Room 802, x67802
hhodges@smmusd.org
Bailey Richey, Room 801, x67801
brichey@smmusd.org

Kindergarten Teachers
Sitara Contreras, Room 805, x67805
scontreras@smmusd.org
Hannah Coughlin, Room 807, x67807
hcoughlin@smmusd.org 
Sarah Miller, Room 806, x67806
sarah.miller@smmusd.org


1st Grade Teachers
Norma Bozin, Room 204, x67204
nbozin@smmusd.org
Erin Burrows, Room 201, x67201
eburrows@smmusd.org
Jeremy King, Room 202, x67202
jking@smmusd.org

2nd Grade Teachers             
Emma Fujiwara, Room 205, x67205
efujiwara@smmusd.org
Autum Hill, Room 203, x67203
ahill@smmusd.org
Amy Prevett, Room 405, x67405
aprevett@smmusd.org

3rd Grade Teachers              
Katja Alexander, Room 403, x67403
kalexander@smmusd.org
Carl Avitia-Witt, Room 401, x67401
cavitia-witt@smmusd.org
Rhonda Schneider, Room 402, x67402
rschneider@smmusd.org
Melissa Trubo, Room 502, x67502
mtrubo@smmusd.org

4th Grade Teachers
Luis Brizuela, Room 506, x67506
lbrizuela@smmusd.org
Gabrielle Hoffman-Ellis, Room 404, x67404
ghoffmanellis@smmusd.org
Sofia Luciano, Room 504, x67504
sluciano@smmusd.org

5th Grade Teachers
Lourdes Benitez, Room 503, x67503
lbenitez@smmusd.org
Monica Gonzalez, Room 510, x67510
megonzalez@smmusd.org
Kimberly Griffin, Room 509, x67509
kgriffin@smmusd.org
Kazuki Uema, Room 507, x67507
kuema@smmusd.org

Special Education/SAI
Lisa Cogan, Preschool, Room 804, x67804
lcogan@smmusd.org
Toni Holmstrom, Speech, Room 305, x67305
tholmstrom@smmusd.org
Maxwell Howard, Psychologist, Room 304, x67304
mhoward@smmusd.org
Nicole Arndt - SAI Room 402 x67402
narndt@smmusd.org
Stephanie Golembeski - SAI Room 505 x67505
sgolembeski@smmusd.org
Leilani Jackson SAI room 406 x67406
leilanijackson@smmusd.org
Sari Ockner, OT, Room 307 x67307
sockner@smmusd.org
Kate Perez, Preschool Speech, Room 105, x67105
kperez@smmusd.org

Library
Shannon Sea, Media Center, Librarian, x67302
ssea@smmusd.org

Health Office
Carla Myrieckes, HOS, x67332
cmyrieckes@smmusd.org
Julie Grey, RN, x67332
jgrey@smmusd.org

Instructional Support Staff
Sofia Cedillo, Instructional Coach, Room 1, x67320
scedillo@smmusd.org
Courtney Hayes - IB Coordinator/STEM Coach, Room 2 x67321
chayes@smmusd.org
Keri King, Reading Teacher, Room102 x67102
kking@smmusd.org
Lindsay Light, Lit. & Lang. Interventionist, Room 501C, x67531
llight@smmusd.org
Amy Teplin, EdD - Spanish Language, Room 508, x67508
ateplin@smmusd.org

Music Teachers
Erin Tomita (Lead Music Teacher), etomita@smmusd.org
Kirsten Berch, kbersch@smmusd.org
Heather Klenk, hklenk@smmusd.org
Jar-el Garcia, jgarcia@smmusd.org
Lindsay Okumura, lokumura@smmusd.org
Sean Pawling, spawling@smmusd.org
Stephen Raman, sraman@smmusd.org
Dr. Sean Sonderegger, ssonderegger@smmusd.org

Physical Education
Joseph Pullard-P.E. Teacher Room 103, x67103
jpullard@smmusd.org

Support Staff
Maria Villa, Cafeteria Mgr. x67327
Mando Gomez, IT (Lab 303), Room 302 x67377
ngomez@smmusd.org
Araceli Gonzalez - St. John's, Room 308, x67308
Vanessa Arevalo- School Counselor Room 106, 67107
varevalo@smmusd.org
Khatija Dadabhoy - Counselor, Room 106a, x67107
kdadabhoy@smmusd.org

After School
Alex Morales, CREST (WRLC) Room 511 x67511
louis.morales@santamonica.gov
Roxie Patton, School Age Program (TK-1), Room 101 x67101
rpatton@smmusd.org
Asuncion Ramos, School Age Program (1-2), Room 103 x67103
aeramos@smmusd.org
Matteo Valdivia, School Age Program (2-3), Room 102 x67102
mvaldivia@smmusd.org

Other Important Numbers
SMMUSD 310-450-8338
CDS 310-399-5865
CREST 310-458-8540

Student Technology Support (NOT for Staff Use)
rogerssupport@smmusd.org