State Testing Information
John Adams Middle School will test students from April 25 through May 6 with make-ups as needed the following week. All testing will occur in the morning so it is very important that your child get a good night’s sleep and get to school on time. Period 1 is the first period of the day from April 25th -May 6th.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE FIRST JAMS ALL SCHOOL MOVIE NIGHT!!!!
Pre-registration is required to attend. There will be no admission without pre-registration. Please complete one form per child if you have more than one JAMS student. Register here: https://buytickets.at/jamsptsa/690602.
Suggested donation: $20 per student, but please give what you can, more if you are able.
All proceeds benefit JAMS PTSA. Parent donations fund teacher supplies, staff appreciation, 8th grade activities, campus beautification, library tutors, theater programs, and much more!
Every student ticket includes: personal pizza, snack, drink and one raffle ticket.
Additional raffle tickets can be purchased in blocks of 5 for $20. More tickets means more chances to win great raffle items!
Raffle items include: AirPods Pro plus Kate Spade case; Virtual Reality Room for 4; 60Out Escape Room for 4; 3 newly branded JAMS sweatshirts; 2 tickets for Rooftop Cinema Club; Movie Candy; Menchies gift cards and more!
Bring a JAMS student ID - this is a JAMS student-only event. Please, no siblings who do not attend JAMS.
Bring a blanket and/ or chair to sit on. Dress warmly, the event will be entirely outdoors.
No large bags, or outside food/beverages will be allowed.
At the event, tickets can also be purchased for additional food, beverages and raffle tickets. Cash only, or you can send your student with a check written out to JAMS PTSA.
Register here: https://buytickets.at/jamsptsa/690602
Tutoring - Samo Support Club
My name is Charlie Snyder and I’m a junior at Santa Monica High School. I am the president of the Samo Support Club at Samohi and this year, we are extending our services to all grades and ages. My club aims to provide academic support to all students through free peer-tutoring and other activities. For example, every year we hold a letter writing campaign for the 8th graders at JAMS where they can ask their questions about high school to high school students. Along with this, we provide free tutoring in almost every subject, and all of our tutors are Samohi students. Our tutoring is set up through a Google Form that allows the tutee to input their subject area in need and their schedule. Using this information, we set up the student with a tutor that meets their needs. As we come out of spring break, my club is hoping to expand our tutoring services to the middle school and elementary school levels, not just the high school level.
Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Charlie Snyder
Congratulations to the following JAMS musicians for auditioning and being accepted into these prominent statewide and regional honor groups:
2022 California All-State Middle School Honor Bands
Ethan Crawford, horn, 8th grade
John Gereau, clarinet, 7th grade
Sabrina Glasser, euphonium, 8th grade
London Leslie, horn, 8th grade
Gorden McLean, clarinet, 8th grade
Sohrab Zarin, bassoon, 8th grade
Tehmina Zarin, euphonium, 8th grade
2022 California All-State Middle School Honor Orchestras
Grayson Fitzgerald, bass, 8th grade
Sarah Macwan, violin, 8th grade
Jackson Mayeda, viola, 8th grade
2022 Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association All-Southern Middle School Symphonic Band
London Leslie, horn, 8th grade
Silas Tropea-Lester, alto saxophone, 8th grade
2022 Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association All-Southern Virtual Middle School Band
Ryan Crawford, clarinet, 6th grade
Theodore Forrer, clarinet, 7th grade
Avalon Purdy, flute, 6th grade
2022 Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association All-Southern Middle School String Orchestra:
Grayson Fitzgerald, bass, 8th grade
JAMS SMASH THEATRE PRESENTS ANNIE
JAMS SMASH THEATRE PRESENTS ANNIE, the inaugural musical in our new Performing Arts Center, April 29-May 1. Tickets with reserved seating are available at jamstheatrecompany.com and you can also check when your favorite actor is playing their featured role. All actors are in all four shows, but their roles may change. And our fabulous student tech team works light, sound, costume, props, and stage management every night!
Site Governance Council Meetings for 2021-22
Please note the following Site Governance Council Meeting dates for the 2021-22 School Year:
Meetings are via Zoom from 4-5:30 pm. Link is here.
Parent Check-in and Outreach - Chat with Nancy & Liz
Please join us in our final Chat with Nancy & Liz for this school year. Our final meeting will be IN PERSON!
Here's some more information
WHO: Parents.
WHAT: Chat with Nancy & Liz.
Nancy Gutierrez is our Mental Health Counselor.
Liz Cowgill is our 6th grade School Counselor.
WHERE: The music room - Room 27. Room 27 is near the intersection of Pearl and 17th Street.
Morning parking is available in the JAMS parking lot near the corner of Ocean Park Blvd and 16th Street.
Evening parking is available in the JAMS parking lot directly in front of room 27.
WHEN - Thursday April 28th. You can come at either 9am or at 6pm. Choices, choices!
WHY - These chats are informal gatherings led by parent questions. Learn something new, laugh, meet new people!
HOW - Just come, there's no RSVP. No big whoop!
Plática con Nancy y Liz
Únase a nosotros en nuestra plática final con Nancy y Liz para este año escolar.
¡Nuestra reunión final será EN PERSONA!
Aquí hay más información
¿QUIENES están invitados? - Los Padres
¿Para QUÉ? - Para participar de una plática con Nancy y Liz. Nancy Gutiérrez es nuestra consejera de salud mental. Liz Cowgill es nuestra consejera escolar de sexto grado
¿DÓNDE? - En la clase de música - salón 27. El salón 27 está cerca de la intersección de Pearl y 17th Street. Por la mañana está disponible el estacionamiento de JAMS cerca de la esquina de Ocean Park Blvd y 16th Street.
Por la noche está disponible el estacionamiento de JAMS directamente frente al salón 27
¿CUÁNDO? - Jueves 28 de abril. Puedes venir a las 9 de la mañana o a las 6 de la tarde. Opciones.... opciones!
¿POR QUÉ? estas pláticas son reuniones informales dirigidas por preguntas de los padres. ¡Aprende algo nuevo, ríete, conoce gente nueva!
¿CÓMO podemos participar? - Solo vengan, no tienen que confirmar su presencia. ¡Na más es necesario!
ELAC meeting
Time: Apr 28, 2022 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86951327347?pwd=alUwQThpRjBDZTY1SElsdlBiN3ZEQT09
Meeting ID: 869 5132 7347
Passcode: C3pXYu
Samohi Orchestra
Samohi Orchestra presents “A Hero’s Journey” Pops Concert, Friday, 4/29 at 6:30pm, Samohi Barnum Hall. Concessions open at 5:30 and concert doors open at 6:00. Enjoy a night of music selections and video clips from Spider-Man, Superman, Wonder Woman, Star Wars, the Avengers and more! Inspire your young musicians with a peek at what their future high school music experience can be! This concert will sell out, so get tickets early at samohiorchestras.com
For current 7th grade families:
The 8th Grade Family Camping trip to Morro Bay will be on October 7-9, 2022. Reservations for individual sites at Morro Bay State Park open six months before the date, which was Thursday (April 7th) at 8am. Sites sell out fast. We have the group site reserved but it only holds sixty people, so please reserve an individual site, even if you prefer to be in the group site. We will create a waiting list for the group site and will use the individual sites you reserve for families that sign up later. The waiting list is based on time of signup.
Information about the trip, how to reserve a site, alternative campgrounds, and the signup link for email announcements are on the Magnet web site https://jamssciencemagnet.org/morro-bay Please reserve a site first, then sign up with the site number.
Please add MrLevin@Levin.net to your safe-sender list and check your junk mail, coordination of the group site will be done via this email address.
Yearbooks
Yearbooks are still on sale for $40 at www.jostens.com. We only have a limited amount of yearbooks left to preorder so if you want to guarantee that your JAMS student gets a yearbook, please preorder a yearbook ASAP. Students can preorder yearbooks until May.
Santa Monica Wine Auction, Sunday, May 15
We hope to see you at our seventh annual Wine Auction, taking place IN PERSON, all outside, on Sunday, May 15 at the Miramar Hotel! Tickets are on sale at www.smwineauction.org.
Please also consider supporting the event and our students in one of the following ways:
1. Make a gift to the Auction Item Fund. Your donation will be used to purchase auction items. You can donate at smedfoundation.org/auctionfund.
2. Purchase wine for the silent auction from The Wine House. The Wine House has curated a select set of wines for you to purchase for the auction. Visit the Wine House website and part of the proceeds from these wines will go to the Ed Foundation!
Enter the code “SMEF Wine Auction” in the Special Instructions box when you purchase so that the wine will be set aside for the Ed Foundation to pick up for the auction.
3. Purchase or donate your own gift cards, or donate another item to the auction. Gift cards and other items can be mailed to our office, or emailed to rachel@smedfoundation.org.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Santa Monica Wine Auction, Domingo el 15 de Mayo
¡Esperamos verlo en nuestra séptima Subasta Anual de Vinos, que tendrá lugar EN PERSONA el domingo 15 de mayo en el Hotel Miramar! Las entradas estan a la venta en www.smwineauction.org.
Considere también apoyar el evento y a nuestros estudiantes de una de las siguientes maneras:
1. Haga una donación al Fondo de Artículos de la Subasta. Su donación se utilizará para comprar artículos para la subasta. Puede donar en smedfoundation.org/auctionfund.
2. Compre vino para la subasta silenciosa de la bodega de vino, The Wine House. The Wine House ha curado un conjunto selecto de vinos para que usted los compre para la subasta. ¡Simplemente visite el sitio web de Wine House y una parte de las ganancias de estos vinos se destinará a la Fundación Ed!
Ingrese el código “SMEF Wine Auction” (Subasta de vino SMEF) en el cuadro de Instrucciones especiales cuando compre para que el vino se reserve para que Fundación Ed lo recoja para la subasta.
3. Compre sus propias tarjetas de regalo o done otro artículo a la subasta. Las tarjetas de regalo y otros artículos se pueden enviar por correo junto a nuestra oficina, o por correo electrónico a rachel@smedfoundation.org.
Vocal Solo Scholarship Final Auditions
The Kiwanis Club Vocal Solo Scholarship Final Auditions will be held on Thursday, May 19th from 5-7pm in the JAMS Choir Room.
Mental Health Awareness Month Activities
1. Saturday, May 21st, 12 to 3 pm PT -- Wellness Stage at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica -- Celebration of Service Awards, Self-Care Workshops, Student Performances, Dance Workshop with PsypherLA, and Resource Booth.
2. Friday, May 27th, 4 to 9 pm PT -- Outdoor Screening of Disney Pixar’s “Inside Out” at Virginia Ave Park -- Family workshop on NAMI children’s mental health coloring and activity book, Meet Little Monster, and resource booth at the outdoor screening of Disney Pixar’s “Inside Out” at Virginia Avenue Park in Santa Monica.
PACIFIC BLUE MUSIC CAMP (August 1-5, 2022)!
Announcing the 24th Annual Pacific Blue Music Camp! After a two-summer hiatus, we are back!!! This popular music day camp welcomes middle school instrumental music students to “jump start” the 2022-23 school year with great music-making and fun! In addition, Pacific Blue is an ideal transitional activity for rising 6th grade musicians to “preview” an authentic middle school band and orchestra environment.
Pacific Blue will take place at John Adams Middle School from Monday, Aug. 1 – Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 from9:00am – 12:00pm. Optional enrichment sessions will be offered from 1:00 – 3:00pm.
For details about the camp, please click HERE to visit the Pacific Blue website. A downloadable enrollment application is also available. The deadline for the enrollment deposit is Friday, June 3rd.
If you have any questions, please email pacificbluemusiccamp@me.com.
Summer Adventure
Dates: June 20 - July 22, 2022, 8:45am to 12:45pm
Location: Lincoln Middle School
$690 for five weeks
Scholarships available for qualifying SMMUSD students.
UPDATE: Summer Adventure has decided that the COVID-19 vaccine is no longer required for attendees. This places our program in line with guidelines set forth by the LA County Department of Public Health.
Visit us at summer-adventure.org
Aventuras de Verano
Fechas: 20 de junio al 22 de julio de 2022, 8:45am a 12:45pm
Lugar: Escuela Secundaria Lincoln
$690 por cinco semanas
Becas disponibles para estudiantes de SMMUSD que califiquen.
ACTUALIZACIÓN: Aventuras de Verano ha decidido que la vacuna COVID-19 ya no es necesaria para los asistentes. Esto coloca a nuestro programa en línea con las pautas establecidas por el Departamento de Salud Pública del Condado de Los Ángeles.
Visítenos en summer-adventure.org
Attention all 8th grade students and families:
Are you going to Samohi next year? Curious to learn about summer school options, instructions on how to apply for summer school, Samhoi course info, gain access to applications for specific courses? Great! Then please visit the following website https://www.smmusd.org/Page/6755 to access all this information. Keep checking this website as more updates will be posted! Any questions? Please submit incoming 9th grade questions here
Attendance & what to do if your child is absent or leaving early:
ABSENCES
All absences and tardies must be excused by parents or guardians. Parents may report absences via the JAMS website (click on the "Find It Fast" button at the top right and then select "Report an Absence"; or click here) or by leaving a detailed phone message at 310-452-2326 x72201. Please be sure to provide your child's name, ID number or birthdate, date of absences and a detailed reason for the absence.
LEAVING EARLY
Please let us know first thing in the morning if your child will be leaving school early. You may either fill out the online "Report an Absence" form or write a note and have your child deliver it to the Attendance Office before the start of school. The note should contain your child's name, the date/time they will be leaving school early, the reason for leaving early and a phone number where the parent can be reached for verification. If your child is leaving early on a Tuesday, please allow an additional 10 minutes for them to complete their Covid testing before leaving campus.
Absences that are not cleared within 72 hours will be recorded as truant. For more information on attendance policies, please visit the JAMS website or refer to SMMUSD's Attendance FAQ page.
