Santa Maria-Bonita School District

The steel frame for the main classroom building at the new school is going up quickly. The two story building will contain the 1st through 6th grade classrooms. There will be a separate kindergarten classroom building. The school will open in August of 2020. The naming process will take place in the Spring of 2020.

A large crane has arrived at the construction site for the new elementary school. The crane, which has a 180 foot boom and a 40 foot jib (the smaller portion at the end of the boom) will set the foundation columns and steel beams for the three main buildings on campus; the 2-story classroom building with admin office, the kindergarten building and the cafeteria/multi-purpose room. The school will open in August of 2020. The process to name the school, including accepting nominations from the community, will take place in early Spring of 2020.

Exceptional students, staff members and a mom of four children were honored at the June 12 Board Meeting as representatives of SMBSD's Migrant Region 22. Almendra Santana (ECJH) and Emily Moreno (TKJH) were recognized as Migrant Students of the Year. Jiménez School Principal Richard Ruiz and district Migrant Health Clerk Alejandra Villalpando were honored as Migrant Alumni of the Year. The Migrant Parent of the Year Award was given to Lus Enrriquez.  

At the June 12 Board Meeting, recent graduates Moises Hernandez Orozco (Fesler JH) and Gabriel Juarez Cruz (Tommie Kunst JH) were honored for perfect attendance from their first day of kindergarten through their last day of 8th grade. These two young men never missed a day of school! That's 1, 619 days of attendance.  

June 6 might have been the last day of school for many students and staff members, but work doesn't stop in SMBSD! There are 28 summertime programs at various schools, including Summer School, Kinder Bridge, AVID Excel, and Special Education programs. Some of them start as early as June 10. That doesn't even include more than two dozen teacher workshops that will be held over the break and special summer field trips many students will take, such as visiting Cal Poly Pomona for STEM lessons, UCSB's Algebra Camp, and the Mini-Corps Outdoor Education Program at Camp Keep Ocean. There are also thousands of new Social Studies books and classroom materials that have to be inventoried, bar coded and sent out to schools to be ready for students and teachers on the first day of school on August 12. The district office is busy getting supplies ready for summer learning programs at the schools, distributing textbooks, and ordering materials so students can have all the tools they need on the very first day.

Many local organizations have summertime activities for children of various ages and grade levels. It is important for students to have fun during their summer vacation, and it's also important for them to have educational programs to stimulate their minds and healthy activities for their bodies. Please click on "Read More" to see flyers with information about the local summer programs and classes. Some of the activities focus on STEM and some help the community. Please note that the activities have a cost to them.