Emily Kariya

Pilot/Co-Pilot Socratic Seminar in our 9th grade AVID elective. A great text-based discussion on the likely causes of addiction! @SamohiPrincipal @AVID4College

Samohi Japanese Program students received their pen pal letters for our sister city, #Fujinomiya, in Japan. Yay! @SamohiPrincipal @CAJLTer

#Samohi Japanese Program students celebrating the new year with kakizome calligraphy . 明けましておめでとうございます。@SamohiPrincipal @CAJLTer

#Samohi AVID 9th graders on honor roll (GPA 3.0-4.0)! 7 students with a 4.0 Fall semester! Way to go kiddos! @SamohiPrincipal @AVID4College

So last Friday, the students in our #Samohi Japanese program participated in a Japanese-style sports day aka #undoukai with #Cortines HS. Despite the rain and venue change indoors, it was so much fun! @SamohiPrincipal @CAJLTer @JF_LosAngeles

#Samohi Japanese 4 and 5AP students practicing conversation using the “speed dating” protocol, or as we call it, “Soul Train”, because we have to dance down the line! 🕺🏻@SamohiPrincipal @CAJLTer

A Halloween photo with my #AVID 9 students before we created monsters while reviewing Costa’s Levels of Questioning today. @SamohiPrincipal @AVID4College

Santa Monica’s sister city #Fujinomiya visiting Santa Monica city hall @nezubitto

Santa Monica’s Japanese sister city of #Fujinomiya visited #Samohi today. We had an amazing visit with the mayor & his delegation. Great job by Samohi’s Japanese National Honors Society (#JNHS) welcoming our guests & guiding them through our campus. @SamohiPrincipal @Dr_AShelton

Students in the #Samohi Japanese program practice timed text-chatting using @waygroundai (formerly Quizizz). @SamohiPrincipal @CAJLTer

Thank you to Tokyo’s @rikkyouniv for visiting #Samohi’s Japanese Program to share about your university and living in Japan! @SamohiPrincipal

#Samohi Japanese Program hosts an info session with Japanese university #Waseda. Welcome! @SamohiPrincipal @Dr_AShelton

#Samohi 2025 AVID Fall Family Night photos. Honor Roll celebrations, building relational capacity, helping each other succeed. @AVID4College @SamohiPrincipal @Dr_AShelton

#Samohi Freshman Seminar classes learning about community and building community using #legos @LEGO_Education @SamohiPrincipal

#Samohi AVID 9’s student generated acrostic social contract. Here’s to success in the new school year! @SamohiPrincipal @AVID4College

@innoutburger The store in Hesperia, CA is fantastic! The store manager was especially helpful and friendly. Thank you so much!

#Samohi Japanese students using Jenga pieces to review for our final conversation assessments! #learningisfun @SamohiPrincipal @Dr_AShelton

Proud of my #Samohi Japanese students sharing their #Fujinomiya sister city experiences with the Santa Monica City Council tonight. @SamohiPrincipal @Dr_AShelton

@SamohiPrincipal Congratulations!

Congratulations Coach Flanders and the Girls Swim Team!

This is what you can do when there are 17 #unsdgs to teach, but you don’t have a lot of wall space! @SamohiPrincipal @SMMUSD