Emily Kariya

World Lang Dept Chair, Japanese and AVID teacher at Santa Monica High School. Received Ed Tech Masters from CSUF, credential from CSULB, & Bachelors from UCLA.

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Samohi’s senior Japanese National Honors society students got their cords for graduation. Congratulations! @SamohiPrincipal @AATJ_Japanese @CAJLTer

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

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

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#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

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#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

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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

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#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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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@SamohiPrincipal Congratulations!