Dear Star Families, 

Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year. Miss Davis and I are delighted to serve as your administrators for Smith. We consider it an honor to work alongside the STAR community- students, staff, and parents in creating positive learning opportunities. Our mission at Smith is to develop independent readers, writers, and problem solvers through the teaching of established educational standards. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education.”

We are all excited to start another successful year.  Teams of teachers, administrators, and support staff have been working tirelessly to create a safe return for all students.  

The first day of school is August 3rd. 

We are excited to welcome our new assistant principal to our team. I know the STAR community will join me in helping to support her as they become familiar with our site and students. 

Miss Davis and I are looking forward to a continued partnership with our starrific families that make Smith such an incredible place. This is going to be an amazing year full of new challenges, fun, and learning for us all. 

Respectfully,

Angela Chavez

Principal

Angela Chavez
angela_chavez@cjusd.net