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Sara Murphy of Culver City High has won an Award of Merit (second place) in the State PTA Reflections competition for her music composition. She was competing against all California high school students who entered this National Arts Competition. The National PTA Reflections Program is an arts recognition and achievement program for students. The Reflections Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves creatively and to receive positive recognition for original works of art inspired by a pre-selected theme, while...
Voters To Choose On Tuesday Jim Clarke A 17-year Culver City resident, Jim Clarke currently works as Director, Mayor’s Office of Grants for the City of Los Angeles. He helps to secure grant funding and oversees $611 million of federal stimulus funds. He previously headed the City of Los Angeles’ federal relations program, which required frequent contact with members of the U.S. Senate and members of Congress. Clarke also served as chief of staff to two Congressional representatives from the Los...
Wisely, Culver City High schedules challenging non-league baseball games to prepare for the Ocean League. The strategy worked last season when the Centaurs didn’t win the league championship but proceeded to win three playoff games, including two in Orange County. Culver won eight of its first 10 games this season, including a pair of routs over Beverly Hills in league games. Then the Centaurs lost three of four against formidable non-league foes. The losses were 9-6 to Palos Verdes and a d...
March 30, 2012 City Manager’s Office • Cesar Chavez Day - On March 26 the City Council presented a proclamation designating March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day. The City Manager’s Office also received additional information from a resident about President Obama’s proclamation of this holiday. Community Development Department • Westfield Culver City – Footaction, Inc. - Plans have been approved for a new retail store. ECOSWAY – A permit has been issued for a new nutrition / supplement store. • L.A. Spice – Plans have been submitted for a new restaur...
Center Theatre Group has elected four teachers for the 2012 Theatre Educator Fellowship Program. Designed by CTG’s Education and Community Partnerships department and supported by a grant from JP Morgan Chase & Co., CTG’s Theatre Educator Fellowship Program awards fellowships to educators who implement theatre in their teaching practice. The Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City is one of CTG’s theatres. “Teachers are our most important partners in making theatre a basic part of every student’s education, and we are so delighted to have the...
A recent letter from Nancy Kuechle expressed her support for Scott Malsin. With all due respect for Nancy and what I believe are Mr. Malsin's good intentions, my perceptions differ. Malsin's website, under “Protecting the Character of Our City” states that “He put forward a plan that radically reduced permissible building size.. . .” Mr Malsin's Council votes have indicated otherwise. Remember the Entrada Project? Mr Malsin cast a deciding vote that effectively violated what his website says as he disregarded the will of the people-packed Counc...
Culver City High School's boys' and girls' track and field teams continued to have outstanding performances. The latest addition of outstanding performances happened last Friday and Saturday at the California Relays at Long Beach Wilson High. Both varsity teams are in pursuit of winning multiple races and championships in the CIF Southern Section Division and CIF-State Meet. The Centaurs once again have enough talent to be able to compete with the top track and field teams in Southern...
They Respond About Issues, Pizza The Actors’ Gang Theatre seemed an appropriate venue for a lively City Council candidate forum on March 14 at which the questions-including some on controversial topics-were asked by Culver City high school, middle school, and elementary school students. Presented by Culver City High and moderated by two students, CC High senior Nicole Martin and home-schooled Claire Wineland, the forum alternated between questions asked of one candidate and “lightning rou...
The Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) and Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) announce the following award recipients to be honored at the 14th Annual Tribute to the Stars, Friday May11 at Sony Pictures Studios, Main Street. Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Teacher of the Year Kari Fretham- Culver City Middle School Rotary Club of Culver City/ Classified Employee of the Year Anissa McCullen – Linwood E. Howe Elementary School LA Urban Homes/CCUSD Superintendent’s Award The Fineshriber Family Foundation Playa Vista/ CCEF President’s Aw...
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a nation-wide arts competition open to all high school students across the nation. Culver City High students from the CCHS Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) have been recognized for their exceptional talent in the visual arts. Edna Vogel Amezcua, Michelle Bac, Camille Clair, and Ahin Ju have earned “Gold Key” awards, the highest level of achievement, for their individual work in visual art. Edna Vogel Amezcua has won one of five top awards called, “The American Visions Award” for her unique...
March 2, 2012 • Costco Wholesale – A permit has been issued for a 2,100 square feet addition to existing building for storage, and a new dairy cooler, located at 13463 Washington Boulevard. • 600 Corporate Pointe - A permit has been issued to Cerner for a tenant improvement. • Westfield Culver City - Plans have been submitted by Dippingo which is a new chocolate fondue kiosk. • Chipotle Mexican Grill - Plans have been submitted for a new restaurant located at 4114 Sepulveda Boulevard. • eBAY -...
Middle and High School students are rarely included in political forums because only a small portion are old enough to vote, and their turnout at the polls is usually less than robust. That changes when City Council candidates answer students’ questions at the ‘Ask 2 Know’ event Wednesday, March 14 at 6:45 pm at The Actors’ Gang at the Ivy Substation. Only students will be allowed to ask questions -- they will write some beforehand in their classes and put others directly to the candidates live at the forum. A mystery celebrity guest will mo...
AVPA Hosts Gay Men’s Chorus : The Culver City High Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) hosted the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles on Friday, February 10. As part of their “Alive Music Project,” the GMCLA performed for more than 500 students, including a dozen classes and nearly 200 AVPA students. The chorus performed several songs, including “Imagine” and “True Colors.” The presentation included personal stories from several members of the chorus, sharing their experiences as gay men, overcoming prejudice, and how much joy they get fro...
By John Nachbar February 17, 2012 Community Development Department • Westfield Culver City - Plans have been approved for a Tenant Improvement for Foot Locker/Champs Sports. Plans have also been submitted by Angl, Inc. and Footaction, Inc., two new retail stores. • Harlan Hugh & Shelley Hayduk - Plans have been submitted for a Tenant Improvement located at 11520-11522 Washington Boulevard. • Washington/Centinela - On February 13 the City Council approved entering into a Commitment Letter with...
Linwood Howe Participates In "Green" Campaign On February 15 Culver City Unified School District and Community Sustainability USA, a California-based nonprofit organization, launched a pilot project at Linwood E. Howe Elementary to build awareness of sustainability in the school community and inspire behavior changes at school and at home. Two back-to-back morning assemblies with a “CooltheEarth.org” skit performed by a group of Culver City High students kicked off the campaign. “The sustainable transformation of Linwood E. Howe is truly excit...
District PTA Honors Reflections Winners Three students from the Culver City Unified School District have been recognized at the 33rd District PTA level for their artistic achievements while participating in the 2011-2012 PTA Reflections Program. This year's theme "Diversity Means..." challenged students to display their talents while exploring variety found in all aspects of their daily life. This year's entries found diversity (and ultimately common unity) through color, geography and musical styles in a variety of different artistic styles...
Chabola to Retire From Teaching Only Plans to Continue As Culver Athletic Director Jerry Chabola, who has been at Culver City High for 22 years, has announced he will retire from teaching classes. Around town, there’s been a misconception that he’s also retiring as athletic director. “That’s not correct,” Chabola told The Observer on Tuesday. “I’m going to be the athletic director, but without the teaching duties I won’t have quite as rigid a schedule. “When I do something I put everything in...
Not having to search far for the candidate to lead the charge to academic excellence, there was no doubt in the mind of the Culver City Unified School District’s Board of Education about who the next principal of Culver City High was going to be. The venerable veteran educator Dylan Farris was named the new principal in July of 2011, after serving two years as assistant principal for guidance and counseling at the school. Farris replaced Pamela Ann Magee, Ed.D., after six exceptional years as p...
NICE TRY CULVER CITY Centaurs Lose In CIF Finals The remarkable playoff run put together by the Culver City High football team didn't have the happy ending the Centaurs were hoping for. After stunning No. 1 seed Serra on the road in its playoff opener, then rolling past Righetti and Santa Monica at home to reach the CIF-Southern Section Western Division championship game, the Centaurs ran into a determined Arroyo Grande team on the road last Friday night, and while Culver City hung tough for a little more than a half, Arroyo Grande proved to...
Culver To Play At Arroyo Grande Five weeks ago, when the Culver City High football team was beaten by Santa Monica on its home field, the Centaurs’ season was hanging by a thread. But since then, the Centaurs have stitched together an improbable CIF-Southern Section playoff run that now has Culver City one victory away from a championship. Avenging that loss to the Vikings, the Centaurs (10-3) routed Santa Monica in a rematch 37-6 last week in a Western Division semifinal game, and advance to Friday’s championship game against Arroyo Gra...
Culver Eliminates Top-Seeded Serra It didn’t seem like this was possible. Not with the Culver City High football team facing the No. 1 seed in the CIF-Southern Section Western Division playoffs, on the road. Not with the Centaurs facing a Serra team that had gone 50-4 and won two CIF titles since the start of the 2008 season. And certainly not facing a 14-0 first-quarter deficit in front of a hostile crowd. But in a season that has gone anything but according to plan, Culver City got up off the deck after being flattened early and delivered a...
Narbonne To Visit Friday Night So far, Culver City High football coach Jahmal Wright likes what he sees from his team. The Centaurs are 4-0 this season after a 52-0 rout of Leuzinger last week, and they are averaging more than 40 points a game while allowing an average of just under 15. But Wright admits that Culver City’s toughest test so far is yet to come. After an easy win last week over the Olympians, this Friday the Centaurs host city power Narbonne (2-2), which is coming off a 26-20 v...
• Abraxis Bioscience (9920 Jefferson Boulevard) – Plans were submitted for an existing two-building site and surface parking to be repurposed and developed into an office campus. Components of the new project include replacement of existing windows, roofing and additional skylights. The project will also have the removal of some areas of the second floor framing to allow natural light into the first floor. The project will have enhanced or replaced landscape materials. The existing parking str...
With the school year over, business at the Culver City School Board at its meeting Tuesday night was mostly concerned with the budget and safe routes to school. The budget presentation by Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Ali Delawalla, gave a view of the budget that although serious, offered some positives. This is the fourth year in a row that Culver City Unified School District’s (CCUSD) budget has been impacted by the economy. The state budget had just been signed on the afternoo...
