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By Shea Cunningham, CCSUD Sustainability Program Coordinator [Photos: (1) CCHS Food Waste Audit Team, (2) Recycled art event] In honor of Earth Day, all 10 of Culver City Unified School District's school sites participated in the first annual District-wide recycling competition during the week of April 18-22. The goal was to be the school that reduced the most landfill waste, and produced the cleanest recycling and compost streams. At the majority of the schools, student leaders, key staff and p...
Jacob Weiner, a senior at Culver City High, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Hawaii Pacific University on an academic and athletic scholarship starting in Fall 2016. Jacob has lived his entire life in Culver City. A true scholar athlete, Jacob will graduate CCHS with a 3.9 weighted GPA. He plans to pursue a degree in journalism and mass communication. He wants to be a sports writer or to work in the field of sports management. Jacob started playing baseball when he was five...
Mayor Micheal O'Leary and Culver City Fire Chief David White recognized CCHS Student Kyle Hiroto Lorrin on Tuesday, April 5 for Outstanding Community Service for his actions in response to an alarm in the home of a neighbor who was away. Unsure of the nature of the alarm, Kyle responded to his neighbor's home with equipment suitable to handle a fire or burglary. Discovering a fire upon entry, Kyle effected the evacuation of the owner's elderly dog-sitter and her husband and grandchildren, as wel...
¬¬Introducing the song "New York, New York" to audiences worldwide in its 1944 Broadway de-but, Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' classic American musical On the Town is coming to Culver City. The spring production of AVPA's Blurred Vision Theatre Company, directed by Jill Novick, will run March 11-13 and March 18-19 in the Robert Frost Auditorium at Culver City High. An instant hit that has enjoyed multiple revivals, On the Town follows the story of three sailors on 24-hour leave in New Y...
The Culver City Historical Society's Winter General Membership Meeting will be an Installation of Officers for 2016-2018, including an hors d'oeuvres reception catered by Holy Cow, on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 from 7 pm to 8:30 in the Lethbridge Garden Room of Veterans Memorial Building at 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City. This will be the installation of Michelle Bernardin's second term as President as well as a thank-you to the outgoing Board and Committee chairs. The board slate is as...
In three special performances, the Culver City High School AVPA Music program will present Jazz Cabaret: Two Acts, Two Spaces, One Jazzy Night, Jan. 22-24. The first half of the program will take place in the Robert Frost Auditorium. There, featured vo-calists will perform big band hits like Moondance, The Lady is a Tramp, and Come Fly with Me with the full Jazz Ensemble. The event will then move to the more intimate space of the Sony Pictures Theatre, where vocalists will be backed by the Jazz...
For CCHS soccer players, the focus is competing and winning at every turn. This year, they’re learning about the importance of giving back and helping developmentally disabled athletes succeed as part of the Prime Time Games program. Created in 2004, the Prime Time Games is a full-inclusion, peer-mentor sports program wherein the students coach and play alongside children with developmental disabilities. The games, the centerpiece of the non-profit Team Prime Time leadership component, give students the opportunity to give back to their c...
Last spring CCEF helped the Culver City High School Green Thumbs Club obtain a grant for $5,500 from the Richard B. Seigal Foundation. The grant made it possible for the Green Thumbs to put an automated drip watering system into their garden so that it's watered efficiently even when school is not in session. The grant also enabled them to install a new fence, which the students are staining themselves and new raised-bed garden boxes. The old boxes have been turned into tables and benches by...
Fiesta La Ballona, Culver City’s annual “Party in the Park”, will be held beginning this week --- August 28-30 at Veterans Park located at 4117 Overland Avenue in Culver City. The weekend will feature live performances, carnival rides and games, over 100 booths showcasing local groups, artisan wares, and other vendors, pony rides and two petting zoos, a beer and wine garden, a farmers market, food trucks and a food court, sustainability activities and other special activities. Admission is free. Fiesta La Ballona event hours are 4:30 p.m....
After a several-month stint as Interim Principal at Culver City High School, Lisa Cooper’s position was made permanent April 28 as the Culver City Unified School District Board of Education unanimously voted to name her Principal. Cooper has been the school’s interim principal since October. She previously served for three years as the school’s Assistant Principal for Attendance, Activities and Discipline, where she directed and coordinated all student activities. In that role she was responsible for overseeing and guiding the Associated Stude...
Thank you so much John, Keith, Chris... AVPA Jazz Combo - Dr. Tony Spano! It's been an incredible honor and an absolute pleasure to serve as Mayor of Culver City. Being the Mayor of the town I love so much has been one of the most fulfilling experiences in my life. ... It's also been incredibly busy. For the past year, I've been to more meetings than there were days in the year: - 374 meetings - 93 community events - 64 speaking engagements I've met with residents, congress members,...
Albert Vera, Jr. will tell the story of his father, Albert Vera, the founder of the Sorrento Market, at the general meeting of the Culver City Historical Society, Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Veterans Memorial Building at 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City. Albert Vera, an immigrant who came to America to pursue the American Dream, created the famous market on Sepulveda Boulevard and the Vera Family holdings. He served time in the military, raised his family in...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Jackpot! or... What happens in Culver City stays in Culver City. Forget about the Las Vegas, Reno, Laughlin, State Line and Southern California Indian casinos. Culver City has its own brand of gambling right here in town. It's been happening for the past decade right under our noses with hundreds of good citizens throwing down their hard-earned money to help a great cause. The CCHS Booster Club presented its eighth annual Culver City High School Casino Night at...
Are you looking for a fun social evening with a Las Vegas flavor? The Culver City High Booster Club invites local residents and surrounding community members to their 13th annual "Casino Night" fundraiser on Saturday March 7 from 6:30 pm to 11:30. This entertaining event will be held at Vets Auditorium and the money raised goes towards Culver High clubs and athletics. The boosters will transform the auditorium into a Vegas-style casino complete with gambling tables, chips, and slot machines....
On February 26 Culver City High will hold its Parent Engagement Night – an evening of informative workshops and discussions on a variety of topics ranging from college admissions and career pathways to social media and middle-to-high school transitions. The event will be held from 5:30 pm to 8 at Culver City High, 4401 Elenda Street in Culver City. This is an evening for CCHS parents and families to gain awareness and receive valuable resources to help students be successful in high school and b...
On February 7 and 8, the Culver City High School Varsity Cheer team competed in the 2015 NHSF UCA National High School Cheerleading Championships at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The National High School Cheerleading Championship (NHSCC) is the most prestigious cheerleading championship in the country and is nationally televised on ESPN and ESPN2 to more than 100 million homes and 32 countries nationwide each year. Teams from every state enter regional competitions to qualify for a...
I’m responding to your coverage of events that occurred at Culver City High School in December 2013, and were reported to school officials and police in January 2014. Your report seems to be based on allegations made in a recent lawsuit brought against the Culver City Unified School District on behalf of a female former student. At a meeting on Friday, January 22 with CCUSD leadership, Lt. Jason Simms of the Culver City Police Department (CCPD) said that three sexual assaults occurred on c...
The Culver City High PTSA announces a number of funding awards to vital school and community resources. • $400 to the CCUSD Backpacks for Kids Program (in addition to our food drive for individual oatmeal or cold cereal packets) • $250 to the CCHS Nurse's Office for supplies • $300 to provide hand sanitizer throughout the school • $1,500 to the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center (located by the high school nurse's office) • $2,000 to the high school library for the purchase of current best sell...
Last week the Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) thanked its major benefactors with a breakfast at Akasha and demonstrations of how well the funds CCEF raises are being used. CCEF benefits every student at every CCUSD school in a myriad of ways, but that morning three programs were highlighted. Guests heard the success of music programs in our schools when Dr. Tony Spano's high school students demonstrated their musical skill and joy in music making. The new math pedagogy system, The Art...
At the recent Culver City Unified School District Board of Education meeting held at City of Culver City - City Hall, Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) Executive Director Leslie Adler presented a check to the school board for $125,500-a generous grant from the Fineshriber Family Foundation to CCEF. The talented Culver City High Students Saxophone Quartet first serenaded attendees as they walked into the city council chambers and then performed a short piece at the end the presentation....
By Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter In a seemingly sudden move, Dylan Farris has resigned as principal of Culver City High, effective as of October 24. Farris announced last week he had been appointed to the position of Executive Director of Human Resources for the El Segundo Unified School District, a post which he will assume on October 27. According to a letter he sent to the district, assistant principal Lisa Cooper will succeed Farris as interim principal. In the resignation letter Farris...
Haunt attractions and Hogwarts will be among the musical references at the first-ever Fall Concert presented by the AVPA Music Department at Culver City High's Robert Frost Auditorium on October 29 beginning at 7 pm. Admission is free, donations are welcome. Highlights of the Halloween-themed program include: • Stage premieres of three original haunt attraction pieces by Chris Thomas, an AVPA music faculty member and successful composer for film, TV and haunted park attractions, including the L...
Aljean Harmetz, author of The Making of the Wizard of Oz, will discuss her book and reveal facts about the classic movie made in Culver City 75 years ago at the next general meeting of the Culver City Historical Society Wednesday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Teen Center, 4153 Overland Avenue, Culver City. The program will include songs from the film, a slide show narrated by Harmetz, a documentary with interviews and stories from many of the original cast, and a question and answer session. Harmetz is the author of books about the making of...
October 13, 1930 - August 30, 2014 Husband of Alma . . . Father of Ronald Dean, James Albert, and Tony Patrick . . . Grandfather of Ron Ryan, Matthew, Nathan, and Ariella. Ronald's father Jim was born in Culver City in 1909 before the city was even established. He attended Culver Grammar School in 1916 and worked at MGM Studios as a light man from 1929 to 1959. Ronald's mother, Kathy, was a waitress at Petrelli's in the 1930's. Ronald attended Culver Grammar School in 1937 and was a Hamilton...
Can it be 60 plus years since the first class graduated from Culver City High School in 1953? Yes, the class often called "the first class in and the first class out" is the topic for the next general meeting of the Culver City Historical Society on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at 7 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Ave. in Culver City. A trip down memory lane to the early 1950s in a PowerPoint presentation will illustrate the creation of Culver City...
