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Chapman will Be Assistant Principal Jon Chapman, who coached the Culver City High boys basketball team the last seven years, has given up the position to concentrate on being the school’s assistant principal. Chapman has been assistant principal in the recent past in addition to coaching the team. Adam Eskridge, his assistant coach last season, will take over as head coach. Eskridge has coached the Centaur junior varsity and freshmen teams in the past. He’s the son of former School Board member...
All for 1 Campaign – A Great Team Effort Many times over my long career at Culver City High School, I was aided in stimulating my students and improving my curriculum by funding from the Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF). The benefits of this excellently administered organization cannot be overstated; its focus is on students and ways to broaden and reinforce their learning experiences. As a school board member, I have seen the results of CCEF’s support for programs such as SuccessMaker and Odyssey at the elementary and middle school lev...
CCUSD Names Kim Indelicato Principal of Linwood E. Howe The Culver City Unified School District Board of Education announces that it has selected former Culver City High Assistant Principal Kim Imdelicato to serve as Principal of Linwood E. Howe Elementary School. The Board will officially vote on Indelicato's hiring at its September 11 meeting. Indelicato has spent the past six years as Assistant Principal at Culver City High, where she has overseen discipline, athletics, attendance, student activities, curriculum and guidance. She also...
Culver City High “Coach of the Year” Dave Sanchez, revered for his soccer coaching expertise for the Centaur’s varsity boy’s team, is this year’s 2012 Fiesta La Ballona grand marshal. The beloved coach who is active in the Culver City community was named grand marshal at a 2012 Fiesta La Ballona committee meeting in March. Chairman Mike Cohen of the 2012 Fiesta La Ballona said there is a great sense of community at this event and glad Dave will be a part of it. “Dave exemplifies the spirit of g...
Free entertainment & activities at Fiesta La Ballona offers ideal summer attraction for challenging times In an economy where families are watching their wallets, the Culver City community celebrates the diversity and heritage of the Heart of Screenland in the 62nd annual Fiesta La Ballona, Aug. 24-26, at Veterans Park. Admission is free. Staging family attractions that offer safe, free and fun experiences at every corner of the park, Culver City's "Party in the Park" features bands, booths, regional cuisine, rides, activities and so much more...
Culver City Middle School Principal Jon Pearson recently accepted the school's National Schools to Watch Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. In May, CCMS was redesignated as one of only 15 exemplary middle-grades schools in California named "Schools to Watch" as part of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform's signature program. CCMS joined 102 middle schools in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and...
August 3, 2012 City Clerk’s Office · Special Municipal Election – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will be considering the City’s request to consolidate the Special Municipal Election with the Statewide (Presidential) General Election at its meeting of August 7, 2012. As the City Council is aware, at that election Culver City voters will be considering Measure Y – Imposition of a one-half cent local sales tax (which automatically expires after 10 years). The City Manager will be including information about Measure Y in future e...
After teaching Drama and English during her first year at Culver City High,, Jill Novick has accepted the position of Creative Director of Theatre for AVPA for the 2012-13 school year. Current Creative Director Justin Lujan will be stepping down from the position, but will still be involved in teaching and directing with AVPA Theatre during the next year. Jill began acting as a child, and was fortunate enough to have been nurtured by a program very similar to AVPA at Mamaroneck High in New York. There she learned what it was like to bond with...
June 22, 2012 City Manager’s Office • Metro Expo Line-Culver City Station Opening - Metro officially opened to the public the Culver City Station on Wednesday, June 20th at 12 noon, following a Press Conference at 9 am. City Staff and Volunteers in Patrol acted as Ambassadors at the station to distribute information and assist with way finding. The opening of the station coincided with the Culver City Downtown Business Association’s Third Wednesday "Summer Solstice" evening Happy Hour which featured special offers from participating busin...
More than $113,000 in scholarships were awarded to college-bound high-schoolers at a ceremony that was held a few nights before Friday¡¯s formal graduation ceremonies. Only $1,300 in scholarships were given to six students when the scholarship program began in 1963. Private Scholarships California Community Foundation¨CWilma & Clyde Steib Memorial Usra Hameed LULAC 2012 - Darrell D. Marks Scholarship Claudia Sandoval and Edgar Vital Sony Pictures Entertainment Scholarship Suranga De Silva Avid Outstanding Senior Award Ana Martin Culver City Ed...
The Friends of the Culver City Youth Health Center will host an exhibit and sale of the work of Culver City resident, artist and author Francia Turner Fate. The event will be on Sunday, July 8 from 2 pm to 5 at 5502 Sawtelle Blvd. Francia will donate 25% of sales to the Friends group to help support the services provided by the Health Center. For the past 10 years Francia has donated a selection of her fine art to the Health Center’s annual fundraiser. The children of Culver City have benefited from her continuing support and generosity. F...
Program Set Nine local high school students have been selected to represent the Culver City Sister City Committee as part of the Trilateral Youth Ambassador Program funded by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in connection with Sister Cities International. Culver City Sister City Committee, Inc. was awarded a grant to participate in the youth exchange program. Sister Cities International, with the help of Donna Thayer, CCSCC – Youth Director have put the local program together. The participating students w...
9% Plan for College, Trade School or Military Career By David W. Myers Contributing Editor Nearly 570 teenagers from Culver City High School and Culver Park High marched across a stage at Helms Field Friday night, respectfully accepted their diplomas, then danced away from the podium and into the next great adventure of their young lives. The students were largely quiet until the end of the two-hour long graduation ceremony, when Culver High Principal Dylan Farris finally instructed them to ceremoniously move the tassel atop their blue caps...
Observer Reporter Takes a Ride Wednesday was the Summer Solstice. Kids were out of school, jacarandas were in bloom, diners flocked to the downtown cafes. Wednesday was also the opening day for the long-awaited Culver City Expo Line station that completes Phase One of the Expo Line project and connects Culver City with the USC campus and downtown Los Angeles. Culver City’s Number 1 and 7 buses were free for the day, serving as shuttles to the station at the intersection of Washington and N...
The honors keep on coming in for the Culver City High baseball team. Rick Prieto has been named Ocean League Coach of the Year the week after pitcher Tyler Mark was named the league’s Most Valuable Player. The honors were easy to understand since the Centaurs went a perfect 10-0 in league games for the first time in school history....
By David W. Myers Contributing Editor The Culver City Elks Lodge has given a check for more than $6,000 to the California-Hawaii Elks Association to help provide vision-screening and physical therapy to children with a broad range of disabilities. The contribution increases the amount of money the two-state group has raised through the annual fund-raising effort to over $100 million since the yearly drives began in the 1950s. Donations from Elk members in the two states totaled more than $2.5 million in the fiscal year that recently ended....
I wanted to add my concerns to Cary Anderson's regarding following the rules where it regards traffic incursion into the residential neighborhoods. For myself, it is not a matter of a rare instance of an organization holding a charitable event that brings outside traffic into my neighborhood. My block has had permit parking since 1982. The hours for enforcement were expanded about 15 years to match the hours of continued outside incursion. After all of these years I continue to request Parking Enforcement several times a week because drivers fe...
City Manager’sUpdate June 8, 2012 City Manager’s Office Community Development Department • Chipotle Mexican Grill – Plans have been approved for a new restaurant located at 4114 Sepulveda Boulevard. • Continental Development Group - Plans have been approved for construction of building B, a new commercial building (core/shell only), located at 4130 Sepulveda Boulevard. • Westfield Culver City - A permit has been issued to Olive Garden, a new restaurant located in the mall. • Sony Pictures Entertainment – Plans have been approved for a...
Workshop Yields Angry Feedback Outside Culver City Hall on Tuesday evening protesters carried signs and cars honked at the protesters in support. The signs had slogans like “Ban Fracking Now” and “Frack Off.” Someone dressed as a skeleton carried a sign that read “I (Heart) Fracking.” When the doors of City Hall opened, people flooded into the Mike Balkman Chambers, filling the auditorium to standing room only. All this for a state-organized but locally hosted workshop to gauge the public sent...
Culver City High senior pitcher Tyler Mark has been named Ocean League Player of the Year. Mark, who made all-league in four straight seasons, led the Centaurs to a 10-0 league record, the first time in school history a Culver High baseball team has gone undefeated in league games. Mark had a 9-2 record and 2.13 ERA. He was also a prolific hitter, batting .338. Also named to the all-league first team were Culver’s Brian Ibarra, Jon Kocker, Skyler Blocker and freshman Jay Steiner. Adrian Perez a...
The Culver City High football team annually prepares for its upcoming season by participating in summer passing tournaments. Although tackling isn’t permitted, coaches learn about their players, particularly passers and receivers who are getting their timing together in the seven against seven competition. In the Pierce College Tournament Culver City defeated Oaks Christian, 34-18 as sophomore Steve Funches threw two touchdown passes to Julio Wilson and Tahj Mines had an interception. Culver then defeated Grant, 44-28 as Funches threw six t...
Fuller Guided Championship Teams Former Culver City High football coach Fred Fuller died last weekend. In the recent past he had undergone cancer surgery. Fuller had three children who attended Culver City High, two sons and a daughter. Both sons played football. He is survived by his wife, Cris, a former teacher at Farragut and Culver Middle School. Fuller coached championship Culver freshmen football teams from 1970 to 1978 and became the varsity head coach in 1979. His initial Culver varsity...
Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa announced today that Metro will officially open to the public both the Culver City Station and the Farmdale Station along the recently opened Metro Expo Line on Wednesday, June 20 at noon. In addition, it was announced that patrons boarding trains at both the Farmdale and Culver City Station will receive free passes to use the Expo Line on June 20. “The opening of the Culver City and Farmdale stations completes the first phase of the Expo line, connecting Angelenos from...
Meeting Scheduled About Fracking What is “fracking?” According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hydraulic fracturing is “the forcing open of fissures in subterranean rocks by introducing liquid at high pressure, especially to extract oil or gas.” Fracking is a term commonly used for this process. While fracturing of rock occurs naturally, induced hydraulic fracturing has been used in oil extraction for about 60 years. Proponents say fracking is safe when conducted under regulations and that the...
May 25, 2012 • Kaiser Foundation Hospitals – Plans have submitted for a tenant improvement for "Occupational Health Services" located at 12001 Washington Boulevard. • Sony Pictures – Plans have been approved to fabricate and erect a 188 foot diameter Rainbow arch. The sculpture includes: two concrete foundations, a structural steel arch, aluminum art panels, intermediate framing to support the aluminum art panels located at 10202 Washington Boulevard. • Clive Wilkinson Architects - is relocatin...
