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By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter The students and athletes at Culver City High are about to enjoy the benefits of the school's current renovation and installation projects as the final stages of the older athletic fields and a new multi-purpose game and practice field are completed in early 2015. This is the next major phase of infrastructure upgrades to the athletic program's facilities that began last year with the unveiling of Jerry Chabola stadium, the playing field and track complex....
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter It's not often that Culver City High girls tennis has a player advance deep into the playoffs. But the team turned out such a gem this season as senior Danielle Garrido advanced to the Sweet 16 in the 2014 CIF Girls Individual Tennis Championship Singles. She then lost a two-hour grueling match to a long-time rival in her second match of the day on December 3 at the Seal Beach Tennis Center. Garrido is considered one of the best junior tennis players in Southern C...
Elizabeth Ann Brewer, 39, a former teacher at a Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic girls' high school in Westwood, pleaded not guilty on Monday to three counts of sexual penetration by foreign object two counts of oral copulation and one count of forcible oral copulation in connection with an alleged sexual relationship with an underage student. The alleged affair went on for nearly three years between January 2004 and December 2006, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorneys' office. Br...
Thomas Castenada Esquivel, Jr, 53, passed away on November 17. He was born on October 6, 1961 in Santa Monica to Thomas C. Sr. and Maria Rachel Esquivel, both deceased. Thomas lived in Culver City his entire life. He graduated from Palisades High in 1980. After high school he attended West Los Angeles College and Santa Monica College with interest in Administration of Justice. Thomas was well known in the Automotive Industry. He worked for more than 30 years at various automotive shops and...
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...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter It's becoming a tradition that the Culver City High boys basketball team opens its season in the Mira Costa High Tournament in Manhattan Beach. The Centaurs didn't make it to the championship game as they had last season but they did win their last two games of the tournament including a strong finish on Saturday afternoon, December 6, against Banning High, 59-31. This 2014-15 edition is noticeably different than last season's team that had nine seniors on the...
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Sam Parekh is a student at Culver City Middle School By Sam Parekh Special to the Observer On Wednesday, November 19, I was one of five youth reporters invited to the White House for a ConnectED conference involving superintendents from schools across the nation. ConnectED is President Obama's initiative to bring high-speed internet access to 99% of schools and increase innovative technology use in American schools. The other young journalists represented Time for Kids,...
downtown, originally wrapped in 2004 with images of the surrounding landscape, were restored this week by artist Joshua Callaghan. The artist will install three remaining vinyl panels in two weeks, once restoration is complete. The replacement vinyl wraps feature updated high resolution images of the surrounding landscape. An additional three utility boxes along Culver Boulevard (adjacent to Parcel B) were also included in the restoration. Both the artist and the “Almost Invisible Boxes” pub...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The Inaugural Culver City / St. Mary's Tip-Off Classic is now officially under way as it initiated a very busy 2014-15 girls basketball season for co-host Culver City High. The current CIF Division 2AA champion Centaurs christened the occasion with a first-round win against Crossroads School of Santa Monica, 38-25, on Monday, November 24. Equally notable is the girls team having accepted an invitation to the McDonald's Classic in early December. Head coach...
The upcoming trip to the Mission Inn is the highlight of a number of activities in December celebrating the holiday season sponsored by the Culver City Woman’s Club. The trip, which is open to the public, will take place on Friday, December 5. The itinerary will include a tour of the elaborately decorated hotel and grounds, a buffet lunch in an elegant private dining room and time for shopping in the quaint shops that line the mall adjacent to the Inn. The coach will leave at 7:30 am from the parking lot of the Culver Palms Methodist Church, 4...
The Culver-City High girls basketball team won their opening game of the 2014-15 season against Crossroads School, 38-25, in the first round of the Inaugural Culver City / St. Mary's Tip-Off Classic on Monday night, November 24. The current CIF Division 2AA champion Centaurs are co-sponsoring the week-long tournament with St. Mary's Academy of Inglewood featuring 12 local teams that will run through Saturday, November 29 with the finals held at Culver High's Del Goodyear Gymnasium. The...
For the 11th consecutive year Cadets at Army and Navy Academy will support Scripps Memorial Hospital in its annual "Disaster Drill" on November 20. Cadet volunteers will act out different roles as Scripps personnel test their emergency response skills. Student volunteers, including Ahmed Tawfik of Culver City were selected to participate based on high grade achievement in both academics and citizenship. The disaster drill is state-mandated and designed to test the hospital's response both in terms of healthcare and family care. According to...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter "Six or seven rallies back and forth over the net for a point is incredible. It wasn't like it was free ball. It was straight down hit, dug, transition, block, cover, pull back up, hit back over, diving dig. "It was all kinds of amazing plays. Both teams just played incredible. It's sad that one team had to lose. When you watch a match like that, all you can say is: "Wow." The words of Culver City High head coach Joe Manzo were spot on but it certainly felt...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The twilight hours ushered in a full moon rising low from the eastern horizon to a signature point high above the Southern sky over Beverly Hills. It glowed upon the Culver City High football team playing its final game of the season. The Centaurs took note and overpowered Ocean League rival Beverly Hills High, 41-12, to end the end the year on a two-game winning note. The players, coaches, referees, bands, cheer teams, officials and fans all added to a very...
The Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center will have their annual meeting on Wednesday, November 19 at 7 p.m. in the Culver City School District Board Room, 4034 Irving Place. The featured speaker is Drew Sotelo, Director of School and Family Support Services for the School District, who will discuss “Culver City Schools Help the Homeless and Culver Families with Need.” Sotelo, who has been with the District for 11 years, possesses an extensive background in child and family services. After teaching Spanish at the High School, he became...
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...
City Manager’s Office • Culver City Unified School District Backpacks for Kids Program - More than 39% of CCUSD students receive free or reduced price lunches at their schools daily. For many students, this vital resource includes free breakfast. In some circumstances, reliable meals on the weekends are not a guarantee. The City Manager’s Office is proud to announce the City’s partnership with the Culver City Unified School District in the District’s Backpacks for Kids Program. The City will...
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....
The Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of REALTORS® Charitable Foundation, Inc. announces the recipients of its 2014 Scholarship Program. The program was created to support the REALTORS® of tomorrow by providing scholarships of $250 - $1500 to high school and/or undergraduate students who are planning to pursue a career in real estate. The awardees are Gloria Yang of UCLA; Arian Zerehi of USC; Brenda Sanchez of Santa Monica College; and Sascha Meeks of Los Angeles City College. “It gives us great pleasure to be able to give back in...
Just in time for the holidays the Friends of the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center is pleased to host an exhibit and sale of the unique jewelry created by Culver City resident, artist, and author Francia Turner Fate. The event will be on Saturday, November 8 from 2 pm to 5 at 5502 Sawtelle Blvd. Refreshments will be served. Francia will donate 25% of sales to the Friends group to help support the services provided by the Health Center. For more than a decade Francia has donated a selection of her unique creations to the Health Center’s annual f...
The age-old adage "when it rains it pours" still rings true and certainly it does for Culver City High and Ocean League football in 2014. This time it happened on 'Senior Night', October 24, at Jerry Chabola Stadium when the Centaurs hosted cross-town Santa Monica High for a rather untypical Friday night showdown between the two archrivals. Though not the case this year, for the past decade this game has determined the league championship in nine of the past 10 seasons. Santa Monica came in...
Army and Navy Academy announces that Ahmed Tawfik of Culver City has been named to the Honor Roll for the first grading period of the 2014-2015 school year. Students with a grade point average of 3.50 or higher are named to the Honor Roll. Tawfik achieved a G.P.A. of 3.7143 - an impressive accomplishment, especially considering the Academy's unique curriculum that includes Leadership Education Training (LET) in addition to the core subjects. "Congratulations on this major achievement," says...
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has recognized Culver City Middle School as one of 12 California schools re-designated as model middle schools in the Schools to Watch-Taking Center Stage (STW-TCS) program. “This is exciting news for all of these hardworking schools that have made impressive gains in student achievement,” Torlakson said. “I congratulate both those new to the list and those with continuing success. “They are committed to providing their students with the kind of strong academic foundation needed to succee...
Born June 18, 1941 in the Bronx, New York Darla Gorman passed away in Culver City October 20, 2014. She attended Mark Twain Jr. High and Venice High School, class of 1959. She lived 60 years on the Westside and 42 years in Culver City. She loved her crafts and having her family around. She managed the first girls softball team, the Blue Jays in 1974 at mar Vista Little League and worked 20 years as bookkeeper for R.E.G. Electric. She is survived by her husband...
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...
