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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,...
Using the power of running to teach girls they can do anything, Girls on the Run LA County will hold its annual Fall 5K celebration run at Dockweiler Beach in Playa Del Rey on Sunday, Dec. 7 beginning at 7:30 am. A record-setting 600 girls will be there, joined by an additional 800 supporters including volunteer coaches, family members, community members and race volunteers. Peyton List, star of Disney's hit TV show Jessie, is scheduled to participate. She is a longtime enthusiast and comes to...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Centaur basketball fans... we have a liftoff. It's T+5 and counting for the Culver City High girls basketball team as they have successfully completed stage one of the 2014-15 season by beating View Park High, 56-47, in the championship game of the Inaugural Culver City / St. Mary's Tip-Off Classic on November 29 at home in Del Goodyear Gymnasium. The Centaurs won all five of their tournament games in six days with relative ease though View Park gave them a slight...
By Steven Lieberman Observer Reporter Legendary folk rock band "America" featuring the highly-talented harmonizing of duo Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley will be making a stop on their tour at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on December 7. Formed in 1970, their recording success has continued to delight audiences by performing over 100 shows per year. Their anthem is "Horse With No Name," but also are known for "Ventura Highway," "Sister Golden Hair," "Tin Man," "Daisy Jane," "Lonely...
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 Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor I'm old enough to remember Red Sanders' impact when he coached football at UCLA. And the dynasties of John McKay and Pete Carroll at USC, among others. In this city with a remarkable cross-town rivalry the school with the more prominent coach often prevails. That coach currently is Jim Mora at UCLA. Mora has coached UCLA for three years and the Bruins, who couldn't beat the Trojans for a decade, have won the last three meetings. The latest was the Bruins'...
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....
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter Refreshing. Cleansing. The Culver City varsity football team savored the moist precipitous air and instantaneously swept away a season of doubt and loss. Soon afterward, a rare Friday night rain in late October fell upon the drought-ridden South Bay basin and soaked into the predawn hours of early November. An unfulfilled but resolute Centaur squad bused a good dozen exits down the 405 Freeway to Hawthorne High to secure its first victory of the 2014 season,...
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...
