Schools
CCMS Improv Show Six Perfs This Weekend! Be Spontaneous Now !
Culver City Middle School and Panther Partners will present an exciting weekend of Comedy Improvisation shows. From the team that produced Darn Yankees! and Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Comedy Improv! is comprised of middle school teams doing fully improvised skits from audience suggestions. Professional teachers and improvisers Jennifer Flack and Eric Price will be [...]
CCEFs Tribute to the Stars – A Constellation of Successes
As we waited to get in to Sony Studios for the 2012 Tribute to the Stars, one those very stars- Kari Frethem - came over and suggested we'd better hurry in, the awards were about to start. Posing for a picture by a balloon column, she quipped, "It's very nice to be honored." Deservedly so; the Sony Pictures Entertainment Teacher of the Year has a list of credits, credentials and inspirations [...]
Michelle Bac Wins Congressional Art Contest with “A Face”
Culver City High School's Michelle Bac was recently selected to receive first-place honors in the 2012 Congressional Arts Competition. Her submission, "A Face," was selected to be included in a special student art exhibition that will be on display in the U.S. Capitol for the next year. "Michelle will have an opportunity to attend an unveiling ceremony with Members of Congress and special [...]
CCMS Wins National “School to Watch” Status
Culver City Middle School has been 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 joins 102 middle schools in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South [...]
ARTworks Raises $45,000 for Farragut
“Artworks!” Means “Art Works” for Culver City School -- If you were in attendance at the ninth annual Farragut Elementary School Artworks! Gala event, which took place on Saturday April 21 you would have witnessed Farragut parents, and teachers, along with Culver City council members and local businessmen pulling together to raise over funds to sustain the school’s art programming. [...]
Yard Sale Fundraiser at Middle School – May 5
From 9 am to 1 pm tomorrow you can find a bunch of stuff you did not even realize you can't live without at the Yard Sale Fundraiser. Amazing go-getter and Culver City mom Bronwen Hunter is leading the charge with the always fabulous Bonnie Wacker, to update and re-charge the Middle School Teacher and Staff Lounge. The goal is to give a long-overdue facelift to five spaces in the current lounge. [...]
Drive a Ford for a Fundraiser – May 12
Airport Marina Ford and Culver City High School are partnering on Saturday, May 12,from 9 am to 5 pm in the Farragut/CCMS faculty parking lot on the corner of Elenda St. and Farragut Dr. for Ford’s Drive One 4 UR School event. At this important event, members of the local Culver City community can support the Culver City High School’s athletic programs simply by taking a test drive in any [...]
CCHS Robotics – The World Championship
Going into the final match of the qualifying rounds, the Bagel Bytes needed a big win to be considered for selection in the quarterfinals. They got the win, 50 to 25 and finished 11th in their division. Unfortunately they were not selected for one of the eight alliances that moved on to the quarterfinals. The Bagels Bytes are the first alternate team, should any robot have a problem during the [...]
CCEF “Tribute to the Stars” Online Auction – Bidding Open
The Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) has begun an online auction in conjunction with Tribute to the Stars. The auction will be online until May 9 and then the silent auction will continue at the Tribute to the Stars event, which will be held Friday, May 11 at Sony Pictures Studios. To bid on a wide array of items, including restaurants gift certificates, movies, clothing, hotel stays, [...]
Bike Safety May 6 at El Marino
Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Culver City) will be attending the Kids Bike Safety Festival in Culver City on May 6. El Marino Language School will be kicking off Bike to School Week and promoting National Bike to School Day with a free festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to teach children how to ride their bikes safely and responsibly and to encourage them - and their parents - to bike to school [...]
