El Marino Elementary School
Healthy Schools – Maggie Memmott Walsh
Look at the awesome poster the El Marino Student Council made to promote the salad bar. Students also gave a presentation at the Monday Assembly on May 23 encouraging all students to take fruit and veggies from the salad bar and to EAT what they take! Getting our students to eat well isn't just a matter of putting good food in front of them. The amount of nutritious edibles that go into the [...]
Celebrate 40 Years of Immersion May 13-15
What do El Marino, El Rincon, Farragut, La Ballona and Linwood E. Howe all have in common? All of Culver City's elementary schools were at one time home to either the Spanish or Japanese language immersion programs! All of Culver City is invited to participate in a three-day celebration May 13-15, to commemorate the District's bold and innovative decision 40 years ago to implement the first [...]
Quilt Fundraiser for Language Immersion Symposium
While all three of her children were in the CCUSD Language Immersion program, Madeline Ehrlich started Advocates for Language Learning (A.L.L.), a national organization that has chapters across the United States advocating language immersion education. She helped to start the Japanese Immersion Program program and founded the Foreign Exchange program in Mexico. It’s not surprising to find [...]
Save the Date – Garden Project Starts Feb. 16
In conjunction with GrowingGreat, a non-profit organization with a comprehensive school garden and nutrition education program, the Culver City Education Foundation launched a pilot nutrition program at El Rincon Elementary School three years ago. Last fall, with the support of the Downtown Business Association, this program was expanded to Farragut and El Marino Elementaries. Students in [...]
Red Ribbons for a Healthy Lifestyle
El Marino Students Create Human Red Ribbon During this year's Red Ribbon Week, El Marino Language School promoted the theme "Open the Door to A Healthy Community." The school began the week by having students tie red ribbons on their backpacks to signify their commitment to living a healthy and caring lifestyle. Classrooms decorated their doors with themes like: "What keeps me healthy?" [...]
El Marino Wins National PTA Grant for Healthy Lifestyles
Although Halloween may bring more treats than tricks for kids this year, families will have plenty of ways to refocus on health and nutrition. That’s because PTAs across the country are creating meaningful initiatives that make eating and living healthy fun again in the spirit of National PTA’s Healthy Lifestyles Month, November. National PTA has awarded 22 PTAs grants of up to $1,000 to [...]
Yard Sale Fundraiser for El Marino- Sept. 25
There are two things that can make you feel great about a yard sale. First, you can clean some closets and get rid of those things you always meant to use - the coffee grinder, the backgammon board, the carpet sweeper- and pass them on to a good cause. Then, you can look around and see what tickles your fancy- the travel mug, the sun hat, the crystal candy dish - and contribute to a great [...]
Cranes for Kai Rambone
It's not unusual for El Marino families to work together on projects, but when the community gathers to fold origami cranes, there is a special and sad reason. Kindergarten student Kai Rambone has been stricken, and we are reaching out to support him. Kai is still in ICU and is still in a coma, so please keep praying for him. If you can, join us in folding cranes. The Thousand Origami Cranes [...]
The Nabours Are Retiring – Call for Photos
Mr. and Mrs. Nabours of El Marino Language School are Retiring! After 16 years of teaching at El Marino, the Nabours will be ending their school services with a farewell party in The El Marino Rose Garden on Friday , June 11 at 3:30 p.m. Children, parents, friends and alumni are invited to celebrate this special event. With the thousands of El Marino alums that passed through the 4th and 5th [...]
LAUSD Backs Off on Pulling Permit Students – Audio Interview
In a surprising retreat from his previous position, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines decided yesterday, April 6, that LAUSD students attending other districts would be able to do so through the next school year (2010-2011). With almost 1400 permit students in the Culver City School District, the restriction of permits as proposed by Cortines in February would have [...]
