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Farnsworth Appointed Principal of Culver City Adult School
The Culver City Unified School Board has hired Lynda Farnsworth as principal of Culver City Adult School. Her appointment was approved by the School Board at its recent meeting. “Lynda is a p...
Smith Named as CCUSD Assistant Supt. of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Culver City Unified School District has hired Dr. Jennifer Smith as its first Assistant Superintendent of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Smith, who has nearly 23 years of experience in...
Ogihara Graduates from Hamilton College
Toscana Ogihara, of Culver City, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamilton College on Sunday, May 22, in a Commencement ceremony concluding the college's 210th year. A dance and movement studies and neuroscience major, Ogihara graduated with...
School Board Member McKeithan Resigning June 30
Tashon McKeithan, a member of the Culver City School Board, has announced that she will resign her seat effective June 30 because she and her family are moving outside the Culver City limits. “It has been my honor to serve the residents of Culver C...
Chhetri earns President's List recognition at Norwich University
Spandan Chhetri of Culver City in our readership area has been recognized on the President's List at Norwich University for the Spring 2022 semester. Full-time undergraduate students, who earned a semester grade point average of 4.0 are awarded...
Culver City Community March for Gun Free School Zones June 11
Culver City will host two community marches next Saturday that will focus on keeping school zones gun free and advocating for gun violence prevention. Families, teachers, students and community...
First Lady of the United States Will Provide Keynote Speech at Class of 2022 Commencement for Los Angeles City College
The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, Ed.D., is making a special appearance as the keynote speaker for the Los Angeles City College Commencement Ceremony on June . The event begins at 5...
Linwood Howe Student Field Trip on Culver CityBus
On Wednesday, May 18, 20 first grade students from Linwood Howe rode Culver CityBus Line 7 for a Field Trip on Transit! Field trips on transit exposes students to public transportation using buses in...
El Rincon Wins National PTA Award
The National PTA has named El Rincon the winner of the 2022 Jan Harp Domene Diversity and Inclusion Award! El Rincon Elementary is the only individual school in the nation to be given this distinction...
CCMS Panther Plaza Getting New Facelift
The lunch area at Culver City Middle School is getting a new facelift thanks to a project underway. Called the Panther Plaza Redesign: Seats and Shade, the new project will transform the Middle...
CCHS Teachers Win Inuit's Champions Contest
Four Culver City High School teachers have been selected as winners of Intuit’s 100 Champions contest. Susana Fattorini, Paige Shakeri, Cathy Grasso and Kathleen Rowley were nominated by one or more of their peers and students for the award, which i...
LACCD Approves Funding for Pilot Program to House At-Risk Students
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees has voted to direct up to $1,540,408 millions of District funds to pilot a program to provide housing for more than 100 students experiencing homelessness or at high risk of housing...
FREE PROGRAM BY WEST LA COLLEGE & WEST COAST DENTAL CREATING JOBS & FILLING GAPS
A new partnership between local community college West Los Angeles College (WLAC) and major California dental employer West Coast Dental, Inc. (WCD) is helping to address the urgent need for qualified...
Culver Middle School Teacher"Coach" Nakayama Dies
Tom Nakayama, a longtime math teacher at Culver City Middle School, passed away last week, according to local school officials. Affectionately known as “Coach Nak,” Nakayama helped coach and ass...
A Message From the Culver City Unified School District Superintendent
Dear CCUSD Community, I want to thank you for your understanding, patience and cooperation as we made the difficult decision to cancel school for the remainder of this week. We realize that having...
Nine CSU's Begin Semester Online
Cal State Long Beach will join a growing group of CSUs starting the spring semester online because the coronavirus once again surges through the state and nation. As the omicron-driven spike in cases continues spreading, nine of the 23 CSU campuses,...
San Francisco School Sickout
So on Thursday, teachers in SFUSD’s union are holding a sickout to demand safer Covid working conditions. About 600 San Francisco teachers actually called out sick yesterday due to symptoms or exposure to the virus. The district kept schools open. Th...
WLAC Picked to Compete for Prize Recognizing College Excellence
The Aspen Institute has named West Los Angeles College (WLAC) one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, a recognition of high...
SIP for Our Schools is a Big Success
Thank you to everyone who participated in our SIP for Our Schools whiskey tasting and fundraising event last weekend – virtually as well as in-person at the Wende Museum. We're thrilled to share that...
West LA College Awarded Grant to Increase Student Success in Calculus
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a nearly $200,000 grant to West Los Angeles College to pilot a computer-aided pre-calculus class with the goal of increasing the number of students wh...
Culver City School District Mandating Vaccines for Staff and Eligible Students
The Culver City Unified School District announced this week that it is mandating vaccines for all staff and eligible students, possibly becoming the first school district in California to issue such...
Quoc Tran Named as New Culver City Schools Superintendent
The CCUSD Board of Education voted unanimously at its August 9 meeting to appoint Quoc Tran as the new Culver City Schools Superintendent. "Mr. Tran comes to us with a great deal of experience and a...
CCUSD Announces Hiring of Five New Elementary School Assistant Principals
The Culver City Unified School District announced the hiring of Oscar Rodriguez, as Assistant Principal of Culver City High School; David Holley, as Assistant Principal of Culver City Middle School;...
Dr. Angela Elizondo Baxter Named CCUSD's New Director of Teaching and Learning
The Culver City Unified School District CCUSD announced the hiring of Dr. Angela Elizondo Baxter as the District's new director of teaching and learning, effective immediately. Baxter has spent the...
Katie Masterson Named Principal at Farragut Elementary School
The Culver City Unified School District announced the hiring of Katie Masterson as principal of Farragut Elementary School, pending board approval. She is expected to be formally approved by the...
