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Every week, Culver City Unified brings you the stories, pictures, videos, and words that bind us as a family of schools and further our culture of excellence. Feel free to click, download, and share everything. Show off that
#CULVER
PRIDE!
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IT'S COMPUTER SCIENCE WEEK IN CULVER CITY SCHOOLS...
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AVPA Dance Concert
2pm @ Veterans Auditorium (4117 Overland Ave.)
7pm @ Veterans Auditorium (4117 Overland Ave.)
Last Chance to See the Danger Zone Dancers!
Join CCUSD Students in the Hour of Code, all week:
Use #culvercoding and #culverpride when posting onto social media!
CCMS Parents' Night Out
6pm @ Wheelhouse Cheese & Wine
CCUSD Board Workshop (re: Master Plan/HVAC)
6:30pm @ District Office Board Room
Financing Excellence Committee
6:30pm @ District Office Board Room
Culver City's Downtown Tree Lighting Ceremony
6pm @ Town Plaza - at the intersection of Culver Blvd. and Van Buren Pl. (next to the Culver Hotel and ArcLight Cinemas)
Hear CCUSD School Choirs Perform
Looking Ahead ...
Winter Music Concerts at Vets Auditorium starting at 7pm:
Monday, December 11 - Elementary Concert
Wednesday, December 12 - CCMS Concert
Thursday, December 13 - CCHS Concert
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For A Complete List Of Events At Your Child's School, Please Visit Our
DISTRICT CALENDAR
And Filter For Your Desired Campus.
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Financing Excellence Meeting
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Our Financing Excellence Committee will be meeting this week, Wednesday, December 6 at 6:30pm in the District Office Board Room. Please join us for a presentation and discussion about the recent school finance polling survey (Parcel Tax) and the next steps in that process. Community involvement is always welcome!
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Tax Revenues to Stay in Culver City
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On November 14, 2017, the City completed a refinancing of outstanding bonds of the former Redevelopment Agency. Due to a favorable rating of AA- on the new bonds, they will generate approximately $33 million in total savings over the next 11 years. Nearly $12 million of these savings will stay directly in Culver City, with approximately $4.3 million going to the City and approximately $7.6 million going to the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD). The remaining savings will flow to other local taxing jurisdictions, primarily the County of Los Angeles.
“It is not everyday that Culver City can generate nearly $12 million in tax dollars that will stay locally in Culver City instead of being paid as debt service. The majority of the funds CCUSD will receive will benefit our youth. The remaining monies will pass through to the unrestricted General Fund,” said Culver City Mayor Jeffrey Cooper.
“We are thrilled to hear about the additional funds that will be infused into CCUSD as a result of the City refinancing its bond obligations,” says CCUSD Interim Superintendent Leslie Lockhart. “This is a considerable amount of money that will help the District make even further improvements to our school site facilities and infrastructure. We are grateful to the City for doing the work that led to these financial dividends, all of which will directly benefit our CCUSD students, teachers and families.”
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Board Honors Citizenship Award Winners
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Congratulations to the American Citizenship Award winners recognized recently at the CCUSD Board of Education meeting:
Culver Park:
Pilar Paniagua
El Rincon:
Isabella Cruz Gaona
CCHS:
Lena Johnson
La Ballona: T
obias Josephson
El Marino:
Lola Monges
Linwood E. Howe:
Kriselle Gage
Farragut:
Jorge Ramirez
CCMS:
Angie Hernandez
(not pictured)
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CCMS Panther Partners Annual Giving Campaign
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Please share this
video
on social media with friends and family, and make a tax-deductible donation today! Every little bit counts!
CCMS Panther Partners is asking each CCMS family to donate to our Panther Partner Annual Giving Campaign.
Anything and everything you do and donate add up to make our community great.
The organization provides support for Athletics, Improv, Panther Prep, AVID, Field Trips, Student Recognition, Music Instruction, GATE, WEB, Teacher Scholarships, Technology Purchases, After School Enrichment, Robotics Team, Eight Grade Activities, Camp Panther, and Registration.
Panther Partners is hoping for $1 a day from each family. For donations of $365 or more, you will receive a Panther Partners Sports Bag!
For more information, please click
here
.
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Culver Closet Seeks Donations
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The Culver Closet is currently seeking donations of jackets, sweatshirts and blankets – all sizes are needed, especially high school to adult sizes. Donations can be dropped at the Culver City High School Office.
The Culver Closet provides CCUSD families in need with access to FREE clothing and toiletry items. Founded in 2012 by Adrienne Madrid, ROP Counselor at Culver City High School, The Culver Closet's goal is to provide confidential, personalized service to CCUSD families in need.
Thank you for helping to support
all the members of our CCUSD family!
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Student Film Shines Spotlight on Suicide Prevention
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Be sure to take the time to watch this amazing and moving student film made by Culver City High School students as they work to shine a spotlight on the importance of suicide prevention.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please call
(800) 273-8255 for free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
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Help CCUSD Hone Its School Lunch Menu
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Parents do your children have a favorite meal they would like to share with their classmates? CCUSD is looking for new and interesting meals to incorporate into its menu offerings. Please contact
juliegarcia@ccusd.org with any recipe ideas that you and/or your students think would improve school lunches. For more information about school lunches, please visit
www.culvercafe.org.
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Get Ready for CCMS Parents Night Out
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CCMS PARENTS...
Get the festive season started!
Have a night out with friends, enjoy wine and cheese, and the chance to catch up. Support
CCMS
and get to know
Wheel House Cheese & Wine
Panther Partners is sponsoring its first PARENT NIGHT OUT
Includes delicious wine, the Wheel House's amazing cheese and charcuterie platters, olives, marcona almonds, vegetarian bruschetta, carmelized onion tarts, avocado crostini....
Wheel House Cheese & Wine
is generously offering this event at cost, so that we can have a reasonably priced, great night out and discover this local gem. Get ideas for cheese and wine pairings for your holidays!
Cost is $30. All proceeds benefit
Panther Partners
...which benefits YOUR kids. Please go to
pantherpartners.com
to reserve your spot. Limited tickets, get yours now!
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Pathway to Biliteracy Award Applications
Due TODAY!
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The application deadline for the Pathway to Biliteracy Award for Bilingual/Biliterate fifth- and eighth-graders is
TODAY
! Please visit
bit.ly/BiliteracyAward
for more information about the award and to access the application link.
Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, the State of California introduced the “Pathway to Biliteracy” and the “Seal of Biliteracy” awards. These awards are
given as recognition for students who have demonstrated achievement in two or more languages.
Pathway to Biliteracy awards honor students who, by the end of 5th and/or 8th grade, have demonstrated a commitment to becoming biliterate and who have reached a certain degree of proficiency in both English and another language.
For questions, please call or email Monica Bell, Dual Language Program Specialist
monicabell@ccusd.org
or (310) 842-4241.
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