As the 2008-2009 school year draws to a close, it’s important to reflect on the impressive number of accomplishments and accolades that our schools have received due to the amazing efforts of Culver City Unified School District’s teachers, classified employees, administrators, parents, and the community. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has worked so hard each day to help our kids – not because you expect a prize or extra recognition, but because you share a sense of duty and a moral obligation to provide our children with brighter futures. I deeply appreciate all of you who go the extra mile for our school district.
This year’s Culver City Unified School District’s Points of Pride include:
• Linwood E. Howe and La Ballona – Title I Academic Achieving Schools
• Culver City Middle School – “A School to Watch” state redesignation
• The grand opening of the El Rincon Science Discovery Lab
• El Marino’s Taiko Rainbow Drummers Performing at the Title I Academic Achieving Schools Awards Dinner
• Bose “In Harmony with Education” hands-on presentations
• Patti Augenstein – Culver City Unified School District Classified Employee of the Year
• Nan Borcherding – Culver City Unified School District Teacher of the Year
• Christine Lyall – Los Angeles County Preschool Teacher of the Year
• Kari Fretham – Bravo Award finalist
• HOK Playground Revitalization Project at La Ballona
• Music Center’s Grant Award of $80,000 to work with Culver City Unified School District Elementary Teachers
• Math Olympiad for 5th Graders
• Successful Establishment of Link Crew at CCHS to Provide Support for 9th Graders
• 30% Increase in AP Exam Participation at CCHS
• Extremely Successful Fundraisers at All School Sites
• Opening of the Greenhouse Project at the Office of Child Development
• Culver Park High School’s Model United Nations Team
• Culver Park’s HeArt Project’s public presentations at The Getty Villa, UCLA and the Griffith Observatory
• Establishment of The Anti-Bullying Task Force
• 80 New Donated Computers Installed at Schools
• $15,000 in Donations for Purchase of New Library Books
• Successful AVPA’s JAVA Night
In spite of the severe fiscal challenges facing our District this year and next, our students remain our priority and focus. We have had another very successful school year and I look forward to many more. We will all remember the 2008-2009 school year as one of unprecedented fiscal challenges, but also as one in which our everyday victories in the classrooms and on the school yards gave our children the skills, the knowledge, and the hope they need to succeed.
I wish you all a safe and rewarding close of the school year. Have a wonderful summer.
Dr. Myrna Rivera Coté
