Culver City Education Foundation http://ccef90230.org Public schools are free. Great schools are not. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:08:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tribute to the Stars May 11, 2012 http://ccef90230.org/2012/02/07/tribute-to-the-stars-may-11-2012/ http://ccef90230.org/2012/02/07/tribute-to-the-stars-may-11-2012/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:35 +0000 crichardson http://ccef90230.org/?p=652 Culver City Education Foundation and Culver City Unified School District  present the 14th Annual Tribute to the Stars Friday, May 11, 2012 at 5:30 PM at the exciting Sony Pictures Studios.  SAVE THE DATE and join us in honoring the “Stars” of the Culver City School District.
Watch for award announcements and event information in
February and March.

]]> http://ccef90230.org/2012/02/07/tribute-to-the-stars-may-11-2012/feed/ 0 CCEF’s Annual Benefactors Breakfast http://ccef90230.org/2011/11/18/ccef%e2%80%99s-annual-benefactors-breakfast/ http://ccef90230.org/2011/11/18/ccef%e2%80%99s-annual-benefactors-breakfast/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:24:36 +0000 dobrien http://ccef90230.org/?p=513 CCEF Announcing CCUSD 2011 Business Partners of the Year

Photo (Left to right):  Marci Shulman – President CCEF, Sal Gonzalez – CC Volvo, Rita Zide – Roll n’ Rye, John Riordan – Riordan Plumbing, Richard Emery – Groundwork’s Landscape, Janet Chabola – Tower Insurance, Brian Besser – Verve, Janice Beighey – Tower Insurance, Patti Jaffe – CCUSD Superintendent, Katherine Beattie – K9 Connection, Susan Hancock – Royal T, Leslie Adler – CCEF Executive Director

The Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) held its annual gathering on November 1st to acknowledge the generosity of major donors to the Foundation ($1,000 and above) held at the delicious Akasha Restaurant. We had a fabulous turnout with over 75 business and community members attending.  Thank you to City Manager John Nachbar, City Council members Vice Mayor Scott Malsin, Andrew Weissman, Jeffrey Cooper and School Board member Kathy Paspalis for attending. Superintendent Patti Jaffe thanked the attendees for all that they had contributed to the schools. She then acknowledged CCEF’s nine 2011 CCUSD Business Partners of the Year who were present and applauded their contributions to individual schools.  The district as a whole benefits from the enrichment of its individual schools.

Traditionally, the Benefactors Breakfast is the occasion to kick off CCEF’s annual fundraising focus, which this year has been “All For 1” — The most ambitious fundraising campaign ever undertaken to benefit CCUSD.  Eileen Carroll, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, described some of the academic support programs that would be funded by our donation.  And 2010 Culver City High School graduate Shantenee Jones, who is now a sophomore at Cal Sate Northridge,  spoke passionately about her positive experience at CCHS after she went into the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID); another program that will benefit from the “All for 1” donation to CCUSD.   AVID focuses on the least served students in the academic middle, the first generation college-bound students.  The program which raises expectations of students, accelerates student learning, and uses research-based methods of instruction, has an extremely high success rate.

]]> http://ccef90230.org/2011/11/18/ccef%e2%80%99s-annual-benefactors-breakfast/feed/ 0 It was a Delectable Time at Sip for Our Schools http://ccef90230.org/2011/11/17/sip-for-our-schools-recap/ http://ccef90230.org/2011/11/17/sip-for-our-schools-recap/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:14:32 +0000 dobrien http://ccef90230.org/?p=464 A delectable time was had by all at the Culver City Education Foundation’s (CCEF) 3rd Annual “Sip for Our Schools” held Saturday October 15th .   A big thank you to our hosts Zoltan Pali and Judith Fekete of SPF: a Gallery and everyone who came to enjoy the beautiful space, complete with colorful photographs on the walls, delicious tastes of wine, beer and food and the magnificent sounds of the AVPA Jazz Combo. Thank you also goes out to Sorrento’s Italian Market for donating the wonderful assortment of wine, City Tavern for the delicious craft beers, soon-to-open restaurant Batch for the savory appetizers and Golden Desserts for the delicious sweets.

It was a wonderful “Friend Raiser” to kick off the new school year and CCEF’s continuing efforts to support the Culver City Schools!

 

Batch Chef Salvador Preparing Food CCHS AVPA Jazz Combo CCHS AVPA Jazz Combo Entertaining the Guests Board of Education Member Kathy Paspalis with Gordon & Leslie Gardner James Sparling, Mayor Mehaul O'Leary, Event Chair Dan O'Brien & Mike Adler CCEF Executive Director Leslie Adler, Nancy Burne & CCEF Trustee Cathi Green-Bratton Nancy Kuechle, Patty Nachbar & City Manager John Nachbar, John Kuechle, Board of Education Member Scott Zeidman & CCEF Trustee Judy Blake CCEF Trustee Rosie LaBriola, CCEF President Marci Shulman & Superintendent Patti Jaffe Sip For Our Schools Guests Enjoying the Evening Outdoors CCEF Trustees Barbara Brown & Cathi Green-Bratton Serving Guests Mayor O'Leary Showing CCEF Trustee Rich Hibbs How to Pour From a Tap ]]> http://ccef90230.org/2011/11/17/sip-for-our-schools-recap/feed/ 0 Tribute to the Stars is a Hit Under the Stars http://ccef90230.org/2011/08/24/tribute-to-the-stars-is-a-hit-under-the-stars/ http://ccef90230.org/2011/08/24/tribute-to-the-stars-is-a-hit-under-the-stars/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:50:27 +0000 Kevin Halfhill http://unfurl.dragoncalledk.com/ccef/?p=100

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present

Albert Camus

The Culver City Education Foundation’s thirteenth annual Tribute to the Stars was held on Friday May 6, 2011 at Sony Pictures Studios, Main Street, where we honored this year’s award recipients at the Cary Grant Theater.
The gala featured a broad selection of delectable cuisines, a live auction which included a Sanoma  County Vineyard getaway with airfare and a private barbecue hosted by Akasha and Ben Ford.   Guest also bid on our silent auction, took their chances on a cash raffle, danced, were amused by a magician, and  donned costumes in our photo-booth.

The following “Stars” were honored:

  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Teacher of the Year
  • Karen Burkenheim – Linwood E. Howe Elementary School
  • Rotary Club of Culver City Classified Employee of the Year
  • Lupe Aguila – Office of Child Development
  • Playa Vista / CCEF President’s Award
  • Alan Schulman of Akasha Restaurant
  • Westfield Culver City / CCUSD Superintendent’s Award
  • Symantec
  • Antioch University CCEF Shining Star Award
  • Wally Marks
  • See’s Candies Volunteers of the Year
  • El Marino Language School – Joan Salvaterra
  • El Rincon Elementary School – Cheri Noda
  • Farragut Elementary School – Dina Wahlert
  • La Ballona Elementary School – Heather Moses
  • Linwood E. Howe Elementary School – Amanda Chapman
  • Culver City Middle School -Bonnie Seeberger
  • Culver City High School – Dave Hauptman
  • Culver Park High School - Marsha Litter
  • Culver City Adult School – Doris Childs
  • Office of Child Development – Anne Burke
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]]> http://ccef90230.org/2011/08/24/tribute-to-the-stars-is-a-hit-under-the-stars/feed/ 0 Annual Benefactor’s Breakfast http://ccef90230.org/2010/10/25/annual-benefactors-breakfast/ http://ccef90230.org/2010/10/25/annual-benefactors-breakfast/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:54:02 +0000 Kevin Halfhill http://unfurl.dragoncalledk.com/ccef/?p=187 On Tuesday October 19th we held CCEF’s annual thank you event for major donors held at the delicious Akasha Restaurant. We had a fabulous turnout with over 65 business and community members attending.  Thank you to City Manager John Nachbar, City Council members Vice Mayor Mehaul O’Leary, Scott Malsin, Andrew Weissman, Jeffrey Cooper and School  Board Vice President Scott Zeidman for attending. Interim Superintendent Patti Jaffe thanked the attendees for all that they had contributed to the schools. She then presented CCEF’s Business Partners of the Year who were present and applauded their contributions to individual schools.  The district as a whole benefits from the enrichment of its individual schools.

Traditionally, the Benefactors Breakfast is the occasion to kick off CCEF’s focus for the year, which this year is nutrition education and building gardens in our elementary schools.  Peggy Curry and Sarah Gelb from the non-profit GrowingGreat made an informal presentation.   As of now, all but one of our elementary schools has the nutritional education program started and 3 out of the 5 elementary schools have gardens.  Our goal is to have nutritional education for 3rd through 5th grades and to have working gardens in all the elementary schools for K through 5th grade students to cultivate and harvest.   Vegetable gardens promote an awareness of good nutrition and the variety of good foods to eat, making the nutrition education more appealing and effective.

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