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CULVER CURRENTSin print

CULVER CITY HIGH SCHOOL

AVPA Students Earn ScholarshipsSummer 2011 was an intensely busy, challenging and

rewarding one for the Visual Art Department of Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts.

Many AVPA art students received exciting scholarships and acceptances into several programs throughout California. In July, three AVPA Art students were admitted into the highly selective Ryman Arts program, based on applications submitted in the spring. Azalie Welsh, Amy Wong, and Javier Diaz are now taking classes held at Otis College of Art and Design. Upon acceptance, each student received a scholarship of $3,000 per semester to cover all costs related to the program including instruction, materials, and transportation. These classes are rigorous, challenging courses that teach high school students from all over Southern California the foundations for drawing and painting from life.

“I’m really fortunate to be a part of Ryman Arts because I want to make art throughout my entire life,” said Senior AVPA Art Student Javier Diaz. “I know this program will open new doors to help me achieve more with my creativity.”

The selection of the latest trio means there are 10 AVPA art students in the Ryman Arts Program, including Michelle Bac, Mohammad Chowdhury, Ahin Ju, Kelly Juarez, Stephanie Hsu, Charlotte Sabet and Edna Vogel-Amezcua.

Ju, a senior, was also selected by Ryman Arts to receive a scholarship for $2,650 for an exciting two-week summer program at Idyllwild Arts Academy, a private arts high school where students in grades 9-12 participate in a college preparatory program focusing in creative writing, dance, film and video, interdisciplinary arts, music, theater and visual arts located in the San Jacinto Mountains of California.

“My time in Idyllwild inspired me and shaped me as an artist so much because I was part of a special community of students who shared my motivation to create, and we were all sharing the experience of living and working in a beautiful natural environment,” Ju said.

She attended a Drawing and Painting Master Class focusing on creating a portfolio including in-depth instruction and focus in her chosen field of study. A minimum of six hours was spent in class per day exploring

SEPTEMBER 2011 | FREE • Vol 2 No 1 • published by the Culver City Unified School District

We need to ... do all that we can to address the needs of all of our students.”SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGEpage 2

CCEF launches“All-for-1” campaignpage 3

Points of PrideSpecial Sectionpage 4

New traffic flow restictions in place page 9

Welcome to ournew administratorspage 6

Food services goes green and tastypage 10

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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS AND ART INTERNS – New CCHS Principal, Dylan Farris, congratulates Academy Visual Art students on their achievements. Numerous students earned scholarships and performed unique art internships over the summer.

Dear Culver City Community:Welcome back to

the 2011-12 school year! CCUSD has had many great accomplishments this year and now we need to build on those accomplishments and do all that we can to address the needs of all of our students.

Highlights, Accomplishments, and Looking Forward . . .• Adoption of goals and objectives by

the CCUSD Board of Education for the 2011-2012 school year in the areas of: Budget and Resource Development; Students and Student Success; Learning/Academics; Staff/Personnel Quality; Community Relationships/Partnerships; System (Institutional) Effectiveness

• Rescinded layoff notices• Hired three new teachers due to

increased enrollment• Continued to raise or maintain API

test scores (2 schools over 900; other traditional K-12 schools above 800)

• Continued Culver Currents and implemented Culver Currents in Print

• Will raise over $6 million dollars due to the passage of the Measure EE parcel tax

• Formation of the Environmental Sustainability Committee, the Citizen’s Oversight Committee and the

Community Based Advisory Committee (CBAC) Committee

• Approved capital facilities projects • Passed a resolution in support of

language immersion• Implemented the formation of one of the

State’s first Anti-Bullying task forces• Supported programs and staff training to

address bullying in all schools• Implemented a cap on the size of the

middle and high schools• Updated Board policies and

Administrative Regulations • Maintained an open and transparent

budget process• Collaborated with the City on the Safe

Routes to School grants• Approved staff negotiated lease

renewals that brought in additional revenues

• Approved the updated Local Education Academic (LEA) Plan to guide academic achievement for all students

• Wrote a strategic plan for the Educational Services Department

• Approved an updated K-12 music

curriculum to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to arts education

• Support of food services department to improve school lunch menus

• Support of ongoing staff development to address the needs of all students and to close the achievement gap

• Support of focus on English Language Learners

• Support of updating technology and equipment to enable staff to access all available data to inform instruction

• Implementation of Successmaker intervention program at four elementary schools and Culver City Middle School

• Maintenance of visual and performing arts, technology and library programs

• Continued Arts for All Integration Program

Many thanks to our volunteer parents and community members, businesses and foundations who put in tireless hours to fundraise or provide grants to support our schools and our students. You make a difference:

• Culver City Education Foundation has implemented the All for One campaign to raise funds for the 2012-2013 school year that will benefit all CCUSD schools • Citizens’ Oversight Committee ensures

that the Measure EE Parcel Tax funds are spent in accordance with the measure• Environmental Sustainability

Committee will implement the GREEN5 program that will ask the employees and students to be aware of the environment and do their part to conserve energy and recycle in order to save money for CCUSD• Community Budget Advisory

Committee (CBAC) will be formed to review the budget and advise the Board regarding ways to save money

Thank you for your support of our schools. Your incredible efforts make it possible for us to maintain and provide an outstanding educational experience for all of our students. I look forward to working with you throughout the school year.

Highlights, Accomplishments and Looking ForwardSUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE | BY PATRICIA JAFFE, SUPERINTENDENT

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CCUSD Board of Education

PresidentScott Zeidman

Vice PresidentKarlo Silbiger

ClerkKatherine Paspalis

ParliamentarianPatricia Siever

MemberSteven Gourley

The mission of the Culver City Unified School District, a diverse haven of excellence, is to ensure that each student possesses the academic and personal skills necessary to achieve his/her highest potential as a valued, responsible member of society by providing challenging, personalized educational experiences in a safe, nurturing environment and by fostering a passion for teaching and learning with committed parent and community involvement. Email the Board Members at [email protected]

In response to severe budget cuts from Sacramento, Culver City Education Foundation launched its most ambitious fundraising campaign ever, “All For 1.” The goal of this campaign is to unite the community of Culver City in raising one million dollars to benefit all Culver City schools. Along with this exciting campaign, CCEF has a new, friendlier website. On the site, you can view a new video, “CCUSD: Culver City U Should Donate,” which features many Culver City students. Members of the community can make direct donations or set up a pledge program on the CCEF website.

CCEF is not unique in launching a campaign on this scale. Many education foundations across California have taken matters into their own hands and are asking their communities to help keep their schools strong.

Two years ago, a voter-approved parcel tax of $1.2 million per year helped maintain excellence in our award winning schools. Since then, however, unprecedented cuts from Sacramento have placed our schools in need again. We are finding that as less money becomes available from the state, programs and resources that are essential to maintaining the quality of our schools here

in Culver City are susceptible to being cut. These programs include academic support programs for all levels of learning, art, music, school garden programs, college prep programs and classroom technology upgrades to improve the learning environment.

The money raised from our “All For 1” campaign will go towards maintaining extra programs and resources that all of our students need to succeed. It will be given to CCUSD for the 2012-2013 school year. We need to plan ahead because we can’t count on Sacramento anymore.

We are one school district, a family of schools. This is why our campaign is called “All For 1:” 1 Community, 1 School District, 1 City uniting to raise $1 million for our children’s future.

Please unite with us in maintaining the excellence of our schools through a donation to CCEF’s “All For 1” Campaign. If every family in Culver City donates just $1 per day (that’s $30 a month for ten months, $300 a family), we will reach our goal of raising $1 million per year and help secure the excellence we want for our children. But more importantly our goal is to achieve 100% participation so no donation is too small.

Public Schools are free. Great public schools are not.

Thank you for your commitment to education.

Please go to www.ccef90230.org for information and to make your pledge now!

Video link: http://vimeo.com/28214437

CCEF Launches “All For 1” Campaign CULVER CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION | BY LESLIE ADLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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KICKOFF RALLY – Superintendent Patricia Jaffe, CCMS Principal Jon Pearson and Board of Education President Scott Zeidman join CCEF at it’s kickoff rally for the “All for 1” campaign .

BACK TO SCHOOL POINTS OF PRIDE SPECIAL SECTION

As we kick off the new school year, each CCUSD school and department was asked to provide a list of special accomplishments and unique programs of which they are proud. We call them, “Points of Pride.” We hope you enjoy reading these brief snapshots about all the things that make our schools special. If you have a Point of Pride at your school to share with everyone, please send it to us at [email protected], and it might appear in an upcoming issue of Culver Currents. Thank you.

Points of Pride ...

• Voted Gold Star Best School by Culver City News

Readers

• College Board Advanced Placement Achievement

List for opening AP classroom doors to a

signifi cantly broader pool of students, while

maintaining or improving the percentage of

students earning scores of 3 or higher

• California Distinguished High School designation

• Invited to present information on “Closing the achievement gap for African

American Students” presentation for the Association of California School

Administrators and Total School Solutions, Inc. in Berkeley, California.

Invited to present again for the same group in Anaheim, California in

September, 2011

• Established the Courageous Conversations Human Relations Task Force

to address issues related to race, student achievement, and closing the

achievement gap

Culver City High School

• API of 829 – 60 points higher than just four years ago

• Opportunities for teacher collaboration increases – teachers observed department and team peers, met to discuss, then presented during their Department and Team meetings

• New Mission and Vision statements created with Leadership via Title 1 Writing Workshop

• New CST testing schedule created with Leadership Team• New bell schedule for 2011-12 was created by our Leadership Team, which will

include intervention time during the school day• “0” period expands to 6th and 7th graders – students enrolled in an “academic”

elective also take a traditional “arts” elective by taking a “0” period PE class every day

• Volunteers clean up campus and Sony restores our butterfl y garden• Math Counts Team goes to State Competition for the fi rst time - Our team placed

6th out of 40 schools• Our after-school programs sponsored by Panther Partners continues to grow• Third Annual Jog-a-thon organized by Panther Partners raises over $27,000 for

after-school programs• AVID re-designation awarded• Partnership with UCLA continues• Fourth Annual “College Night” presentation and creation of our College/Career

Center

Culver City Middle School

School Recognitions• School granted a six-year

(with a review) WASC Accreditation 2011

• Signifi cant increase in seniors graduating in the last four years

• School continues to be recognized as a 2010 California Model Continuation High School through 2013

Student Recognitions• American Citizenship Awards• Student representative at the CCUSD Board meetings• Todd Siegel Memorial Scholarships• Culver City Community Scholarships – 4 recipients 2011• ROP Student of the Month• Youth Awards from the Culver City Exchange Club• Anti-Bullying Task Force representatives• Student Council charity projects

Programs started• The HeArt Project• The Punctuality Award• Mindful Parenting Groups• ROP Retail Sales/Work Experience class on campus• CLARE Foundation’s CLARITY for Youth• Life Skills groups with CC Health Center interns• After-school tutoring program

Culver Park High School

• Our Summer Classes 4 Kids program is bigger than ever this year with 42 classes and enrollment projected to top more than 400 students

• The adult school served 100 concurrently enrolled high school students this year to assist them in credit recovery for CCHS

• Our teacher Leila Rosemberg was 1 of only 12 teachers in the state that was chosen by the OTAN department of the CDE to participate in their Online Teaching Academy

• In the Independent Learning Center or ILC in which we teach adult secondary education, 72 students passed the GED or received their high school diploma, 321 High School Classes were completed, and 100 concurrent CCHS students were assisted with credit recovery

• Throughout the year, the ILC had educational highlights about Arab countries, the American Civil War, Powerful Women in History, American Presidents, and we followed an Antarctic expedition for three months in which we had an online meeting with the explorers

• The ILC also hosted a monthly book club where students met and participated in discussion about their readings

• ILC students helped pilot an algebra class for the National Repository of Online Courses and students were interviewed by the NROC development staff to hear their feedback

• Several special needs students from our class at L.A. GOAL were able to obtain jobs using skills they learned through the adult school L.A. GOAL class

Culver City Adult School


• Students: 931 API, the highest API of any dual language immersion program in Southern California; 25% of our 3rd - 5th graders identifi ed as GATE

• Parents: Became volunteer docents of the GrowingGreat Nutrition Program, promoting wellness and nutrition in monthly lessons to students

• Staff: Showcased their talents for the Faculty Follies and raised over $7,000 for ALLEM’s adjucnt program; Mike Yamakawa, 4th grade JIP teacher, presented at National Two-Way CABE Conference; Noriko Nagumo, K JIP teacher, presented at National Science Teachers Association Conference

• Instruction: First year implementation of Thinking Maps, OPAL Protocol, and Caring Schools Community programs; formal partnership with LMU’s Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL) has brought in academic researchers and experts to assist SLP with K-12 curriculum planning; Trout in the Classroom service learning; Arts Integration through AIP’11

• Facilities: Beautiful upgraded Computer Lab; a new area for the GrowingGreat garden; installed and implemented over $30,000 worth of technology in the classrooms, including Epson Brightlink interactive projectors, Elmo document cameras, laptop computers, portable LCD projectors, and iPods

• $620,000 in Grants: K12 JLP/SLP FLAP grant; CCEF grants for music, technology; PTA Healthy Lifestyles grant; PTA Multicultural grant

• Community Support: International Spanish Academy support through the Education Offi ce of the Spanish Consulate; hundreds of books donated by the Mexican Consulate

• Public Recognition: Celebrating 40 years of Immersion in Culver City, the longest- running immersion program in the nation

El Marino Language School

• Implementation of intensive academic

interventions in reading and mathematics

using the Success Maker Program beyond

the school day• Third year implementation of the Latino

Family Literacy Program for parent

education• California Distinguished School

• Title I Achievement Award

• Math+Music, the M.I.N.D. Institute

program teaching math problem solving through computer

games and piano keyboarding

• Actors’ Gang – a drama program where students work with the

likes of Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins in learning

the basics of acting

• Accelerated Reader

• STAR after-school enrichment program

• Teaching Artists Program

• 5th Grade Ballroom Dancing Program

• Spanish Immersion

La BallonaElementary School

• 2010 Honor Roll School (California Business for Education

Excellence)• SuccessMaker Club Intervention and

Enrichment (Before and After School)• School Families and Cross-age Buddy

Reading Program• Extended Day FAAST Classes providing enrichment (Art, Music, Science,

Soccer, Dance, Chess, Lego Engineering, Musical Theatre)• Music Programs for every grade level Provided by Fan Club• Math Olympiad (2nd Place 2010-11)• Organic Garden and Growing Great Program• Technology Tools in Classrooms (LCD players and Document Cameras)• Art Studio, Art Consultant, and Arts Integration Program• High Parent Involvement (Artworks, Family Movie Nights, Fiesta Bingo, Science Fair, Book Fairs, Assembly Programs, Active Fan Club, Family Sports Day, Jog-a-thon, Career Day) • Before School Chorus, Beginning and Advanced Bells, Student Council • API 932 and Similar School Ranking 10

Farragut Elementary School

• Enhanced the focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)• NASA Explorer School• State-of-the-Art Science Lab• GrowingGreat organic garden program• New iMac Computer Lab• 5:1 student-to-computer ratio• Arts Integration Program• Science, Math, and Literacy Nights• STAR after-school enrichment program• Chess Tutors• Mad Science• Young Story Tellers• Family Center• Family movie nights• SuccessMaker intervention and enrichment computer program

El Rincon Elementary School

Academic• Teachers working in Professional

Learning Communities• Technology in Classrooms- SMART

Boards and document cameras• Instructional Aides in Kindergarten

Classes• Math Olympiads, Grades 4-5• Teachers trained in Supplemental

Singapore Math Strategies

• Assemblies• Standards-Based Field Trips• Egg Drop• SuccessMaker Computer Program

Intervention • Enrichment Classes- Fee Based and

Subsidized• Homework Help Classes• Science Fair• SuccessMaker Computer Intervention

Enrichment• Big Buddies• Student Council School Spirit Days• Book Fairs• Chess Tutors

Character Education• Character Counts!• REACH Anti-Bullying Campaign

• Student Council

• Service Learning Projects- Trout in the Classroom and Ballona Wetlands

Environmental Awareness• Safe Routes to School Grant Funded

(nearly $450,000)

Linwood E. Howe Elementary School

www.zeidman4ccusd.com

VOTE ON NOVEMBER 8✓Scott Zeidman for CCUSD Board of Education

Paid for by the Committee to Elect Zeidman for CC School Board 2011, FPPC #1301065 John Kuechle, Treasurer 10733 Ranch Road, Culver City, CA 90230

Current and Former Elected Officials*State Senator Curren Price*

State Assembly Member Holly Mitchell* Mayor Mehaul O’Leary*

Vice Mayor Scott Malsin* Councilman Andy Weissman*

Councilman Christopher Armenta* Councilman Jeff Cooper*

Mayor Richard Ross Brundo Mayor Alan Corlin

Mayor David Hauptman Mayor Paul Jacobs

Mayor Sandra Levin Mayor Paul Netzel

Mayor Jozelle Smith City Treasurer Crystal Alexander

CCUSD Board Member Steven Gourley* CCUSD Board Member Kathy Paspalis* CCUSD Board Member Patricia Siever* CCUSD Board Member Karlo Silbiger* CCUSD Board President Olga Connolly CCUSD Board President Saundra Davis

CCUSD Board President Madeline Ehrlich CCUSD Board President Bob Knopf

CCUSD Board President Dana Russell *current elected official

Current and Former Appointed Officials Jon Barton Jerry Chabola

Tom Cho Michael Cousineau Vicki Daly Redholtz Charles Deen

Susan Deen John Derevlany Lloyd Dixon Paul Ehrlich

Goran Eriksson Dan Gallagher Maryann Greene James Harris Luther Henderson Rick Hudson

Jeanette James Ronnie Jayne Marianne Kim John Kuechle Vince Motyl Chip Netzel

Richard Ochoa Anthony Pleskow Steve Reitzfield Neil Rubenstein

Judy Scott Jay Sherry Mike Snell Laura Stuart

Elaine Struhl Paul Struhl Marcus Tiggs Mike Whitaker Scott Wyant Catherine Yanda

Sharon Zeitlin L.A County Democratic Club

To see the hundreds of other supporters, visit http://zeidman4ccusd.com/ http://zeidman4ccusd.com/

Groups and Organizations � Co-chair, Measure EE Committee � All CCUSD School PTAs (Council PTA

Honorary Service Award Recipient) � Culver City High School Booster Club

(Distinguished Community Service Award Recipient)

� Culver City Sister City’s Committee, Board Member

� Culver City Education Foundation � Culver City Friends of the Library � Community Advisory Panel, Baldwin Hills

CSD re: Plains Exploration (PXP) � Culver City Democratic Club � Culver City Little League, Volunteer Coach

http://zeidman4ccusd.com/[email protected]

310-925-8207

Paid for by the Committee to Elect Zeidman for CC School Board 2011, FPPC #1301065

John Kuechle, Treasurer 10733 Ranch Road, Culver City, CA 90230

RE-ELECTSCOTT ZEIDMAN

Culver City Board of Education

Tuesday, November 7

BECAUSE OUR KIDS DESERVE THE BEST!

Supporters (partial list)

Current and Former Elected Officials*State Senator Curren Price*

State Assembly Member Holly Mitchell* Mayor Mehaul O’Leary*

Vice Mayor Scott Malsin* Councilman Andy Weissman*

Councilman Christopher Armenta* Councilman Jeff Cooper*

Mayor Richard Ross Brundo Mayor Alan Corlin

Mayor David Hauptman Mayor Paul Jacobs

Mayor Sandra Levin Mayor Paul Netzel

Mayor Jozelle Smith City Treasurer Crystal Alexander

CCUSD Board Member Steven Gourley* CCUSD Board Member Kathy Paspalis* CCUSD Board Member Patricia Siever* CCUSD Board Member Karlo Silbiger* CCUSD Board President Olga Connolly CCUSD Board President Saundra Davis

CCUSD Board President Madeline Ehrlich CCUSD Board President Bob Knopf

CCUSD Board President Dana Russell *current elected official

Current and Former Appointed Officials Jon Barton Jerry Chabola

Tom Cho Michael Cousineau Vicki Daly Redholtz Charles Deen

Susan Deen John Derevlany Lloyd Dixon Paul Ehrlich

Goran Eriksson Dan Gallagher Maryann Greene James Harris Luther Henderson Rick Hudson

Jeanette James Ronnie Jayne Marianne Kim John Kuechle Vince Motyl Chip Netzel

Richard Ochoa Anthony Pleskow Steve Reitzfield Neil Rubenstein

Judy Scott Jay Sherry Mike Snell Laura Stuart

Elaine Struhl Paul Struhl Marcus Tiggs Mike Whitaker Scott Wyant Catherine Yanda

Sharon Zeitlin L.A County Democratic Club

To see the hundreds of other supporters, visit http://zeidman4ccusd.com/ http://zeidman4ccusd.com/

Groups and Organizations � Co-chair, Measure EE Committee � All CCUSD School PTAs (Council PTA

Honorary Service Award Recipient) � Culver City High School Booster Club

(Distinguished Community Service Award Recipient)

� Culver City Sister City’s Committee, Board Member

� Culver City Education Foundation � Culver City Friends of the Library � Community Advisory Panel, Baldwin Hills

CSD re: Plains Exploration (PXP) � Culver City Democratic Club � Culver City Little League, Volunteer Coach

http://zeidman4ccusd.com/[email protected]

310-925-8207

Paid for by the Committee to Elect Zeidman for CC School Board 2011, FPPC #1301065

John Kuechle, Treasurer 10733 Ranch Road, Culver City, CA 90230

RE-ELECTSCOTT ZEIDMAN

Culver City Board of Education

Tuesday, November 7

BECAUSE OUR KIDS DESERVE THE BEST!

Supporters (partial list)

Because our kidsdeserve the best!

Dear Friend,

My name is Scott Zeidman, and I’m proud to be serving as the current President of the Culver City Unifi ed School District Board of Education.

I’ve been on the Board for four years and I ask for your support for a second term.Take a few minutes to look through my website. You’ll fi nd information on my background, of course, but more importantly, you can read about how far our schools have come in recent years. We’ve accomplished a great deal and, despite the challenges we have faced, our Schools are stronger than ever. It’s been exciting to be a part of these positive changes, and I’d like to continue working on behalf of our children and our community. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.

Best Regards,

Scott


• Out of 245 School Districts and 35 County Offi ces of Education that provide preschool services, 15 districts and 1 County Offi ce of Education were selected to be featured in a recently released Report, Ready for K...Promising Preschool Practices, created by the California County Superintendents Educational Association. This report focuses on promising preschool practices in California School Districts. Culver City Unifi ed School District, Offi ce of Child Development’s Preschool programs were featured and highlighted for our excellence in instruction and pre-K preparedness. The goal of this report is to hopefully assist other districts within California to examine their efforts to serve children prior to kindergarten.

• A Preschool Instructional Assistant was selected as CCUSD’s Classifi ed Employee of the Year.

• All preschool teachers (including special education preschool) were involved in monthly Professional Development Training aimed at Curriculum Alignment and Intentional Teaching. The goal being to develop an across the board curriculum standard as a means of insuring that all children are reaching similar outcomes and student success. To advance Curriculum Alignment and Intentional Teaching, teachers went through intense monthly professional development to learn how to teach “intentionally” and develop a curriculum that supported student achievement.

• Technology: All preschool and school-age classrooms were equipped with classroom computers for staff and students.

• The Offi ce of Child Development is proud to have Lou Orr from Lakeshore Learning Materials as our Business Partner of the Year. Through his generosity, we were able to acquire free and discounted instructional materials for our program.

CCUSD Offi ce of Child Development• Closed out majority of the Department of

State Architect projects outstanding from modernization

• Conducted Solar Energy RFP• Completed roofi ng bid for Culver City

High School, Middle School and Farragut Elementary School

• Lowered the cost for copy machines at various sites saving the District thousands of dollars

• With just two emplyees in the Purchasing Department, we are proud to say that we manage the process and keep accurate records of all the purchase requisitions, Xerox orders and postage requests, and keep our staff and vendors happy

Purchasing


• Installed new iMac computers in every El Rincon classroom.

• El Rincon computer lab – 30 new iMacs installed to replace all old computers.

• SuccessMaker system is now installed for LinHowe, La Ballona, Farragut, El Rincon and we are about to install it for the Middle School. We are also adding a function to Farragut to allow at home access for their students.

• We are installing more and more interactive Smart Screens (Epson Brightlink) in elementary school classrooms.

• The new high-speed internet connection for Culver City High School and Middle School is allowing much smoother online access for teachers and students.

• We started using electronic/online report cards for elementary schools.• We implemented the state’s CALPADS program and successfully certifi ed

all schools.

Information Technology• Addition of 14 new computers to the Culver City High School library• Addition of hundreds of new library books at all schools through donations from Rita Zide and Access Books • Completion of the library rotation schedule at the elementary schools• Completion of the Culver City High School health textbook adoption • Completion of the K-8 ELD instructional materials pilot• Signifi cantly increased the number of students/classes serviced at the Culver City High School and Culver City Middle School libraries

• Running a smooth 2010-2011 Culver City High School/Culver City Middle School registration with the smallest crew we’ve ever had

• Updating the Culver City Middle School library with new paint, frames, plants and the beautiful artwork donated by Carmen Patty and the PTSA

Library Services

• Establishment of a Special Education Leadership Team to assess all district special education programs and student needs

• Weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings with all staff members to create a proactive approach in developing appropriate IEPs

• Organization of three District Advisory Committee meetings with parent trainings

• Organization of staff training in the area of 504 Plans

• Planning and development of a Transition Program for ages 18 – 22 for Fall 2011

• Planning and development of a Learning Center Model for special education students at CCMS – Fall 2011

• Planning and development of a fi ve hour Pre-K Special Day Class Program – Fall 2011

• Completion of the fi rst phase of the Special Education Self-Review process for 2010-2011

• Development of positive, collaborative IEP meetings with parents, advocates and attorneys

Department of Special Education


• Implemented “Being a Writer” at a third Title I elementary school.

• Planned Wednesday early release professional development for teachers.

• Completed the Elementary Online Report Card.

• Recognized nationally as a District that responds to bullying:o Anti-Bullying Task Force – Year 3o Olweus Bullying Prevention Program – pilot at El Rincono Caring School Communities curriculum K-5

• Selected for the 2nd year for an Arts Integration Partnership with the Los Angeles Music Center.

• Completed the Comprehensive Master Plan for English Language Development.

• Updated the Local Education Agency (LEA) plan.• Partnered with UCLA researchers to provide a grant funded summer

school class in remediation math.

Educational Services

• Provided assistance and referrals to CCUSD homeless and foster youth, and those living with caregivers.

• Developed and conducted in-services for school attendance clerks and administrators who deal with enrollment, attendance, and custody issues; provided ongoing assistance to sites throughout the year.

• Responded to hundreds of phone calls from parents/guardians and prospective parents/guardians regarding the enrollment and permit process.

• Pupil Services, in collaboration with elementary schools, provided Kindergarten Information Nights for prospective parents. Held Interdistrict Permit Workshops, assistance and support to parents through the application and appeal processes.

• Pupil Services informed secondary parents of new Tdap booster vaccine requirement and provided two immunization clinics at the CCMS/CCHS Nurse’s Offi ce.

• Kept abreast of new legislation affecting Pupil Services issues and advocated for policies that would benefi t CCUSD and its students.

• Addressed concerns and complaints of parents/guardians and provided referrals as necessary.

• Prepared revisions of Board Policies and Administrative Regulations for Board review.

• Provided assistance to district administrators, especially with regard to enrollment, permit, suspension and expulsion procedures and policies.

• Processed records requests of current and former CCUSD students.

Pupil Personnel Services Department

• Cathy Arias, CCHS Class of 2009, worked

throughout the summer as a summer

intern. Cathy assisted us in building

our Nutritional Information data base

by obtaining and cataloging all product

information.• Hosted a Central Kitchen tour for

FoodService Immersion. FoodService

Immersion conducts instruction for food

service professionals who don’t normally get out of their corporate offi ce

to see what is going on in “the real world.” The attendees included the

Brand Manager from Heinz North America, Marketing Manager and

Director of Marketing from MWV (a food packaging company), Manager

of Consumer Insights from ConAgra Foodservice, and Sales Strategy

Manager of Distribution, Director of Sales, Planning & Strategy and Vice

President of Sales, Planning & Strategy from Campbell Soup Company.

• Hosted individual cafeteria tours at each elementary school as well as

Central Kitchen tours for parents of Healthy Schools Culver City.

• Increased the number of “scratch” prepared entrée choices at the

elementary sites and successfully implemented “Meatless Mondays.”

• You can know what is served at both elementary and secondary schools

daily by following “cclunchlady” on twitter.

Food Service

AVPA is pleased and honored to announce the appointment of Justin Lujan to the position of Creative Director of Theatre for AVPA. No stranger to our program, Justin has been teaching classes in the theatre department over the last two years. A native of Denver, Justin received his B.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of Northern Colorado and M.F.A. in Acting from UC Irvine.

While in graduate school, he travelled to Korea for a cross-cultural masking collaboration with the Korean National University of the Arts in Seoul. He also created and co-wrote an original hip hop one-man show that he has since been performed at various Los Angeles venues, including REDCAT Studio at the Disney Concert Hall.

“After teaching this talented group of students for the past two years, as well as serving as vocal and movement coach on two award-winning productions (Nicholas Nickleby and The Laramie Project), I am pleased to be leading this amazing theatre program as Creative Director!” Justin said.

AVPA Names New Creative DirectorCULVER CITY HIGH SCHOOL Pilot Program Offers

FREE Recycling ServicesIn an effort to promote recycling in the

Culver City area, the Culver City Multi-family Recycling Pilot Program is distributing 200 FREE recycling bins (while supplies last) to condos and apartment buildings. You can receive recycling services for FREE until the end of the year, whether you already recycle or not. The program includes, free new three-cubic-yard recycling bins, a free property assessment to determine the number of bins needed, free pick-up service, and free replacement of old recycle bins with the program’s new recycle bins. In addition, when you sign up for the Culver City Recycling Program you can receive free materials such as, recycling totes, indoor mini-bins, outdoor site signs, brochures and posters, but supplies are limited and going quick. You can visit culvercity.org/recycle to view and submit the Multi-Family Recycling Program sign-up form or contact Paula Combs at [email protected] or call (562) 597-0205 for additional information.

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Parents and others visiting the CCUSD Office of Child Development, Culver City Middle School Culver City High School and Farragut Elementary School should be aware that drivers are no longer allowed to make a left turn into the CCMS/Farragut parking lots from Farragut Avenue.

In order for drivers to get into the parking lot, they must travel down Elenda Street and enter through the driveway closest to the Middle School (see accompanying photo). Drivers can travel straight through between CCMS and the natatorium to drop off students. They can only exit, however, through the driveway closest to Farragut. When drivers exit, they can only turn right onto Farragut.

“We are aware that these new turn restrictions will take some getting used to, but they have been implemented by the city with the cooperation of CCUSD to make the area safer for drivers and pedestrians and to make the student drop-off process more efficient,” said Superintendent Patricia Jaffe. “Thank you, in advance, for paying close attention to these new restrictions.”

As an easy guide to these new restrictions, please take note of the following:

Parking Information• School employees and adult school students have

priority for parking in the CCMS/Farragut Elementary parking lots. We currently DO NOT have enough parking spaces to accommodate the nearly 300 employees and students that use these lots. We have designated 8 spaces as visitor parking to at least provide some area for parents and other visitors.

• Parent volunteers can park in the street directly in front of Farragut Elementary between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

• Parents can park in the designated visitor parking spaces (8 spaces) located directly behind the natatorium. There is a 1-hour time limit for visitor parking.

• Permit parking violations will not be enforced between 7 and 9 a.m., and after 4 p.m. There is no parking enforcement on the weekends.

• Citations will be issued for all non-permit violations (parking in the red; double parking; not parking in a

designated space, etc.) between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday – Friday.

• Parents ARE allowed to pull into the rear parking (we strongly encourage this) lot to pick up and drop off their children. If a parent wishes to park and escort his/her child onto campus, they may park in any undesignated parking space between 7 and 9 a.m. without a permit. If they intend to be on campus later than 9 a.m. they must move their vehicle to a visitor’s space or to the street.

Traffic/Signage Information• Left Turn Signage:The signs posted on Farragut indicating no left turn into

the school parking lots and the sign restricting left turns out of the school driveway closest to Farragut Elementary were installed by the City of Culver City, not the Culver City Unified School District. Your comments regarding the “left turn” issue are being forwarded to the City.

• Traffic Congestion:Employees and parents using Elenda to enter the school

complex that have never used this route before think that the traffic congestion is caused by the City not allowing left turns from Farragut. This not the case. The traffic congestion on Elenda has always been a problem, as has the traffic on Huron from Culver Blvd. to Braddock.

The issue of students crossing the street wherever they choose is not a new, and certainly was not caused by the changes in the parking lot or the turning restrictions implemented by the City. Unfortunately, students have been doing this for years and this is a safety issue that needs to be addressed.

CCUSD in an attempt to address the safety issues with students crossing the street and excessive vehicle traffic, made the following requests/suggestions to the City/Police Department:

• Provide traffic control officers on Elenda at Farragut, Franklin, and Garfield to control the flow of students through the crosswalks and the flow of vehicles.

• The Culver City Police Department will authorize and assist CCUSD in training our Security Officers to direct traffic.

• Have new crosswalks painted on Elenda at Franklin & Garfield.

The City of Culver City, like many other public entities, has been facing budget cuts and is unable, at this time, to fulfill our requests. The City has been collaborating with CCUSD on a Safe Routes to School grant that could, eventually, provide funds to address some of these concerns.

If you have any questions regarding permit parking in the Farragut/CCMS parking lot, please contact Ted Yant, CCUSD Security Supervisor, at [email protected]

New Traffic Flow Restrictions in PlaceTRAFFIC UPDATE

NEW TRAFFIC FLOW – The image above shows the new traffic flow for pick-up and drop-off at the Elenda school complex.

Front and Center Kicks Off New Year

different techniques and mediums including figure drawing, gesture drawing, still life, landscape, oil paintings and much more.

Sony Pictures Entertainment provided 10 AVPA art students full scholarships to attend college preparation classes at Otis College of Art and Design for the summer session including: Javier Diaz, Suranga DeSilva, Stephanie Hsu, Emma Juncosa, Madeine Leist, Simone Miller, Delva Reyes, Amy Wong, Emily Wood, and Kelly Yeo.

Each semester, AVPA art students enroll into college-level art classes designed to create a professional portfolio including Digital Photography, Observational Drawing, Digital Imaging, Life Drawing, and Advanced Drawing. Students who plan to attend an art school in the future experience first-hand what is expected from taking classes at Otis.

“As a sophomore in high school, I am lucky to have these college-level classes made available to me,” said Stephanie Hsu. “Each class provides me the instruction for learning advanced skills in art and brings me to the next level in understanding who I am as an artist and eventually what I will become as a professional artist in my future.”

Academy Visual Artist Edna Vogel-Amezcua, who is now a senior, was fortunate to have earned a summer scholarship at Art Center College of Design’s Saturday High program in Head

Drawing.“I’m so grateful that I was given the

chance to attend this class for free,” she said. “If it hadn’t been for this scholarship, I would not have been able to gain all the new knowledge that I learned from taking a class at Saturday High.”

Edna has also received another full scholarship to attend Saturday High during the fall semester in Figure Drawing. Saturday High is designed to provide challenging art classes to high school students. The program focuses on students who are serious about pursuing an occupation in the art and design field.

AVPA Co-Director, Kristine Hatanaka, said she was proud of her students’ accomplishments.

“AVPA art students work hard to achieve what they do each year,” she said. “Once given an artistic challenge, it’s up to each of them to decide how far they will develop their creativity. Because of the continued support from Sony Pictures Entertainment and so many creative organizations and colleges, my Academy art students are provided unique an unimaginable ways to be creative.”

AVPA Art student Mohammad Chowdhury and recent AVPA graduate Mina Martinez received full scholarships of $1,500 from the California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) at CalArts this summer. Isabel Bennett, Charlotte Sabet and Kate Johannesen were also

accepted to CSSSA, an intensive four-week summer program held at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), a fully acccredited institution of higher learning in the visual, cinematic, and performing arts.

The California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) is a rigorous pre-professional training program in the visual and performing arts, creative writing, animation, and film for talented artists of high school age.

CSSSA provides a supportive environment in which students develop and acquire skills and explore new techniques and ideas for an intense and exciting learning experience. Its purpose is to provide a training ground for future artists who wish to pursue careers in the arts and entertainment industries in California.

“I am very thankful for having the opportunity to attend CSSSA 2011,” said AVPA senior Mohammad Chowdhury. “Not only did I learn and grow as an artist, but I also grew as a person. I’m ready to pursue my goals as an artist with the focus and determination necessary to achieve all that is possible as a professional artist.”

Mohammad’s series of classes consisted of painting, design, drawing, digital media, and sculpture.

In addition, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art selected five AVPA visual artists from a highly competitive pool of applicants for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s High School Internship

Program for the 2011-2012 school year.Those students – Michelle Bac, Marilyn

Liu, Edna Vogel-Amezcua, Azalie Welsh and Emily Wood – will each participate in a year-long program focused on LACMA collections and specialized exhibitions.

Each student will gain the expertise of working in a professional museum in one of the most impressive museums in Los Angeles to learn new ways of expressing themselves.

“The incredible connections I have been able to make in the art world through the internship program at LACMA have presented me with so many chances to expand my knowledge and involvement in the visual arts, and I am really grateful for every one of these opportunites,” said second-year LACMA intern Azalie Welsh.

About the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts: The Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) at Culver City High School has been inspiring and empowering students to build a compassionate, creative community through innovative and challenging arts education since 1996. AVPA enjoys tremendous support from Sony Pictures Entertainment and other area businesses as well as from the Culver City community. For more information about the Academy, go to www.avpa.org or contact Tony Spano at 310-842-4200, ext. 6094 or Kristine Hatanaka at ext. 6001.

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The Front and Center Theater Collaborative was formed to sustain and increase theatre education in CCUSD during the current economic downturn and beyond. The collaborative includes stakeholders from the Culver City Unified School District’s learning community, The Actors’ Gang, Center Theatre Group, We Tell Stories, Young Storytellers Foundation, The Culver City Education Foundation, the City of Culver City Cultural Affairs Department and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Additional supporters include, Chris and James Collins Foundation, Playa Vista, The Drown Foundation and Culver City PTA/Booster Clubs.

Here’s a snapshot of what Front and Center has been doing:

We Tell StoriesIn 2010-2011, WTS performed On Our

Feet in Open Court, an assembly program that dramatizes stories from the literacy program Open Court, for all CCUSD elementary schools. In addition, each elementary school received a professional development session from WTS founder and Master Teacher, Carl Weintraub on The WTS Method of Turning Stories into Plays and four in-class sessions for all kindergarten and first-grade classes.

In 2011-2012, WTS will perform another popular assembly program for all CCUSD elementary schools chosen by the individual school. In-class sessions for all kindergarten and first-grade classes will continue with a total of five sessions per class offered to all elementary schools and thanks to the California Arts Council a total of 12 in-class sessions offered to El Marino’s first-grade Spanish classes.

The Actors’ GangIn 2010-2011, AG’s afterschool programs

served students at La Ballona Elementary, Linwood E. Howe Elementary, Culver City Middle School and CCHS Academy of Visual and Performing Arts. In 2011-2012 AG will continue and develop the after-school program by expanding enrollment to include all CCUSD elementary schools.

In 2011-2012, in addition to continuing the AG afterschool program, The Actors’ Gang will initiate and launch the Theatre Infusion Program (T.I.P.). AG will introduce this project to the sixth-grade Social Studies students at Culver City Middle School. The AG’s teaching artists collaborate with academic teachers in regards to curriculum, and then design a specific lesson plan to infuse decided upon elements of that curriculum to our concept and practice of “Composition.”

“Composition” is an essential method of writing, research and exploration, utilized by The Actors’ Gang, in the process of creating original work.

Center Theatre GroupIn 2010-2011, through CTG’s Young

Audiences Program and Children and Family Program, CCUSD students and teachers attended performances of Venice, Circus INcognitus, The Glass Menagerie, Stories By Heart, 33 Variations and Les Miserables. Prior to each production, educators attended a conference exploring the themes and creative elements of the play using informative Educator Resources and thought-provoking Student Discovery Guides. Each performance included a pre-show introduction, a full-length production, post show discussion, and Q & A with cast members. In addition, as part of CTG’s ongoing relationship with the Culver City High School Academy of Visual & Performing Arts, CTG supported two set design residencies, one costume design residency, a film workshop and the

JAVA GALAIn 2011-2012, CTG will continue to

offer students and teachers free access to select performances at the Kirk Douglas Theatre as well as opportunities to attend other performances at the Ahmanson

Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum through their Target Young Audiences Program. Their relationship with Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual & Performing Arts also continues as they utilize their artistic resources to connect and support the AVPA curriculum in mentoring students and creating unique learning opportunities at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

Young Storytellers FoundationA recent addition to the collaborative,

YSF has already been an active member of the Culver City community. In 2010-2011, YSF offered their writing program to La Ballona, Linwood E. Howe and El Rincon. In addition, YSF facilitated a short film project with a sixth-grade social studies class and provided on-set consultation for a directing project for the Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual & Performing Arts film department.

In 2011-2012, YSF will continue their work with the three elementary schools in the fall. YSF will work closely with Culver City Middle School and Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual & Performing Arts to create future learning opportunities. The mission of the Young Storytellers Foundation is to inspire children to discover the power of their own voice.

The Culver City Unifi ed School District is pleased to welcome three new administrators to the CCUSD family and celebrate the promotion of former Farragut Principal Eileen Carroll to her new post as Assistant Superintendent – Educational Services.

In her new role, Carroll will provide leadership and support for District staff by coordinating the development, alignment, and implementation of standards, curriculum, staff development, assessment, and support services to ensure that each student meets or exceeds district standards.

She previously spent two years as principal of Farragut Elementary School and two years as Director of State and Federal Programs for Desert Sands Unifi ed School District in La Quinta.

Taking over the helm as principal at

Farragut for the 2011-12 school year is Lynn Ebora, who comes to post having spent the past two years as a fi fth-grade teacher at the same campus.

At Farragut, Ebora designed fl exible math groupings through “Universal Access in Math,” a university fi eld-based project; organized Farragut’s fi rst Mathletes Club; and coached the Math Olympiads team that won second-place in the county.

Across the way at Culver City High School, Dylan Farris takes over as principal. Farris previously spend two years as the school’s Assistant Principal, Curriculum & Guidance and three years as the school’s summer school principal.

Farris has also served as CCHS’ Assistant Principal, Attendance & Activities; Department Chair; and AVID Coordinator.

Reginald Brunson is the new principal at El Rincon Elementary School. He previously served as Assistant Director at the Watts Learning Center and principal at Crescendo Charter Prepatory Central and Crescendo Charter Academy.

Please join everyone in the District in congratulating these four outstanding dministrators as they start their new roles in the 2011-12 school year!

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What is new in your student cafés for the new school year?

First we are working our way to going and being as “green” as we can.

At the middle school and high school café’s we will no longer be serving food on Styrofoam trays, but will be plating our main dish on a durable and biodegradable plate. At the request of students we are changing the shape of our salad containers from a small square box container to make them more “shakable” when adding dressings and they will now be rectangle shaped “bottle boxes,” made from recycled bottles. We will also be packaging our fresh made sandwiches in paper wrappers, not plastic clam shell containers.

At the elementary sites we will continue our “Tap & Stack” program with our fi ve-compartment lunch trays. As you may or may not know our paper distributor, P&R Paper, in partnership with Dart, Inc., picks up our lunch trays weekly and transports them to a plant in the Inland Empire for power washing, compacting and recycling. They are then manufactured into such durable goods such as rulers and park benches.

The traditional, plastic wrapped, “spork” kit is going away. All elementary sites will have a “spork” dispenser and a handi-nap dispenser, thereby eliminating the plastic wrap, the waste of the napkin and the straw. The cutlery is also a grade 5, which means they are recyclable and the napkins are also made from recycled materials. We tested these at El Marino in June and my favorite comment came from a young man who was quite impressed with the dispenser and said we had “brought them into the future!”

With all good intentions, elementary monthly menus have only been posted on our web page with a minimal number being printed and sent to each school site for the past school year. Well after much thought, it has been decided that the menus will be printed and distributed monthly to all elementary students once again. Please look for next months’ menu during the last week of each month. It is always a fun exercise for children to read the menu and circle their favorite lunch choices so they don’t miss them!

Now that we are on the subject of menus...WOW, have I got exciting news here! Our school district applied to the Chefs Move to School Program that is sponsored by the USDA and we got matched in May! Chef Gretchen Zegarra has created two new recipes just for us!

The fi rst is a Baked Chicken Fried Rice, in which we will be substituting Edamame of chicken in order to provide a protein-rich option for all students, including vegetarians.

The second is a Three Bean Chili, which

is vegetarian and packed with nutrition-rich kidney beans, Edamame, black beans and lots of fresh vegetables and herbs. We will feature this on Friday, September 30, and serve it along side our Baked Potato or let your kids turn their Turkey Hot Dog into a Chili Dog if they so desire.

The best news of all, is that starting in October, Chef Gretchen will join us for lunch one day a month! That is, if her busy schedule permits, she will do her best to visit one café each month and make & serve lunch! Please look for your school’s dates on your monthly menu!

We are also adding new fresh fruit and vegetable salads to every salad bar. These include a Fresh Tomato and Cucumber Salad, Sunny Broccoli Salad (made with blanched fresh broccoli fl orets and orange slices with a light citrus dressing made fresh in our Central Kitchen), and a colorful Fresh Cucumber Orange Salad. Back by popular demand are the Watermelon Salad, Garden Pasta Salad and Crunchy Apple Slaw. All salads are prepared, from scratch, by our Central Kitchen staff.

New entrée choices include Spaghetti with Parmesan Cheese (some kids just don’t like marinara sauce) served as a Vegetarian option to Spaghetti & Meatballs, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, and the “LTA” Sandwich on Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin Bread (Lettuce/Tomato/Avocado) served as a vegetarian option to Taco Salad.

We will continue to prepare, from scratch, our own meat sauces for Spaghetti, Chili, Baked Potatoes, Cheesy Lasagna, Enchilada Casserole (both cheese and chicken), Chicken Fajita Tacos and Beef Tacos in addition to a new Vegetable Casserole that will be featured in September as Tuesday’s alternate Vegetarian option. Homemade Hummus will be back in October!

At the middle school and high school, we will continue to offer fresh-made pizza daily, prepared with a 51% whole wheat crust and now featuring Turkey Pepperoni. We are changing-up our Bowl offerings just a touch. On Mondays, students will now be invited to build their own Sub Sandwich or Salad Bowl, choosing from a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables and meat choices. On Wednesdays, they will be able to “Mex-It-Up” by topping off their Cilantro Rice or fresh chopped greens with hot and tender Pork Carnitas or spicy Chicken Fajitas. We will also feature our fresh pinto beans or black beans and a variety of fresh-made salsas and toppings.

Student favorites will return such as Crunchy Beef Tacos, Soft Chicken Fajita Tacos, Meatball Submarine Sandwiches and Baked Chicken. We now serve 51% whole wheat or whole grain breads wherever possible (bagels, croissants and corn tortillas being the exceptions). Breads do not contain High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS).

Our new produce supplier features an established farm to school program. Local California farmers offer the freshest varieties of seasonal fruits and vegetables available to schools. Please partner with the dedicated Food Service staff and please encourage students to never walk away from their Fresh Fruit and Salad Bar without one or more natural color on their lunch tray! We will do our part by offering the freshest seasonal fruits and vegetables available, in appealing combinations so that students won’t want to pass them up!

Please remember that we not only serve lunch but Breakfast too! Look for our Monday Morning Breakfast Cart at your school site soon. Farragut and El Marino elementary schools will be the fi rst school cafeterias to have this Monday morning “breeze-way” service, offering a quick grab ‘n go breakfast featuring whole wheat muffi n tops with whole fruit, yogurt and fruit parfaits with graham crackers or whole grain cereals.

Non-fat, 1% and Non-Fat Chocolate Milk will be available at every meal. A 4 oz. serving of fruit juice will only be available at breakfast.

Look for NEW Breakfast items!On Friday, September 30, we will be

serving up our new Breakfast Split using petite bananas, yogurt, and one additional fruit (TBA) and Sunfl ower Seeds.

We hope your students like our changes. We think they will be hits! Please ask them to tell us what they think. We will not get our feelings hurt if they tell it is “yucky” and will smile when they say it is “yummy.”

We do our very best to maintain a peanut/nut tree free cafeteria at all elementary sites. So the fact that we can now offer Sunfl ower Butter is really exciting! Look for it to be offered in late September with vegetable sticks and/or fl atbread or crackers.

PLEASE NOTE: for parents of, and students with allergy concerns: Peanut Butter sandwiches are served at the middle school and elementary schools. Please make sure that Food Service has a current physicians note regarding all food allergies.

On a fi nal note, I want to invite all parents to please share your favorite family recipes with us! It is so important that students eat nutritious meals that they enjoy and are familiar with. We will try our best to duplicate your homemade goodness, but please know that sometimes it can be diffi cult to convert your family recipe that traditionally feeds six to a kid-loved recipe that feeds hundreds!

Thank you for your continued support and know that we will continue to do our best to serve your students the best!

Bon Appetit!

School Cafés Go Green, Add Tasty ItemsCCUSD FOOD SERVICES | BY JULIE GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF FOOD SERVICE

HIGH YUMMY FACTOR! – Sonya Smith shows off the new 3-Bean Chili, which is completely vegetarian and uses both black beans and red beans in addition to Edamame as well as

fresh Napa cabbage and ginger – the “yummy” factor on this is high!

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