Geoff Maleman

Working cooperatively with the Police Dept. and the Fire Dept., Culver City High School will stage a dramatic drunken driving accident on Monday morning, complete with simulated student injuries and even a simulated death to drive home the message that drunk driving kills.

Any parents who ever have tried to provide a meal to their children that is both nutritious and delicious know that young taste buds are fickle things.

John Riordan of Riordan Plumbing, a longtime supporter of Culver City schools, has stepped up to the plate once again. Program.

Mr. Riordan is donating $1,000 to kick off the fundraising efforts to save the Culver City Middle School Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program.

More than 1,000 students from across the state are converging upon Culver City High School today, tomorrow and Sunday on for the California High School Speech and Debate Championships.

Christine Lyall of School District’s Office of Child Development has earned the Los Angeles County’s Preschool Teacher of the Year award.

Ms. Lyall will be honored 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Los Angeles County Preschool Teacher of the Year Awards ceremony at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. For information about the event and how to attend, see www.laup.net.

Volunteers at El Rincon Elementary School used their first day of spring break to spruce up the campus and kick-start the campus’s “Growing Great Garden.”

Farragut Elementary School students have critiqued and selected their best artwork to display in the 500-piece gallery art show called “Artworks!” from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, in the Helms Bakery Complex at 8723 Washington Blvd.

It was just a few days past the first day of spring, and the students of the School District’s Office of Child Development had plenty to celebrate.

The students joined District representatives in cutting the ribbon to their new greenhouse – a project that stemmed from the mind of parent Dennis Fan and blossomed into a school-wide campaign to go green.

Sixth-grade students in Sensei Margaret Tsubakiyama’s Japanese class received a visit last Friday from a really big man on campus – 350-pound sumo champion Byambajav Ulambayar.

State Schools Supt. Jack O'Connell has recognized Culver City Middle School as one of seven California schools re-designated as model middle schools in the Schools to Watch/Taking Center Stage program.