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The Culver City Unified School District expanded its K-12 music programs in 2019 thanks to strong support from the CCEF.   The district now has five music teachers who lead programs at the elementary, middle and high school levels.  At Culver City High School students can participate in the marching band, a jazz band, a…

In 2019, CCEF and the CCUSD marked ten years of supporting the Front and Center Theater Collaborative, which includes seven professional arts organizations. In 2019, more than 4,000 CCUSD students attended classes in writing, performing and improvisation. The six arts organizations in the collaborative include the 24th Street Theatre, The Actors’ Gang, Center Theatre Group,…

The CCEF sponsors a unique program that sends all fifth and eighth grade students in the CCUSD to visit local college campuses. In a typical year, some 1,100 students participate districtwide. The concept of sending elementary school students on college field trips began in 2012 at one CCUSD school. Parents and the principal realized in…