Congratulations to the following students who have won the Reflections contest and will move on to the district level!

Visual Arts – Primary
Dakota Salcedo
Torben Lapuente
Bodhi Shimon

Visual Arts – Intermediate
Zoey Markarian
Bennett Lee
Tie: Camden Chen & Kent Yada

Photography – Primary
Lilly Dull

Photography – Intermediate
Aaron De Kretser
Ryan Zarneke
Tie: Faust LaPuente & Roland Hoffman

Dance – Primary
Rebecca Snow

Dance – Intermediate
Avery Edelstein
Danny Smith
Sammi Smith

Music – Primary
Tommy O’Donnell
Emory Bucknell

Music – Intermediate
Colin Frank
Sammi Smith
Isla McCullough

Literature – Primary
-no one entered

Literature – Intermediate
Alani Lee
Faust Lapuente
Danny Smith

Film – Primary
Kapish Joshi
Kaila Davidson
Liam Davidson

Film – Intermediate
Sammi Smith
Danny Smith
Nola Davidson

All first place entries have been forwarded on to El Segundo Council for recognition.
We are so proud of these talented Cougars!

Please follow this link for a thorough report on plans for all El Segundo schools maintenance and improvement.

Center Street Students CLEANED UP in this year’s Rotary/ESFD Fire Safety Poster Contest taking five out of the nine top awards! This year’s CSS winners were:
Nola Davidson
Malia Kenton
Sophia Mahmoud
Molly McAndrews
Ethan Relles
Julia Zhang
Congratulations to these talented artists – and thank you to the El Segundo Rotary Club and the Firefighters for the opportunity.

Every student wins through programs funded by your donations to the El Segundo Education Foundation (Ed!). For only $34 a month ($400 a year), you will make a difference at the CSS by helping to fund elementary programs such as: CGI – Math (DIRECTV), Computer Science (Boeing), Library, Literacy Specialist Support, Physical Education (Skechers), STEM (Chevron, NRG), Art and Spanish. This year, the El Segundo Unified School District has asked the community to step up and help fund additional programs. We’ve accepted the challenge with a pledge to raise a $1.3 million grant and need your help! Make your annual donation today at www.ESEdF.org
For ‘extra credit’ become a Superintendent’s Roundtable member by donating just $100 a month. Every student wins through programs funded by your donations to the El Segundo Education Foundation (Ed!). Go to www.ESEdF.org today.

CSS has a beautiful stained glass cougar welcoming families to our school. The work was designed by Janet Read (“retired” CSS teacher and mother of Presley) and crafted by Michael “Percy” Pirsztuk of The Glass Idea Co. in El Segundo. Thank you to PTA for helping us make this a reality – and YES our cougar is sharing his habitat with a blue butterfly! We are united in nature and in our El Segundo community.

September 27th at 3 pm will be our first meeting of this school year. SSC is responsible for implementing a five goal school plan and allocating state School Improvement Program funds in a manner that will strengthen instruction and learning and further improve our school culture. It is an excellent venue to learn about the challenges Center Street faces, the strategies put in place to produce results, and the many achievements of the students, teachers and staff. All parents and teachers are welcome to our meetings and minutes are posted on our website.

A big piece of what makes our school the BEST is the commitment of our families. There are so many opportunities to volunteer at school – so if you want to become more involved, check out the PTA volunteer page: http://csspta.com/volunteer/ways-to-get-involved/ or email volunteer@csspta.com.