ABOUT US | CheremoyaFoundation

ABOUT THE CHEREMOYA FOUNDATION

The Cheremoya Foundation (CF) is an area-wide movement of parents and community supporting historic Cheremoya Elementary School, located below the Hollywood Sign.

Founded in 2009,

A non-profit 501(c)(3), Cheremoya Foundation is run by volunteers who commit their time and resources to support students, teachers, and administration. Funds raised support student enrichment classes such as computer coding, gardening, PE, and more including campus improvement and historic building maintenance projects.

The Cheremoya Foundation is open to anyone interested in joining. $10 annual dues for base membership, with a variety of additional contribution levels and categories in which to participate.

The board is comprised of effective leaders from every segment of the area demographic.

BOARD MEMBERS*

Executive Board:
Rachel Harvey – President

Lacey Mitchell – Vice President

** – Treasurer

** – Secretary

Directors:

Anne Seabright & ** – Directors of Events

** – Director of After School Programs

Laura Rocchio – Director of Design

** & ** – Directors of Parent Outreach

** – Director of Campus Greenery

**Needs to be filled

Do you have time to volunteer? If so, please contact us.

We partner with local groups:

Academics and the arts
Physical education (Got Game Sports), nutrition and environment.
Additional languages, math & science
After school programs and expansion opportunity in all fields.
Literacy, comprehension, writing
Capital improvements, endowment, and additional personnel funding via Hollywood Arts Council, Enrich LA, Hollywood Orchard, and Hollywood United Neighborhood Council (HUNC).

Our History

Nestled below the iconic Hollywood sign off the streets of Franklin Avenue and Beachwood Drive, Cheremoya Avenue Elementary has been Hollywood's community school for over a 100 years. Cheremoya opened just 10 years after Hollywood was annexed to Los Angeles and only two years after the Los Angeles Aqueduct started supplying water to the area. The school's name comes from the surrounding agricultural area when in the late 1800s to early 1900s orange groves, pineapples and cherimoya trees lined the hills of Beachwood Canyon. There are two cherimoya trees on the school's campus today.