Sony Pictures Entertainment First Studio to Support Verbum Dei High School Work Study Program
29 Setembro 2009 - 2:22PM
PR Newswire (US)
Studio Joins Innovative College Preparatory Program for Students of
South Los Angeles High School for the 2009-2010 School Year LOS
ANGELES and CULVER CITY, Calif., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony
Pictures Entertainment has signed on to be a corporate sponsor of
student interns from Verbum Dei High School, the renowned college
preparatory school in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
"The Verbum Dei and Sony Pictures partnership is our first student
internship entry into the entertainment business and is a very
significant opportunity for us," said William Muller, S.J.,
President, Verbum Dei High School. "Needless to say, our students
have been looking forward to this opportunity with Sony." The
internship program, which is designed to prepare high schoolers
with real world work experience while they complete their
education, began this month. Four Verbum Dei students share an
entry-level job at the Sony Pictures Entertainment headquarters in
Culver City. "We are thrilled to join this incredible program as
part of our efforts to cultivate the next generation of
entertainment professionals and support our local community," said
George Rose, Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Sony
Pictures Entertainment. "Verbum Dei has distinguished itself by
giving students the chance to get real world work experience before
they apply to college." A Catholic, college preparatory high school
located in Watts, Verbum Dei High School has implemented a
Corporate Work Study Program whereas students work one day a week
in entry level positions with local businesses to help fund their
education and gain valuable work experience. Verbum Dei boasts a
100% college acceptance rate for its graduates. Sony Pictures
Entertainment is a strong supporter of local education programs
including: the Sony Pictures Entertainment Student Diversity
Fellowship, designed to provide West Los Angeles Community College
students with an in-depth understanding of professional television
production, techniques and practices at Sony Pictures Television;
the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Community Arts
Partnership (CAP), which offers free-of-charge arts education
programs for elementary, middle school and high school students
across Los Angeles County; the Sony Pictures Media Arts Program,
part of CAP, which brings together leading technologies with top
arts professionals to offer animation instruction for middle school
students; as well as the Culver City High School Academy of Visual
and Performing Arts (AVPA), a unique program offering courses in
theater, music, art, dance and film. About Sony Pictures
Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of
Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony
Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture
production and distribution; television production and
distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide
channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and
distribution, operation of studio facilities; development of new
entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution
of filmed entertainment in more than 130 countries. Sony Pictures
Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.sonypictures.com/. DATASOURCE: Sony Pictures
Entertainment CONTACT: Ann Burkart of Sony Pictures Entertainment,
+1-310-244-3683, Web Site: http://www.sonypictures.com/
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