To honor those who serve as the heart of our public schools, Pasadena Educational Foundation kicked off it’s 50th year with a “Thanks to You BBQ” hosted by Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Brian McDonald. A native of Jamaica, Dr. McDonald and his barbecue team grilled up jerk chicken for…...
Introducing the ArtCenter Design Fellowship
The Pasadena Educational Foundation is pleased to announce the second annual ArtCenter Design Fellowship in partnership with ArtCenter College of Design, ArtCenter Extension (ACX), and the Pasadena Unified School District. This opportunity introduces teachers to design-based thinking and a number of art and design disciplines that can be used in…...
Training America’s Next Generation of AI Leaders
The Pasadena Educational Foundation, Caltech, and JPL teamed up with the Mark Cuban Foundation to host a free, 4-week Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp for Pasadena Unified high school students. Program was held at the Caltech campus and featured special guest speakers and lab exercises conducted by JPL mentors: Valentino Constantinou, Chris…...
School Harvests: A Farm to School Update
By Brianna Chu Farm to School is a Pasadena Unified School District commitment to sourcing locally grown fruits and vegetables in PUSD school meals. This program takes advantage of the agricultural abundance of California, where we grow more than a third of the US’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits…...
School District to Pandemic Hero PEF: Thanks, Partner
PEF In the News: First published in the Oct. 21 print issue of the Pasadena Outlook. By Camila Castellanos Though the COVID-19 pandemic is not quite in the rearview mirror, the recent strides in reopening public schools and extracurricular and enrichment activities have given the Pasadena Unified School District cause…...
Learn to Code Opportunities for Summer Students
“A computer science education is literacy for the 21st century.” The Pasadena Educational Foundation is pleased to offer our PEF Summer Enrichment families some additional expanded learning opportunities this year. Students can learn to code, build new skills in literacy and math, and expand their creativity with free one-year subscriptions…...
Pasadena Educational Foundation Book Club
Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism – and, even fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. by Dr. Ann Snow Pasadena Educational Foundation Board member Professor, California State University, Los Angeles As Dr. Ibram X. Kendi…...
Teacher Grant Workshop Helps Prepare Teachers
The Teacher Grant program is one of PEF’s signature programs that has supported PUSD teachers and administrators for 50 years. The goal of our Teacher Grant Program is to help inspirational educators throughout Pasadena Unified School District take their creative projects from idea to reality by providing resources to enhance…...
What’s New
Fourteen PUSD Seniors Acquire California Seal of Civic Engagement- A Century of Service, Connected by a Shared Legacy
- PUSD Student Leadership Connects with Student Leaders Across San Gabriel Valley
- Better Together: How Two PHS Teachers Unite For Their Dance Students
- The Sound of Community: How Muir’s Puente Club is Growing Their Booth
