Sharing Coffee & Caring – PEF’s Latest Community Engagement Forum
The call went out to our community partners with gusto: Come share breakfast and coffee – Zoom free! For the first time since February 2019, Pasadena Educational Foundation held its Community Engagement Forum in person at the Pasadena Unified School District Ed Center. PEF Board VP of Community Engagement, Del…...
PUSD Awarded Third Federal Magnet Grant
Grant Expands Innovative Programs for Elementary and Middle School Students Pasadena, CA – The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) has been awarded a $15 million Magnet School Assistance Program (MSAP) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create and expand three new or revised magnet programs. This is the…...
PUSD Proud Update: Ethnic Studies Recognized by UC System
A team of Pasadena Unified School District experts has been recognized by the University of California for the establishment of an Ethnic Studies course in our high schools. The course was created to broaden the perspective of American history available to our students and was funded in part by grants…...
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…...
Building Bridges and Championing Art in Our Community
Recently Blair High School’s International Academy students studied with writer/visual artist Sehba Sarwar about the history of immigrant communities and race issues in the Pasadena area. Their studies culminated in the creation of original art related to their own personal experiences as refugees, immigrants, descendants of immigrants, and members of…...
PEF Receives $10,000 PCF Emergency Response Grant
Thank you Pasadena Community Foundation for providing COVID-19 Response grants to support our Pasadena Unified School District students and families experiencing extreme hardship from the economic, social, and physical impact of the COVID-19 crisis. This week the PUSD Families in Transition office began to disperse eggs, milk, and cheese from…...
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What’s New
Hodis Learning & Music Donates $1,500 to Pasadena Educational Foundation- LA Chargers helps PUSD Football Charge into the New Year
- Scholarships of Hope: Celebrating the Class of 2025
- Uniqlo and Fast Retailing’s Contribution to Fire Relief Efforts
- Rising Together: PEF celebrates the new school year with PUSD
