Over the course of a few weeks, the Pasadena Chapter of the National Charity League, Leadership Pasadena, and the Eliot ARTS PTSA volunteered their Saturday mornings to help rejuvenate the Eliot school garden for classroom use. School gardens are natural places to reinforce symbiotic community relationships. The Pasadena NCL sought…...
2022 Scholarship Celebration
2022 was a great year for scholarships! We were able to award over $113,000 to PUSD students. The following are the fantastic recipients from each school: Blair High School Blair Class of ’70 Scholarships Axel Romero Sonia Darakjian Blair Health Academy Scholarships Kasandra Valenzuela Ashley Mills Carson Scholarships James Codey…...
Thank You 2022 Youth Leaders & Interns
Thank you to the more than 130 high school and college students who joined us this summer to assist teachers and students in our 2022 Summer Enrichment Program. All volunteered an incredible amount of personal time this summer, collectively serving over 9,000 thousand hours of volunteer time in support of…...
PEF Receives Junior League of Pasadena’s Community Impact Award
Pasadena Educational Foundation is the proud recipient of the Junior League of Pasadena’s 2022 Community Impact Award. This award is given to a Community Partner who has shown their dedication to the Pasadena community and is chosen by the Junior League’s Board of Directors. The award was announced at the…...
PEF Event Raises $182,000 for PUSD Students (Media Release)
Pasadena Educational Foundation’s Celebrating Our Schools ELEVATE 2022 Event Raises $182,000 to Support Pasadena Unified Students PASADENA, CA – Pasadena Educational Foundation raised $182,000 to support scholarships, arts and music, and all of PEF’s programs and initiatives at Celebrating Our Schools ELEVATE 2022. The evening event celebrated PEF’s 50th anniversary,…...
Media Release: PEF Kicks of 2022 Summer Program
Pasadena Educational Foundation’s Summer Enrichment Program Kicks-off a Fun-filled Summer of Learning and Exploration More than 1,000 students show up for the first day of the 5-week program. PASADENA, CA – Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF) Summer Enrichment Program is off to a great start with more than 1,000 students showing…...
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…...
What’s New
Eaton Fire Response Fund: Community Update- Turning Pages, Opening Minds: PEF Teacher Grants Bring Books to Life
- PEF Volunteers Unite to Support Altadena Arts Magnet’s New Campus
- Community Support Shines at PUSD’s “Reopen, Restore, Rebuild & Rise” Event
- Responding to Crisis: PEF Volunteers Support Eaton Fire Relief at Madison Elementary
