Recently employees from our many Pasadena-area Starbucks stores volunteered to support the efforts of Pasadena Educational Foundation and Pasadena Unified School District to advance food equity and offer more green spaces for our children. Starbucks staffers from around the area stepped up to serve with PEF at several events. That’s…...
Giving Tuesday: Thank you for 50 years of support!
On this Giving Tuesday, we thank you for all that you have made possible for our Pasadena Unified students and teachers. Throughout our 50 year history of supporting our schools, the generosity of our donors, volunteers, and partners has strengthened and inspired us. We begin our next 50-years as we began our first;…...
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…...
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…...
Celebrating International Literacy Day with Donation of 14,000 New Books
Pasadena Tournament of Roses and PEF Kick off Distribution of Books Donated by The UPS Store Efforts emphasize importance of literacy on International Literacy Day PASADENA, Calif. (September 8,2021) –Today, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses celebrated International Literacy Day by starting the month-long distribution of 14,000 books generously donated by…...
Teacher Grant Flashback: Coding for Every Age with the First Graders of Sierra Madre Elementary
by Brianna Chu As the 2021-2022 school year begins back on campus, our wonderful PUSD teachers are heading back into the classroom to innovate, create, and inspire. To celebrate our visionary teachers, here is a flashback to a fantastic Teacher Grant from the 2018-2019 school year: In today’s technology-packed world,…...
