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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
A Healthy Kick-off to the School Year
Thank you to California Credit Union and Kaiser Foundation for joining with PEF to make the start of the school year brighter for PUSD teachers and staff by sponsoring this year’s PUSD All Staff Welcome Back event. The theme of this year’s event was wellness and the social-emotional reintegration of…...
Madison Academy – The Perfect Recipe for Learning
Pasadena Educational Foundation’s “Madison Academy” was summer learning at its finest. By offering academics taught in engaging ways to imbue foundational concepts and art to empower expanding minds, students were served key ingredients for unlocking understanding. Madison Academy centered on shoring up scholastics in the morning and out-of-the-box arts in…...
The AAPC’s Black History Living Museum Goes Online for 2021
by Brianna Chu | Digital Storyteller One of the African American Parent Council (AAPC)’s most beloved initiatives is the Black History Living Museum (BHLM), which debuted in May of 2019. This innovative and interactive project brings the PUSD community together through story. PUSD parent and BHLM co-chair Nicole Phoenix joined…...
What’s New
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
- PEF Celebrates the 2026 Cohort of PUSD Certified Realtors
- Leaders of Progress: Cultivating the Next Generation of Trailblazers
