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Partnerships

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…...

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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…...

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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…...

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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…...

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March 2021 Volunteers of the Month – Our Partners

A lot of good work has been done in the last year by Pasadena Educational Foundation for our community. Yet, we couldn’t have done it without the dedicated support of our partners. Together we’ve helped Pasadena Unified School District families in new and countless ways – from serving meals and…...

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Doing Good Work Together: Tournament of Roses

It was 1936 – the height of the Great Depression. Fordham University senior football player, Vince Lombardi, was having a rough season. Several of his teeth were knocked out in a game against Pitt; a game that ended in a tie. An unexpected loss to NYU erased all dreams of…...

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Celebrating Community Wins: A Spotlight on PUSD’s African-American Parent Council

The African-American Parent Council (AAPC) has been a Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) school board chartered parent group since 2010. The council works to offer solutions to close the achievement and opportunity gap between students and support students’ academic achievement. Fueled purely by their sheer passion, the AAPC has launched…...

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Gardens Are For Learning

How many Zoom meetings have we attended over the last year with messy hair and unruly eyebrows? Being locked inside isn’t good for personal maintenance. But did you realize the same overgrowth was happening outside… in our school gardens? With no one to look after their beds, weeds have grabbed…...

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Storytime to Delight: Read Across Pasadena 2021

Nothing has the power to lift spirits and open minds like great stories. And Read Across Pasadena 2021 was full of wonderful stories, opened minds, and lifted souls. This annual celebration of reading is something both students and readers look forward to each year – a dedicated storytime to delight…...

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C is for Cookies and Clinic Workers

“I think baking cookies is equal to Queen Victoria running an empire. There’s no difference in how seriously you take the job, how seriously you approach your whole life.” – Martha Stewart Greenleaf Chop Shop takes its job seriously –  that’s why they make such delicious fresh food. So when…...

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