Pasadena Educational Foundation

There are so many ways you can support our public school community - from assisting at upcoming flu shot clinics to helping in our Farm to Table school gardens to serving meals at upcoming holiday service hours. Check out our volunteer opportunities. Opportunities are updated weekly! Learn more: http://pasedfoundation.org/volunteer/ Pasadena Unified School District Pasadena Education Pasadena Volunteers

Tag a PUSD Teacher and enter them to win a $500 gift card from the Tournament of Roses and College Football Playoff Foundation. #PUSDproud Pasadena Unified School District Rose Bowl Game

HELP NEEDED! Volunteer to protect our community. Work alongside Pasadena Public Health staff at PUSD drive-up flu shot clinics by checking forms and directing traffic. Oct. 28 & 29 at Muir High School... Nov. 4 & 5 at Pasadena High School Getting a flu vaccination is incredibly important this year. Learn more: https://pasedfoundation.org//help-at-pusd-flu-shot-clinics/ Pasadena Unified School District John Muir High School Early College Magnet Pasadena High School Bulldogs Blair High and Middle School - An IB World School Pasadena Education @vcsgv.org @Caltechy @myASPCC

The Tournament of Roses invites Pasadena Unified School District students to participate in their first-ever Día de los Muertos Masterpiece Art Competition - Entries due Oct. 28. Your masterpiece can take any shape or form as long as it celebrates, reflects, and honors the traditions of Día de los Muertos. Entries are due October 28 and winners will be announced November 2. For more information, visit www.tournamentofroses.com/about/diadelosmuertos https://youtu.be/VSS77DZP5xk Rose Parade

Our PEF Teacher Grant Committee is reading this year's exciting applications right now! Here's a look at one of the great projects we supported in the past...Melting stations to determine the melting points of elements for Roger Baar's chemistry lab class at Pasadena High School Bulldogs Full story: https://pasedfoundation.org/teacher-grants-chemistry-in-ac/ #PUSDProud Pasadena Unified School District

"Every student deserves access to high-quality, well-funded public education...your support of PEF will ensure that all of our students have access to PUSD and PEF programs that will positively impact our students during the pandemic and after they are able to return to on-campus, in-person instruction." A message from PEF Executive Director Patrick Conyers here: http://pased.org/every-student-deserves-access-to-high-qua/ #PUSDproud Pasadena Unified School District

Assist at PUSD Free Flu Shot Clinics! Volunteer alongside Pasadena Public Health staff at PUSD drive-up flu shot clinics by checking forms and directing traffic. Oct. 28 & 29 at Muir High School Nov. 4 & 5 at Pasadena High School... Getting a flu vaccination is so important this year. Help your community be a safer one this winter. Learn more: https://pasedfoundation.org//help-at-pusd-flu-shot-clinics/ Pasadena Unified School District John Muir High School Early College Magnet Pasadena High School Bulldogs Blair High and Middle School - An IB World School Marshall Fundamental Collaborate PASadena YoungandHealthy #PUSDProud

Today on this World Food Day, it’s important to remember that many of our families and friends need our support to get nourished. Our Pasadena Unified School District schools have a unique role in combating food insecurity with the help of our food service workers and community volunteers. One such hero is Marshall Fundamental student Sabrina Segura. Read more: https://pasedfoundation.org/community-heroes-combat-food-i/ #PUSDproud

Community Spotlight: Longtime PEF board member Alma Stokes is a tireless advocate for our community, who has touched and inspired everyone she meets. Alma taught at six different schools in her thirty-year career as a Pasadena Unified School District teacher, and has spent her lifetime protecting the education, health, and futures of the young members of our community, especially in northwestern Pasadena. Read & share her story: https://pasedfoundation.org/volunteer-spotlight-alma-stokes/ Alma Stokes: A Lifetime of Activism, Community, Faith, and Resilience

We are looking for volunteers to help us prepare the front of Field Elementary for new, raised garden beds. Earn community service hours and help your local schools. New afterschool hours for students! Learn more here: https://pasedfoundation.org/get-involved/volunteer/gardens/ Field Elementary PTA Pasadena High School Bulldogs John Muir High School Early College Magnet Blair High John Marshall Fundamental Secondary School Pasadena Volunteers

Thanks to our community support of PEF's Response Fund, more than 150 Pasadena Unified School District elementary and secondary teachers are participating in Creative Wellbeing: Arts, Schools, & Resilience. This program gives our teachers the tools to "help heal and inspire" by incorporating healing-informed arts strategies in classroom and campus activities; shifting the emphasis from the trauma to the healing. Full story here: https://pasedfoundation.org/pef-response-fund-in-action-ar/

Pasadena Unified School District teachers get your applications in for your 2020-21 PEF Teacher Grant. We extended the deadline until midnight tonight October 5. Apply here: https://pasedfoundation.org/.../grants.../teacher-grants/

Volunteers are needed this Monday, Oct. 5 and Thursday, Oct. 8 to distribute seed kits & art books to PUSD 3rd graders! Grab & Grow kits will include materials donated by The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Pasadena Museum of History has donated the book, "Painting the Beautiful". It will enable them to view and discuss art that reflects the history and natural beauty of our area.... SIGN UP HERE: https://pasedfoundation.org//volunte/distribute-grow-kits/ Field Elementary PTA Field Elementary McKinley School of the Arts Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet Academy Willard Elementary School, An IB World School Pasadena Unified School District Collaborate PASadena

Calling all Pasadena Unified School District teachers! Apply now for your 2020-21 PEF Teacher Grant. Deadline is October 2. Apply here: https://pasedfoundation.org/o/grants-awards/teacher-grants/