Pasadena Educational Foundation

PEF: Recovery Through Education is Pasadena Educational Foundation’s initiative to support students, families, and educators affected by the Eaton Fire. By channeling aid through our marquee programs, teacher grants and our Summer Enrichment Program, we are helping the PUSD community recover, rebuild, and rise. With over 50 years of experience and deep roots in the community, PEF is uniquely positioned to ensure resources reach those most in need and to restore opportunity through the power of education

Learning outdoors is widely recognized as an integral part of all children's education and development, and yet most students in LA County, especially those in low-income communities -- lack access to regular, structured outdoor activities in school. Pasadena Educational Foundation and the Pasadena Unified School District propose to take our existing programs, currently engaging many students in some grades at most schools, and expand them into a sequential curriculum that will give every PUSD student in TK-12 equity in outdoor education.

Empowering Voices Through Digital Literacy is an initiative within Pasadena Unified School District's (PUSD) Twilight Adult School (TAS) program that will integrate digital tools to strengthen adult literacy by combining traditional curriculum with apps, podcasts, and hands-on digital training. This program will empower adults to navigate job searches, access healthcare, support their children’s education, and fully participate in a digital society, completely unlocking opportunity through literacy and innovation.

Learning outdoors is widely recognized as an integral part of all children's education and development, and yet most students in LA County -- especially those in low-income communities -- lack access to regular, structured outdoor activities in school. Pasadena Educational Foundation and the Pasadena Unified School District propose to take our existing programs -- currently engaging many students in some grades at most schools -- and expand them into a sequential curriculum that will give every PUSD student in TK-12 equity in outdoor education.

The APP Academy is a four-year computer science education program where high school students learn mobile, web and game development through real-world, inquiry-based, hands-on projects.