Octavia E. Butler Magnet has been named a Nationally Certified Demonstration School by Magnet Schools of America (MSA), one of only 33 in the country and the only California school selected this year. OEB also received the Merit School of Excellence Award at t... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District has scheduled a meeting for May 14 to discuss the modernization of Longfellow Elementary School, according to an announcement from the District. The meeting, set to take place from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the school auditorium... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education will meet Thursday to consider a parcel tax and bond measure for November 2024. The measures aim to generate funding for the District’s educational programs and facilities. The Board will review draft res... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District is inviting middle and high school students, parents, and caregivers to participate in a virtual town hall on Tuesday, April 23 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. to discuss sexually transmitted infections, their prevention, and treatm... More »
The unsung became the song on Sunday as the Pasadena Education Network (PEN) honored three longtime volunteers and their PEN Founders Award Honoree at their 14th annual Wine and Spirits Tasting at the Shakespeare Club. As Executive Director Nancy Rose Dufford ... More »
Ethan B. Wang, a 2020 graduate of San Marino High School, has been awarded a $33,400 Global Grant Scholarship from Rotary International to pursue a Master of Science in Population Health at the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care at University College Lo... More »
Three Caltech undergraduates, Jessie Gan, Miguel Liu-Schiaffini, and Sophia Wu, have been awarded the esteemed Goldwater Scholarship for 2024. The scholarship recognizes outstanding students and provides each recipient with $7,500 to cover tuition and expenses... More »
At the inaugural Bill Gross Business Plan Competition, aspiring entrepreneurs pitched start-up ideas to a panel of seasoned investors. In this version of Shark Tank, each team was made up of Caltech undergraduate and graduate students armed with scientific exp... More »
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses, in collaboration with Pasadena City College, welcomed nearly 500 high school and college students from across the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles to the fourth annual #ThisGen2024: A Youth Empowerment Forum on Wednesday. Th... More »
It’s that time of year again when Pasadena Unified School District is transformed by musical mania. PUSD students are staging a lineup of Broadway hits that would make even the most jaded New Yorker nod appreciatively Rehearsals, dance numbers, set building, a... More »
Since 1998, the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans have been awarded to immigrants and children of immigrants for their graduate studies in the United States. This year, the fellowship was awarded to 30 graduate students, including Abigail Jiang,... More »
Pasadena Unified announced Thursday that Kimberly Kenne, President of the Pasadena Board of Education, will deliver the annual State of the Schools address on April 30 at 6 p.m. at Octavia E. Butler Magnet School, located at 1505 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena. The... More »
