Ryan Liu, a Pasadena City College summa cum laude student who will be delivering the valedictory address at this Friday’s commencement ceremony, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. A po... More »
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Brian McDonald, Ed.D. has named Lori Touloumian as the principal of Eliot Arts Magnet Middle School, pending board approval. She has served as the school’s interim principal since January. The announcement... More »
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced Pasadena Unified’s Marshall Fundamental School was among 193 middle schools and 180 high schools honored under the state’s new Gold Ribbon Schools Awards Program. “These schools are acade... More »
Roy Boulghourjian, Patrick Cahalan and Larry Torres were sworn into office Monday as new members of the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education at the board’s annual organizational meeting Monday. All three board members were elected to offi... More »
Shea Properties announced today that they have awarded a $100,000 grant to Ramona Convent Secondary School, a private college preparatory school for young women grades 9-12 in Alhambra, California. The generous donation will provide for significant technology ... More »
College Access Plan (CAP), a Pasadena nonprofit that provides free programs in college preparedness and success, has had the honor of supporting hundreds of underserved students who attend Pasadena’s public schools as they reach for their college dreams. ... More »
Pasadena High School Nuclear Nonproliferation Club (PHSNNC) members Amadea Tanner and Kyle Espiritu along with club advisor and Pasadena High School (PHS) Assistant Principal Andrew King recently traveled to Hiroshima, Japan to present and participate in the 2... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) recognized the beginning of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 1918 with the passage of Resolution 2314 by the PUSD Board of Education at its March 26, 2015 meeting. History teachers are also incorporating meaningful... More »
The Pasadena Education Network (PEN) is pleased to announce that in May 2015, the inaugural Rodney E. Goodwin Memorial Scholarship will be awarded. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to one John Muir High School boy who will enroll in a 4-year college in t... More »
This past year, students from Altadena’s Eliot Arts Magnet together with Mayfield Junior School students engaged with The Huntington Library on a two-month collaborative venture that yielded the artwork you see above — as well as other surprising results. Thro... More »
Dr. Rajen Vurdien, president of Fullerton College, has been selected to become Pasadena City College’s 15th superintendent – president at a Sunday afternoon meeting of the Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees. The decision comes after thr... More »
Aveson Charter Schools has garnered national attention for its personalized learning approach through a new book titled, Learning Personalized: The Evolution of the Contemporary Classroom. The book, co-authored by educational consultants Allison Zmuda, Greg Cu... More »
