Foundation Awards $50,000 to Pasadena Unified Teachers

A group of Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) teachers were awarded this year’s Pasadena Educational Foundation Teacher Grants on Wednesday at a reception at the Western Justice Center in Pasadena.

$50,000 in grants were awarded to 57 outstanding proposals, representing 86 PUSD educators. The grants, awarded yearly, will benefit thousands of students in Altadena, Pasadena, and Sierra Madre.

This year, a special award was presented in honor of Jarratt Brunson, one of the founders of the Pasadena Educational Foundation and responsible for initiating the PEF Teacher Grant Program. The award will be presented to the proposal that best reflects Jarratt’s passion for reading and early literacy.

A full list of the 2013-14 PEF Teacher Grants can be found online at http://www.pasedfoundation.org/teachers/teacher-grant-program/2014grants

For more information, visit http://pasadenausd.org/