Pasadena Educational Foundation to Present $200,000 in Grants to PUSD Teachers at Parade Celebration



Pasadena Unified (PUSD) teachers and principals are receiving $200,000 in grants thanks to the Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF), College Football Playoff (CFP) Foundation, and Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association at this year’s PEF Teacher Grants Celebration & Parade on Wednesday, November 30, program begins at 3:30pm followed by the parade at PUSD Ed Center (351 S. Hudson Ave. Pasadena). The grants, awarded yearly, will benefit thousands of students in the public schools of Altadena, Pasadena, and Sierra Madre.

This year’s PEF Teacher Grant awardees have been invited to decorate their cars and participate in the third teacher celebratory parade in front of the PUSD district headquarters building.

This year, 189 educators will receive awards representing 120 unique proposals from every school in the district. In addition to grants directly to teachers, PEF will award 10 School-wide Project Grants, grants to the PUSD Child Welfare, Attendance and Safety Department, and Children Centers and three special awards. School-wide Project Grants are for larger focused projects. Special awards are: the Jarratt Brunson Memorial Award for Literacy honoring one of the founders of PEF responsible for initiating the Teacher Grant Program; the Kathy Onoye Principal’s Leadership Award given in honor of the former PUSD Executive Director of Elementary Education; and the Calvin Hunt Arts Award, that promotes and supports dedicated teachers enhancing arts education in PUSD. Special awards will be announced during a short program, from 3:30-4:00pm, prior to the parade.

Representatives of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, College Football Playoff Foundation, Pasadena Unified, PEF, teachers, parents, and students will be participating in this year’s celebration and parade.

 

Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF), 351 South Hudson Ave. RM 153, Pasadena, (626) 396-3625 or visit pasedfoundation.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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