At a special meeting Thursday evening, Pasadena Unified School District officials delivered their most sobering financial report to date: without immediate corrective measures, the district could face annual operating deficits exceeding $30 million. Chief Busi... More »
[Updated] The Pasadena Educational Foundation announced its new Board of Directors makeup as the school year begins, expanding the nonprofit’s leadership group to advance programs across the Pasadena Unified School District. The incoming members are Steve Dar... More »
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) on Wednesday released its list of 2026 semifinalists, naming high-achieving high school juniors who will compete for approximately 6,930 scholarships totaling nearly $26 million. Winners will be announced natio... More »
College Access Plan has appointed a mayor’s deputy and a Microsoft engineer to its board as the nonprofit expands support for students displaced by fires and for immigrant families seeking higher education pathways. Vannia De La Cuba, who has served as Deputy ... More »
Pasadena Unified School District has opened the District’s third round of student elections, inviting all currently enrolled high school students to apply to run for seats in the Student Assembly and Council. This initiative seeks to ensure student voices shap... More »
Caltech graduate students Alice Jeffery and Christopher Yeh have been selected as part of the 2025 cohort of Quad Fellows. Jeffery and Yeh are among 37 students selected in 2025, the third year of the initiative started by the governments of Australia, India, ... More »
Pasadena Unified School District is providing free teletherapy services to students and their families through a new partnership with Daybreak Health, aiming to address rising mental health needs across the community. The initiative, which the District said it... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education is set to certify unaudited financial data on Thursday showing the district ended the 2024–2025 fiscal year with a deficit of more than $31 million. The filing of unaudited actuals, required annually by s... More »
ArtCenter College of Design is ushering in the fall season with a dynamic blend of public programming and immersive student orientation, transforming its Hillside Campus into a hub of creativity and community engagement. The centerpiece of the college’s “Back ... More »
ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena will honor 11 former faculty members and administrators with emeritus status at its annual awards ceremony next month. The college will recognize the educators Sept. 27 during the 2025 ArtCenter Awards. Two recipients wi... More »
Students at the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) returned to significantly improved campuses Aug. 18 as the 2025-2026 school year began. The district welcomed an estimated 13,591 students across 34 campuses that Monday. Many found their schools transfor... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District faces a projected budget shortfall of about $30 million this year, Superintendent Elizabeth Blanco told school families in a Friday night email, calling the situation “a serious and urgent challenge” that requires the commu... More »
