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Pasadena, Calif., – The Pamela L. Girard Guest Artist/Master Class Series presents Pasadena City College Alumnus Ryan McKinny in concert on Friday, February 28, 2014, 8pm, in the Westerbeck Recital Hall, Center for the Arts, Room 140. McKinny, a bass-baritone... More »
Pasadena, Calif., – Pasadena City College scored a major victory at the 2014 PSCFA Spring Championship Speech and Debate Tournament, placing 3rd overall in the Forenscis Tournament February 21 – 23, 2014. Over 35 schools participated in the Tournament with ove... More »
[Editor’s note: Irais Acosta was shot and killed Sunday. Pasadena police subsequently identified and arrested a suspect.] It with deep sadness that I share with you the news of the death of one of our students, Irais Acosta. Irais was a first year student wh... More »
Richard L. Chinen, President of the Tournament of Roses Association, announced that Amy Wainscott, a Tournament member since 1992, was elected to the Executive Committee and will serve as President of the Tournament in 2022. Â Wainscott will provide leadership... More »
This is to update the college community and the external community on negotiations between the Pasadena Area Community College District and the Pasadena City College Faculty Association for a successor agreement to the current contract that expired on June 30,... More »
The Westridge Parents Association presented the Westridge School’s 23rd Annual Summer Opportunities Fair this past Saturday, February 8. More than a hundred schools, summer camps and academies offering everything from academic enrichment to sport clinics, in... More »
Having only one teaching method for students with varying academic needs and pacing may alienate some students and leave them behind their other classmates. Halstrom Academy has offered “customizable approach to learning” to help each student improve their gra... More »
The California Community Foundation and the College Access Foundation of California has awarded the PCC Â Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math & Science programs a $220,000 grant for scholarships and college support. “The College Access Foundation of California,... More »
Times are tough for teens. The ages between childhood and adulthood have created challenges for young people since before Romeo and Juliet. Add to that a child who is gay, and coping with not only his or her own sexuality, but the effect on those close to him,... More »
Living in Southern California, it’s not unusual that any given child seriously considers an acting career. Not just playing a tree in the spring production of “Johnny Appleseed,” but acting as a professional career, as a bus... More »
The window for families to apply to a Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) school for the 2014-2015 school year through Open Enrollment will be closing this Thursday. Open Enrollment is the district’s school of choice program that offers students the oppo... More »
Great teachers beget great teachers. Just ask Todd Crabtree, director of the new Sylvan Learning Center, recently opened in San Marino. Growing up as the youngest of four in Placentia, Todd lost his mother in the fifth grade, and found himself lost and adrift ... More »
