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[Updated June 30, 2011 | 3:45 p.m.] The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education announced Wednesday night that, by a unanimous vote of 7-0, it will enter into negotiations with Jon R. Gundry as the final candidate for the new Superintendent ... More »
On June 21, Hillsides Education Center hosted its graduation ceremony. HEC is a small non-public school serving not only many of the Hillsides residents, but also students from the greater Pasadena area. This year four seniors graduated. A long standing custom... More »
The Bright Futures Scholars in their graduation gowns. [Photo: Quality of Life Center, Inc.] Graduation is over and the Bright Futures Scholars have been graduated and joined the community, displaying the leadership skills gained from the Quality of Life Brigh... More »
The Senate Education Committee today advanced two higher education bills authored by Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge). The bills are designed to continue Portantino’s efforts for reform and accountability. AB 2 Higher Ed Accoun... More »
Students from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) won a large number of awards this spring, including a Fulbright grant, a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, three Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, two Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, a ... More »
On Tuesday, the Blair School community celebrated the high school’s 2011 California Distinguished School award and the dedication of its new middle school campus. Students onstage with school head and teachers. [Photo: PUSD] Students, teachers, parents, staff ... More »
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The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center Stingrays, Special Needs Swim Team out-shined the Leaps N’ Boundz Frogz and Big Fun Blue Dolphins to take 1st at the Annual Bubble Invitational Swim Meet held at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center on May 22. Over 50 swimmers, from 6 ... More »
GTM Sportswear and the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) recently announced Michelle Miller as the GTM Sportswear Athlete of the Month for February 2011. Miller was recognized at a press conference at Polytechnic High School on May 23. She recei... More »
In his third annual Town Hall address to the Caltech community, President Jean-Lou Chameau looked back at the last academic year—from its game-changing research to its streak-ending basketball games—and considered the year to come. “Today, I’m pleased to s... More »
Loma Alta Elementary School teacher for visually impaired students Lisa Okikawa has won the Broadway League’s 2011 Apple Award, which honors the efforts of promoting further development of theater education and bringing Broadway theater to the classroom, the P... More »
The East Arroyo Residents Association (EARA) has helped to raise $4,000 for PUSD’s Cleveland and Roosevelt elementary schools by participating in the Pasadena Educational Foundation’s Families and Neighbors Supporting Schools (FANSS) Challenge. The Associati... More »
Chef/owner Yujean Kang and his wife Yvonne Think about it: 20 years in Old Pasadena. If you’ve been alive that long you’ll remember the “Old Town†Pasadena of 20 years ago as in flux, not quite the thriving tourist area it has become but not the seedy ... More »
