Monday, May 1, 2017 | 11:35 am
St. Monica supporters gathered for a night of Motown themed fun on Saturday, April 29. The school’s annual fundraiser included “Shop! In the Name of Love,” a one-of- a-kind auction, dinner, dancing, live Motown hits from the Halpin Family Band and a performanc... More »
Monday, May 1, 2017 | 5:20 am
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education will hold its annual organizational meeting on Monday at 5 p.m. Newly elected board member Michelle Richardson Bailey and reelected board members Kimberly Kenne, Elizabeth Pomeroy, and Scott Phelps will t... More »
Saturday, April 29, 2017 | 4:23 am
New Horizon Pasadena, an independent Islamic school, unveiled its expansive new Peace Garden at a Friday morning ceremony on campus to celebrate and tour the lush outdoor space that aims to cultivate deeper academic learning, environmental awareness, interfait... More »
Thursday, April 27, 2017 | 5:29 am
Two Pasadena Unified School District campuses have won U.S. News & World Report silver medals as part the magazine’s 2017 Best High Schools ranking, and another five have been named Honor Roll schools by a national campaign of business and education leaders. M... More »
Thursday, April 27, 2017 | 5:27 am
Aadith Moorthy, a junior majoring in materials science and computer science, has been selected to receive a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2017–18 academic year. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program awards scholarships to college ... More »
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | 4:14 pm
Caltech has joined 67 other universities and colleges in an alliance to substantially expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at undergraduate institutions with America’s highest graduation rates. The alliance, known as the American Tal... More »
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | 4:13 pm
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena has been voted as the Hardest College to Get Into in America for 2017, according to rankings by Niche.com, a website that ranks schools and neighborhoods using the most up-to-date data available from dozens of pub... More »
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | 4:11 pm
Pasadena LEARNs, the afterschool program of the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), will host its annual Science Olympiad competition on Saturday, April 29, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Blair Middle School. More than 500 students in grades 2-8 will comp... More »
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | 5:50 am
Mentors who volunteer to guide and support Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) students will be honored at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 6 p.m. at Pasadena High School. Mentors work with elementary, middle, and high school students who s... More »
Monday, April 24, 2017 | 5:16 am
Pacific Oaks Education Corporation (POEC), the operating entity of Pacific Oaks College and Pacific Oaks Children’s School in Pasadena, has entered into a contract to purchase the entire parcel of land where the college and its children’s school currently stan... More »
Sunday, April 23, 2017 | 8:19 pm
STEAM: Coders, a Pasadena-based nonprofit committed to helping educate underserved and underrepresented students in the fundamentals of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM), is holding is 2017 Spring Reception called “The Power of Diversity” ... More »
Friday, April 21, 2017 | 9:26 am
A main sewage line under McKinley Elementary School’s main athletic field in Pasadena broke Wednesday and spilled raw sewage onto the field, prompting school authorities to close the area as a contractor repaired the leak and cleaned up the spill. Beth Leyden,... More »