PEF: “Making Our Public School Community Stronger in 2022”

Everyone at PEF is thankful for the support of its donors, volunteers, and partners.

Together PEF and its partners have done wonderful things for the public school community. PEF thanks everyone for actively supporting its mission to achieve excellence and equity in all Pasadena Unified School District schools.

PEF Executive Director Patrick Conyers Receives 2022 Superintendent’s Award

Junior League of Pasadena’s Community Impact Award

From volunteering to upgrading school gardens to offering thousands of dollars in grants and scholarships to support the school-wide projects, teachers’ classroom needs, the arts, and to help fulfill students’ college dreams, here are its stories of making the community stronger in 2022 by:

Supporting PUSD Staff & Families:

• Nursing Students Volunteer at PUSD COVID Clinics
• Supporting Equitable Access to COVID Testing
• PEF Event Raises $182,000 for PUSD Students
• College Fair & Football
• PEF’s Community Engagement Forum
• Gratitude Served With Hot Sauce – Thanks to You BBQ 2022
• PEF Awards $200,000 in Grants to PUSD Teachers
• Principal for a Day 2022 – PUSD Principals Rise to the Occasion
• Over $113,000 for PUSD Students – 2022 Scholarship Celebration

Leading with Innovative Programs & Partnerships

• First Time in 17 Years – The PUSD All-Star Band Marches in the Rose Parade
• ArtCenter and PEF Design Partnership Receives NEA Grant
• Tenacity & Ancient Artifacts at Eliot Arts
• Más Puentes Menos Muros / More Bridges Less Walls
• Ethnic Studies Recognized by UC System
• PEF PEF Selected as Host for Mark Cuban Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp
• PEF Kicks of 2022 Summer Program
• Community Partnerships: The Art of Living Together
• TIAA’s 5th Annual School Supply Drive
• Celebrating Our Schools 2022 In Pictures
• 2022 – A Summer to Remember
• Thank You 2022 Youth Leaders & Interns
• Enjoy Our Summer Virtual Open Houses!
• PUSD Awarded Third Federal Magnet Grant

Volunteering & Championing Local Public Education

• Connecting Through Stories: Read Across America 2022
• PUSD Proud Day Champions Engaged Citizenship
• Making Every Day An Earth Day
• ED TALK Raises Community Voices
• Celebrating Our 15th Annual Principal for a Day
• School Gardens – A Bull’s Eye for Learning & Corporate Volunteering
• Pasadena Educational Foundation Announces 7 New Board Members
• PUSD Graduates Are Going Places!

Onward and Upward in 2023!

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