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The fourth annual Parade of Banners will let
local businesses shine by spotlighting their support
on
these colorful banners that are posted throughout
the Pasadena during the months of September and
October. The banners help increase community
awareness for our public schools and for the
Pasadena Educational Foundation.
The culminating Parade of Banners event will then
take place on October 23, 2006 at 10:00 am
at the Paseo Colorado. Sponsored by PEF and PUSD
Partners in Education, this event will
feature a colorful procession of students with
banners made thanking their Adopt-A-School
business partners as well as the drawing for the Audi
Sweepstakes winner. Banner sponsorships for this
year will be available until September 1.
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PEF is offering its first ever SWEEPSTAKES
OPPORTUNITY courtesy of Rusnak Automobile
Group.
Only 2000 tickets will be sold at $25 each for a
chance to win a 2007 Audi A3. The drawing will be
held at the Parade
of Banners event. Winner
need not be present. In the event 1,120
tickets are not sold by October 23rd, PEF will
award the ticket holder 50% of the net proceeds in
lieu of the Audi A3. Call PEF at 626-795-6981 x 595
or 422 to purchase your chance now!
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This year's deadline for PEF Teacher and All
School Grant applications is November 1,
2006. Washington Mutual Foundation and
Parsons Corporation have generously supported our
efforts to provide teachers and principals with extra
funds to support innovative classroom projects.
Pictured here together with Margaret and Keith
Russell are the smiling teachers who received the
Margaret Russell Making Teacher Smile grants in June
2006. Current 2006-07 Teacher and All School Grant
Guidelines can be downloaded by clicking on link
below.
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On the recently released 2005-2006 California
Standards Test scores, the Pasadena Unified School
District posted strong gains in 2006 compared to both
the State and Los Angeles County. Among the
highlights of the results is that the percentage of
students scoring at proficient and advanced in
English Language Arts since the baseline year
of 2001 has increased for all grades, with over a ten
percentage point increase at almost all schools
including the four traditional high schools. District
wide, mathematics scores have increased at all levels
since the baseline year of 2002, with the exception
of Geometry. In other subjects, the percentage of
student scoring at proficient and advanced in History-
Social Science has increased for grades 8, 10, and 11
since 2001 and overall scores in Biology increased by
10% from 2005-2006.
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PEF continues its work to engage the community to improve public education and will be following up with the report we commissioned by scholar Richard Kahlenberg. We want to encourage even more of the constructive dialogue that has resulted from this report and hope you will join us at future forums and focus groups. If you have not already received a copy of the Kahlenberg report, please download from our website or call the PEF office at (626)795-6981, ext. 595.
Thank you and please e-mail us your comments and suggestions.
Linda Machida
Pasadena Educational Foundation
email:
lmachida@pusd.us
phone:
(626)795-6981, ext. 544 & 595
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