Author: Scott Phelps

PUSD’s Center for Independent Study, aka CIS Academy, has begun recognizing students who performed very well during the first month of the year by putting...

One book describes how Jessie and John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity, and helped cause the Civil War.

Caltech, JPL, James Webb Space Telescope astronomers and the Caltech Center for Teaching, Learning and Outreach (CTLO) presented a wonderful week-long astronomy...

INSIDE OUR SCHOOLS My colleague at , Phil Quaranta, connected me with 2021 CIS graduate Adrian Romero to hear this young man’s amazing story of...

The Rose Bowl has announced that the 97th annual July 4th fireworks spectacular, known as Americafest, will not occur this year. By Scott Phelps Pasadena’s...

My colleague at Pasadena USD’s Center for Independent Study, Andrea Reynoso, introduced me to Resolve LAresolvelosangeles.

In working at Pasadena USD’s Center for Independent Study (CIS) since January, I have noticed the relationship between the number of hours students put into...

Debbie Curtin, my colleague at Pasadena Unified’s Center for Independent Study (CIS) teaches Medical Arts to all CIS middle schoolers, and she advises the CIS...

The City of Pasadena has announced that electricity rates have been raised because of the recent large increase in natural gas prices since gas is used to...

I was lucky to interview Luc Garwood, Muir freshman and water polo player, his Mom Allison Garwood, and his water polo coach Micol Issa. By Scott Phelps Luc had...

Pasadena Blair’s historic season ended in Round II of the state playoffs on Thursday, March 2. By Scott Phelps San Pedro jumped out to a big lead early on,...

The Armenian Academy at Blair is now in its third year, how time flies! With PUSD’s Enrollment season upon us, I thought I would share with the public...

“Every child living within PUSD boundaries is assured placement in their neighborhood school.” To add some personal perspectives to the recent...

Minal Saldivar, a Blair High School Senior, has been awarded a full-tuition scholarship through the Posse Foundation. In Fall 2023, she will join the 19th Posse...

In late December 2021, after City staff indicated there was no plan to re-pave the Rose Bowl loop road, I wrote an appeal to the public in a local digital...

A joint production of Pasadena Schools and Pasadena Playhouse. By Scott Phelps  Maddie Harbison (Red Riding Hood), said that ““It has been really...