12th Annual Diamond Awards Nomination

The Glendale Educational Foundation Diamond Awards Committee seeks to honor outstanding individuals who attended Glendale Unified School District at the GEF Spring Gala event on Friday, April 8th, 2022. We will honor individuals who have made significant contributions in our three areas of focus – Visual & Performing Arts, Science & Technology, and Health &…

Glendale Educational Foundation Receives Grant from the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation

The Glendale Educational Foundation (GEF) is pleased to announce it has received a $10,000 grant from the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation to support the “Music Matters” program, which benefits music education for the Glendale Unified School District’s (GUSD) secondary schools. Over the past decade, school art and music programs have been decimated by severe state…

Glendale News-Press: A dozen Glendale Unified teacher projects earn grants

A second year of teacher grants saw more money from the Glendale Educational Foundation going for projects in the Glendale Unified School District. Twelve winning applications were selected out of 30. Overall, 27 instructors received $21,339 in grant funding, foundation executive director Elsa Chagolla announced during a school board meeting Tuesday, where teachers were recognized.…

GEF Receives $50K Contribution from Avery Dennison

The Glendale Educational Foundation (GEF) is pleased to announce it has received a $50,000 contribution again this year from Avery Dennison. These funds will support GEF’s primary focus of visual and performing arts with “Music Matters” – to support music programs for Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) secondary schools; and sustain the GEF Teacher Grant…