Please consider making a donation so we can continue to provide programs to enrich the lives of our students.
WHAT WE DO
The Pacifica Education Foundation is an organization that supports students and their teachers in every school and every classroom in the Pacifica School District.
We fund programs that foster creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. We have implemented 21st Century Learning programs throughout the Pacifica School District, programs that have become adopted by the Pacifica School District.
Our current focus is on K-5 music, in addition to the Middle School band program we support through Music Matters in Pacifica and Middle School Computer Science.



This year we lost a valuable member of our community. Kristie volunteered many hours to the Pacifica School District and her committment to education was admired by all. She was a loving mother, wife, daughter, and friend. An artist at heart with a palette full of ideas. Kristie will be missed by everyone.
IN MEMORY OF KRISTIE ROLKE SMITH January 15, 1970 - April 20, 2017

April 29, 2020
Our Pacifica community and the entire country are facing unprecedented challenges. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pacifica Education Foundation (PEF) is scaling down its Donation Week to three days - today, tomorrow, and Friday. While we won’t be on school campuses to...
March 3, 2020
Please Join Us...Share YOUR Vision
Utilizing the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)
• What is the LCAP?
• How families can contribute to the development of the LCAP
• Provide feedback and input on how the Pacifica School District community can support improved stu...
January 16, 2020
We invite you to revel in the glitz and glamour of a night on the town and join us for an evening of food, drinks & Vegas gaming fun!
Funds generated from this event will directly benefit the children of Pacifica through PEF’s program: supporting music, arts and science...
January 14, 2020
Link: https://www.goguardian.com/
Go Guardian has been purchased for 6-8th grade classrooms. Go Guardian is student monitoring software helps schools easily manage their devices, better understand their students, and keep them safer online. IT has started rolling out w...
January 1, 2020
January Jazz 2020 is Saturday January 25. Purchase Tickets Today
4 p.m. Matinee with performances by the Pacifica School District Jazz Ensembles, including Cabrillo / Vallemar / Ingrid B. Lacy / Ocean Shore schools. Special Guest: Terra Nova High School Jazz Ensemble....
December 12, 2019
This month in poetry class: Students are learning to make connections between groups of images and other seemingly unrelated subjects. They might be describing school using war terminology, describing family using water terms, or describing life using math terms. Get r...
December 2, 2019
The PEF Winter Gala, which has historically been held the first weekend in December, has been moved to Friday February 28, 2020.
The decision to move the event to the later date was made by the PEF Board of Directors in response to competing holiday eve...
November 5, 2019
From Katie Martin in "Learner-Centered Innovation":
"Just think how you might begin to make the changes and the impact you desire in school if instead of statements like "If they would have...." you started asking ,"How might I?" This is what is referred to by psychol...
September 29, 2019
The Mockingbird Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2019 DeLucia Awards for music educators, including the recipient of this year’s $1,000 DeLucia Prize. Each of these award winners has demonstrated a passion for music education such as by teaching in an...
December 12, 2018
The Winter Gala event in December was an overwhelming success. Thanks to the support of our patrons, families, sponsors, and friends, we raised nearly $30,000 to support our programs! The Pacifica Education Foundation would like to recognize the efforts of all the mu...
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