Academic Success

Making Minutes Count helps Club members ages 6-18 achieve academic success by providing homework help, tutoring and high-yield learning activities and encouraging members to become self-directed learners

Money Matters promotes financial responsibility and independence among Club members ages 13 to 18.

The Image Makers National Photography Program teaches our members all about black-and-white, color, digital, and alternative process photography. The program includes activities tailored to three different skill levels and offers an opportunity for our members to enter an annual photography contest that provides local, regional and national recognition. Selected photographs are exhibited at the Boys & Girls Club of America’s National Conference and featured in a virtual gallery on the Image Makers website.

At the Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena, we believe that education is the foundation of a brighter future. Thanks to the generous support of Panda Cares, our Project Learn initiative provides Club members with the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to succeed academically and grow as individuals.
Through engaging activities like STEM projects, literacy programs, tutoring, and enrichment workshops, Panda Cares Project Learn inspires a love for learning and empowers youth to reach their full potential. Together, we are shaping productive, caring, and responsible leaders of tomorrow.s.

Our Performing Arts Center offers affordable private music lessons for all our members. Music Director Hope Kikuchi has over 30-years experience as a private teacher, clinician, and professional musician. We offer lessons in flute, clarinet, saxophone, recorder, beginning and intermediate piano, drums, trumpet, French horn, trombone, baritone horn, tuba, and beginning and intermediate guitar.
For more information about the program and cost, please contact, hope.kikuchi@bgcpasadena.org