Program areas at Pace Academy
Instruction - Pace Academy was established in 1958 as an independent college preparatory co-educational day school. The enrollment is 1,150 students in pre-first through 12th grades. Pace strives to create an innovative learning environment through collaboration, challenging curriculum, outstanding teaching and co-curricular offerings. It means we require students to plug into the world around them, push beyond their comfort zones and accomplish things they never thought possible. Pace starts small to make these big things happen by focusing on the individual student, maintaining small class sizes, emphasizing meaningful student-teacher relationships and fostering an inclusive, nurturing community.
Student activities - Pace Academy offers a variety of student activities including arts, debate and athletics. Over 30 years the Pace debate program has grown into a nationally recognized program with a long-standing history of excellence. The Pace arts program offers a unique variety of performing and visual arts for students to participate in, and boasts a world class fine arts center. 85% of upper school students participate in the arts. Upper school students are required to complete service learning, and the average graduating senior has 90 hours of community service. The Pace athletics program consistently produces championship teams and athletes, and approximately 87% of middle and upper school students play on at least one team.
Isdell center for global leadership - in 2014, Pace Academy launched the isdell center for global leadership (icgl), a collaborative, cross-divisional program that supports a well-rounded global education for every Pace student. The icgl takes the building blocks of the five-course curriculum and gives students in the lower, middle and upper schools the opportunity to apply their knowledge in ways that enable them to become ethical, empathetic, innovative, culturally competent and adaptable citizens of the world. From the time a student enters Pace's doors until graduation, all educational experiences are viewed through an overarching global lens. The icgl fosters this culture of global learning and leadership by exploring an annual, school-wide global theme. Curricular, co-curricular and hands-on activities, a scholar-in-residence program, leadership fellowships, internships and study tours support education around these themes. In a typical year, the icgl study tours consist of approximately 20 trips, with approximately 225 students and 50 faculty/staff travling to countries throughout the world, including south america, europe, africa, asia and australia.
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