Academy for Gifted Children
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The Academy for Gifted Children is an elementary and high school in Oak Ridges (part of Richmond Hill), Ontario, Canada (12 Bond Crescent). Entrance is by a competitive examination. The school has been designed to support intellectually gifted children, and it allows children from grades 1 to 13 to enter. The Academy for Gifted Children is also called P.A.C.E., which stands for Programming for Academic and Creative Exellence.
The Academy for Gifted Children has made a modification to the usual system that Canadian public schools usually use. Rather than simply allowing the students to proceed through grades 1 to 12, the Academy has merged grades 7 and 8 into one year, as well as added an extra year after grade 12. This is to allow students to graduate with significantly more credits than those graduating from public school; however, the students graduating from P.A.C.E. still graduate at the same age.
The Academy for Gifted Children, also known as P.A.C.E. (Programming for Academic and Creative Excellence), was founded in 1993 by Barbara Rosenberg and the late Dennis Reynolds, and has increased in admission since its inception.
Classes run from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with 2 recesses (for elementary students) from 10:15 to 10:30 and 2:00 to 2:15, and a 45-minute lunch break at 12:00. From 3:00 to 3:45 is homework period. While it is indended for academic study, high school students are free to pursue other activities. A variety of extra curriculars are offered from 3:45 to 4:30. Popular extra curriculars include cooking and computers.
Staff
Please note that this is only a partial list.
- Barbara Rosenberg- Principal
- Janice Gruchy- Vice-principal
- Hing Law- Highschool mathematics teacher
- Stuart Ross- Grade 3 teacher
- Elana Spilberg- Grade 1 teacher
Departed Staff
- Charles Ledger- High school teacher. Founder of Spirit of Math Schools.
- Sari Haber- Grade 1 teacher. Left shortly after her marriage
- Angela Vandendool- Grade 5 teacher. Left after maternity.
- 2004
External links
- Website of the academy (http://www.pace.on.ca/)
- National Post Online article (http://www.nationalpost.com/features/reportcard/gta_top20.html) saying that it was the top-ranked school in the province and region in 1998-9 and 2000-2001
- Performances in CNML competitions
- Grade 6
- Ranked 3rd in 1997-1998 (http://www.mathleague.com/reports/1997_98/grade678/CN_6.HTM)
- Ranked 3rd in 1998-1999 (http://www.mathleague.com/reports/1998_99/grade678/CN_6.HTM)
- Ranked 2nd in 2000-2001 (http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2000_01/grade678/CN_6.HTM)
- Ranked 5th in 2001-2002 (http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2001_02/grade678/CN_6.HTM)
- Ranked 2nd in 2002-2003 (http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2002_03/grade678/CN_6.HTM)
- Ranked 2nd in 2003-2004 (http://www.mathleague.com/reports/2003_04/grade678/CN_6.HTM)
- Grade 6