Four seniors from Pace High School’s elite Spartan Sword and Shield Honors program have been accepted into 19 colleges and universities across the United States.
The Spartan Sword and Shield (SSS) Honors Program prepares students for a successful future through a set four-year track of Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, and honors classes, along with an arsenal of community service hours and extracurricular activities.
The program is structured to prepare intellectually gifted and diligent students for Ivy League and Top 10 universities through a set four-year track of AP, honors, and dual enrollment classes. Since the program’s inception in 2011, Spartan Sword and Shield graduates have been accepted into six of the eight Ivy League schools, and 28 of the top 50 schools in the US.
Seniors Larissa Alfonso, Nicole Diaz, Allison Oddman, and Priscilla Velez will be the latest Spartan Sword and Shield members to graduate, and they will have a plethora of colleges and universities to choose from.
Between the four of them, they have been accepted into the following colleges: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Duke University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New York University, Northwestern University, Nova Southeastern University, Rice University, Stanford University, University of California – Berkeley, University of California - Los Angeles, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
“[The program’s] foundational approach helps shape our SSS students into becoming the well-rounded thinkers and leaders of tomorrow,” said Yvette De La Vega, lead teacher and moderator for the Spartan Sword and Shield Honors program. “Most importantly, the program provides SSS students with the platform to realize their fullest potential, and actualize their dreams.”