Each year, a faculty council at Monsignor Pace High School goes through an extensive process that evaluates the best and brightest students on scholastic ability, strength of character, their leadership, and their dedication to service.  Those sophomore, junior, and senior students who best exemplified these qualities were accepted as the newest members to the National Honor Society, America’s oldest and most prestigious...

  Spanish Lake Elementary knows there is nothing more important to academic achievement than being a good reader. Thus, the school's spectacular celebration of the students' culture and traditions are incorporated into the craft of enhancing the reading process during Winter Wonderland which took place from Monday, December 9 through Friday, December 20. Students wrote and shared stories related to their Winter Wonderland activities....

  The Theatre Academy at Monsignor Edward Pace High School sent its thespian members to the District 8 Thespian Competition and came home with several awards and honors.  For the first time in Pace history, the thespians brought home two Critic's Choice awards, 14 "Superior" ratings and 5 "Excellent" ratings. Critic's Choice awards go to the best thespian troupe and to individuals for events such as monologues and duet...

  “Coffeehouse” has been a big thing for a few years at American High and this year may have been the best ever. Students passionately sang indie songs, pop and R&B, rapped and performed spoken word poetry. The cafeteria at American High underwent a big change on the day before Thanksgiving as the American Art Club transformed it into “Coffeehouse: Kandy Kingdom." It was a celebration of music, the visual arts,...

  Both traditional and Montessori teaching strategies are required to teach elementary children in math concepts. Homework is a way of reinforcing new or old concepts that are taught in class. Some of the concepts conceived require intense work within the class structure and homework is not assigned, especially when the Montessori materials are needed. Work books are used during class time which prepares the children for other settings...