Pace Academy Names Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Andrew Schettino was named valedictorian, and Meredith Bradshaw was named salutatorian.

Pace Academy to Break Ground on New Upper School May 17

The Arthur M. Blank Family Upper School is expected to open its doors for the 2014-15 school year.

Pace Academy will break ground on The Arthur M. Blank Family Upper School, a 75,000-square-foot facility that will replace the private school's current Upper School, constructed in 1961. The Buckhead private school has secured all the necessary permits from the City of Atlanta, and preliminary grading and site work have begun on the east side of campus behind the school. The groundbreaking is a significant milestone in the school’s $32-million Aim High campaign, which has surpassed its goal. Designed by Pace Academy alumnus Sandy Cooper of Collins Cooper Carusi Architects, The Arthur M. Blank Family Upper School will nearly double the space of the current Upper School and will include the three-story Woodruff Library–a gift of Jane …

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Pace Academy's 'Caught in the Net' Keeps Audiences in Stitches

“Caught in the Net” featured a talented cast of Pace Academy's Upper School students.

Pace Debate Wins National Championship

Junior Anshuman Parikh and senior Victor Skenderi win the National Debate Coaches Association championship—a first in Pace Academy history.

Countdown to Opening Night of Pace Academy's 'Caught in the Net'

Opening night of the Pace Academy Upper School spring play, “Caught in the Net,” is two weeks away.

Pace Academy has announced that its new spring play, Caught in the Net, will be opening in just two weeks.  According to the Pace website, "tickets go on sale April 15 in the Castle and will go fast. Check out rehearsal photos here and support seniors Ben Hirsch and Alex Paré as they give their farewell performances." Ray Cooney’s play follows taxi driver John Smith’s efforts to keep his two wives and two families in different parts of London both happy and blissfully unaware of each other. That is until Gavin, son of John and Barbara Smith, ends up meeting Vicki, daughter of John and Mary Smith, online. Upon discovering that their fathers have the same name and profession, Gavin and Vicki decide they have to meet. Their father enlists …

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Pace Celebrates the Arts During Weeklong Festival

Each year, Pace Academy celebrates its artists and recognizes individual students for exceptional achievement during the school's Spring Arts Festival.

Pace Announces Ambassador Andrew Young and Rabbi Philip Kranz as 2013 Graduation Speakers

Pace Academy students and parents look forward to having 2 great speakers during their 2013 graduation ceremonies.

Pace Academy recently announced to parents, students, and their extended Pace family, that both Ambassador Andrew Young and Rabbi Philip Kranz will speak during the 2013 Pace Academy graduation ceremonies. The Pace Academy graduation will be held on May 18 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 4 p.m. In the letter to parents, Pace Academy boasted that "when we bid farewell to the Class of 2013, we’ll send them off with words of wisdom from two of our city’s most outstanding speakers."  Ambassador Andrew Young will serve as Commencement speaker, while Rabbi Philip Kranz was chosen to address students and families at Baccalaureate. Below are the two short biographies that Pace Academy listed on their website of their prized 2013 speakers. …

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Pace Academy PTA Announces its Proposed 2013-14 Parents Club Officers

The 2013-14 Parents Club Officer Slate will be voted upon on March 13th.

The Parents Club, at Pace Academy, is pleased to announce its proposed slate of officers for the 2013-2014 school year: • President: Anne LaMastra • President-Elect: Lori Movsovitz-Edlin • Secretary: Donna Pottorff • Treasurer: Stephanie Luetters • Past President: Susan Graham The slate will be voted on by all parents present at the Parents Club’s annual general meeting on March 13, which will be presented in conjunction with Head of School Fred's Assaf's "State of the School Address." Parents interested in getting involved with a specific Parents Club committee next year should contact incoming President Anne LaMastra at annelamastra@bellsouth.net. In addition, beginning June 1, parents may sign up online for the Parents Club’s many …

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Pace Academy's "Little Mermaid" a Splash Hit

After weeks of rehearsals, the cast of the Pace Academy Middle School’s production of “The Little Mermaid” played to packed houses at the Buckhead school.

Forum on Women's Colleges Monday at Pace Academy

Attendees will hear about the academic challenges, wide-ranging opportunities and personal attention offered by women’s colleges with reps from Agnes Scott, Bryn Mawr, Hollins, Scripps, Simmons, Smith, Spelman and Wellesley expected to attend.