Academy for Gifted Children

Academy for Gifted Children
Address
12 Bond Cres Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4E 3K2 Canada
Information
School type	Private high school and elementary school
Founded	1993
Principal	Barbara Rosenberg
Grades	1–12
Language	English
Website	www.pace.on.ca

The Academy for Gifted Children is a non-denominational elementary and high school in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (12 Bond Cres). Entrance is by a competitive examination. The school has been designed to support intellectually gifted children, and it allows children from grades 1 to 12 to enter.

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 13, 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. Attending students have the option of selecting from a variety extra-curricular activities the school has to offer outside of regular school hours.

The Academy for Gifted Children, also known as P.A.C.E. (Programming for Academic and Creative Excellence), was founded in 1993 by former Earl Haig Secondary School teachers Dennis Reynolds & Barbara Rosenberg, and has increased in admission since its inception. The current school grounds was the former location of the Our Lady of the Annunciation Elementary School which moved to its new location east of Yonge Street in the early 1990s.

External links

Website of the academy
"CASCON High School Programming Competition 2005". Archived from the original on 2007-01-25.
"National Post ranking of the school as 1st in the province in 98/99". Archived from the original on 2003-04-06.
Education Cost Winners: 2003
http://www.math.ca/Competitions/COMC/COMC05/results2005.pdf
Performances in CNML competitions
- Grade 6

Richmond Hill, Ontario

Municipality	Richmond Hill Oak Ridges Wilcox Lake

Government	Elections ‎Mayors Richmond Hill Town Council Electoral districts: Oak Ridges—Markham (federal, provincial), Richmond Hill (federal, provincial)

Education	Public: Alexander Mackenzie High School Bayview Secondary School Langstaff Secondary School Richmond Green Secondary School Richmond Hill High School Catholic: Jean Vanier Catholic High School St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School Private: Academy for Gifted Children Holy Trinity School

Culture	History People Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts Richmond Hill Heritage Centre

Business and services	David Dunlap Observatory Hillcrest Mall Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital Richmond Hill Public Library

Sport	Richmond Green Richmond Hill Curling Club Richmond Hill Rams

Transportation	Richmond Hill Transit Richmond Hill line Gormley GO Station Richmond Hill GO Station Langstaff GO Station Richmond Hill Centre Terminal Ontario Highway 404 Yonge Street

Town People

Elementary schools in York Region, Ontario

East Gwillimbury:	Holland Landing P.S.

Markham:	All Saints Catholic E.S. Armadale P.S. Ashton Meadows P.S. Boxwood Public School Buttonville Public School Central Park P.S. Coledale Public School David Suzuki Public School E.T Crowle Public School Franklin Street Public School John McCrae Public School Legacy Public School Little Rouge Public School Mother Teresa C.E.S. Reesor Park Public School Roy H. Crosby Public School San Lorenzo Ruiz C.E.S. St. Benedict Catholic Elementary School St. Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary School Unionville Public School Unionville Meadows Public School William Berczy P.S. William Armstrong Public School

Richmond Hill:	Académie de la Moraine Academy for Gifted Children Crosby Heights P.S.

Thornhill:	Associated Hebrew School Forest Run P.S Henderson Avenue P.S. Pushkin Private School Rosedale Heights P.S. St. Michael Catholic Academy Westminster P.S. Yorkhill E.S.

Aurora:	Aurora Senior P.S.

Whitchurch–Stouffville:	Whitchurch Highlands P.S.

Woodbridge:	Vellore Woods P.S. Woodbridge P.S.

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