Academy for Gifted Children

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	Janice Gruchy
Grades	1–12
Language	English
Website	www.pace.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 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. 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. Rosenberg remained as the "director" (the term used for the principal) until the end of the 2018–2019 school year, when the vice-principal at the time, Janice Gruchy replaced Rosenberg as the director. Gruchy's role as the vice-principal was replaced by the former science teacher and head teacher, Caroline Corbit. 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 2001-09-17.
Education Cost Winners: 2003

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Elementary schools in York Region, Ontario
Public secular;	List of YRDSB schools (anglophone) List of CSV schools (francophone)
Public separate:	List of YCDSB schools (anglophone) List of MonAvenir schools (francophone)
Independent:	Academy for Gifted Children (K–12) Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto Discovery Academy (K–12) Eitz Chaim Schools Holy Trinity School (K–12) Toronto Montessori Schools (K–12) Town Centre Private Schools (K–12) Netivot HaTorah Day School St. Andrew's College (K–12) Villanova College (K–12)