Parents Association Colfax Elementary (PACE)
If you are a parent at
Colfax Elementary, you are automatically a member of PACE! This non-profit parent organization
raises funds that directly benefit Colfax students.
Donations
fund many of the programs that help make Colfax Charter an award winning
school.
Colfax has a comprehensive
music program funded solely by PACE and provides Suzuki Violin instruction to
all Kindergarten and 1st graders. All 2nd-5th graders are taught
keyboard. PACE has been integrally involved in the creation of a music room for
keyboard instruction.
Colfax has our very own
kiln and PACE funds 2 fantastic Art Teachers – Linda Brothers and Shelley
Klace. As a 2008 winner of the
Bravo Award for Arts education our art program is second to none.
PACE built ColfaxÕs
Science lab from the ground up providing science curriculum, a full time
Science Aid (our fabulous Miss Leila), a newly built vegetable garden and
outdoor classroom.
PACE originally built the
Computer Lab in 2002 and then shortly after introduced the MIND InstituteÕs
Math & Music program. In 2009
with PACE support the computer lab was completely remodeled with 34 brand new
iMacs. In the past 2 years, PACE
has also fully funded all 3 of our Mac computer carts with 15 Laptops on each.
Classroom aids
PACE funds 10 classroom
aids that work in various rooms assisting our teachers from everything to paper
grading to class size reduction.
PACE also funds our after school aids that run our Homework club.
PACE Board
Co-President Jamie Garson
Co-VP Shelly Klace
Ways & Means
Co-Secretary Meg Gallagher
Co-Treasurer Darren Turbow
Assisting Treasurer Susan Kovinsky