PACE is a nationally recognized and locally required elective class for sophomores in Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D. located in Houston, Texas. PACE has been required of all high school students graduating from any school in CFISD, and is considered a foundational course for learning about college and career options.
History
PACE began as a conceptual idea in the spring of 1980 when teachers Mrs. Amy King and Mr. James Wells decided that students needed more information about post-secondary options. After spending several months looking for a specialized program to meet their students’ needs and not finding one, they decided to work together to create a specialized curriculum that has since morphed into what is now known as PACE. Due to its immense popularity, many schools across America have patterned a class similar to the PACE curriculum for their own students.
Content
Students who take PACE are required to do so for an entire school year. During the nine months of PACE students are exposed to spend the first semester researching various careers. The sixteen different career clusters, as defined by TEA (Texas Education Association) are used as a roadmap for students to explore. Many guest speakers are brought into the classroom to talk about various career options. Some such speakers have included Dr. Sara Paz, a cardiac specialist from Texas Children's Hospital who invented the electrical CPR method, and Mr. Douglas Harbrueger, a business owner and inventor of the slurpee machine. During the second semester, students explore various colleges and universities that they might be interested in attending after high school. Students talk field trip to various Universities and Colleges located in Texas. Additionally, students are required to attend a spring break trip to New England to visit various Ivy League schools.
Success
PACE has helped millions of Cypress-Fairbanks graduates attend post-secondary schools of their choice, as well as helped prepare them for their chosen careers. President Barack Obama has reportedly used the CFISD PACE model as an example of how future classes on post-secondary options should be introduced to secondary students. In the spring of 2011 PACE is scheduled to undergo a re-design so that international trips can be included instead of the New England trip during spring break.
History
PACE began as a conceptual idea in the spring of 1980 when teachers Mrs. Amy King and Mr. James Wells decided that students needed more information about post-secondary options. After spending several months looking for a specialized program to meet their students’ needs and not finding one, they decided to work together to create a specialized curriculum that has since morphed into what is now known as PACE. Due to its immense popularity, many schools across America have patterned a class similar to the PACE curriculum for their own students.
Content
Students who take PACE are required to do so for an entire school year. During the nine months of PACE students are exposed to spend the first semester researching various careers. The sixteen different career clusters, as defined by TEA (Texas Education Association) are used as a roadmap for students to explore. Many guest speakers are brought into the classroom to talk about various career options. Some such speakers have included Dr. Sara Paz, a cardiac specialist from Texas Children's Hospital who invented the electrical CPR method, and Mr. Douglas Harbrueger, a business owner and inventor of the slurpee machine. During the second semester, students explore various colleges and universities that they might be interested in attending after high school. Students talk field trip to various Universities and Colleges located in Texas. Additionally, students are required to attend a spring break trip to New England to visit various Ivy League schools.
Success
PACE has helped millions of Cypress-Fairbanks graduates attend post-secondary schools of their choice, as well as helped prepare them for their chosen careers. President Barack Obama has reportedly used the CFISD PACE model as an example of how future classes on post-secondary options should be introduced to secondary students. In the spring of 2011 PACE is scheduled to undergo a re-design so that international trips can be included instead of the New England trip during spring break.
Janie Brunson (born May 18, 1995) resides in Monterey CA. Brunson is most notably remembered for her numerous (although not yet published) contributions to various literary magazines. She is also recognized for having been born with bilateral retinal dysplasia, a condition which caused blindness in both of her eyes.
Subsequent surgery was rendered ineffective, although this did not stop Brunson from duping various of her grade school teachers into believing that her eyesight had mysteriously been fixed.
In June 2013, Brunson competed in The National Braille Challenge, an academic and nationwide competition for blind students. She participated in the Varsity Division, subsequently placing third out of all the participants in the country.
In 2013, Brunson matriculated to UCLA, planning on double majoring in English and political science. However, subsequent deliberation and frustration with the copious amounts of uninteresting reading material for the latter led Brunson to switch out political science for sociology.
While at UCLA, Brunson applied for, and was accepted to, the Daily Bruin newspaper staff as a news reporter. She has written several invigorating articles concerning campus-wide events, including the recent increase in parking spaces in Westwood, a story Brunson specifically recognizes for its vastly interesting implications.
Brunson is also part of Alpha Delta Chi, a Christian sorority with rather dubious ceremonial traditions, most of which Brunson refuses to describe or even speak about.
With regards to her literary pursuits, Brunson has written several fictional pieces, her most famous being "The Soul Factory," followed by a short story surrounding a man's rescue of a unicorn from royal stables. The latter does not yet have a known title.
Among her many literary influences, including George R.R Martin and Neil Gaiman, Brunson notes her sophomore year roommate as perhaps one of the most inspirational.
Brunson hopes to attend law school and then ideally continue a career as a prolific science-fiction author. She also wishes to one day own a dog that identically resembles the Old English sheepdog from Disney's The Little Mermaid.
Subsequent surgery was rendered ineffective, although this did not stop Brunson from duping various of her grade school teachers into believing that her eyesight had mysteriously been fixed.
In June 2013, Brunson competed in The National Braille Challenge, an academic and nationwide competition for blind students. She participated in the Varsity Division, subsequently placing third out of all the participants in the country.
In 2013, Brunson matriculated to UCLA, planning on double majoring in English and political science. However, subsequent deliberation and frustration with the copious amounts of uninteresting reading material for the latter led Brunson to switch out political science for sociology.
While at UCLA, Brunson applied for, and was accepted to, the Daily Bruin newspaper staff as a news reporter. She has written several invigorating articles concerning campus-wide events, including the recent increase in parking spaces in Westwood, a story Brunson specifically recognizes for its vastly interesting implications.
Brunson is also part of Alpha Delta Chi, a Christian sorority with rather dubious ceremonial traditions, most of which Brunson refuses to describe or even speak about.
With regards to her literary pursuits, Brunson has written several fictional pieces, her most famous being "The Soul Factory," followed by a short story surrounding a man's rescue of a unicorn from royal stables. The latter does not yet have a known title.
Among her many literary influences, including George R.R Martin and Neil Gaiman, Brunson notes her sophomore year roommate as perhaps one of the most inspirational.
Brunson hopes to attend law school and then ideally continue a career as a prolific science-fiction author. She also wishes to one day own a dog that identically resembles the Old English sheepdog from Disney's The Little Mermaid.
A. Lorne Weil was the Chairman and CEO of Scientific Games Corporation.
Early life and career
Weil was born in Ontario, Canada and graduated from Vaughan Road Collegiate. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, his MS from the London School of Economics, and his MBA from Columbia Business School.
Weil worked as a senior professional for Boston Consulting Group. He then worked as a VP for General Instrument. From 1979 to 1992, Weil was President of Lorne Weil Inc. He then joined Autotote as Chairman and CEO. In 2001, Autotote acquired Scientific Games Corporation and assumed its name. Weil continued to serve as Chairman and CEO until 2008, when he stepped down from the Chairman position. He was then reappointed as CEO in 2010, serving until 2013.
Controversy
Weil sold $5.2m of Scientific Games shares days before it lost the New York Racing Association contract.
Early life and career
Weil was born in Ontario, Canada and graduated from Vaughan Road Collegiate. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, his MS from the London School of Economics, and his MBA from Columbia Business School.
Weil worked as a senior professional for Boston Consulting Group. He then worked as a VP for General Instrument. From 1979 to 1992, Weil was President of Lorne Weil Inc. He then joined Autotote as Chairman and CEO. In 2001, Autotote acquired Scientific Games Corporation and assumed its name. Weil continued to serve as Chairman and CEO until 2008, when he stepped down from the Chairman position. He was then reappointed as CEO in 2010, serving until 2013.
Controversy
Weil sold $5.2m of Scientific Games shares days before it lost the New York Racing Association contract.
Sri Sorakaya Swami (???- 9 August 1902) was The Sage of Narayanavaram, who lived in Narayanavaram during 1875 to 1902.
His Sajeeva Samdhi is located at Narayanavaram, right opposite to the ancient Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Temple.
Biography
The Sage whose full appellation was Sorakai Ramaswami
Sorakaya or Sorakai is the vernacular name for
bottle gourd or Calabash), so called from his habit of carrying Sorakaisthe shells of which is used for eating and drinking purposes.
Believed to be from shepherd caste, he was first spotted by Chengalvaraya Mudaliar in April 1875 and attained Samadhi in August, 1902.
His Sajeeva Samdhi is located at Narayanavaram, right opposite to the ancient Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Temple.
Biography
The Sage whose full appellation was Sorakai Ramaswami
Sorakaya or Sorakai is the vernacular name for
bottle gourd or Calabash), so called from his habit of carrying Sorakaisthe shells of which is used for eating and drinking purposes.
Believed to be from shepherd caste, he was first spotted by Chengalvaraya Mudaliar in April 1875 and attained Samadhi in August, 1902.