Connect Academy & The PACE System
​PACE is an acronym that stands for Packet of Accelerated Christian Education. A.C.E. School of Tomorrow® has taken the conventional-style textbook and divided it into bite-sized, achievable booklets called PACEs. Each level consists of 12 PACEs per subject. PACEs integrate Godly character-building lessons into the academic content, and activities are carefully designed to develop thinking skills and create mastery learning. PACEs are available in paper format as well as online through the ePACE platform.
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A.C.E. provides an unparalleled system of individualized learning through PACEs. With minimal assistance, PACEs allow your students to absorb subject material according to their own learning ability rather than being pushed forward or held back by age. For example, a student placed in the fifth grade by a conventional school may be working in Level 4 math, Level 5 science, and Level 5 English in the A.C.E. program. Students may move ahead easily in some PACEs and proceed slower in others.
Dual Enrollment With Liberty University
Connect Academy partners with Liberty University to offer Dual Enrollment courses – giving 11th- and 12th-graders the opportunity to earn college credit while simultaneously fulfilling their high school diploma requirements. Each Dual Enrollment course provides half a credit toward a high school diploma and between 1-4 credits toward a college degree. Liberty University offers several different Dual Enrollment tracks, so your student can pick the one that best suits their goals. Whether they want to earn a full associate degree or just take a few courses, we have a path for them.
Inside a PACE
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Students begin their PACE work by noting their goals, the concepts they will learn, a Bible verse, and a corresponding character trait. From the beginning of each PACE, they know what is expected and assume responsibility for their own learning!
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Throughout the curriculum, the introduction of new vocabulary words is controlled so that no new vocabulary word is used without the student first learning its meaning and pronunciation. Vocabulary words are repeated to build mastery.
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Explanations and illustrations add excitement to each lesson, and innovative learning activities reinforce the text material.
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Each PACE contains several Checkups, or quizzes, covering sections of the PACE. If mastery in an area is not achieved, the Checkup will reveal that weak area. Students can then take the time necessary to review and learn those concepts before proceeding to the next section.
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Upon completion of the activities and Checkups, students prepare to take the Self Test. Here students evaluate themselves, and a supervisor determines readiness for the final PACE Test. When the Self Test is successfully completed, the student turns in the PACE and takes the PACE Test the next school morning. The PACE Test objectively measures student mastery of the material.
​Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Connect Academy uses the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) system. The ACE Curriculum is a mastery-based, independent study program where each student is dealt with on an individual basis. Upon acceptance to Connect Academy, each student is given a diagnostic test which will determine learning gaps and student performance levels within the different subject levels.
Chromebooks are available to each student for use throughout the day for supplemental classes such as Khan Academy, Everfi, Conversational Spanish, etc. Throughout the year students work at their own rate of comprehension, however, a complete year of work must be completed before students are promoted to the next grade level.
Grading & Report Cards​
92%-100% = A
83%-91% = B
75%-82% = C
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The grading system of our school is designed to give parents a true indication of the student's progress or lack thereof. ​Grades are based on successfully completed PACE's. Students will be promoted upon the completion of one year's work.
Our curriculum is a mastery-based system, which means a grade of at least an 75% must be received on a test before a student can advance in his level. There are 5 main subjects in each grade level. Each subject is divided into 12 bite-sized workbooks, called PACEs. The PACE is divided into 3 parts: work area, checkup (section quiz), and self-test (pre-test). Work in PACEs is done only in pencil. Students are responsible for scoring and correcting their own work. PACEs are private property and are not to be shared among students.
Test Taking
After a PACE is completed, scored, studied, and a passing grade is received on the self-test; the student will test the following morning. Visit aceministries.com/curriculum for more about our curriculum.