Parents Club
At Pace Academy, parents are vital to the personality and culture of our school. Pace thrives as a result of parental involvement, and our parents thrive because they’re involved. The Parents Club is not a club parents must join—all parents are automatically members.
As an army of volunteers, the Parents Club enhances every area of campus life and raises funds to enrich the school. There’s a place for every parent to use his or her talents.
The Parents Club looks for strong leaders, as well as those who are more comfortable following; individuals with artistic talent and those who love crunching numbers; parents who enjoy fundraising and those who would never ask for a dime. Whether it’s chairing the Fall Fair or the Auction, stuffing a mailing or helping out in the library, recognizing our amazing faculty and staff or caring for those in need, there is an important job waiting for every parent at Pace! To learn more about volunteer opportunities or to get involved, please reach out to any of the officers or committee chairs listed below. Please check back for volunteer opportunity signups for the 2021-2022 school year.
Thanks to the generous support of our tireless parent donors and volunteers, as well as our event sponsors, each year the Parents Club funds meaningful programs for all Pace divisions and departments—funding that goes above and beyond Pace’s annual operating budget.
Parents Club funding supports the Citizens of the World Travel Grant program, which offers all students airfare for up to two Isdell Center for Global Leadership (ICGL) study tours—one in Middle School and one in Upper School.
To ensure Parents Club funds optimally enhance our students’ experiences, twice a year we invite teachers and division heads to submit requests for funding. As a result, the Parents Club learns about and funds a wide range of needs every year. Examples include:
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New stage lighting in the Fine Arts Center and instrument storage lockers in the band room
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Hundreds of new books and book series to allow our librarians to expeditiously revamp and update collections
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State-of-the-art robotics equipment for RoboKnights of all ages
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Kayaks and other aquatic equipment to enhance our PE classes
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Additional 3D printers in every division, reducing student and teacher wait times
The Parents Club also makes contributions each year to support need-based student financial aid and faculty professional development.
Parents Club Board
Officers
President
Elenore Klingler
Vice President
Cara Lubin
Secretary
Keith Evans
Treasurer
Oliver Bell
Past President
Nicole King Allen
Board Members
Auction
Elisha Alden
Katie Weaver
Nicole Harmon
Fall Fair
Rosalia Arora
Marisa Chin Yee
Family Engagement
Taylor Brown
Ellen Laddin
Wande Okunoren-Meadows
Holiday Decorations
Kelly Gold
Kim Rowe
LS Holiday Store
Ellen Laddin
Stephanie Nelson
LS Hospitality
Erin Heyman
Ciara Irons
Kim Nuckols
LS School Supplies
Marisa Chin Yee
Ashley Howell
Board Members
MS/US Hospitality
Anne Barnette
TBD
Pace Cares
Amber Almond
Sneha Desai
Barbara Hingst
Pace L.E.A.D.
Kathryn Adams
Jennifer Foster
Parenting Connection
Meek Brown
Alex Karamanolis
Meredith Yehudai
Snack Bar Coordinator
Debbie Heineman
Staff Appreciation
Marissa Share
Puja Singh
Delece Brooks
Sarah Lynch
US Friends of the Library
Corey Hirokawa
Margaret Warren
Volunteer Coordinator
Jennifer Hayes
“Parents Club funding has allowed us to replenish parts of the collection that have been well-loved and had started looking a bit bedraggled. Most recently, funding has been used to replace outdated books about the 50 states, tattered biographies of all the presidents and worn titles about various sports teams. Thanks to the Parents Club, Pace readers are eager to do their research and pleasure reading with these new and updated books on the shelves!”
- Catherine Lampley, Lower School Librarian