PACE Quilting Off To A Great Start

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 was the first class of the PACE Quilting Workshop.

We are excited that we had eight PACE students attend the first in a series of quilting workshops.

We met at The HotSpot on Old Seward Highway where each student had the use of a sewing machine. We learned the parts of the machine and safety habits from the manager, Bill McCrea.

Each student made a two-color four-square block; the first of four different quilt blocks. Each month the students will make a different block. At the May class the blocks will be assembled into a sampler quilt wall hanging. The teachers, Mollie Harings and Annmaria Umholtz also made blocks and have huge praise for the wonderful efforts of each student and their parents.

Everyone had a great time and are excited to come back!
We will be adding a session on Wednesdays to accommodate more students so, please RSVP to the PACE Office 677-0992.

The schedule will be as follows: 3/3-4, 3/31-4/1; 4/28-29; 5/26-27 2009 from 5:30-7:30P. Come quilt and have lots of fun!

Science Fair Workshop: PACE Anchorage

Hello PACE families,

There is a SCIENCE FAIR WORKSHOP! at the PACE ANCHORAGE OFFICE on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009 FROM 5:30-6:30PM! FUN and INFORMATION!

Jana Lage, Principal Marine Geophysicist with ASRC Energy Services, will be here with a PowerPoint presentation and handouts loaded with how-to information. Ms. Lage is a well-respected scientist residing and working in Anchorage. PACE will support all students who would like to enter the Alaska Science and Engineering Fair which is scheduled for March 27-29 2009 at Begich Middle School. Grades K-12 are highly encouraged to participate.

Please RSVP to aumholtz@craigschools.com or call the PACE office 677-0992 if you would like to attend. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND BUT WANT YOUR STUDENT(S) TO HAVE A COPY OF THE HANDOUTS, PLEASE CALL THE PACE OFFICE TO RESERVE YOUR COPY!

We are looking forward to seeing many of our PACE families here on Wednesday 1/28 at 5:30!

Welcome to Mollie Harings

Mollie Says:
I started my career as an educator in Brevig Mission. I was there three years, instructing sixth through twelfth graders in all content areas, though my specialty is science. Two of those years were spent as the reading facilitator for the school. I moved to Wasilla just before the birth of my first son, and soon took to teaching science classes online. My family relocated to Anchorage in July of this year, with enough time to settle in before my second son arrived.
I am extremely excited to be working with PACE Correspondence. Not only will I be able to assist families throughout Alaska, I will also learn from those families and my incredible co-workers.

The PACE Staff says: Wahoooooo!!!! Mollie is awesome and is doing an incredible job already! We are so happy that we found such a wonderful and talented teacher to replace Debbie Maestas, another wonderful and talented teacher.