Large Multipurpose Room at Ewarton Basic School Now Completed
PACE Canada funded the erection of the exterior concrete walls for a large multipurpose room to accommodate the growing student body.
This initiative provided the foundation for Jamaica Youth Education Support (Jamaica YES) to complete the rest of the multipurpose room and repair the ceiling over kitchen and children’s restrooms.
The dedication ceremony was on the 21st of August, despite the impact from Hurricane Beryl on the island. A plaque was presented and hung in the new room at the school, to acknowledge PACE Canada’s previous involvement in this project.
PACE Board member, Shannon Green, attended the event on behalf of our organization.
Message from PACE Canada President
Published: December 2024
Dear Members, Supporters, Partners and Friends,On behalf of the PACE Canada Board and Executives, I take this opportunity to wish all of our Adopt-A- School Sponsors, Donors, Patrons, Members, and Friends the very best wishes for the Christmas and Holiday Season. May you have a wonderful time with friends and family as we each celebrate in our own traditional ways.
Just when we felt that things were getting back to normal this year, with our successful in-person Annual General Meeting in May, and our Spring Sunday Social in June, the Toronto flood in August swamped our PACE Office. Consequently, it is now uninhabitable due to mold build up, and support from the building owners has been slow coming. However, our Officers continue to manage to get things done by working from Home.
In other news, PACE welcomes the new Jamaica Minister of Education, Dr. Dana Dixon, who was appointed on October 30, 2024. She has indicated her focus will be on Early Childhood Education (ECE).
Through the generous donations from our members and supporters:
- Again this year, PACE Canada provided bursaries to two George Brown College ECE teacher students.
- We also provided funding support to 12 schools that were impacted by Hurricane Beryl.
- The 1,500 OneTab computer devices ordered this year have now been delivered to Kingston and distribution plans are underway. We thank the Jamaica Early Childhood Commission (ECC) and the National Education Trust (NET) for their continued excellent partnership to help make this happen.
This is the time of year to provide Gift Boxes to schools with educational items from our partner Sangsters’ Book Store in Jamaica. So please continue to support this program through your online donations.
We thank you all for your continued support of PACE Canada, as your support goes a long way to achieving our goal of Helping Young Children Succeed.
Diana Burke,
President P.A.C.E. (Canada)
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We have been in operation since 1987.
Under the Auspices of
High Commissioner of Jamaica to Canada
Her Excellency Mrs. Marsha Coore Lobban currently serves as the High Commissioner of Jamaica to Canada
There are over 2,400 early childhood institutions in Jamaica.
PACE is now supporting 500 schools across the island,
and there are many others that could use your support
