HOW DOES A STUDENT APPLY FOR ADMISSION TO PACE?
Application packets for the following school year may be obtained from Sacramento City Unified School District K-8 and middle schools, online, or at John F. Kennedy High School, beginning December 1st of each year. The application form is brief, requesting contact information for the student applicant and parent(s)/guardian(s). Each student applicant is required to write a short essay about his or her high school expectations and college/career aspirations.
Student transcript, achievement test results, and a middle school attendance report must accompany the application form. In addition, two recommendation forms, one completed by a history or English teacher and the other by a community member, must be forwarded to the PACE office. (Community members include coaches, Boy Scout/Girl Scout leaders, church leaders, and other extra-curricular group or organization leaders.)
Students must have a minimum cumulative 2.75 GPA at the end of the first term of eighth grade and have scored in the "Proficient" range or higher on the California STAR achievement test (or equivalent test) for English-Language Arts. This test is usually administered in the spring of seventh grade. In rare instances, students not meeting the above criteria may be considered.
Completed application packets must be received (not post-marked) at JFK High School by 4:00PM on the last Friday in January. Applications received after the deadline will be considered for the waiting pool. Please read the open enrollment information within this brochure.
OPEN ENROLLMENT
All PACE applicants are required to complete an application packet. However, it is not necessary for students to open enroll for PACE if they live in the Kennedy attendance area. For students who do not live in the Kennedy attendance area, there are a limited number of open enrollment spaces available in PACE. Open enrollment information may be obtained by calling 643-9075.