Colourful shoes in Convent Sentul during PACE .

The Edge Education Foundation, Ernst & Young and Taylor's University signed an MOU on the 22 Feb 2013 in Taylor's University Lakeside Campus to launch a pilot project under PACE (Programme for After Class Enrichment). SMK Convent Sentul is one of the schools in this pilot project. In this PACE programme, 15 Taylor's Business School students and their lecturers come to our school on gazetted Tuesday and Thursday from April to November 2013 to help  22 selected Form 1 students acquire skills in Mathematics and English.They will conduct activities to help students understand the teachers' lessons.

The colourful shoes of the Taylor's Business School 
students and lecturers arranged neatly outside 
the SAL room in SMK Convent Sentul.

Lecturer Chandra supervising 
his Taylor's students helping our girls.

PACE officially began on 23rd April 2013 in the SAL room. Our students revel in the attention given to them to help them understand and catch up on their studies. The school selected 3 teachers to provide tuition in B. Melayu, English and Mathematics on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The tuition and lunch for PACE students are sponsored by Kuala Lumpur Kepong. We are truly blessed to be selected to participate in this pilot intervention program! Thank you Kuala Lumpur Kepong for the generous sponsorship. 

Prior to the  actual activities starting in the SAL room, our students and their parents were taken to Ernst and Young's posh office in Damansara on the 12 April for their first briefing and an eye opening tour of the E&Y office! Our students and their parents, 3 teachers and I attended the event and were treated to a great meal and given goodie bags to bring home! This wonderful visit cum briefing was made a happy success by Lae Hoon Tan and Dorothy Teoh's careful and fast paced coordination. Thank you Lae Hoon and Dorothy!!!

Dorothy from the Edge Education Foundation

This week, our students enjoyed another treat. Kuala Lumpur Kepong sponsored students and chaperoning teachers to watch a play at KL PAC. Each ticket cost RM 125/- each! Wow! All in all for two nights 37 students and teachers enjoyed this treat. We truly appreciate this!

The girls will also be taken on an educational visit to an oil palm plantation and plant owned by the sponsor KLK in the months to come. The school and I look forward to the positive impact that PACE will have on SMK Convent Sentul Form 1 students.