Pace or PACE?

Earlier this week we were trying to get ready to go away. I had a deadline to meet but also wanted the girls to get their chores done before we left. I saw Kerrigan taking alot of time to do her dusting detail and on my out the door to take a bag of trash to the curb, I told her to pick up the pace. When I came back in, she was looking around in confusion and asking, "PACE, what PACE?"

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Fact #1 - Our girls attend an ACE school
Fact #2 - The average ACE student should complete 12 PACEs in each subject per year (3 stars per quarter)
Fact #3 - For each PACE completed, the student puts a sticker on their star chart
Fact #4 - If the test score was 100%, that sticker is a logo; if the test score was 80-99%, the sticker is a star
Fact #5 - Our van is in the shop and the heat just went out on our car, so the girls didn’t attend school today

Based on the above facts, this is how a conversation went this morning:

Mom: I guess you girls should have brought home your PACEs last night (sigh)
Janae: Well, I have three stars this quarter in Math already…three stars…literally
Mom: So, in other words, no 100%s?
Janae: Yep. Well, actually, no. I have three stars in Math this year not this quarter. The rest are 100s.
Mom: Oh! (continues to fold laundry)
Janae: I’ve only gotten three stars in Math in my life [out of 42 Math tests]. That’s how good at Math I am! [no conceit in this family, Janae has it all!]
Mom: Welcome to the world of 4th grade. (smile)
Kerrigan: (talking to herself in the next room) Welcome to the world of 1st grade! Are you smarter than a Kindergartner? [can you tell our family has recently discovered the online episodes of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?]