 Pace's cafetorium, the Spartan Center, was completed in that same year after three years of construction, and the newest classroom building (500) was finished in 1999.In 2002, the school was named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence at the end of its 40th Anniversary year, and the 40th class graduated just a year later in 2003.The school was a named one of the Top 50 Catholic High Schools in this period as well and received an award for Catholic Identity in 2004.