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I love teaching religion. When I learned I would be teaching religion in a 5th-grade classroom with a majority of non-Catholic students, I wondered what it would be like. My...

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Mi Casa Es Su Casa

HEY READERS, this is ACE Brownsville, welcome to our crib! To introduce myself, I am your host, Maddie Schlehuber, and here in ACE Brownsville, we live in a charming home...

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PIE Blog April 2022 - Drinking from the Well

Drinking from the Well

In today’s Catholic classrooms, we find academic, behavioral, executive functioning, and social emotional variability. As educators, we understand that learning is a complex endeavor and we need to tend to...

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The Return Home

A few weeks ago, I ran a half marathon in Fort Worth, Texas, to raise money and awareness for St. Mary of Carmel School in Dallas. Running was part of...

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“What comes next?"

As a senior, I have experienced the anticipation of spring’s arrival on Villanova’s beautiful campus three times, but this year feels somehow more significant. The physical signs of spring on...

Advent Reflections 2021 Christmas

Merry Christmas!

As we walk by our manger scenes this Christmas, their familiar beauty can make us forget: that night didn’t start out so great. That night began with Mary and Joseph...

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A Day in the Life of a STEM Teacher

“Yo, that’s Physics!” Mike shouted triumphantly after his throw went about 40 yards downfield. He had just experienced firsthand how adjusting the angle of a projectile to approximately 45 degrees...