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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...

Ms. Hall's Class

A Letter to my Second Class Ever

Dear 6B: Welcome to middle school! You are at the beginning of an adventure that is sure to be full of laughter, tears, stress, joy, and lots of growth. I...

Why I Sent My Protestant Son to a Catholic School

"We don't teach them because they're Catholic but because we are Catholic." - Cardinal James Hickey, Washington, DC This quote is a favorite of mine. Education Next dubbed it "a...

Catholic Schools Debunk the Myth of Unteachability

Pens need to be vertical. Every teacher knows that. When a student's wrist goes limp and his pen falls to the desk, it's trouble. It's the sign of despair, the...

Catholic Schools Week 2016 - For Our Communities

Chicago Jesuit Academy, where I was blessed to work for four years, is a place of hope. Although it is surrounded by violence and poverty, and although the students are...

Catholic Schools Week: 3 Ways to Celebrate All Students

Beginning tomorrow, Catholic school communities across the country will seize the opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary gift that we have in Catholic education. Most schools mark this festive week with...

Catholic Schools Week 2016 - For Our Parishes

"The seeds of faith, sown at his Catholic school, drew Gabe's family together in faith and made them an inspiration for the parish" When I was an associate pastor at...

Haiti, Through Other Eyes

After ten years working in Haiti, the Pearl of the Antilles, I couldn't help but feel the most recent trip helped me see the country, its beauty and its struggles...

What U.S. Catholic Schools Can Learn from Education in Haiti

Without windows. Without lights. Oftentimes without basic school supplies. As we visited Catholic schools in Port-au-Prince, I found myself wishing there was something we could do to provide these children...

Making the Dream a Reality: 3 Challenges from Dr. King

As a young man with no smartphone and poor map reading skills, I naturally got lost the first time I drove to see the school at which I would teach...

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