ACE Teaching Fellows Blog

The Most Powerful Question

I can do hard things. Like many other ACErs, I adopted this common mantra as an inspirational tool during my first months of teaching. It came in handy during the...

A Letter to My Favorite Student

Dear Student, You have no idea how much I appreciate you and how much I love you. You can't grasp it, because you don't see what goes on between 3...

How ACE Helped Me Discover What 'Tough' Really Means

I'm the type of person who always has a plan-a plan for next weekend, a plan for water evacuation if we accidentally drive off a bridge, or five different escapes...

Mudslides, Waterfalls, and Snake Proof Boots: Checking In with ChACE 16

Hola desde Santiago, Our group has just finished our first full week here in beautiful Santiago! Since our last post, we have had the blessing of traveling to many places...

Mudslides, Waterfalls, and Snake Proof Boots: Checking In with ChACE 16

Hola desde Santiago, Our group has just finished our first full week here in beautiful Santiago! Since our last post, we have had the blessing of traveling to many places...

Remembering the Magic

During the first stress-laden three weeks of school, the ACE Indianapolis community made its way through all eight Harry Potter movies. I loved Harry Potter when I was in elementary...

A Love Letter to the Butterflies

So, here we are. My calendar tells me we're six weeks in, though I think twenty seems closer to capturing the reality of how full this time has been. I'm...

The ACE Morning Offering

Every member of ACE Teaching Fellows gets a card just like the one above. There's one on my bedside table and an extra in my wallet-just to be safe. Wherever...

There's No Place Like Home

“Níl aon tintéan mar thintéan fhéin” This is an old Irish proverb meaning "there is no place like home." On a recent brisk, magnificent fall morning in Indianapolis, I attended...

Early Mornings, Late Nights, and Desk Naps: Life at Saint Catherine's

"Why?" This is the question I heard when I told people that I was staying in Tulsa, Oklahoma. "Why Oklahoma?" Good question. If I'd moved back home to mostly sunny...