Alliance for Catholic Education
Catholic Schools Week: Educating the Heart
As a kid growing up going to Catholic schools, I thought Catholic Schools Week was the best. There was crazy hair day, crazy sock day, and crazy dress-up-as-your-teacher day. There...
ACE Teaching Fellows Blog
From Troublemaker to Teacher Extraordinaire: Meet Eric Budd, ETA
If someone had told teenaged Eric Budd that he would grow up to become a high school teacher, he would have laughed them off. In high school, Eric lived to...
You Can Do Hard Things: Musings from the ACE Marathon
For the last ten years of my life, I have run almost every day. There are large chunks of time lost to injury, sickness, days off, seasons off, etc. But...
Reflections from Vocations Retreat
Each year, recent ACE graduates and second year ACE teachers are invited to join religious men and women for a vocations discernment retreat at the end of the summer. This...
Teaching Liturgically
I have always appreciated the liturgical seasons of the Catholic Church, and have found that the same feast days, solemnities, and celebrations the calendar hits on each and every year...
Joey Jegier Receives Dr. Pepper Go Teach Tuition Giveaway
Joey Jegier, a member of the 30th cohort of ACE Teaching Fellows and a fifth-grade teacher at Holy Redeemer Grade School in Detroit, Michigan, was announced as the Notre Dame...
Season’s Greetings at ACE December Retreat
During the first weekend of December, nearly 200 ACE Teaching Fellows came together to welcome the Advent season. The term “Season’s Greetings” seems to take on an entirely new meaning...
Loving God, thank You for the gift of this day...and Notre Dame
“Loving God, thank You for the gift of this day.” There is no day quite like Notre Dame football game day. And as a kick-off to Thanksgiving break, the opening...
The Hidden Life of Christ the Teacher
“Teaching must just be so rewarding.” “You never know the impact you have. I heard a story about one student who ….” “I love Dead Poets Society!” The perspectives other...
Forging New Worlds: The Importance of Teaching Students the Galaxy of Grammar
As I glare down through the musty fog, a galaxy of crystals forged in the granite countertop captivates my mind’s eye. Even 15 minutes after I had opened the rusted...