Fort Worth

Fort Worth is a community of six ACE teachers, three second-year and three first year, serving three schools in the Diocese of Fort Worth.

Brendan Apfeld
University of Notre Dame, 2010, Political Science
All Saints Catholic School, MS Social Studies, Langauge Arts, and Religion

Anne Christine Barbera
University of Notre Dame, 2010, Psychology
St. Rita Catholic School, 4th Grade

Ana Hernandez
University of Southern California, 2010, Nueroscience
St. George Catholic School, MS Science, Social Studies, and Religion

Karla Garcia-Huerta
University of Notre Dame, B.S. Preprofessional and Art Studio
St. Rita, MS Science and Math (6-8)

Megan Osterhout
University of Notre Dame, B.A. American Studies and Spanish
All Saints Catholic, 2nd Grade

What is unique about your community?

The Fort Worth community is blessed to live in the Strittmatter house right across the street from St. George. The Strittmatter family allows us to use their family home just outside the heart of Fort Worth. The great benefits of the home include a huge backyard (perfect for gardening, volleyball, lounging, and grilling) and “Joe’s Pool Hall”, the garage pool table frequented by family friends of the Strittmatters. Our house is no more than five minutes from downtown Fort Worth (making access to Sundance Square extremely easy) and only ten minutes from the world famous Fort Worth Stockyards. We are also close to the Little Saigon Market: a part of Fort Worth’s incredible Vietnamese neighborhood and the intersection of an extremely diverse regional population.

Provide a brief description of Fort Worth

Fort Worth is home to about half a million people, and is located 45 minutes from Dallas. It is nicknamed “Cow Town” because of its Historic Stockyards, which look like something straight out of the Old West, complete with cobblestone streets, Billy Bob’s Texas (the biggest honky-tonk bar in the country), a mechanical bull, and Texas longhorns that are walked through the street twice a day. Fort Worth also has a beautiful downtown full of restaurants, bars, shops, and the Bass Performance Hall. There are white Christmas lights on the trees year round. TCU home of the Horned Frogs is located a short drive from the ACE house and is a great place to relax, work, and enjoy college sports. The Trinity Trails follow the Trinity River and offer miles of biking and running paths.

What do you like most about Fort Worth?

Fort Worth is the best city in Texas! It has a great downtown, amazing restaurants, museums, history, a major university, botanic gardens, and a great nightlife. Fort Worth has been voted one of the “most livable cities in America.” It also is a great size; it’s big enough to have everything you might want, but small enough to be manageable.

Schools served in Ft. Worth

St. George Catholic School
All Saints Catholic School
Saint Rita Catholic School