Alliance for Catholic Education
ALMA Summer in Focus
This summer, educators and leaders from across the country came together at Notre Dame to learn, reflect, build relationships, and strengthen their work in Catholic schools. ALMA Summer in Focus...
A Hispanic Heritage Month Reflection from the ALMA Director
In this Hispanic Heritage Month reflection, Jocelyn Smith shares why ALMA’s mission is deeply personal to her. Drawing on her own experience as an English learner, she reflects on what...
The Sound of Belonging: The Mariachi of St. Anne School
At St. Anne School in Santa Ana, California, mariachi has become a bridge between generations and a powerful expression of belonging. Through music, students are carrying forward the faith, memories...
Bilingual Beginnings: Empowering Preschoolers Through Language and Culture
A new article in the Summer 2025 edition of Momentum, the quarterly publication of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), highlights the groundbreaking work of the Advancing Latino and Multilingual...
Notre Dame’s ALMA Initiative Awarded $464,000 Grant from the Catholic Extension Society to Support Latino Students and English Learners in Rural Mission Dioceses
Notre Dame, IN — The University of Notre Dame’s ALMA Initiative (Advancing Latino and Multilingual Achievement), part of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) and the Institute for Educational Initiatives...
Cultivating Systemic Change: The Archdiocese of New York Partners with ALMA to Expand Latino Outreach Efforts
Often, the most profound connections are made with those who remain unseen in the crowd, quietly listening, yet deeply impacted by the message. In the fall of 2023, Katy Lichon...
A Place in History
On a breezy early summer day, a group of Latina teachers walking through Washington, DC, happened upon a life-size bronze sculpture of 140 migrants huddled together in a small boat...
Leadership Lessons from Students and Robots
The Latino Educator and Administrator Development Program (LEAD) aims to form, advance, and retain Latino educators in Catholic schools. During the one-year LEAD fellowship, educators participate in leadership formation through...
Between a Rock and a Good Place
Have you ever had a rock in your shoe? What did you do when you noticed it? Did it bother you enough that you did something about it? When it...
Building Belonging: Growth through Acompañamiento
As you walk the halls of St. John Paul II High School in Avondale, Arizona, the feeling of new is still prevalent. The high school, which opened in 2018, is...