Stories

ACE Blog

Students talking to each other.

Four students with their backs to the camera writing on a white board

Go Forth!

When I was a student in ACE, I remember the sudden quiet that hit at the end of our summer class session. All of a sudden, the eight weeks were...

Read More

From left to right: Tom Betterly, Kate Jensen, and Sean Kelley in master's regalia holding their M.Ed. diploma in hand jumping up.

Commencement Weekend in ACE: Traveling and Searching for Wisdom

There I was: standing outside my broken-down car on the shoulder of the I-17 just north of Sedona, Arizona. This interruption to my journey home from my ACE placement sparked...

Read More

ACE Site Logo

Cup of Joe: Where Have We Been?

After a short hiatus, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Bridgette Groden return to share where they've been, celebrate Notre Dame Lacrosse, and encourage others to seek out Christ in their...

HPL Program - teacher and students

The Higher-Powered Learning Program

The Alliance for Catholic Education’s (ACE’s) Higher-Powered Learning Program is a three-year program guiding teachers and Catholic school leaders through the implementation of excellent and sustainable blended-learning programs. Three to...

ACE Site Logo

Cup of Joe: Important Places

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Bridgette Groden discuss the important places in their lives and how the indelible memories of where we're from...

spring flowers overlooking the Dome

A Season of Uprooting and Blooming Part II

“There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 As the 2022-23 school year winds down, amid the flurry of spring...

ACE Site Logo

Cup of Joe: Meaningful Meals

In this episode of Cup of Joe, Fr. Joe Carey, CSC and Bridgette Groden discuss meals that are meaningful to them and call on us to use meals as a...

Steady on the Grind

Steady on The Grind

“October and February are the toughest, longest, and most exhausting months for teachers,” they said. By “they," I mean everyone. It is well known in the community of education that...