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Struggle Like Your Students

“It’s a whole body thing. Your shot should be one fluid motion.” “Follow through. Hold your hand up after you release the ball.” “Again.” While preparing for a beloved tradition...

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A Letter to My Future ACE Teachers

A letter to my future ACE teachers: “I think I’ve made a grave mistake.” This was a sentence I wrote on a teal post-it, tacked to the cork board of...

: Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ, blesses Sox

Blessing the Animals Says Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ at St. Joseph’s Indian School

(Chamberlain, S.D.) – Staff, students and animals in the school’s programs came together at the center of St. Joseph’s Indian School’s campus on October 4, the feast of St. Francis...

Disability Awareness

Awareness Impacts Success

This month is Disability Awareness Month, and we highlight several diagnoses. These include dyslexia–the most prominent learning disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Down syndrome. Disability Employment Awareness Month...

ACE Mobile 28s and 29s on the first day of school!

“Welcome to the BPiA!”

Learning our ACE placements was a truly bizarre cluster of emotions. First of all, it was a confirmation that in a few months, we would be responsible for actual human...

The Dallas community in our "community cave"

“Welcome Home, Mija”

“Welcome home, mija.” That was the first thing our school administrative assistant said to me on my first day back to school. It was exactly what I needed to hear...

ELA Classroom Tour

Collaboration, Corners, and Competition: A Glimpse into a Middle School ELA Classroom in Louisville, Kentucky

At Nativity Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, the walls are bright and the natural light is brighter, bringing lots of energy into my middle school English language arts classroom. When I...

Miss O'Shea's 4th Grade Classroom

On a Journey to Sainthood, Together: A Day in the Life of a Fourth Grader

When I began my first year of teaching fourth grade last year at St. Therese Catholic School in Aurora, Colo., I knew I wanted my classroom to be a warm...

Cup of Joe - Meeting Marco

Father Joe Carey, CSC, and Bridgette Groden welcome Marco Ordoñez to Cup of Joe and to the ACE Teaching Fellows Team. Marco shares about his background, what drew him to...

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Career Launch: How Caddying Helped Michael Davis Land a Job at Holy Cross High School

Michael shares how caddying at Prestwick Country Club helped him become an Evans Scholar at Notre Dame and land a great job. He is a math and theology Teacher and...