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Mary Margaret Schroeder with her students

Waiting Courageously

As an ACE Ambassador, you commit to ACE a full year before you ever step into a classroom as a Teaching Fellow. During that year, friends accept post-graduate jobs, professors...

Students and sister (left) holding up a sign that reads, "Thank You for the Gift of Catholic Education."

The Beauty of Catholic Schools Week

When I saw that I would be writing a blog post for Catholic Schools Week, I knew right away that I wanted to write about community. Community is the second...

Merry Christmas!

As we walk by our manger scenes this Christmas, their familiar beauty can make us forget: that night didn’t start out so great. That night began with Mary and Joseph...

Attending to Executive Functions during Advent

The season of Advent is a time of preparation and anticipation for Christmas...an exciting time! As we prepare, let us consider how the excitement of the holidays and changes in...

"Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy."

I’m the girl who plays It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year on repeat starting November 1. Christmastime is the best time. When I enter my classroom each morning...

A Day in the Life of a STEM Teacher

“Yo, that’s Physics!” Mike shouted triumphantly after his throw went about 40 yards downfield. He had just experienced firsthand how adjusting the angle of a projectile to approximately 45 degrees...

Giving the Full Measure You Have Received

It is often said that March is the longest month for teachers. While I certainly agree, October is a close second. By late October, plans that carried us through September...

"Rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances"

To kick off November, my classroom Scripture of the Week was 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18: Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you...

True Tucson tale: From little to no history to high tourney seed

This article originally appeared on azpreps365.com. There’s nothing in the Arizona Interscholastic Association and maxpreps.com’s record books showing St. Augustine ever having a winning season, owning a region championship nor...

One Ripple at a Time

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) is happy to share the following piece by Mary Desmarais, the inclusion specialist and expanded services teacher at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington...

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