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Presence Over Perfection: What Really Matters in Your Classroom

It’s Saturday, January 3rd. Classes start up again on Monday. You’re back at your ACE placement, your plans for the week are solid, your assignments are prepped, your grade book...

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Waiting Together: Advent in the Classroom

I have always loved Advent, but the season took on an even deeper meaning once I started sharing it with my 5th-grade students. Experiencing the hope and wonder of Christ’s...

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Some Friendly Basketball Competition

Everyone loves some friendly competition, especially in the ACE community house in Corpus Christi, Texas, when three community members coached two competing teams during the middle school basketball season. ACE...

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The Biggest Dance

As we enter the last week of March, many of us are following our brackets and the NCAA basketball tournament. Back at Notre Dame, groups of students are putting together...

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So Blessed I Said "Yes"

"Wow. I wish I could do ACE." I distinctly remember being surprised by this thought during my junior year at Notre Dame. Since my freshman year, I was drawn to...

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HotDog Man to The Rescue!

"Can we have a piece of paper?" Students often ask this question of teachers, and it can lead in a number of different directions. For Eve Wenger's third-grade students at...

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When Did You Become an Inclusive School?

The Program for Inclusive Education is privileged to collaborate with many amazing educators across the country who support and advocate for inclusion in Catholic schools. It is my privilege to...