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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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I Can't Wait

“We wait because there’s a promise. There’s a presupposition of something more worth waiting for.” “But I want it now!” is a sentence heard throughout the country this time of...

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A Lesson Worth Remembering

Something was different as we walked into Dr. Collier's Social Studies Content class during that first ACE summer. He had us sit specifically in columns of five and said that...

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"I'm not going away" - Serving by Staying

Last week, as ACE teammates from across America gathered together for our annual spring retreat, we were both embraced and pushed by the words of Father Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. Throughout...

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Why Hunger Can be a Good Thing in Your School

Feeling hungry is the worst. Like most of us, when I'm hungry, I'm cranky, single-minded, and I usually start talking in caveman/Cookie-Monster-speak: "me want food." There's actually some science behind...

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It's Time to Mold Some Clay

"What did you do over the long weekend, Miss M?" asks Sarah, one of my fourth-graders, as she hurries into our classroom on Tuesday, February 21. I smile and pause...