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Laugh at the Little Things

Though my first semester of teaching was a blur, it is defined by a sense of fun. Dropped into a new city, school, and job with only eight weeks of...

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What's Not in the Lesson Plan

It might be crazy to admit that one of my objectives on Fridays is to get my students to cry, but it isn’t because I am giving an impossible test...

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Answering the Call to Service in ACE 24

Walking into Accepted Applicants Night for ACE 24, I am not sure what I expected. I did feel one thing for certain-a slight sense of trepidation. I received an email...

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Ian Corbett: Getting to Know Blended Learning

"Cheers!" Ian called to me in his thick Irish accent with a huge smile on his face as his classroom of third graders burst into giggles. Most of Ian's students...

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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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A National View of Blended Learning in Catholic Schools

Though this blog is primarily focused on the work we do, we also want to highlight some of the most exciting blended-learning implementations in other Catholic schools across the country...

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Embracing Flexibility and Freedom with Blended Learning

This is the first in a series of posts that will highlight some of our remarkable teachers and share their perspectives on blended learning. Mary Kate serves as the second-grade...

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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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Progress, Not Perfection: Mid-Year Check-In for Holy Angels

The return from Christmas break brought feelings of nervous excitement for the teachers at Holy Angels and our staff here at ACE. January is a big month for our Notre...