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Go Forth!

When I was a student in ACE, I remember the sudden quiet that hit at the end of our summer class session. All of a sudden, the eight weeks were...

From left to right: Tom Betterly, Kate Jensen, and Sean Kelley in master's regalia holding their M.Ed. diploma in hand jumping up.

Commencement Weekend in ACE: Traveling and Searching for Wisdom

There I was: standing outside my broken-down car on the shoulder of the I-17 just north of Sedona, Arizona. This interruption to my journey home from my ACE placement sparked...

ACE Teaching Fellows Learn to Leverage Technology and Boost Student Performance

The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) is perhaps best known for its Teaching Fellows program, which forms talented, faith-filled college graduates to renew and transform Catholic school classrooms. Each year...

Recipe for Fellowship: Fr. Joe's Summer Cookie Socials

Cookies equal community. The recipe may be simple, but as Fr. Joe Carey, C.S.C. sees it, fellowship in ACE doesn't need to be complicated. Every Monday, Fr. Joe, ACE chaplain...

Moving Forward: 3 Lessons for Blended Learning Expansion

Two weeks ago, I mentioned that we are expanding blended learning to two additional Notre Dame ACE Academies in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis this year: Central Catholic School and St...

The Embody Love Club

Sometimes, as teachers, we spend too much time talking. Sometimes, we worry so much about transmitting our knowledge to our students, that we forget about the art of listening. We...

Finding God in the Song

When Emma Fleming was discerning her next steps as a senior at the University of Notre Dame, she listened for God's direction. She found her answer in song, a Notre...

ACE Summer's Spikeball Subculture

Four people stand in ready position on South Quad. Their knees are slightly bent, their eyes trained on the yellow ball as it bounces neatly off the circular net in...

Year 1 of Blended Learning in the Books at Holy Angels

Remember those feelings of nervous excitement I mentioned in our Mid-Year Check-In for Holy Angels? They returned - and stronger than ever - in May. The end of this school...

"Long Days, Short Weeks": A Reflection on ACE Summer

I stepped out of Dillon Chapel, carefully cradling the paper lantern I held in my arms. I felt the the heavy, humid South Bend summer air descend, and my eyes...

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Go Forth!

Commencement Weekend in ACE: Traveling and Searching for Wisdom