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“I’m going to college in 2025”: Mission accomplished!

Fifteen years ago, at the invitation of Bishop Gerald Kicanas, Notre Dame ACE Academies (NDAA) partnered with St. John the Evangelist in Tucson, AZ where these tiny scholars Mia and...

Montana Garcia

ACE Teaching Fellow Montana Garcia Awarded Fulbright Scholarship for 2025–26

Notre Dame, IN — Montana Garcia, a graduating member of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Teaching Fellows program, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2025–26 academic...

When We Knock and the Door is Opened: Alec Torigian and the Call to Teach

Since its founding, ACE has graduated nearly 2,000 teachers and leaders. These teachers and leaders have continued to support and transform Catholic education, both directly and indirectly, by living out...

September 6, 2016

Speaking to the Heart of What Parents Want for their Children

Know your audience. This age-old wisdom for public speaking is something we’ve all probably heard at one point or another. It often serves as a guiding principle for any successful...

September 1, 2016

Outward Signs and Symbols of Grace AND Culture: Incorporating Culturally Sustaining Sacramental Traditions

God's grace is everywhere and always present. In the Catholic Church, sacraments are the outward and visible signs in which we celebrate this grace. Precisely because sacraments are tangible and...

August 30, 2016

Helping Vocabulary to Stick: 7 Successful Strategies for Schooling Saponification (or at least how to teach the word!)

When it comes to learning new vocabulary, especially with English language learners, research tells us that simple, one-time exposure is not enough for language to "stick." For more effective vocabulary...

August 30, 2016

Aaron Brenner Named Gary and Barbara Pasquinelli Director of Notre Dame ACE Academies

The University of Notre Dame has announced that Aaron Brenner, a global leader in creating educational opportunities for children living in poverty, is the new Gary and Barbara Pasquinelli Director...

August 15, 2016

New York Times Follows Notre Dame Graduates through Religious Discernment in ACE

New York Times religion commentator Samuel Freedman, who wrote about ACE's faith communities in Tucson in 2012, digs deeper into the unique formation provided by the ACE Teaching Fellows program...

July 22, 2016

Latino Enrollment Institute Continues to Grow, Serve Latino Families and Catholic Schools

Yvonne Schwab from St. James the Less Catholic School in Columbus, Ohio, is a mentor principal in the Latino Enrollment Institute. To see the rest of her story, and to...

July 18, 2016

ACE Honors Distinguished Service to Catholic Education with Annual Awards

As part of an annual tradition to recognize the outstanding work of its graduates and supporters, the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) will honor five members of the Catholic education...

July 7, 2016

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“I’m going to college in 2025”: Mission accomplished!

ACE Teaching Fellow Montana Garcia Awarded Fulbright Scholarship for 2025–26