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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...

Wichita Diocese Model Keeps Parochial Schools Intact

The Wichita Diocese's St. Katharine Drexel Catholic School Fund, established to help financially struggling parishes keep both inner-city and rural Catholic schools serving students from all backgrounds, has doubled last...

April 1, 2015

Capstone Seminars Reveal Research to Meet Classroom Needs

How can Catholic schools retain more of their recently enrolled Latino student populations? Are statewide voucher programs changing the public schools from which students depart? What are students most likely...

March 30, 2015

ACE Team Members and Graduates Present at NCEA 2015 in Orlando

You're invited to join ACE at the annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) in Orlando from April 7-9. ACE faculty, team members, graduates, and friends will share...

March 30, 2015

"Ancora Imparo" and Thunder Clubs: A Reflection on Culture (3/26/2015)

Friends, This week I'd like to share a short 'ancora imparo' story about school culture and the value of constantly polishing it. Last week, the teachers at St. John the...

March 26, 2015

ACE Teachers Connect Learning and Fun in Summer Camps for Local Students

How do summer day camp experiences—like the programs offered annually in local Catholic schools, with help from the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)—affect a typical Notre Dame faculty or staff...

March 25, 2015

Peanut Butter and Jelly to Share: School Children Give Their Lunches to Those in Need

Sitting on a dusty street corner just off of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Ariz., is Santa Cruz Catholic School, where students have taken to heart Jesus' command to love thy...

March 23, 2015

Opportunity for Rising Seniors to "Go All In" to Serve Nation's Children

For most members of the newest cohort of ACE Teachers, this past Wednesday marked an end to a week's worth of waiting between receiving their acceptance letter and learning their...

March 20, 2015

A St. Patrick's Day Message — From Ireland (3/19/2015)

Happy belated St. Patrick's Day! I had an amazing opportunity to spend last week working with about 20 teachers and school leaders in Dublin from four Catholic schools serving low-income...

March 19, 2015

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

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