Alliance for Catholic Education
Indianapolis
Life in the City
Indianapolis balances all of the big city fun with its pockets of nature on the Central Canal towpath, the lively Broad Ripple neighborhood (where our favorite ice cream place lives), and the tranquil Indianapolis Canal Walk. While you could get your fill of all things sports (Colts, Pacers, Fever), arts (Newfields Art Museum), and entertainment (Indianapolis State Fair, Carmel Christkindlmarkt, Indy 500) without ever leaving the city, Indy is a central midwest city that makes traveling accessible! Only 2 hours from Notre Dame, 2 hours from Louisville, 3 hours from Chicago, and 5 hours from Cleveland, you're never too far from a new city to explore with your ACE friends. Go hoosiers!
ACE Indianapolis
Isaac Bernsten
Providence Cristo Rey
HS English
Ryan Elkins
St. Lawrence
4th Grade
Kathryn McAuliffe
Cathedral
HS Social Studies
Lydia Miller
St. Michael-St. Gabriel
MS Science
John Ruddy
Scecina Memorial
HS Language Arts
Nicole Speyrer
St. Mark
MS Language Arts
Hometown
Rockford, IL
Undergraduate Institution
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Studies
Major: Program for Liberal Studies
Minor: Glynn Family Honors Program
What are you most looking forward to most as an ACE teacher this year?
I am most looking forward to exciting my students about the big thematic questions at the heart of English.
Hometown
Bensalem, PA
Undergraduate Institution
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Studies
Major: Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
Minors: Education, Schooling, and Society & Classical Civilization
What is one of your favorite memories from your first year in ACE Teaching Fellows?
Attending the late night vigil of Our Lady of Guadalupe with my school's parish community
Hometown
St. Louis, MO
Undergraduate Institution
University of Dayton
Undergraduate Studies
Major: Political Science
Minors: English & Criminal Justice
Why did you say "yes" to serving as a Catholic school educator through ACE Teaching Fellows?
I said yes to serving as a Catholic school teacher to inspire the love of lifelong learning that so many great educators have cultivated in me! I am so grateful to have had many dedicated, supportive teachers and family members who have pushed me to grow, and I'd like to do the same for students today.
Hometown
Spring Lake, MI
Undergraduate Institution
University of Michigan
Undergraduate Studies
Majors: Psychology & Environmental Sciences
If you had to pick one word to describe your ACE experience thus far, what would it be? Why?
Transformative. Through all of the ups and the downs that my first year of teaching has thrown at me, I always came out the other side as a newer, more equipped version of myself. The growth I have experienced in all areas of my life this year have left me feeling much more comfortable and familiar with myself, in a way that is totally new and different than before.
Hometown
Homer Glen, IL
Undergraduate Institution
Marquette University
Undergraduate Studies
Major: English Literature
Minor: Psychology
What is one of your favorite memories from your first year in ACE Teaching Fellows?
My favorite memory was getting to know my students outside of the classroom as their basketball coach.
Hometown
HometownMurfreesboro, TN
Undergraduate Institution
Belmont University
Undergraduate Studies
Majors: Publishing & Spanish
Minor: English Literature
What are you most looking forward to most as an ACE teacher this year?
I cannot wait to share in life and truth the very wonder of God's Word. What a blessing to have the opportunity to learn with middle schoolers about the gift of language, the stories of our past, and about God's very nature!