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Waiting Courageously

As an ACE Ambassador, you commit to ACE a full year before you ever step into a classroom as a Teaching Fellow. During that year, friends accept post-graduate jobs, professors...

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The Beauty of Catholic Schools Week

When I saw that I would be writing a blog post for Catholic Schools Week, I knew right away that I wanted to write about community. Community is the second...

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From the Other Side of the Desk

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) is humbled to share the following story from Meghann Kirzeder, a mother and former Catholic school teacher. Meghann (ACE 10, Nashville) is a friend...

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Luke Wajrowski: From Argentina to ACE 25

During his Fulbright service, Luke Wajrowski's students in Argentina told him that their performance of Twelve Angry Pigs was the first English production they could recall performed in their community...

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The History of FJ's Cookie Socials

Photo Credit: Seamus Ronan If you want to help Fr. Joe Carey, C.S.C., bake for his weekly "FJ Cookie Socials," just follow your nose up the Ryan Hall stairs to...

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Blended Learning 2.0: What's Next?

I just returned from three very full days of professional development with our Blended Learning Advancement and Strategy Teams from the Notre Dame ACE Academies in Indianapolis, and I am...