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ACE Teachers singing joyfully during Lessons and Carols at December Retreat 2025

I Can't Wait

“We wait because there’s a promise. There’s a presupposition of something more worth waiting for.” “But I want it now!” is a sentence heard throughout the country this time of...

From left to right: Kristen, Ashley, Marcello, Grace, Clayton, and Catherine in front of the Cleveland sign at Lake Eerie

Swimming with Gratitude

“Come on in, the water’s great!” I shout as I splash around in the choppy lake quite conveniently located only two minutes from our convent. “No really, it’s way warmer...

Meeting the Needs of All Students with Grace and Dignity

Are you looking for the skills to inclusively serve ALL students in your classroom? Have you thought about whether to apply to the Program for Inclusive Education (PIE), but are...

Why Holy Angels?

Holy Angels Catholic School is the first whole-school blended learning pilot in a Notre Dame ACE Academy. It is an amazing school with wonderful students, loving families, a rich tradition...

Motivating a Hunger for Knowledge, Not Grades

In the field of educational psychology, experts have many different theories of motivation. One of my favorites is 'Achievement Goal Theory'. This theory deals with the reasons that people choose...

5 Reasons You Should Apply to ACE Teaching Fellows

1. You will be CHALLENGED. ACE calls our Teaching Fellows to embrace challenge: we are challenged to find ways to reach our students and to help them grow academically while...

Risky Business

During the spring of my second year as an ACE teacher, I interviewed at a school that did not yet exist. I taught my demo lesson to the principal and...

Blended Learning and Social Justice

Warning: I was a Philosophy major, and old habits die hard. Please indulge my philosophical musings before we jump into more actionable information. At the heart of Christianity lies the...

Mary Pullano ChACE 15 Final Lessons from 2016

3 Final Lessons from 2016

The end of the year 2016 marks the end of my experience of the ACE in Chile teaching program. I have learned so much! Moving to the southern hemisphere turned...

Creating the Body of Christ

Three months before my 22nd birthday, I did something that I always aspired to do: I earned a degree from my dream school, the University of Notre Dame. I was...

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I Can't Wait

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