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ACE Teachers posing before So-Cal Marathon 2026

Running Through Discomfort

I feel great. Granted, I’m only 3 miles into my 13.1 mile journey, but I feel better than ever. It’s hot, but I’ve run in this weather countless times. After...

High school students from Cleveland Central Catholic sit next to their elementary school prayer partners from St. Stanislaus during our Ash Wednesday Mass.

We Are Dust: Reflections on Teaching and the Lenten Journey

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This Ash Wednesday anthem, spoken as our foreheads are marked with a smudgy black cross, is a reminder of our...

What is Higher-Powered Learning? - Part 1

You may recognize this picture from ACE's 2016 Annual Appeal Video: As Fr. Scully says in the video, Nelvin had struggled in Language Arts, and this photo was taken after...

Trust the Process

The NBA season is well underway, and as a native Philadelphian now teaching in Sacramento, I do my best to keep up with both the Kings and the Sixers. While...

The Middle School Roller Coaster

I love it when their eyes widen. That is my favorite part. "You teach English? To middle schoolers?" people ask, incredulous, awed. "Oh man, I was the worst in middle...

Inclusive Schools Week-A Celebration of All in Catholic Schools

In this season of Advent, the Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) is grateful to be among an amazing network of advocates for inclusion in Catholic schools. This week we celebrate...

Were Not Our Hearts Burning Within Us?

Earlier this month, the ChACErs met together on the road. Well, sort of. There was an actual road involved: we arrived to the retreat via a road that took us...

Where Two (or Seven) Are Gathered

As a discerning senior, I was certain of only two things: I wanted to serve the Church, and I enjoyed working with young people. With those two ideas as my...

Dear Maeve-before-ACE, You're feeling pretty good about yourself, aren't you? You have just graduated from Williams College, a prestigious school, where you were captain of the lacrosse team and were...

The Power of an Invitation

"The servant-leader is servant firstIt begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead." —Robert Greenleaf "The...

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