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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...

The Best Way to Set the Tone for the School Day

It is a ministry of presence that separates an administrator from a school leader who truly walks with his or her school community day by day. One of the most...

How a Five Minute Visit Reveals Everything Parents Need to Know About Your School

The first five minutes a visitor spends in a school can reveal a lot about its students, their teachers, and the broader school community. What impression of you do you...

ACE Link Roundup: Your Catholic Education "Must-Reads" from the Past Two Weeks

Obviously, we here at ACE are pretty bullish when it comes to Catholic schools. And boy, after the reading the news lately, it shouldn't be hard to see why. It...

How to Build a Strong Academic Foundation in Your School

What is it that we want our students to know and be able to do? Answering this question before we align to standards, set curricula goals, and form lesson objectives...

Integrating Pop Culture Into Classrooms

As a 22-year-old high school English and Spanish teacher responsible for 150 students who watched Friends for the first time on Nick at Nite, I worried about including pop, or...

How to Incorporate the Pope's Encyclical 'Laudato Si' into Your Classroom

"Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience" A...

What You Should Expect from Pope Francis' Visit to the US

What can we do to best prepare for Pope Francis? What might we expect? Learn more in the latest blog post from Fr. Ron Nuzzi. Oh yes, the excitement is...

Eight Ways Catholic Schools Can Be More Welcoming to Latino Students

Oftentimes, Latino families can feel disconnected with their local Catholic school, many of which are designed to cater to an immigrant community of a different generation. "El entusiasmo es contagioso"...

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Running Through Discomfort

We Are Dust: Reflections on Teaching and the Lenten Journey