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Ribbon cutting ceremony at Our Lady of Hungary

New Library Opens at Our Lady of Hungary Catholic School Through ACE Partnership

South Bend, Indiana — Students at Our Lady of Hungary Catholic School were welcomed into a newly transformed library on Tuesday, April 28, as part of the College Football Playoff...

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Columbus, Ohio

Notre Dame’s ACE Teaching Fellows to Serve Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Columbus

The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), part of the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre Dame, is excited to announce a new partnership with the Diocese...

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St. Joseph Indian School volunteers at their bookmobile

Like an Ice Cream Truck...but with Books!

This summer, the St. Joseph Indian School Bookmobile distributed books to 1,500 children and adults across 43 South Dakota communities. Two Notre Dame undergraduate students, Jocelyn Limon and Myldred Hernandez-Gonzalez...

Daara Jalili

Q&A with Daara Jalili: Domer Dozen 2022

From classroom teaching to fighting fires, Daara Jalili has taken his own path since graduating from Notre Dame and becoming an ACE teacher. He was named one of the Domer...

Meaghan Crowley-Sullivan

Through Others' Eyes

"I would study and study and study and know the material, and then I'd go into the test... and I would s t r u g g l e. I...

Viri walking outside with with LEAD

The Lasting Impact of a Latino Leader

When Viridiana Vargas was in seventh grade, she had a life-changing encounter with a visitor to her social studies class that began with a seemingly simple question: “Where are you...

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Dennis Rankin Wins Michael Pressley Award

“Come and see” is the phrase that Dennis Rankin, the principal of St. Peter Catholic School in North St. Paul, Minnesota, has always had on his mind about what first...