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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

Toka is an Indigenous sport played by the Piipaash (Maricopa) and Akimel O’odham (Pima) nations. This traditional game is experiencing a resurgence thanks to passionate athletes like April Morago. When...

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Joseph, Ofelia, and Mary Gallo Receive ACE’s Most Prestigious Award

In October, several members of the ACE and IEI team traveled to Modesto, California to present the 2025 Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education to Joseph, Ofelia...

Record Numbers Attend ACE's Latino Enrollment Institute 2019

The Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) welcomed 92 schools from 44 (arch)dioceses this month – its largest group ever – as part of its annual conference to equip schools with strategies...

June 27, 2019

Lakota and Catholic: Jesuit education on the Pine Ridge Reservation

Click Here to Listen Maka Clifford was interviewed by Jesuitical, a podcast by America Media. Maka is the Director of Curriculum and Assesment at Red Cloud Indian School. He discusses...

June 6, 2019

ESS Student Honored for Research; Helps Secure Funding for Native Schools

Click Here to Read Learn about how a Notre Dame undergraduate student played a pivotal role in securing funding for AICSN by exploring the connection between Catholicism and Native spirituality...

June 6, 2019

Dr. Collier and Maka Clifford on Catholic School Matters

Click Here to Listen After an opening segment, Dr. Tim Uhl talks with Dr. Brian Collier of American Indian Catholic Schools Network and Maka Clifford of Red Cloud Indian School...

June 6, 2019

ESS Student Honored for Research; Helps Secure Funding for Native Schools

Katie Ward, a Notre Dame senior and future member of ACE 26, was recently awarded the 2019 Frabutt Prize for Outstanding Community-Based Research in recognition of her research on the...

May 15, 2019

If Dr. Seuss Wrote a Biography of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Katie Mitchell Broussard, a graduate of the Alliance for Catholic Education, and her brother Paul Mitchell recently published a children's book, Audacious Ignatius, based on the life of St. Ignatius...

May 10, 2019

Celebrating Our Shared Values: Unity through Faith and Relationship Building

“It’s all about relationships.” There probably isn’t a single word or phrase uttered more frequently than this one is at the Catholic School Advantage’s Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) and Adelante...

April 30, 2019

Knowledge, Buzzer Skills, and Strategy

Take it from someone who knows – Kevin Donohue (ACE 17, LA South Central), who appeared last week on the famed television quiz show hosted for over 30 years by...

April 29, 2019

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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

Joseph, Ofelia, and Mary Gallo Receive ACE’s Most Prestigious Award