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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...

The Very First "Yes"

"It was after the Easter vigil. Saturday, almost midnight. "I slipped my acceptance, that I wanted to do the program, under Fr. Scully's door. Little did I know that the...

September 17, 2018

ACE Summer 2018 in Photos

As the new school year begins, take a moment to look back at some of the many highlights from ACE Summer 2018.

August 20, 2018

"School Choice: Friend To Justice And Integration" from Forbes

Government-dictated school segregation through much of American history was a gross injustice, treating people unequally under the law and crushing their rights to associate freely with others. School choice is...

August 16, 2018

"Opinion: School Choice Is the Enemy of Justice" from NYTimes

In 1947, my father was one of a small group of black students at the largely white Fremont High School in South Central Los Angeles. The group was met with...

August 16, 2018

"Kavanaugh Could Unlock Funding for Religious Education, School Voucher Advocates Say" from NYTimes

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, in a speech last year, gave a strong hint at his views on taxpayer support for religious schools when he praised his "first judicial hero," Justice...

August 16, 2018

Proclaiming the Good News: ACE's School Pastors' Institute

"In a world of fake news, you are proclaiming the Good News!" So said Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of the Diocese of Yakima to a group of over 80 pastors...

August 9, 2018

ACE Teachers Gain Valuable Experience in Local Schools

In a classroom at Navarre Middle School, Allie Olshefke has the students' attention to herself. Her mentor teacher watches as she prods a group of seventh graders to explain their...

August 2, 2018

"Places of Healing": An Update on the American Indian Catholic Schools Network

Will Newkirk remembers the beauty he saw at White Earth Nation on an undergraduate spring break trip from Saint John's University in Minnesota. Years later, he recalls the maple-syrup tapping...

July 27, 2018

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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

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