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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...

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The American Indian Catholic Schools Network Welcomes Three New Partner Schools

Notre Dame, Indiana — The American Indian Catholic Schools Network (AICSN), a program within the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives...

Between a Rock and a Good Place

Have you ever had a rock in your shoe? What did you do when you noticed it? Did it bother you enough that you did something about it? When it...

March 26, 2024

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Building Belonging: Growth through Acompañamiento

As you walk the halls of St. John Paul II High School in Avondale, Arizona, the feeling of new is still prevalent. The high school, which opened in 2018, is...

March 26, 2024

New Principals and Promising Futures for Three AICSN Schools

The American Indian Catholic Schools Network is a collaborative effort between the University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education program and eight Catholic schools that primarily serve Indigenous students...

March 20, 2024

Outlined against a yellow-orange October sky, the three Hanisch men rode again

The last of the bags were loaded into the cargo hold. The open skies before them, John, Matt, and twelve-year-old Michael Hanisch (ACE 30, Chicago) set off from Tulsa, Oklahoma...

February 28, 2024

LEI Reaches Alaska! A Conversation with Principal Brian Ross of Lumen Christi High School in Anchorage

During the 2022–2023 school year, Principal Brian Ross participated in the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) with a team of fellow educators at Lumen Christi High School. Since participating in the...

February 1, 2024

LEI Mentor Spotlight: Getting to Know Kristin Moore

LEI Mentors have played a critical role in the success of the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) since the program’s inception in 2012. The experience, accountability, and personal attention that these...

February 1, 2024

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Supporting Literacy Instruction: Remick Faculty Member to Partner with Holy Cross College on $496,000 Lilly Endowment Grant

Holy Cross College received a $496,148 grant from the Lilly Endowment to support the education program to continue to provide professional learning and coaching opportunities to in-service teachers and to...

January 30, 2024

LEI Mentor Spotlight: Getting to Know Erin Vu

Mentor principals have played a critical role in the success of the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) since the program’s inception in 2012. The experience, accountability, and personal attention that these...

January 23, 2024

The Latest at ACE

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

The American Indian Catholic Schools Network Welcomes Three New Partner Schools