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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...

Catholic School Teacher Honored by Local Radio Station

Melina Lopez (ACE 21), currently serving as an AmeriCorps member teaching second grade in San Antonio, has received a type of reward typically reserved for students. She's on an "honor...

April 5, 2016

Harvard Professor Robert Putnam to Deliver 2016 Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C. Lecture

Inequality is increasing in America, widening the gap between rich and poor. What implications does this have for America's youth and their chances for upward mobility? What can we do...

March 10, 2016

Running for a Reason: Raising Funds for St. Matthias

Where are you reading this article? Your phone? Your iPad? Or on your laptop? Wherever you are, you are likely reading this because of the too-often-taken-for-granted gift of a wireless...

March 9, 2016

Read to Learn Initiative Earns Notre Dame Significant Award from USAID

Major gains in Haitian students' literacy skills through the Read to Learn initiative, led by Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)—in partnership with Notre Dame's Initiative for Global Development...

March 9, 2016

Americorps Week 2016: Six Stories from the Classroom

*Any student names from the stories below have been changed to protect their identities. For over 20 years, ACE Teachers have been proud AmeriCorps members, and each year AmeriCorps—which is...

March 7, 2016

Rising to Leadership: Reflections from a Principal at a Dual-Campus, Multi-Parish School

"I stumbled across a little thing called ACE, and it completely changed my life." Michael Debri, a graduate of ACE Teaching Fellows and the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program (RLP)...

March 2, 2016

Investments in Cincinnati Help to Rewrite the Narrative of Catholic Schools

A Cincinnati investment fund's recently announced grant advancing St. Francis de Sales School and St. Cecilia School toward their goal of a great education for kids from all backgrounds testifies...

March 2, 2016

A Civics Field Trip that Will Make You Proud to be an American

Photo by Laura Moon/St. John the Evangelist School Lianne Taruc has been a Catholic school student all her life. Now a social studies teacher in Atlanta through Notre Dame's Alliance...

February 26, 2016

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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

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