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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...

Notre Dame ACE Academies among 10,000 fighting for students' future in Sunshine State

On January 19, 2016, delegations of students, parents, teachers, leaders, parishioners, and other supporters from Notre Dame ACE Academies in the Dioceses of St. Petersburg and Orlando were among the...

February 19, 2016

Catholic Schools Week in Florida

I can only begin to describe what a gift it was to visit all six of the Florida ACE Academies during Catholic Schools Week. Excellence happens on purpose and I...

February 18, 2016

ACE Marathon 2016: Let Us Run with Perseverance the Race Marked Out for Us

How far would you run to support Catholic schools? 26.2 miles? For the last fifteen years, dozens of ACE Teachers, Remick Leaders, ACE graduates, and friends have joined together to...

February 17, 2016

Fr. Joe Corpora, C.S.C., Notre Dame scholars address challenges for Latino Catholic education

Luis Ricardo Fraga, Arthur Foundation Endowed Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership, Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Political Science and co-director of the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino...

February 11, 2016

Every Student Succeeds Act: English Learning Children Not Left Behind

English learners (ELs) are the fastest growing population in U.S. schools at five million plus, and the newly minted Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), formerly known as No Child Left...

February 4, 2016

John Schoenig Featured on WSJ.com During Catholic Schools Week

John Schoenig, ACE's Senior Director of Teacher Formation and Education Policy, was featured on WSJ.com's Opinion Journal segment to talk about the successes and challenges faced by today's Catholic Schools.

February 2, 2016

Remick Leader Provides Faith-Filled Example to Seattle School

Matt DeBoer, RLP 12, was the fifth principal St. Teresa Catholic School had seen in six years. Teachers, parents, and students alike were tired of "all the chaos," DeBoer said...

January 29, 2016

Fr. Joe Corpora to be Appointed Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis

Rev. Joseph Corpora, C.S.C., director of university-school partnerships for the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), has received a mandate from Pope Francis to be a Missionary...

January 15, 2016

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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

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