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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...

ACE Teachers Connect Learning and Fun in Summer Camps for Local Students

How do summer day camp experiences—like the programs offered annually in local Catholic schools, with help from the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)—affect a typical Notre Dame faculty or staff...

March 25, 2015

Peanut Butter and Jelly to Share: School Children Give Their Lunches to Those in Need

Sitting on a dusty street corner just off of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Ariz., is Santa Cruz Catholic School, where students have taken to heart Jesus' command to love thy...

March 23, 2015

Opportunity for Rising Seniors to "Go All In" to Serve Nation's Children

For most members of the newest cohort of ACE Teachers, this past Wednesday marked an end to a week's worth of waiting between receiving their acceptance letter and learning their...

March 20, 2015

A St. Patrick's Day Message — From Ireland (3/19/2015)

Happy belated St. Patrick's Day! I had an amazing opportunity to spend last week working with about 20 teachers and school leaders in Dublin from four Catholic schools serving low-income...

March 19, 2015

Why St. Patrick's Day Matters for Today's Catholic Schools

For Irish immigrants coming the United States in the 19th Century, St. Patrick's Day meant a great deal—it was a day to celebrate their heritage, a heritage that was treated...

March 17, 2015

DC Consortium Schools Stand as Beacons of Hope

"I will not abandon the city of Washington in its time of need." With these words, then-Archbishop of Washington, DC, Cardinal James Hickey, announced in 1997 an investment of several...

March 12, 2015

ACE Graduate Kevin Kijewski Named Superintendent

Kevin Kijewski's journey to becoming superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Denver has been anything but straightforward. From high school teacher in Denver as part of ACE Teaching Fellows...

March 11, 2015

Walton Family Foundation Looks Ahead to Next Stage of Transforming Education

Parental choice among schools has proven "poverty need not be destiny" for children, and it's time to build upon that progress with new initiatives, K-12 education leader Marc Sternberg told...

March 6, 2015

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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

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