English as a New Language

In a spirit of collaboration, especially during these challenging and often isolating times, the ENL team is going to be offering a week of free office hours, February 8-12, at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Each day will be dedicated to specific grade levels. Take a look at the schedule and join us!

• Monday, February 8th - PreK and Kindergarten
• Tuesday, February 9th - 1st and 2nd Grade
• Wednesday, February 10th - 3rd and 4th Grade
• Thursday, February 11th - 5th through 8th Grade
• Friday, February 12th - High School

We invite all educators to join us, ask questions, and bring their most stubborn challenges to the ENL team!

Register Today!

Answer the call and become an ENL Hernandez Fellow! The English as a New Language (ENL) Hernandez Fellows program is accepting applications. Learn more about the program and access an application by visiting ace.nd.edu/enl.

After the storming of the U.S. Capitol left students and teachers wondering how to process and talk about what they witnessed, Meghan McDermott, a faculty member for ACE Teaching Fellows, shared these thoughts and resources.

As we enter into a new year, we also look back on the past year and our most popular news stories and blog posts. 

Looking back, it almost seems like Liz Richotte was destined to be a Catholic school educator. Liz, the middle of five children, drafted her two younger sisters to be her first pupils in a classroom she had set up in the basement. 

“I can remember going to the book fairs and searching for the teacher editions so I could take them home and use them with my sisters,” said Liz, who attended Catholic schools for 13 years.