ACE News

December 2012

ACE Tutors Recommend Some Favorite Children's Books

Former ACE Tutor Continues Service as Newest Member of ACE Council

Honor Someone With a Gift to ACE this Holiday Season!

An Eventful Autumn for ACE

November 2012

A Cause for Celebration: ACE Doubles Our Impact

ACE Pre-service Training: A Tale of Redshirts

ACE Kicks off 19th Year of Serving Central Texas

Why ACE?

July 2012

Transforming Dreams into Reality

A Year's Worth of Growth: A Tutor's Perspective

Literacy Champions concludes another year of reading, friendship, and LADYBUGS!

Keep AmeriCorps Local—Austin AmeriCorps Awareness Week

March 2012

ACE's New Three-Year Strategic Plan

Being a 2nd-Year Tutor

December 2011

ACE raises awareness and support at annual fundraising lunch

T.A. Brown Elementary, an ACE partner school, receives library makeover from Target

Allison Elementary Hosts "Boo Away the Flu"

ACE Partners with Perez Elementary

November 2011

AISD announces plans to expand literacy campaign, recognizes ACE for its "strong results" in early literacy intervention

August 2011

ACE expands to help more children learn to read, so they can read to learn!

What do AmeriCorps members pledge to do during their year of service?

June 2011

Another Great School Year for ACE!

Annual End-of-the-Year Celebration

PALs Graduation

My Two Years as an ACE Tutor

Big Champs, Little Champs, Field Trips, and Bats

My Friend José

Partnership with Region XIII Education Service Center's Alternative Teacher Certification Program

March 2011

Success by 6: Tabitha's Story

ACE Partners with KLRU: Fulltime Members Explore UT

Alumni Spotlight: Andres Madrid's journey from Austin to Uganda

Literacy Champions: Pairing Second Graders and Community Leaders

Campus Spotlight: AmeriCorps Organizations Work Together at Linder Elementary

January 2011

A Letter from the Director

ACE Empowers Parents Through Play and Learn Program

Fulltime Tutors Take Part in MLK's National Day of Service

Campus Spotlight: Lance Corporal Nicholas S. Perez Elementary School

Ashley Pérez, Novelist and Former ACE Tutor

November 2010

Starting Strong with ACE

October 2010

ACE Welcomes 116 Incoming Tutors

ACE Hosts Wine & Cheese Event

Trail Maintenance at Perez Elementary

September 2010

ACE highlighted as United Way Success by 6 partner agency—A new grant will help United Way and partners to increase school readiness programs like ACE's Play and Learn classes.

August 2010

ACE gears up for new school year

ACE featured on MyFox Austin

June 2010

Raising the Profile of Service through AmeriCorps Awareness Week

ACE Alumni Tutors Named AISD Teachers of the Year

Play and Learn Lifts Families to a Lifetime of Learning

ACE Staff Member Gabriela Garcia Graduates from Hispanic Austin Leadership Class

March 2010

ACE Offers a "Taste of School" Through Play and Learn

Community Volunteers Give Back to Young Readers

November 2009

New Name—Same Great Program

Note: Before November 2009, ACE (A Community for Education) was called ACEE (AmeriCorps for Community Engagement and Education).

October 2008

University of Texas at Austin's AmeriCorps Program Joins Other Groups in Pledge to Serve Local Community

May 2008

AmeriCorps Week in Austin

ACEE Awarded Partner of the Year by Austin Partners in Education

Austin AmeriCorps Programs Participate in Martin Luther King Peace Bench Project

April 2008

Lucy Read Pre-Kindergarten Demonstration School Profiled in the Austin American-Statesman

February 2008

ACEE Mid-Year Celebration and Rededication

Hoopoe/Share Literacy Continues to Help ACEE Students and Tutors