Forming Hearts and Minds in the AI Era

Santa Margarita Catholic High School · Innovation Department

Forming Hearts and Minds in the AI Era

Friday, October 23, 2026 · 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

For Catholic middle school teachers, principals and diocesan staff

Run of the day

  1. 8:30to 9:00 a.m.

    Arrival, coffee and pastries

    Greeted by SMCHS staff and students

    Pick up your name tag. Tags are color-coded by role: teacher, principal, diocese.

    DELTA: Love
  2. 9:00to 9:15 a.m.

    Prayer, welcome and our why

    Fr. Matt and SMCHS students; Cheri, principal; Michelle Cho and Jorge Ledezma

    Opening prayer led by Fr. Matt and our students, a welcome from our principal, and the why behind the day.

    DELTA: Transcendence
  3. 9:15to 9:50 a.m.

    Keynote: Human Formation in the AI Era

    Adam Kronk, Ed.D., Director, DELTA Network, University of Notre Dame

    What AI is already changing about childhood, learning and the classroom, what it can never change about the human person, and the DELTA frame for the rest of the day.

    DELTA: All five
  4. 9:50to 10:00 a.m.

    Break

    Move to your Round 1 breakout room.

  5. 10:00to 10:40 a.m.

    Choose your adventure, round 1

    SMCHS presenters

    Five SMCHS-led sessions.

    See the five sessions

    DELTA: Varies
  6. 10:45to 11:25 a.m.

    Choose your adventure, round 2

    SMCHS presenters

    Sessions repeat, so you attend two different ones.

    See the five sessions

    DELTA: Varies
  7. 11:30to 12:10 p.m.

    Lunch, mixed roundtables and AI tool demos

    SMCHS students and demo hosts

    Sit with people from other schools and roles. Demo stations around the room let you try tools during lunch.

    DELTA: Love, Dignity
  8. 12:15to 1:00 p.m.

    Survey + panel: Hearing from our students, faculty and parents

    SMCHS students, faculty and a parent

    What our students told us about AI, in their own words, with your questions on index cards.

    DELTA: Agency, Love, Dignity
  9. 1:00to 1:30 p.m.

    Closing: bringing AI literacy into K–8

    What AI literacy looks like from K–2 through 6–8, a quick unplugged activity, and one step to take on Monday.

    DELTA: Embodiment, Agency