September 1, 2022

62 Catholic Elementary Schools Throughout the Five County Region to be Recognized as 2022 Archdiocesan Schools of Distinguished Instruction

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office of Catholic Education will recognize 62 parish and regional elementary schools as 2022 Archdiocesan Schools of Distinguished Instruction. Pastors and administrators from the schools will be present to receive their award during a ceremony.

Thursday, September 8, 2022
4:30 p.m.
Saint Pius X Church
220 Lawrence Road
Broomall, PA 19008 (Delaware County)

Bishop Michael J. Fitzgerald, who oversees Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Father Stephen DeLacy, Vicar for the Office for Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults, and Dr. Andrew McLaughlin, Secretary for Elementary Education for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, will be present as well as other administrators from the Office of Catholic Education.

Thirty schools will be recognized for Growth and Exceeding Potential. Recognition for Growth was determined by comparing the Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) score from this year’s testing to the NCE examinations taken by students in the previous academic year. These schools were found to have exceeded 90% or above in all content area with a rate of potential between 76 and 90%. Maternity B.V.M. Catholic Elementary School in Philadelphia and Saint Andrew School in Newtown (Bucks County) achieved 100% in Growth and Exceeding Potential.

Recognition for Exceeding Potential was determined by analyzing the data from the ability testing (InView) and the achievement testing (Terra Nova) in which schools were found to have 90% of the classes meeting or exceeding their potential in all content areas at every level tested. In addition, 76-90% growth rate in all content areas at all grade levels.

Thirty Schools Recognized for Growth and Exceeding Potential

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School (West Grove, Chester County)

Christ the King School (Philadelphia County)

Corpus Christi Catholic School (Lansdale, Montgomery County) 

Holy Cross Regional Catholic School (Collegeville, Montgomery County)

Holy Family Regional Catholic School (Aston, Delaware County)

Holy Family Regional Catholic School (Phoenixville, Chester County)

Holy Redeemer School (Philadelphia County)

Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School (North Wales, Montgomery County)

Maternity B.V.M. Catholic Elementary School (Philadelphia County)

Mother of Divine Grace Interparochial School (Philadelphia County)

Mother of Providence Regional Catholic School (Wallingford, Delaware County)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Elementary School (Doylestown, Bucks County)

Sacred Heart School (Havertown, Delaware County)

Saints Colman – John Neumann School (Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County)

Saints Peter and Paul School (West Chester, Chester County)

Saint Anselm School (Philadelphia County)

Saint Andrew School (Newtown, Bucks County)

Saint Anastasia School (Newtown Square, Delaware County)

Saint Dorothy School (Drexel Hill, Delaware County)

Saint Francis de Sales School (Philadelphia County)

Saint Genevieve School (Flourtown, Montgomery County)

Saint Helena School (Blue Bell, Montgomery County)

Saint Hilary of Poitiers School (Rydal, Montgomery County)

Saint Ignatius of Antioch School (Yardley, Bucks County)

Saint Katherine of Siena Catholic School (Philadelphia County)

Saint Matthew School (Philadelphia County)

Saint Norbert Catholic School (Paoli, Chester County)

Saint Philip Neri Catholic School (Lafayette Hill, Montgomery County)

Saint Pius X School (Broomall, Delaware County)

Fourteen Schools Recognized for Growth

Blessed Trinity Catholic School (Philadelphia County)

Blessed Virgin Mary School (Darby, Delaware County)

Holy Family Regional Catholic School (Levittown, Bucks County)

Our Lady of Calvary Catholic School (Philadelphia County)

Our Lady of Port Richmond (Philadelphia County)

Saints Philip and James School (Exton, Chester County)

Saint Albert the Great Catholic School (Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County)

Saint Bernadette School (Drexel Hill, Delaware County)

Saint Christopher School (Philadelphia County)

Saint Isidore School (Quakertown, Bucks County)

Saint Katharine of Siena School (Wayne, Delaware County)

Saint Luke Catholic School (Glenside, Montgomery County)

Saint Patrick School (Malvern, Chester County)

Visitation Blessed Virgin Mary School (Philadelphia County)

Eighteen Schools Recognized for Exceeding Potential

Cardinal John Foley Regional Catholic School (Havertown, Delaware County)

Good Shepherd Catholic School (Ardsley, Montgomery County)

Mater Dei Catholic School (Lansdale, Montgomery County) 

Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School (Warminster, Bucks County)

Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic School (Swarthmore, Delaware County)

Our Lady of Angels Regional Catholic School (Morton, Delaware County)

Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic School (Maple Glen, Montgomery County)  

Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic Elementary School (West Brandywine, Chester County)

Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School (Willow Grove, Montgomery County)

Saints Simon and Jude School (West Chester, Chester County)

Saint Aloysius Parish School (Pottstown, Montgomery County)

Saint Cecilia School (Philadelphia County)

Saint James Regional Catholic School (Ridley Park, Delaware County)

Saint Jerome School (Philadelphia County)

Saint Joseph School (Downingtown, Chester County)

Saint Jude School (Chalfont, Bucks County)

Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic School (Media, Delaware County)

Saint Maximillian Kolbe School (West Chester, Chester County)

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Editor’s Note:

For additional information on Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, please visit aopcatholicschools.org/.

 

 

 

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