GSC is a Three-Time Archdiocesan "School of Distinguished Instruction"

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office of Catholic Education recognized 71 parish and regional elementary schools last Thursday (September 5) as 2024 Archdiocesan Schools of Distinguished Instruction. School administrators gathered to receive their award during a ceremony at Saint Dorothy Church in Drexel Hill.

Dr. Andrew McLaughlin, Secretary of Elementary Education for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Bernadette Dougherty, the Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Schools in Montgomery County, were on hand to present the awards.

GSC Principal Sister Helen Thomas, IHM – along with Fourth-Grade Teacher Sister Teresa Haug, IHM, and Resource Teacher Sister Christine Lamb, IHM – accepted Good Shepherd Catholic School’s plaque for a third year in a row.

GSC was one of 44 schools recognized for "Growth" and "Exceeding Potential," and this is the second consecutive year that GSC has succeeded in both categories. Recognition for "Growth" was determined by comparing the Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) score from the March 2024 testing to the NCE examinations taken by students in the previous academic year. GSC students’ scores demonstrated a full year’s growth in the total mastery of skills at every level tested.

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 85 percent of the classes (grades 2-7) meeting or exceeding their potential in all content areas at every level tested with a growth rate between 76 and 90 percent.

Here is the press release from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia: https://archphila.org/71-area-catholic-elementary-schools-to-be-recognized-as-2024-archdiocesan-schools-of-distinguished-instruction/.
 
Here is the story on CatholicPhilly.com: https://catholicphilly.com/2024/09/news/local-news/71-catholic-grade-schools-honored-for-excellence/.

Congratulations to GSC students, teachers and staff for all of their hard work that led to this significant academic achievement!
 
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