Approved Programs

The following programs have been reviewed and have been found to be appropriate for use with the Archdiocesan Curriculum. No programs should be used unless they appear on this list.  As noted in Policies and Procedures (605),  Schools that wish to select programs or textbooks other than those reviewed and approved by the curriculum committees should seek further information and approval from the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment and related Staff Development for PK-8. No pilot programs should be engaged in without the approval of the Office of Catholic Education.

 

 

Religion


 


»  RCL Benzigeer  |  Contact: Suzanne Forestrom  sforstrom@rclbenziger.com


»  William H. Sadlier, Inc.  |  Contact: Debra Fox  | dfox@sadlier.com <dfox@sadlier.com>;


»  Our Sunday Visitor  |  Contact:   Michael Habeeb  mhabeeb@osv.com


»  Loyola Press  |  Contact: Katy Maier    kathryn.maier@loyolapress.com


English Language Arts

 


» Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Journeys – Collections  – Into Reading – Into Literature
​Contact:  Beth Reed  |Beth.Reed@hmhco.com



» McGraw-Hill  |  Wonders
Contact:

Kristy.Anelli@mheducation.com
mecca.johnson@mheducation.com

» Loyola Press |  Voyages In English  |  Exercises in English
​Contact: Katy Maier    kathryn.maier@loyolapress.com


» William H. Sadlier, Inc. |  Vocabulary Workshop  |  Close Reading (2018)
​Contact: ​Debra Fox  |  646-387-5414


Math

 


» William H. Sadlier, Inc.
Progress in Mathematics (2016)  |  Sadlier Math (2019)
Foundations of Algebra  |  Fundamentals of Algebra  |  Algebra 1
Contact: Debra Fox | 646-387-5414


» Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  |  Go Math  |  Into Math
Contact: Beth Reed


» McGraw-Hill  |  My Math
Contact:

Kristy.Anelli@mheducation.com
mecca.johnson@mheducation.com

Science

 


» Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  |Into Science (2020)   Science Fusion (2016)  |  Dimensions (2018)
Contact: Beth Reed Beth.Reed@hmhco.com


» Nancy Larson Science
Contact:  Tim Van Winkle


 


»  Pearson  |  Interactive Science
Contact: Katie King  |  623-253-4601


Social Studies 

 


» Penns Valley Press

  • Communities Around the World – Grade 3
  • Pennsylvania – Grade 4
  • Western Hemisphere – Grade 5
  • Eastern Hemisphere – Grade 6
  • American History I – Grade 7
  • American History II –  Grade 8

Contact: Tom Cleary | 215-840-3378


» Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  |  Contact: Beth Reed

Catholic Textbook Project (Kendall Hunt) – Grades 7 and 8 only

Contact – Suzanne Forestrom  sforstrom@rclbenziger.com


World Languages


» EMC School  |  Contact:


» Rosetta Stone


Early Childhood

» HoughtonMifflinHarcourt | Big Day for PreK
Contact: Beth Reed  Beth.Reed@hmhco.com


» William H. Sadlier, Inc. |  Discovering God
Contact: Debra Fox  |  646-387-5414  dfox@sadlier.com


» Children’s Literacy Initiative  |  Blueprint for literacy
Contact: Jill Valunas  |  215-561-4676Frog Street  Contact:

Dave Barnett DBARNETT@FROGSTREET.COM

Fine Arts


» TBA


Library


»Library Resources Document (pdf)Approved Programs 2023 (5)

Handwriting


» Universal Publishing  |  Writing our Catholic Faith
Contact: Tom Wasylyk  |  800-940-2270  tom@upub.com

 

 

Approved Supplementary Programs

Religion

Gospel Weeklies – Pflaum   Contact:  Vince Lunetta  vlunetta@pflaum.com>;

 

Math

First in Math –  Suntex    Contact:  Nancy Kane  nancy@24game.com

IXL  –  Contact:  Alysa Beer   alysab@ixl.com

IReady – Contact:  Lakisha Baxter  lakishabaxter@cainc.com>

 

ELA

Vocabulary Workshop, Writing Workshop

Phonics

Close Reading

Writing a Research Paper

Sadlier – Contact;  Debra Fox – dfox@sadlier.com

 

Reading supplements, Phonics – Benchmark Education  Contact:

Molly Felicia mollyfelicia@yahoo.com
Eric Gartenberg EGartenberg@benchmarkeducation.com

 

Trade Books:  A % B Enterprises 

Alyssa Heeneke aheeneke@gmail.com>
Missy Blatstein,  mtblatstein@gmail.com to