Overview

The Education Committee of the School Board invites the public to review selected textbooks and resources that will be piloted during the 2024-2025 school year. The materials under review will help determine their inclusion in the curriculum for the 2025-2026 school year.

Review Dates

From: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
To: Thursday, July 11, 2024

Location

Historic Classroom 2
Chancellor Center

Appointment Scheduling

Review times are available from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Please call to schedule your appointment:

• 215-944-1036
• 215-944-1088

These textbooks/resources will be piloted during the 2024-2025 school year for review and determination for inclusion into the curriculum for the 2025 -2026 school year.

• English Language Arts: after further review in the summer, two of these texts will be selected to pilot in grades 6, 7, and 8 (6th grade pilot 24-25 SY)
• Into Literature - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2020, ISBN 9780358400950
• Amplify ELA - Amplify, 2020, ISBN 9781643830902
• Study Sync - McGraw Hill, 2020, ISBN 978-1-94-973923-7

Science:

• Kit: How Can We Be Ready for the Weather? - Kindergarten
  Reader: What’s the Weather?
  Carolina Biological Supply Company/Smithsonian Institute, 2021, ISBN 978-1-7357196-7-2
   
• Kit: What Do Plants and Animals Need to Live? - Kindergarten
  Reader- Wander and Wonder
  Carolina Biological Supply Company/Smithsonian Institute, 2021, ISBN 978-1-7357196-7-2
   
• Kit: How Can We Change an Object’s Motion? – Kindergarten
  Reader: Tennis Tests
  Carolina Biological Supply Company/Smithsonian Institute, 2021, ISBN 978-1-7357197-0-2
   
• Kit: How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun? - Kindergarten
  Reader: Keeping Cool at the Zoo
  Carolina Biological Supply Company/Smithsonian Institute, 2021, ISBN 978-1-7357196-5-8
   
• Kit: How Can We Map Land and Water on Earth? - 2nd Grade
  Reader: Mapping Earth
  Smithsonian Institute, 2020, ISBN 978-1-7324199-5-7
   
• Elevate Science – Earth Module – 8th grade Academic, Honors, and Gifted courses
  Saavas Learning company, 2019, ISBN 9781418285241
   
• BSCS Biology Understanding Life- Academic Biology (10th grade)
  Kendall Hunt, 2022, ISBN 978-1-7924-9340-9
   
• Biology- Accelerated Biology (10th grade)
  Savvas Realize, 2025, ISBN 987-0-32-892512-4

Social Studies:

• US History Interactive Survey and Digital Courseware- 9th and 10th grade American Civilization courses
  Savvas Learning Company, 2022 ISBN: 9781418342128

*Please note that all textbooks and resources are copyrighted materials and may not be photographed or removed from the premises.