In the Spotlight

This summer, 37 teachers from 15 schools throughout the Diocese are attending summer school willingly. Sacred Heart School in Mount Holly, is hosting a week-long workshop on the Orton-Gillingham Program. The teachers will complete level one in the classroom teacher certification to assist students in their classroms with Dyslexia.

Special thanks go to Miss Kathryn Besheer, Principal of Sacred Heart School for offering this workshop to the teachers of the Diocese and for opening her doors to the teachers during summer vacation time.



The presenter for this workshop is the internationally renowned specialist in the Orton-Gillingham Program, David Katz. David has an MAT and is a Fellow at the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators. He is a Special Education Teacher in private practice in Metuchen, New Jersey.

David is certified under the New Jersey State Department of Education as a Teacher of the Handicapped and as a Supervisor.  Serving as an Inclusion Facilitator at several public schools, David has developed programs which integrate special education instruction into the mainstream classroom.