Apple honors Catholic school in Wyncote

Apple Inc. has designated Ancillae-Assumpta Academy, a private Catholic school in Wyncote, a distinguished school for its extensive use of technology in instruction.

The honor, which is to be announced at the Montgomery County school on Wednesday, recognizes it for integrating technology across the curriculum and using it broadly in daily life. The honor is for the period of 2016 to 2018.

Apple gives the designation to schools for their innovative use of technology, leadership, and educational excellence, and for demonstrating a clear and consistent vision.

"We are so pleased to be named an Apple Distinguished School," Amy Lintner, the school's director, said in a statement. "From the preschoolers to the students in our junior high, Ancillae-Assumpta Academy has a commitment to break down the walls of the classroom and link learning to the outdoors, to the community, and to the world."

The coeducational school has 585 children from prekindergarten through eighth grade.

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