SJA At a Glance
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St. Jerome School educates children in the truest and fullest sense by giving them the necessary tools of learning and by fostering wonder and love for all that is genuinely true, good, and beautiful. We emphasize classical learning because we want our students to read well, speak well, and think well and ultimately because truth and beauty are good in themselves and desirable for their own sake. We seek to incorporate our students into the wisdom of two thousand years of Catholic thought, history, culture, and arts so that they might understand themselves and their world in the light of the truth and acquire the character to live happy and integrated lives in the service of God and others. Education in this deep and comprehensive sense extends beyond the classroom and is more than just the acquisition of skills.
It encompasses the whole of one's life. For this reason, St. Jerome‘s seeks to involve families ever more deeply in the life of the school and in the education of their children.
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The St. Jerome Academy Difference
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- Our goal is to have students read well, write well, think well, and speak well.
- We teach the grammar, logic, and rhetoric (the Trivium) of the lessons and as a result attend to the natural leanring capability of students at each age, as well as their natural inquisitiveness.
- We teach the core subjects-History, Religion, and Literature-in an integrated fashion so that facts are not taught in isolation and subject lines blur.
- We create mimetic, or dialectic lessons that are idea-centered.
- As often as possible, we use primary sources (first-hand evidence about a person, event, object, or work of art) instead of textbooks.
- When we teach History, we teach not only events, but also the observations and debates in the sciences, the creative work of humanity-art, architecture, music, literature, and poetry-and the spread of ideas and people around the world.
- When appropriate and possible, we have the students do hands-on work.
- We teach to mastery of knowledge and depth of ideas.
- Our students memorize poetry, parts of speech, math facts, quotes from literature, Latin, science facts, and songs (among other things).
- In the Grammar Stage (Elementary) grades, we have our students raise their hands and stand when answering questions.
- We have our students speak in complete sentences.
- We teach our students cursive handwriting (this is a skill that can be learned even in the older grades).
- We have a timeline related to what we're teaching and relevant maps in our classrooms.
- Our classrooms are ordered and beautiful spaces.
- We teach the cardinal virtues and the transcendentals. We teach students how to look for them in their lessons and their daily lives.
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School address:
5207 42nd Place
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Phone: 301-277-4568
Email: information@stjeromes.orgHours of Operation:
School Day 8:00 AM - 3:10PM
School Office 8:00 AM - 3:30 PMExtended Care:
Before Care (7:00 AM - 8:00 AM)
After Care (school dismissal-6:00 p.m.)Dress Code:
Our students wear uniforms available through Flynn O'Hara school uniforms. Click HERE for more information. Click HERE for our page at Flynn O'Hara.Inclement Weather:
Our school follows the school cancellation policy of Prince George's County. To sign up for school cancellation alerts, visit here.
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