[RP TownTalk] 'Cutting-Edge' Local School Profiled in Washington Post

[Chris Currie]

St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville has garnered positive local and national
media attention this week.

"Embracing the Classics," published in the Washington Post Magazine
yesterday, details how a once-struggling parochial school has become a "lab
for a cutting-edge trend in education":

 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/embracing-a-classical-education/2011
/03/09/AFj6amwC_story.html>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/embracing-a-classical-education/2011/
03/09/AFj6amwC_story.html

Post Magazine reporter Julia Duin will be interviewed about her article on
National Public Radio's Diane Rehm Show tomorrow morning at 11:15 a.m.
(aired locally on WAMU 88.5).

St. Jerome has scheduled an additional series of Open Houses to accommodate
those first learning about the school from the Post article.  Parents may
visit, tour the school, and speak to school administrators on the following
dates:

*	Every Wednesday in May, 8:30-10:30 a.m.
*	Special Evening Presentation about the St. Jerome Classical
Educational Plan, Wednesday, May 25, 7:00 p.m.

For more information, see the school's Web site at
http://www.stjeromeacademy.org or fill out the form at
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC1JVURlVDVXLTBqbkRqUmQwYWt
TZXc6MQ .  St. Jerome Academy is located at 5207 42nd Ave. in Hyattsville.
The phone number is 301-277-4568.  

Chris Currie

Hyattsville

 

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