[RP TownTalk] You're invited to St. Jerome Academy's Sunday Open House

[Chris Currie]

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Dear Riverdale Park Parent:

*Did you know?*

   - St. Jerome Academy is the first school in the USA to combine a
   Montessori early-learning program with a Classical K-8 education.
   - The St. Jerome Academy Educational Plan
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   been adopted in schools across the country, while SJA has become the
   leading Catholic school in the growing Classical schools movement.
   - SJA is the fastest-growing parochial school in the metro Washington
   area over the past five years.
   - We don't "teach to the test," yet our students had the fourth-highest
   increase in scores last year on Common-Core aligned assessments in the
   55-school Washington Archdiocese.
   - Fully 90% of parents indicated in a 2015 survey that they were very
   satisfied with their children's education at SJA -- with the average score
   being almost 9 on a 10 point scale.
   - *The Washington Post*, CNN, *Chicago Tribune* and other media outlets
   have sung our school's praises, and SJA's story won a national award for
   "best television news story in national release."
   - SJA has one of the most culturally, racially and socioeconomically
   diverse student bodies in the Washington area, drawing students from across
   Prince George's and Montgomery Counties and the District of Columbia.


*Learn more this Sunday afternoon, Feb. 21, noon to 2 p.m.*

Our annual open house will begin with refreshments in the school dining
hall.  Park in the school lot adjacent to the dining hall entrance or in
any of the parish's parking lots. Teachers will be available in the
classrooms and parents of enrolled students will serve as docents.  Bring
the whole family!

 See newly renovated classrooms, including our Montessori double classrooms
and 8th-grade seminar room

*Prefer to see classes in session?*

To get a tour of the K-8 classrooms, visit the school any Thursday from
8:30 to 11:30 a.m., through March 18.  Ring the buzzer at the main entrance
at 5207 42nd Place and proceed up the stairs and to the right to the main
office.

To schedule a Montessori pre-K observation, register here
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*If you've already decided that SJA is the right school for your child:*

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Any questions, please call or email me.  I hope to see you soon!


Christopher Currie
Director of Institutional Advancement
ccurrie at stjeromeacademy.org
301-633-4439
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