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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On August 31, 2010, St. Jerome Academy stopped "teaching to the test." In Spring 2011, the school's standardized test scores *increased* over the previous year. <br><br>Almost a year into into its transformation into what the Washington Post recently called a "lab for a cutting-edge trend in education," St. Jerome is starting to show the fruits of its Classical education program.<br><br>Please join us this Wednesday, May 25th, at 7:30 p.m. for a talk on the Educational Plan of St. Jerome Academy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dr. Michael Hanby, member of the St. Jerome Academy Curriculum Committee and professor at the John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of America, will discuss the crisis of contemporary education and present the philosophy and methods of St. Jerome's unique program, based on the Classical Trivium. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The presentation will take place in the Gold Room, which is beneath St. Jerome Church, located at 5205 43rd Avenue in Hyattsville. Wine and cheese will be served.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Also, if you'd like to visit class sessions in progress, you're invited to attend an Open House earlier that day, between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. If that day and time is inconvenient, please contact Chris Currie at ccurrie@stjeromes.org to schedule a private tour at another time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Chris Currie, Hyattsville<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>