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History
On
October 18, 1956, the Most Reverend Bishop George W. Ahr of the Diocese of Trenton,
established the parish of Saint Jerome School in West Long Branch, and appointed Reverend
Francis X. McGuiness as the first pastor.
The school opened its
doors with grades K-5, staffed with six sisters of the Religious Teachers Fillippini on
September 7, 1957.
Today,
Saint Jerome School offers a dynamic educational program for students in Pre-K to Grade 8,
which maintains high academic standards in a Christian environment, develops technological
awareness and creative expression.
  During its existence, Saint Jerome School has
provided a superior value based education in collaboration with parents and other members
of the school community. In June, Saint Jerome School graduated its
forty-fifth class of
students, poised, ready, and proud to accept the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Accreditation
Saint Jerome School is an accredited institution of The Commission
on Elementary Schools of the
Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools. CES/MES works with
public and private elementary schools in New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
This organization has provided accreditation protocols to schools to
since 1979. These protocols rely on the concepts of peer evaluation
and self-regulation to provide continuous school improvement.
Accreditation by CES-MSA is a school’s commitment to constantly seek
new ways to serve the population of its school community. SJS was
first accredited on October 17, 1991 and was reaccredited on April
27, 2002
Philosophy
Saint Jerome Parochial
School aims to provide an excellent academic education which fosters
Catholic teachings and Christian formation. This value-based quality
education incorporates an integrated curriculum seeking to provide
the students with skills they will need to live in a global,
technologically challenging society made up of various cultural
heritages.
Acknowledging the primary role of parents /guardians as teachers of
their children within the family context, we recognize the need for
close collaboration with the students’ families. We seek to
establish means to inform and support them in guiding their children
to be academically successful and socially well-adjusted. We believe
that every facet of each individual student is important: spiritual, moral, intellectual, emotional, social and physical. We
believe that all these areas need developmental care as they are
formed within the family and within our school environment.
As professional Christian educators, our dedication is enhanced by
our desire not just to teach, but to lead children to an
ever-deepening love of God, neighbor, country, and to the
development of self-respect, self-discipline, respect for others and
an understanding of personal responsibility.
Saint Jerome School implements a strong, academic program which
develops basic skills, technological acuity and creative
expression. The critical thinking process is integrated and
extended in each grade level so students advance in their ability to
reflect, judge and make meaningful choices.
A sensitivity to and awareness of the needs of others and the need
to care for the world in which we live have always been a part of
American tradition and values. We continue to build upon this
Christian attitude, as it is an inherent part of faith education to
continue to spread these Gospel values in our society. We believe
these values enhance the academic curriculum and lead to developing
individuals with character and integrity which is so necessary in
our world today.
Thus Saint Jerome School fosters in its students a sincere, lasting
appreciation for academic achievement, an appreciation and love for
our American heritage and ideals, and a continuing growth in love of
God and neighbor through our Catholic faith and Christian values.
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