St. Jerome Institute

10/16/2026

With less than 12 hours left, we are 95% of the way to our $100,000 Giving Week goal! We have one final matching challenge for the SJI community: a very generous $10K gift from John and Cynthia O’Rourke, grandparents of John (‘28) and James Dengler (‘30). If we can match this last challenge, we will hit over 120% of our original goal, which is the biggest goal we have ever set in SJI history!

Help us finish strong! Visit boostmyschool.com/sji-give to donate to our campaign and view live campaign updates.

10/16/2026

Looking for a place where your child can form true, lasting friendships within a Christ-centered community and curriculum? Admissions applications to join the St. Jerome Institute DC are now open for SY 2027-2028! Follow this step-by-step guide to secure everything you need to apply for admission.

To access the necessary forms and the same list of steps you will need to apply, scan the QR code at the top or visit stjeromeinstitute.org/admissions/application-process .

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¿Busca usted un lugar donde su hijo pueda desarrollar amistades verdaderas dentro de una comunidad y un currículo centrados en Cristo? ¡Las solicitudes de admisión para unirse al St. Jerome Institute DC en el año escolar 2027-2028 están abiertas!

Escanee el código QR mostrado o entre en stjeromeinstitute.org/admissions/application-process para acceder a la misma lista de pasos y los formularios que necesitará durante el proceso de solicitud.

10/15/2026

SJI families and supporters, praise God! We are excited to announce that generous donors from DC, Maryland, Northern VA, and across the country came together to match the Storey family’s gift as well as another gift from the Doerrers for SJI NOVA! For more incredible news, Jason & Heather Wright, parents of Arie (‘27) and Ezekiel (‘29), presented a new gift of $10,000 this morning that has already been matched by our community in only a few hours!

Owing to these gifts and others, the support for our Annual Fund has now reached 78% of our total $100,000 goal! 1.5 days remain until the conclusion of our Giving Week campaign. If you have wanted to offer your support but haven’t hit that button yet, now is your chance to make a big difference for SJI. Visit boostmyschool.com/sji-give to donate and view live campaign updates!

10/14/2026

Thank you to all of our SJI families and supporters who have participated in the Giving Week campaign thus far to support our Annual Fund! We are currently at 32% of our $100,000 goal! 

Scroll to see our current Giving Week leaderboards, or visit boostmyschool.com/sji-give to watch the live campaign updates. The Class of 2030 is currently winning the competition among our current classes, and the Alumni Class of 2024 is currently in the lead as well! Will they take the final prize?

Note: The Boost class leaderboards do not reflect total participation. A new leaderboard will appear for a current or alumni class when at least TWO supporters from that class have donated to the SJI Week of Giving campaign.

10/13/2026

Thank you to all who participated in the Shivone family’s matching challenge for Day 1 of Giving Week! We received the Shivone match and are now at $20,779 of our $100,000 goal! And what’s more, we have a new matching gift from the Storey family today for SJI DC!

Visit our Boost campaign page to donate to our Annual Fund: boostmyschool.com/sji-give

Note: The annual fund raises necessary support for SJI’s beloved faculty, student scholarships and financial aid, and maintenance of the infrastructure needed to continue our great educational offerings. All Giving Week contributions may be designated for “SJI NOVA,” “SJI DC,” or as “Unrestricted.”

10/12/2026

To kick off our 2026 Week of Giving, Josephine Shelfer (Class of 2027) asked some of the DC faculty and staff what they appreciate most about the St. Jerome Institute and what makes it so special. Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFitYrTv_zE to watch the full faculty spotlight, or skip straight to 23:48 for a fun compilation of bloopers!

Donating to the Annual Fund this week can help us increase teacher salaries for all of our beloved faculty, who devote themselves selflessly to the formation of our students. Visit boostmyschool.com/sji-give to make a donation today!

Faculty/staff featured in order: Ms. Bailey (Mathematics), Dr. Higgins (Humanities & Theology), Mr. Bindernagel (Humanities & Dean of Students), Mr. Sargeant (Humanities), Ms. Walz (Mathematics & Natural Philosophy), Mrs. Strab (Music & Director of Enrollment), Dr. Shivone (School President), Mr. Bertain (Headmaster, Music, & Art History), Mr. Bishop (Latin), Mrs. Aujero (Mathematics)

Welcome to our faculty spotlight for this year’s Week of Giving, wh...

10/12/2026

The St. Jerome Institute’s Week of Giving to support our Annual Fund has begun! Giving Week opens TODAY and runs through Friday, October 16th. The annual fund raises necessary support for our beloved faculty, student scholarships and financial aid, and maintenance of the infrastructure needed to continue our great educational offerings. We hope you will prayerfully consider helping us meet our biggest goal yet of $100,000 by the end of the week.

Visit our Boost page using the link or QR code on the first slide of today’s post to donate to our Giving Week campaign and view all of this week’s challenges. We are offering special rewards for different types of donors: current SJI students and families, alumni, grandparents, and more! 

Our first challenge: the Shivone family is making a gift of $10,000 to SJI this year, benefitting both SJI DC and SJI NOVA. They challenge the whole SJI community to be generous and match their gift today!

Visit our Boost campaign page: boostmyschool.com/sji-give

**Note: All Giving Week contributions may be designated for "SJI NOVA," "SJI DC," or as "Unrestricted."

10/09/2026

SJI’s Week of Giving to support our Annual Fund is this coming Monday, October 12th, through Friday, October 16th! Next week’s donations will contribute to our student financial aid fund to ensure that every child, regardless of his/her family’s economic status, has the opportunity to receive a high-quality, Catholic liberal arts education at the St. Jerome Institute.

10/08/2026

We are pleased to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of our students on recent standardized testing. In April, our 10th grade class took the CLT10. Six SJI students were recognized as Regional Scholars by the Classic Learning Test for scoring in the top 5% of the Southeast region.

CLT10 Regional Scholars:
Miriam Berry (Distinguished Scholar- top score at the school)
Margaret Bunuan
John Healy
John Schindler
Rosalind Storey
Marta Vaidyanathan

Additionally, we are proud to recognize Ms. Cecilia Raile for achieving a perfect score of 800 on the Reading & Writing section of the SAT. Cecilia is the first student in SJI history to achieve this accomplishment!

Please join us in offering hearty congratulations to these students!

10/08/2026

We are excited to announce our upcoming live Zoom webinar entitled "From Homeschool to High School" on Wednesday, October 28th at 7:30 P.M. Are you homeschooling now and wondering about sending your kids outside the nest for their high school years? Join us for a conversation hosted by experienced homeschool dad and the St. Jerome Institute School President, Dr. Andrew Shivone, joined by three parents of current SJI students.

Attendance is free. To register, click the link below or use the QR code located on the flyer. We hope to see you then!
https://bit.ly/sji_fhth