Posts by Meg Sacks

College Counseling staff attended the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s (NACAC) annual conference last week in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ryan Riggs, Andrea Rizzi, and Julie Carter attended numerous sessions that explored a wide variety of topics within the profession, including essay writing, test-optional admission, national trends in honors education, college counseling programming for parents,…

Ellis Island and global citizenship have emerged as topics of discussion across the Fine Arts disciplines this year. Instructor Jono Hustis is directing Middle School students in a play called “Our Story,” which looks at how the American family was born out of immigrants from all over the world. Many of these immigrants, including the…

Selected seniors and juniors were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS) on Thursday during a special ceremony in the Munnerlyn Center. NHS accepts students who have demonstrated excellence in the following areas: scholarship, service, leadership, and character. NHS recognizes students for their accomplishments and challenges participants to develop further through involvement in school activities and community service.…

On Saturday Episcopal hosted a Service Festival that included opportunities for students to volunteer for many organizations. ESJ for Animals created dog toys for the Humane Society, NHS created hearts with words of encouragement for hurricane victims; volunteers braided twine for stall doors for Hearts Hands & Hooves Too, and the Middle School Art Club created cards for…

The Fine Arts Department, in collaboration with College Counseling, is furthering efforts on campus to support students who plan to pursue arts at the college level. This year, Fine Arts scheduled three days for students to work with Clay Greenhaw ’06  on professional videography for college portfolio submissions. Clay is an award-winning media generalist and creative director with more than…

The National Art Honor Society (NAHS) is comprised of 42 student artists. NAHS students decided last year to focus on teen suicide awareness and prevention as the group’s initiative for 2018-2019. NAHS officers, Emily Coll ’20, Lillie Tritt ’19, and Julia Reese ’19, recently visited Indigo Art Therapy in Avondale to begin forming a relationship…

The Episcopal Fine Arts Department is pleased to announce a new cultural initiative titled “Episcopal & Jacksonville: Partners in Arts.” The goal of ESJ\’s new initiative is to connect with and support local artists and art organizations in an effort to increase visibility for the school and local artists and companies, as well as produce…

Episcopal held the first Health, Safety, and Well-Being extended advisory day on Thursday. The focus was self-care, and students participated in Zumba, art, guided meditation, yoga, field games, music, and nutrition exercises, among other activities. “The goal of the event was to highlight the fact that self-care can take lots of different forms. We wanted…

Jangro Stadium was awarded a Pyramid Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors Florida First Coast Chapter on Friday, August 24, at the organization’s 2018 Excellence in Construction Awards. The stadium, designed by Basham & Lucas Design Group, and built by Carlton Construction, was dedicated and opened in the fall of 2017. The Pyramid Award…

by Katie Lebhar Black ’95 Director of Fine Arts This year in Fine Arts the theme is “Reignite, React, Renew.” I would like to explore this theme with you today and share some of our goals for the Fine Arts Department for 2018-2019. Reignite: To reignite something, one must first recognize that something has indeed…