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Field Trips Enrich and Expand Curriculum
The Beaches Campus has welcomed back field trips for the 2021-2022 school year. Field trips provide an experience that both enriches and expands the curriculum, strengthens observation skills by immersing students into sensory activities, increases students’ knowledge in a particular subject area and expands students’ awareness of their own community. Fourth students recently visited the…
Read MoreFall Festival Draws Hundreds to St. Mark’s Campus
On Thursday, November 4, St. Mark’s Campus families, faculty, and staff along with neighborhood families and students from the Munnerlyn Campus, gathered on St. Mark’s Campus’ Berg Field for the Fall Festival. Children enjoyed pony rides, a ferris wheel, bounce houses, football toss, yard games, food trucks, and so much more! “It was a wonderful…
Read MoreGobbles and Goodies
Gobbles and Goodies Saturday, November 13 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Current and prospective families are invited to join us for a fun morning on the St. Mark’s Campus creating some fun fall art activities. There will be a pumpkin and pinecone painting station, a turkey craft, jelly prints with leaves, and fall cookie decorating.…
Read MoreElectrical Circuits Unit Brings a Spark to Curriculum
Fourth grade students recently held an open house on St. Mark’s Campus to showcase homemade wired houses they constructed in science class. As part of an electrical circuits unit, students learned about parallel and series circuits, conductors and insulators, and additional related technology. They started off building their own flashlights to apply their knowledge. From…
Read MoreExtended Day Registration & Lunch Registration
Links for Extended Day Registration and Ordering Lunches are now located on the MyESJ Parent Portal. Visit esj.org/myesj to login.
Read MoreFirst Community Education Evening Focuses on Harkness Method
English faculty members Courtney Flerlage and Katherine Snyder offered an opportunity for parents to learn how the Harkness Method works in Episcopal’s classrooms on Thursday evening, October 21. Parents and student caregivers were invited to attend a discussion of Kate Chopin’s short story, “The Story of an Hour,” using the Harkness Method. Those registered for…
Read MoreDads’ Club Social
Dads’ Club promotes fellowship in our school community and offers opportunities to volunteer throughout the school year. The Rev. Adam Greene, Head of School, will host a Dads’ Club social at his home in Ortega. Please mark your calendar! Dads’ Club Social Thursday, November 4 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. 4620 Algonquin Avenue Jacksonville, FL 32210…
Read MoreClasses Without Quizzes and Book Fair Opening Night Bring Hundreds to Campus
On Thursday, October 21, faculty, staff, and teachers welcomed over 300 parents, grandparents, and students to campus for Classes Without Quizzes Family Open House and the Book Fair Opening Night. Classes Without Quizzes was an interactive event that provided parents and grandparents the opportunity to visit three different classes their child(ren) participate in during the…
Read MorePlease Submit Grandparent Information
Pre-K 3 – Grade 5 Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ morning is Friday, November 19! To ensure all grandparents and/or special friends receive an invitation, please address the envelopes provided to your child with your child’s grandparents and/or special friends information and return to your child’s teacher as soon as possible.
Read MorePlay Therapist Supervisor Provides Behavioral Management Skills
ELP 1 – Grade 5 faculty and staff participated in training focused on understanding and effectively addressing diverse behaviors in children on Monday, October 18. In the course, called “Learn to Speak Child”, participants learned additional strategies for communicating and responding to behavioral challenges in a way that strengthens teacher/child relationships, meets children’s emotional needs,…
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