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Faculty and Staff Participate in Cultural Competency and Civil Discourse Training
Munnerlyn Campus faculty and staff participated in Cultural Competency and Civil Discourse training last week during professional development before the start of school. On Monday and Tuesday presenters from UNF’s Department of Diversity Initiatives hosted small group discussions on Cultural Competency for faculty and staff, covering such topics as the difference between diversity and inclusion,…
Read MoreThank You Campus Chairs and Grade Level Representatives!
St. Mark’s Campus St. Mark’s Campus thanks its Episcopal Fund Chairs and Grade Level Representatives! Participation is the most important way you can express your support for the school and your belief in the importance of an Episcopal education on the St. Mark’s Campus. Every student every day benefits from your ongoing support. Your gift makes…
Read MoreThird Grade Developing Writing Skills
Beaches Campus Third grade students in Ms. Wilson’s class presented self portraits in words last Friday as part of their writing exercise. The writing workshop setting supports children in taking their writing seriously and viewing themselves as writers. Writing workshop is a student-centered framework for teaching writing that is based on the idea that students learn…
Read MoreStudents Help Kick Off Episcopal Fund
St. Mark’s Campus St. Mark’s Campus’s Episcopal Fund Kick-Off was a huge success! A very special thank you to sixth grade students, Carson Bechan, Emery Duffy, Jake Kovacocy, Phillip Luschen, Lily Pennington, and Maddox Racine, for promoting this campaign by waving posters during morning and afternoon carpools. To date, the campus has raised 23% of its…
Read MoreNational Art Honor Students Create Website, Podcasts to Share Works
Munnerlyn Campus, St. Mark’s Campus National Art Honor Society students are creating podcasts and creating website and Instagram content to showcase their work and share content. Featured artists include students themselves as well as professional artists who will be featured at the St. Mark’s Campus A Vision for Art event in the spring. Make sure…
Read MoreFaculty, Staff Reach 100% Episcopal Fund Participation
Beaches Campus Within the first week of the Episcopal Fund campaign, the Beaches Campus is able to say that 100% of faculty and staff members have given to the annual fund. “This says a great deal about the generosity and dedication of our community, and it is one of the many ways we have shown parents and…
Read MoreFive Named National Merit Semi Finalists; Six Commended; Three Invited to CBRP
Episcopal congratulates five seniors who were named National Merit Semi Finalists: Sally Barksdale, Paul Fouts, Jameson Gatewood, Don Kohla, and Braden Witkovich. In addition, six were named Commended Students: Jack Adams, Grant Himes, Rohil Kanaparti, Ariel Largen, Reinhardt Peek, and Alston Rachels. Episcopal also had three seniors — Ariel Largen, Ilana Simmons, and Garrison Washington…
Read More2020-2021 Student Government Inducted
Students on the Munnerlyn Campus were inducted into Student Government last week in a special, socially distanced ceremony in the Munnerlyn. Jake Murphy ’21, Student Body President, shared his goals for the year and the challenge of keeping school spirit alive even in the midst of a very different school year. Megan Wickenden ’06, science…
Read MoreHonor and Discipline Councils Inducted
The 2020-2021 Discipline and Honor Council member inductions took place this week in a special ceremony in the Munnerlyn. Twelve members each from each council were inducted by Natalie Herford, Head of Upper School. All members vowed to have the courage to make tough decisions, show compassion, and be a positive role model for their…
Read MoreCollege Counseling Programming Preparing Upper School Students
Programming provided by ESJ’s College Counseling staff for students this fall has included Application Camp for seniors in August, which gave students the opportunity to get ahead on all of their college applications; a Zoom meeting for parents of seniors on September 3 to cover the nuts and bolts of the application process, as well as…
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