Episcopal Insider
Beaches Campus
December 6, 2024
All Campuses
Grandparents’ Day 2025-2026 will be held the first week of November 2025. Specific dates and times will vary by campus. Details will be updated as the school year begins.
Complete updates by September 1 to ensure grandparents receive all communications including the Grandparents’ Day invitation mailing that will provide them with additional details for each campus.
To update grandparent information in My ESJ:
Log in to the My ESJ Parent Portal
Click on “Update My Profile” located under My Tools
Click on “Grandparent Households” to update their information
New this week
Next week, December 9-15, the Beaches Campus will be participating in International Computer Science Week. Students in first – fifth grade will be participating in Hour of Code this week. This year’s theme, “Make The Invisible Visible,” is about those thrilling moments when students make real-world connections between computer science, the things they love—whether it’s music, sports, fashion, or games – and their unrealized potential.
December 20
- Early Dismissal (Noon)
December 23 – January 3
- Christmas Break
January 6 – 7, 2024
- Faculty Professional Development (School Closed)
January 8, 2024
- School Resumes
We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who attended and supported the fifth grade pasta dinner. Your presence, enthusiasm, and generosity made the evening a huge success!
Special thanks to the volunteers and families who made this event possible. Your contributions are deeply appreciated and make all the difference.
Click here to view photos from the event!
Reminders
2025-2026 Important Calendar Dates
- August 26 – Pre-K/K Chapel (Postponed to September 2)
- August 27 – First – fifth grade Chapel – July/August Birthday Book (New Location: Petway Family Performance Center)
- August 29 – July/August Birthday Free Dress Day/Noon Dismissal/Faculty Professional Development (Afternoon Eagles Available)
- September 1 – Labor Day (No School)
- September 2 – Pre-K/K Chapel – July/August Birthday Book
- September 3 – First – fifth grade Chapel – Eucharist
- September 4 – First Parent Association Meeting via Zoom
- September 5 – August Shoutout Free Dress Day
- September 9 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- September 10 – First – fifth grade Chapel
- September 12 – Spirit Dress Day/Parent Coffee with Dr. Fallucco at 8:30 a.m.
- September 16 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- September 17 – Parent/Teacher Conference Day (No School for Students)
- September 19 – Lower School Family Fun Night on the Munnerlyn Campus
- September 23 – Pre-K/K Chapel – September Birthday Book
- September 24 – First – fifth grade Chapel – September Birthday Book
- September 26 – September Birthday Free Dress/Coffee with Adam Greene at 8:30 a.m.
- September 30 – Pre-K/K Chapel/ Volleyball Clinic (third – fifth grade, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
- October 1 – First – fifth grade Chapel
- October 2 – Blessing of the Animals (8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.)
- October 3 – September Shoutout Free Dress Day
- October 7 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- October 8 – First – third grade Chapel/Episcopal Schools Celebration (fourth and fifth grade)
- October 10 – Spirit Dress Day
- October 14 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- October 15 – First – fifth grade Chapel – Eucharist/Noon Dismissal
- October 16 – 20 – Fall Break
- October 21 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- October 22 – First – fifth grade Chapel – October Birthday Book
- October 24 – October Birthday Free Dress Day/Boo Bash (3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
- October 27 – Vision Screening
- October 28 – Pre-K/K Chapel – October Birthday Book
- October 29 – First – fifth grade Chapel – Eucharist
- October 31 – Halloween Parade (8:15 a.m.) and Class Festivities
- November 5 – Grandparents and Special Friends Day
- November 6 – Trimester 1 Ends
- November 7 – October Shoutout Free Dress Day/Noon Dismissal/Faculty Professional Development (Afternoon Eagles Available)
- November 11 – Pre-K/K Chapel – November Birthday Book
- November 12 – Veterans Day Chapel
- November 14 – November Birthday Free Dress Day
- November 18 – Pre-K/K Thanksgiving Chapel
- November 19 – First-fifth grade Thanksgiving Chapel and November Birthday Book
- November 20 – Spirit Dress Day/Fifth Grade Pasta Dinner
- November 21 – Professional Development for Teachers (No School)
- November 24-28 – Thanksgiving Break (No School)
- December 2 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- December 3 – First – fifth grade Chapel
- December 5 – November Shoutout Free Dress Day
- December 9 – Pre-K/K Christmas Chapel
- December 10 – First – fifth grade Chapel – Eucharist
- December 12 – December Birthday Free Dress Day/Lessons & Carols
- December 16 – Pre-K/K Chapel – December Birthday Book
- December 17 – First – Fifth Grade Chapel – December Birthday Book
- December 18 – December Shoutout Free Dress Day
- December 19 – Noon Dismissal/How the Grinch Stole Christmas Performance/Storytime/Caroling
- December 22 – January 5 – Christmas Break (No School)
- January 6 – School Resumes
A little about Daniel Kids
Friday, December 13
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Beaches Campus Gym
- Led by Coach Wyatt Walker, ESJ girls basketball program director, and Munnerlyn Campus players
- Open to third – fifth grade girls
- No experience necessary (and they do not have to have played on the basketball team this fall)
Girls Basketball Clinic Registration
Spirit Day is Friday, April 11, 2025! Don’t forget to wear your ESJ Spirit Shirt with athletic, denim, or uniform bottoms!
Join the Beaches Campus Dads’ Club for an evening of fellowship and fun as we cheer on the ESJ Varsity Girls Basketball team!
ESJ Eagles vs. Fletcher High School
📅 Friday, December 13
📍 Beaches Campus Gym
🏀 Game Time: 5:30 p.m.
Bring your children and connect with fellow dads while supporting our Eagles in an exciting matchup. Let’s fill the gym with school spirit and make it a night to remember!
We’ll see you there—Go Eagles!
We invite families to join us for this heartwarming celebration as our students share their talents and spread the message of love and joy this Christmas season.
During the upcoming Pre-K/Kindergarten Christmas Chapel, our Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 students will delight family and friends with a special Christmas song, bringing the spirit of the season to life through their sweet voices. Their performance is sure to warm hearts and remind us of the true meaning of Christmas.
Adding to the festive atmosphere, Kindergarten students have created beautiful holiday artwork, which will be proudly displayed in the church lobby of St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.
The Beaches Campus will host a special presentation of Lessons and Carols on Wednesday, December 18 |8:45 a.m. at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. There will be no regular Chapel Service that morning at 8:10 a.m. Lessons and Carols is an annual event presented by Beaches Campus students in first to fifth grade. The Christmas story is told through scripture readings and Christmas songs.
Each grade (first to fourth grade) will sing a song together and fifth grade students act out the story of Christ’s birth. This has been a longstanding tradition at the Beaches Campus that helps to focus students’ hearts on the true spirit of Christmas. Families are welcome to attend!
Students who celebrated birthdays in December are welcome to dress down on December 19th for school. Examples of dress down would be play clothes or non uniform clothing.
The Beaches Campus is excited to celebrate Pajama Day on Friday, December 20th. Pajama Day is a Beaches Campus school tradition as our community prepares for the Christmas holiday. Students are encouraged to wear pajamas to school and will enjoy story time, hot chocolate, and carol singing in the gym. Students in Kindergarten will be acting out “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” during story time. Parents are welcome to attend the gym festivities.
Schedule of Events
8:10 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Friday Flag
8:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. Kindergarten’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas
9:00 a.m. Christmas Carols and Hot Chocolate
12:00 p.m. Noon Dismissal (No Extended Day)
Interested in volunteering during Pajama Day? Please find below a link to Pajama Day volunteer opportunities.