Grades 1-3 Christmas Performance
TOYS! The Night They Come Alive! Thursday, December 2 Lori Schiavone Commons First – third grade students will present this magical musical filled with singing and dancing. On Christmas Eve, when all the children go to sleep, the toys underneath the Christmas Tree will come alive and have a Christmas party of their own! Santa […]
Veterans Day Hero Wall Provides Learning Opportunity for Students
In commemoration of Veterans Day, St. Mark’s Campus families, faculty, and staff recently contributed photos and biographical information of loved ones who serve or have served in the United States military. Submissions were prominently displayed on a “hero wall” throughout the week of Veterans Day. Students had multiple opportunities to read about and see the […]
Fall 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 […]
Ascension St. Vincent’s Ortega River Run
Electrical 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 […]
Classes 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 […]
Please 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.
Play 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, […]
Gobbles and Goodies
ESJ Fifth Grade Retreat
St. Mark’s and Beaches Campus fifth graders spend Tuesday, October 12, at a fifth grade retreat on the Knight Campus. Faculty from all three campuses helped facilitate the day, which included different team building and fine arts activities and lunch. The Rev. Teresa Seagle, Dean of Spiritual Life, also worked with students. Katherine Donahoo Nott […]