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Beaches Campus
August 9, 2024
All Campuses
Important Dates
- February 1, 2025 – Florida School Choice Scholarship application opens for renewal and new applicants. New applicants can apply for the 2025-2026 school year through Step Up for Students.
- April 30, 2025 – Renewal application deadline. Applications received after April 30, 2025 will be processed as new students.
Key Information & New Steps for Scholarship Applicants
Here is some helpful information to be aware of, including a new step that families will need to complete this year:- Application checklist: For a list of documents that may be needed when a family applies, please click here.
- Priority deadline: To ensure renewing students receive priority for the Private School Scholarship and the Unique Abilities Scholarship, families must submit their application by Wednesday, April 30. After this date, all students will be processed as “new students” due to legislative changes for this year.
- New step for families: Once a student is found eligible, the family will be asked to “Accept” or “Decline” the scholarship. Once accepted, the student’s status will be updated to “Awarded.” Please monitor your email for future updates about enrollment.
- Step Up for Students is here to help: In addition to their regular hours, their team will be available to assist families this weekend from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.
New This Week
Episcopal School of Jacksonville’s Lower School Campuses partner with Campus Cuisine to provide a convenient way for parents to pre-order and pay for fresh, nutritious lunches. The ordering process is extremely flexible, allowing orders, changes, and cancellations up until noon (ET) the day before! Student’s individually packaged lunches will be delivered to school daily and labeled with the student’s name.
2024-2025 Lunch Partners
Monday – Vitality Bowls
Tuesday – Sierra Grille
Wednesday – Homespun Kitchen
Thursday – Chick Fil A
Friday – Milano’s
Please follow the steps below to register and order your school lunches.
- Go to https://www.campuscuisine.net on your computer, phone or tablet then click register, enter access code BC904 and click sign up.
- Add your students.
- Click Order lunches on the student profile or choose Order from the Calendar to prevent duplication of orders.
- You may order in advance for as many days or weeks as you like, but the deadline to order or cancel lunches for the next day is Noon the day before. If your child gets sick after that, you may notify us by 8:00 AM that morning and receive a credit.
- Click the days of the week to view the dates and lunch options for that day. Then enter a quantity for each menu item that you wish to order.
- Click add to cart and repeat for each student.
- Click your cart and proceed to checkout. Payment can be made via Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Meta or by entering your credit card.
- Please view and confirm your orders by clicking “Lunches/Calendar”.
- To change or cancel lunches, click “Lunches Calendar”, select a lunch, and click “cancel”. You may also click “Lunch List” and “delete”. You will receive a credit that can be applied to your next purchase. Credits must be used to purchase other lunches, are not refundable and expire in June.
Reminders
2024-2025 Important Calendar Dates
- February 28 – February Birthday Free Dress/Beach Bash Parent Social (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
- March 4 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- March 5 – Ash Wednesday Chapel
- March 6 – Parent Association March Meeting via Zoom
- March 7 – February Shout Outs Free Dress/Trimester 2 Report Cards Released
- March 10 – 14 – Spring Break (No School)
- March 18 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- March 19 – Eucharist Chapel
- March 20 – Parent Association Sports Night Son Event – Glow Edition (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
- March 21 – Spirit Dress Day
- March 25 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- March 25-27 – Book Fair
- March 26 – Spring Parent/Teacher Conference Day (No School for Students)
- March 28 – March Birthday Free Dress Day
- April 1 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- April 2 – Fruit of the Spirit & March Birthday Book Chapel
- April 3 – Parent Association April Meeting (Last Meeting of the 2024-2025 School Year)
- April 4 – March Shoutout Free Dress
- April 8 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- April 9 – Eucharist Chapel
- April 11 – Spirt Dress Day
- April 12 – Save the Date – Dads’ Club Spring Social (Hannah Park)
- April 15 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- April 16 – Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
- April 17 – Noon Dismissal (No Extended Day)
- April 18 – Good Friday (No School)
- April 21 – Easter Monday (No School)
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SAVE THE DATE: New Parent Orientation
We cannot wait to welcome all of our new parents to campus in August! Please be sure to save these date.
- New Parent Orientations (parents only)
- August 13, 5:30 p.m.: New Parent Orientation (Pre-K 3 – Fifth Grade)| Gym and Performing Arts Center
Save the Date: Meet Your Teacher Morning
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Meet Your Teacher Morning is a time for parents and students to explore their new classroom and meet their new homeroom teacher. Families will receive their carpool tag and students’ spirit shirt (that can be worn during special Friday Spirit Days) during Meet Your Teacher Morning. All students should be accompanied by an adult during this time. *Questions and expectations will be reviewed during Back to School Open House August 22, 2024 |5:30 p.m.).
Note: Teacher assignments will be released on Saturday, August 10 on the My ESJ Parent Portal.
Whether you are planning to shed a happy or sad tear, come join us for a meet up to kick off the new school year!
Details:
Thursday, August 15, 2024
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BACK TO SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, August 22 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
At least one parent is required to attend this parent only orientation to help familiarize yourself with your child’s classroom routines and expectations, and to get to know the teachers.
SCHEDULE
5:15 p.m. Check-in and get name tags if needed
5:30 p.m. Session 1
6:00 p.m. Session 2
6:30 p.m. Session 3
Teachers will offer three sessions which will include the same information in order to accommodate parents of multiple children. Enrichment teachers will also present during these session times, in their respective classrooms.
Fourth and fifth grade students are invited to join the Beaches Campus Band! Learn to play an instrument – No previous experience needed. Participants may choose from flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, or trombone. New this year – all band students will also learn to play percussion. Students will also explore basic music theory, composition, and improvisation. The band presents two informal performances per year, and has been invited to play with the ESJ Upper School Pep Band at the Lower School Family Fun Night. The Beaches Campus Band rehearses on Wednesdays from 3:10 – 4:30 p.m. in the Music Room. The fee for this year-long program is $25, which covers the band shirt and basic music supplies. Families are responsible for providing their own instruments via rental or purchase. Register for the Beaches Campus Band with trimester one activities sign ups. For those who also play sports, we are working with the Athletic Director to coordinate a way for students to be able to do both practice and band rehearsal. We will start the band program the first week of after school activities and we will leave the option to sign up for the band through the second week in September as students learn more about this opportunity.
- Instrument zoo: Wednesday August 28th at 3:10; parent meeting to follow at 4:30pm
- Band practice: Wednesdays from 3:10-4:30pm, through out the school year
- You may sign up for Band through the end of August
- Students are able to participate in both Band and Basketball (Band from 3:10-4:00, Basketball from 4:00-4:30)
If your student is interested in attending the Instrument Zoo, please RSVP to [email protected] by Tuesday, August 27.
Recommended and/or required summer learning activities for each grade are available on My ESJ. Click the “Summer Learning” button for detailed information.