Episcopal Insider
Beaches Campus
August 16, 2024
All Campuses
The ESJ Fine Arts Department invites students, families, and community members to attend The Art of Art, a night of creativity and exploration of visual arts. Come try throwing a pot on a ceramics wheel, participate in a photography demonstration, or create artwork that you can bring home.
This free event takes place on January 16 from 5-8 PM on Arts Row on St. Elmo Drive at the Munnerlyn Campus.
Applications for the 2025-2026 school year are open and now is the time to apply for siblings at all ESJ campuses!
Episcopal families interested in a sibling applying to the Beaches Campus (Grades Pre-K 3 – 5), St. Mark’s Campus (Age 1 – Grade 5) or Munnerlyn Campus (Grades 6 – 12) should follow the steps below and complete the process by January 31. Siblings receive priority consideration, but space is limited, so be sure to complete the application process early.
View Steps to Apply for a Sibling
New This Week
With chapel coming up next week, please be mindful of St. Paul’s by-the-Sea church members and do not park in the church parking lot on 4th Street on Wednesdays.
Students who celebrated birthdays in July or August are welcome to dress down on August 30th for school. Examples of dress down would be play clothes or non uniform clothing.
Faculty will participate in professional development on Friday, August 30. Early Dismissal is at 12:00 p.m.
The Eagle Afternoon Program will be open until 6:00 p.m. for pre-registered students. Please contact Melody Harding at [email protected] for questions regarding the Eagle Afternoon Program.
Let us know that your student is coming by signing them up here.
Reminders
2024-2025 Important Calendar Dates
- January 10 – December Shout Out Free Dress/Beach Bash Tickets on Sale!
- January 14 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- January 15 – Chapel (first – fifth grade)
- January 16 – Parent Association January Meeting via Zoom
- January 17 – Spirit Dress
- January 20 – MLK Day (No School)
- January 21 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- January 22 – Eucharist Chapel
- January 23 – Family Open House (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.)
- January 28 – Class Picture Day (Wear Maroon)/Pre-K/K Chapel
- January 29 – January Birthday Book Chapel
- January 31 – January Birthday Free Dress/Parent Coffee with Elise Fallucco (after Friday Flag)
- February 3-7 – CTP 5 Testing (second – fifth grade)
- February 4 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- February 5 – Fruit of the Spirit Chapel
- February 6 – Parent Association February Meeting via Zoom
- February 7 – January Shout Out Free Dress
- February 11 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- February 12 – Chapel (first -fifth grade)
- February 13 – Winter Wonderland Daughter Dance (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
- February 17 – Presidents Day (No School)
- February 18 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- February 19 – Eucharist Chapel (first – fifth grade)
- February 21 – Spirit Dress Day/Noon Dismissal/Trimester 2 Ends)
- February 25 – Pre-K/K Chapel
- February 26 – February Birthday Book Chapel and Head of School List Recognition
- February 28 – February Birthday Free Dress/Beach Bash Parent Social (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
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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.
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.