Episcopal Insider
Beaches Campus
December 6, 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
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
2024-2025 Important Calendar Dates
- 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.)
- 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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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, February 21, 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.