Episcopal Insider - BEACHES CAMPUS
September 13, 2024
Enter or update grandparent information in your Household Profile on the My ESJ Parent Portal prior to July 10.
Save the date information for Grandparents’ Day events on each campus will be mailed in early August to grandparents with mailing addresses on file.
The Beach Bash Committee will have its first planning meeting on Friday, September 27, 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. on the covered Pavilion. The Beach Bash will be held on Friday, February 28, 2025 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. For more information on how to get involved, please contact Ashley Davis, Director of Marketing and Development at davisa@esj.org
Students who celebrated birthdays in September are welcome to dress down on September 27th for school. Examples of dress down would be play clothes or non uniform clothing.
Attention Beaches Campus Parents!
Fall Picture Day will be Monday, September 30th. Please wear your maroon ESJ shirt or dress.
Thanks to the generosity of one of our parents, the Beaches Campus is able to capture our student athletes across different sports throughout the school year. Please find below links to recent sport event photos.
Boys Basketball (Game 1) Photos
Thank you Hillary from Hillary Lauren Photography for the donation of your time and talent to capture our student athletes.
Beaches Campus Parents,
The Beaches Campus Parent Ambassadors warmly invite you to join them for a parent meet up this September. Be sure to check the invite below for your specific date and time—and don’t forget to wear your ESJ nametag!
Spirit Day is Friday, April 11, 2025! Don’t forget to wear your ESJ Spirit Shirt with athletic, denim, or uniform bottoms!
Greetings Episcopal Parents,
Welcome back to a new and exciting school year at Episcopal! You are invited to join us for a “Coffee and Conversation” with The Reverend Adam Greene. All parents are welcome to meet after Flag on Friday, September 13, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. for coffee and Q&A.
The Reverend Greene will update us on the upcoming school year and we will allow time for a question and answer period. Please feel free to come for as long as time allows. We look forward to seeing you all on Friday, September 13!
Let us know you are coming!
Beaches Campus Dads,
You are invited to attend the Beaches Campus Dads’ Club Meet and Greet on Thursday, September 19th at 6:30 p.m. at Southern Swells Brewing Company in Jacksonville Beach, FL.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet other Beaches Campus dads in an informal and relaxed setting. All dads are welcome and don’t forget your ESJ nametag.
If you plan on attending, please RSVP here!
Sincerely,
Beaches Campus Dads’ Club President
Patrick Aland
School is closed on September 20, 2024 for Parent – Teacher Conference Day. Childcare will be provided during your scheduled conference time.
Please be on the lookout for an email to sign up for Pre-K 3 – fifth grade parent-teacher conferences.
The Beaches Campus Parent Book Study is back! Hosted by Mary Broe (Kai Bear, Grade 1), the group will meet in the Music Room every Wednesday after Chapel, September 4 – November 13. The book selected for this fall is The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt. The author regarding his book: “I explain the major causes of the international epidemic of mental illness that hit adolescents in the early 2010s, and I offer a path forward for parents, teachers, friends, and relatives who want to help improve the mental health of children and adolescents. Change is possible, if we can act together.”
If you would like to join this book study, please sign up here by next Wednesday, August 28. The School will purchase copies of the book for the book study members.
Jaime L. Simmons, Volleyball Program Director, invites your students in third to fifth grade to practice with the ESJ varsity volleyball team after school on Tuesday, September 24 at 3:30 p.m. in the Beaches Campus Gym. We are excited to offer this great experience for our Lower School Campus students. For any questions, please contact Matt Flakus at flakusm@esj.org
*Girls Basketball practice will be reschedule for this day.
Volleyball Clinic Registration
Friday, September 27
Munnerlyn Campus
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Cookout on the Forbes Event Lawn
7:00 p.m. | Friday Night Football at Jangro Stadium
Come cheer on the mighty Episcopal Eagles as they take on the Yulee Hornets! No formal program – this is a casual evening of fellowship and fun!
- Admission is free for St. Mark’s and Beaches Campus families.
- Family Ticket Packets for those who RSVP will be emailed closer to the event.
- All students must be accompanied by an adult.
Click here to RSVP by September 20
Episcopal’s Cheer Program Director invites students in grades 1 – 5 to cheer with the ESJ varsity team at the football game on Friday, September 27 (during Lower School Family Fun Night). We are excited to have our lower school campuses on the Munnerlyn Campus for Friday night lights at Episcopal!
Registration is closed.
What to Wear:
- The junior cheerleaders will receive their shirts on Wednesday, September 25, at practice. They will wear these shirts to Episcopal on Friday, September 27 to cheer in.
- Please have the junior cheerleaders wear black athletic shorts and white socks with sneakers to cheer in on Friday.
- Girls should have hair up in a secure ponytail on Wednesday and Friday.
- Please bring water bottles both days.
Wednesday, September 25
- Practice, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the Munnerlyn Campus
- Bus transportation with adult supervision will be available for both campuses to this practice. If you would like to sign your child up for transportation to practice on Wednesday, please email Matt Flakus at flakusm@esj.org.
- Parents will pick students up at the Munnerlyn Campus Upper School Drop-Off (campus map) after practice at 6:00 p.m.
Friday, September 27 (no transportation provided)
- 4:30 p.m. – Check-in and drop off at Munnerlyn Campus Upper School drop-off circle (campus map)
- 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Junior cheerleaders practice and get ready with varsity cheerleaders.
- 6:00 p.m. – Junior cheerleaders will be walked over by varsity cheerleaders and coaches to join parents and families at the Lower School Family Fun Night Cookout at the Forbes Event Lawn.
- 6:30 p.m. – Varsity cheerleaders and coaches will walk back over to Forbes Event lawn to pick up the junior cheerleaders.
- First Quarter: Cheer on sideline
- End of First Quarter: Cheer routine
After the Routine:
Cheerleaders may join their parents and families in the stands to continue cheering on the Eagles.
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