Episcopal Insider
Munnerlyn Campus
October 18, 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
Uniform Exchange (Free Event) will be held on the Kirwan Flag Plaza on Monday, October 21 – Parent-Teacher Conference Day (no school for students).
Uniforms will be available to take for free starting at 8:30 a.m. — first come, first served, displayed while supplies last.
Parents and students, text Chair Heather Douglas at 904-588-4600 with any questions or if you can volunteer on event day setting up at 7:30 a.m.
Thank you to all who have made a gift to The 2024-2025 Episcopal Fund parent campaign.
With only two weeks left of the campaign, we encourage you to make your gift today. Please reach out to Susan Kwartler ([email protected]), or Lisa Allen ([email protected]) should you have any questions about the importance of the campaign.
The Episcopal Fund is important because:
- It supports current year operating needs
- It directly impacts all students and teachers in the year the gift is made
- It is the philanthropic foundation of the school
- It gives Episcopal the ability to respond quickly to opportunities and needs that arise each year
Episcopal was built on the generosity of past donors. Let’s do our part so the school can continue to provide students with the best education possible.
Please consider making a gift today to The Episcopal Fund.
Student yearbook retakes (for grades 6 through 11) will be taken on Thursday, October 24, in the Semmes lobby (only from 8 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.) Yearbook organization pictures (for grades 6 through 12) will be taken the same day, on the Semmes steps (from 9:20 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.) All pertinent details can be found in this document.
Parent Book Study is meeting three Thursday mornings in a row as that is how this year’s schedule worked out. We’ll meet next Thursday, October 24, from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s Cathedral, 256 Church St E, 32202. It is a lovely time of year to be together outside in Burwell Court. Come right after drop off as the doors open at 8:00 a.m., and we will meet from 8:30-9:30 a.m. It is never too late to come for the first time or come back if you haven’t been in a while. The other dates for the first Semester are: 10/31 and 11/7.
On October 24 we will be discussing Chapter 2 Name It to Tame It: Unpacking the Deep Roots of Parental Anxiety from Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-And What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace. Copies of the book are available at the Campus Store.
Please let Beth Collins Himes P’21, P’25 know if you have questions or want to be added to the email group, [email protected] or 404-918-0949.
Join the College Counseling team on October 28 at 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. for the College Knowledge: Financial Aid program.
The event will cover the different forms of financial aid, scholarship programs like Bright Futures, and more. Financial aid expert Alicia Keaton from UCF will be there to answer your financial aid questions.
The program will be held in Harden Hall located in the Haskell Center for Science and Student Life.
Reminders
We invite all 9th grade parents to join us for our fall Coffee with the College Counselors on October 22 from 8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. in the Busey Boardroom located on the third floor of the Haskell Center. This informal gathering will feature an open forum and Q&A session, giving you the chance to connect with our counselors and ask any questions you may have.
Save the date for our spring Coffee with the College Counselors on January 21, where we’ll cover more topics like course selection and planning for the years ahead. For your convenience, there will be both a morning and evening option for the spring coffee event. We look forward to seeing you there!
All current 9-11th grade students! Interested in adventure and doing good for the world? Consider coming to the LA Mission Trip this summer! We will work with children in low income neighborhoods, serve meals to the urban homeless, and also experience the beauty that is LA, through hiking, biking and more! We are accepting 10 students.
Any questions? Please email: [email protected].
Episcopal is aware of recent morning traffic implications from the traffic lights on Atlantic Boulevard. The school has been in touch with the City of Jacksonville and wanted to provide an update on the information we have at this point:
- Traffic lights are controlled by the City, not the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO).
- JSO and ESJ are not currently permitted to manually control the lights as they had before.
- The City has a third party company helping with a traffic study to help inform adjustments to timing of these lights.
- We do not have a confirmed timeline for completion of this study, however the school is following up persistently to ensure this is done and improvements are made as soon as possible.
We appreciate the community’s patience as we await updates and improvements from the City. Rest assured that the school is doing all it can to expedite a solution. In the meantime, we encourage drivers to allow extra time in the morning until this is resolved.