Episcopal Insider
Munnerlyn Campus
December 13, 2024
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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
Students who are not re-enrolled by today, January 31, 2025, will not be guaranteed a space in the 2025-2026 school year.
Click Here to Complete Re-enrollment
Please refer to the email sent on January 16 for specific re-enrollment instructions for your child’s campus and grade level. These emails can be found in your My ESJ Portal. To reserve your child’s space for the 2025-2026 school year, all steps must be completed via the My ESJ Enrollment Portal today, January 31, 2025. Please review the key updates listed below.
If you have any questions concerning re-enrollment, please contact Andrea Rizzi, Director of Enrollment & Upper School Admission, at [email protected]. We look forward to welcoming your family back for the 2025-2026 school year!
Key Updates
- Payment Plans: Grade 6 – Grade 12
- 1 Pay: April
- 2 Pay: April and November
- 10 Pay: April – January
- Financial Obligation Schedule – Contracts that are canceled after the deposit is submitted will have the following financial obligations:
- Upon signing the re-enrollment agreement: 25% of the annual tuition
- April 1 – June 30: 50% of the annual tuition
- After June 30: 100% of the annual tuition
Exam Information & Schedule:
Upper school students will take exams in all core subjects. Teachers will notify students of the location of individual course exams.
Standard exams will be administered 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM Monday through Friday. Students must arrive on campus by 8:15 AM and be picked up by 10:45 AM for standard exams or use the library for quiet study.
Exams administered with accommodations will begin at 11:30 AM Monday through Thursday and students should arrive on campus by 11:15 AM. Friday’s exams with accommodations will begin at 8:30 AM; students should arrive by 8:15 AM.
Upper School Exam Schedule:
- Monday, December 16
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – Science
- 11:30 AM start for Science exams with accommodations
- Tuesday, December 17
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – History
- 11:30 AM start for History exams with accommodations
- Wednesday, December 18
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – World Language
- 11:30 AM start for World Language exams with accommodations
- Thursday, December 19
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – Mathematics
- 11:30 AM start for Mathematics exams with accommodations
- Friday, December 20
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – English
- (Standard & exams with accommodations)
Exam Week Quiet Study
The Bryan Library will be open Monday through Thursday 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM and Friday 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
Questions and Absences
If you have any questions or your child is ill during exam week, please contact Stephanie Day, the Registrar, at [email protected] or 904.396.5751, extension 1138.
6th Grade Information:
Sixth grade students do not take exams during Exam Week and do not come to campus. Students will have ERB testing administered the last week of classes during the school day. The last day of class will be Friday, December 13.
7th Grade Exam Information & Schedule:
Seventh grade students will take exams in Math, English, and World Language at the beginning of the exam period and ERB tests (standardized tests) at the end of the exam period. Exams for seventh grade students will be administered in the Alumni Gym.
Standard exams will be administered 8:30 AM -10:30 AM on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Students must arrive on campus by 8:15 AM and be picked up by 10:45 AM for standard exams or use the library for quiet study. ERBs will be on Thursday and Friday 8:30 AM – 10:45 AM. Students should arrive by 8:15 AM and be picked up at the conclusion of the testing time.
Exams administered with accommodations will begin at 11:30 AM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Students should arrive on campus by 11:15 AM. ERBs will be administered beginning at 8:30 AM on Thursday and Friday.
7th Grade Exam Schedule:
- Monday, December 16
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – Mathematics
- 11:30 AM start for Mathematics exams with accommodations
- Tuesday, December 17
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – English
- 11:30 AM start for English exams with accommodations
- Wednesday, December 18
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – World Language
- 11:30 AM start for World Language exams with accommodations
- Thursday, December 19
- 8:30 – 10:45 AM – ERB
- 8:30 AM start for ERBs with accommodations
- Friday, December 20
- 8:30 – 10:45 AM – ERB
- 8:30 AM start for ERBs with accommodations
8th Grade Exam Information & Schedule:
Eighth grade students will take exams in Science, History, World Language, Math, and English. Exams for eighth grade students will be administered in the Semmes Gym. The eighth grade exam schedule is below.
Standard exams will be administered 8:30 AM -10:30 AM on Monday through Friday. Students must arrive on campus by 8:15 AM, and be picked up by 10:45 AM for standard exams or use the library for quiet study.
Exams administered with accommodations will begin at 11:30 AM on Monday through Thursday. Students should arrive on campus by 11:15 AM. Friday’s exam with accommodations will begin at 8:30 AM; students should arrive by 8:15 AM.
Eighth Grade Exam Schedule:
- Monday, December 16
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – Science
- 11:30 AM start for Science exams with accommodations
- Tuesday, December 17
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – History
- 11:30 AM start for History exams with accommodations
- Wednesday, December 18
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – World Language
- 11:30 AM start for World Language exams with accommodations
- Thursday, December 19
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – Mathematics
- 11:30 AM start for Mathematics exams with accommodations
- Friday, December 20
- 8:30 – 10:30 AM – English
- (Standard & exams with accommodations)
Exam Week Quiet Study
The Bryan Library will be open Monday through Thursday 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM and Friday 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
Questions and Absences
If you have any questions or your child is ill during exam week, please contact Ms. Stephanie Day, the Registrar, at [email protected] or 904.396.5751, extension 1138.
The ESJ Fine Arts Department invites parents and students to attend the Best of 1st Semester Art Opening, held in the Berg Gallery Wednesday, January 8, during the school day. The art show features selected outstanding two- and three-dimensional artwork created by Middle and Upper School students during the 1st semester. Light refreshments will be provided.
Reminders
Important Dates
ESJ TRACK TRYOUTS – January 15 and 16 3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
First day of practice – January 21
Track and Field Gear
Click here to order your team shirt and gear for our 2025 season! Track and Field Baker’s store is open until December 15.
UPCOMING TRAINING OPTION
Preseason training is available with the Eagle Track Club.
Click here to register for ETC
Do you need a training plan?
If you plan to train on your own and need a training plan, please contact us at [email protected] so we get you set up.
Go Eagles!
Coach Brunell
Our Spanish Exchange sister school based in Zaragoza, Spain, Colegio Inglés, will be visiting Episcopal for two weeks starting April 10 and ending April 23, 2025. We were extremely fortunate to establish a relationship with this prestigious school in 2009, and we could not be more pleased with the success of the program. After being welcomed warmly in Zaragoza in 2018 and 2024, and hosting here in Jacksonville in 2019 and 2023, we are excited to continue our Exchange. The program has grown and we now anticipate twenty five 4th year students and two of their teachers this spring. Please take a moment to view our Program Flyer and highlights from our 2023 and 2024 Exchanges to get to know what the Exchange is all about.
We are looking for approximately 25 families to host students from Colegio Inglés in your homes for the 2 week period. The average age is 15-16 years old and all of the students have excellent communication skills in multiple languages, including Spanish and English. The role of an exchange student Host Family is extremely important and can prove to be a tremendously rewarding experience. Likewise, Episcopal Student Hosts must be of sound character and mature enough to be able to handle the responsibility and trust which we will place in them.
The responsibilities of a Host Family include providing:
- An individual bed for the student (they may share a room with a child of the similar age/gender
- Three meals a day (lunch as needed on non ESJ days)
- Transportation to and from Episcopal each day
- TLC whenever needed
The goal is for our host families to regard their exchange students as members of the family, and to give them the positive and memorable experience you would want your child to receive while being hosted abroad. This would include showing them a little of the city and including them in fun, family outings/activities. This is a busy undertaking, and does require some juggling with academics, sports, and after-school-activity schedules. Rest assured, we will work with hosting families and students if there is a schedule issue. Our hosting families often pitch in with carpooling and co hosting group events. I am confident that you will find the overall experience to be extremely rewarding!
If you are interested, please complete the following (printed copies of these can be picked up in WL 5):
- Host Family Application Form & Host Fee ($300 check payable to ESJ)
Application deadline for all materials is January 15, 2025. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for further details by email at [email protected] and direct your student to stop by WL 5.