Episcopal Insider
Munnerlyn Campus
February 7, 2025
All Campuses
- Survey link for Lower School parents
- Survey Link for Middle and Upper School parents
- * For families with students on a Lower School campus and the Munnerlyn Campus, each parent is able to take a survey for Lower School and a survey for Middle and Upper School.
The ESJ Fine Arts Department is proud to present Shrek the Musical. The performances are at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, and at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, in the Deming Theatre (located in the Munnerlyn Center for Worship and Fine Arts on the Munnerlyn Campus).
Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure of a green ogre and a wise-cracking donkey who embark on a journey to save the land from an evil lord and rescue a lovely princess from a terrible fate. But why does the princess keep running away?
As part of our celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Munnerlyn Center for Worship and Fine Arts, Shrek the Musical will also feature an appearance by alumni from Peter Pan, the first production ever in the Deming Theatre.
General admission tickets are now available for $20 at esj.booktix.com. ESJ students are free. Shrek the Musical is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
Come see us Thursday, April 3, and Friday April 4, in our temporary location in the Buck Center Lobby (located on the Munnerlyn Campus) and shop for 25% – 50% off select merchandise (including Dennis/Mills uniforms) with additional items marked down lower!
Check our Instagram account @esj.campusstore for more details and shop early for the best selection!
New This Week
Students, faculty and staff will participate in P.S. I Love You Day on Friday, February 14. Students are encouraged to wear purple in honor of this day.
The mission of the P.S. I Love You Day organization is to instill hope for those affected by mental illness and foster a supportive environment and community where everyone feels welcomed, loved and supported. This year’s theme is “A brighter tomorrow begins today.” We encourage all to spread love to the world, others and most importantly yourself!
More information can be found at: http://psiloveyouday.net/
Parents of 8th-grade students are invited to join the College Counselors on Tuesday, February 18, for an information session, offered at both 8:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The counselors will share a brief introduction to Upper School, discuss four-year academic course plans and the ESJ College Counseling program, and allow time for parent questions and discussion. We hope you’ll join us!
If you have any questions, please contact Traci Cory at coryt@esj.org.
Morning
Date: Tuesday, February 18
Time: 8:15-9:30 a.m.
Place: Busey Boardroom (Haskell Center)
Evening
Date: Tuesday, February 18
Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Place: Busey Boardroom (Haskell Center)
All sophomores, juniors, and their parents are invited to attend the 2025 Jacksonville Preparatory Schools College Fair.
- Where: UNF University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224
- Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
- Brent Tener, Assistant Provost & Executive Director of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships at Vanderbilt University, will lead an optional financial aid session from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the event.
- Students can register now at http://Strivefair.com. They will receive a bar code once they register and StriveScan will resend them a copy of their barcode two hours prior to the fair’s start time.
- More than 100 colleges and universities have registered to date. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage with admissions professionals from around the world!
Please see the current list of attendees here.
If you have any questions please contact Maria Carter or Traci Cory at collegefair@esj.org.
If you would like to support ESJ Fine Arts, please join us for a FANS meeting on Thursday, February 20, in the Fine Arts lounge located in the Munnerlyn Center from 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. We always have coffee and treats, so please join us in support of the Fine Arts program!
Fine Arts Nurturing Students is a parent volunteer organization that serves to enhance the fine arts experience for every Episcopal student and the entire ESJ community. FANS provides essential support to the fine arts’ students and faculty. As an Episcopal parent, you are automatically a member of every parent organization, including FANS!
Please join the ESJ Student Services Department at the Parent’s Association Meeting on Friday, February 21, at 8:15 a.m. in Harden Hall.
Join us to learn how the Student Services Department can help your students. Amy Perkins along with David Berry, Tom Baczkowski, and Patti Phillips will discuss support available to ESJ students. In addition, they will be discussing considerations for parents when kids are facing new and unexpected challenges.
Reminders
Grandparents’ Day for the Munnerlyn Campus will be April 17. Invitations will be mailed to Grandparents’ near the end of February. Please make sure your student’s grandparents information is updated in their My ESJ portal. Grandparents’ Day information can be found here.
Parent Book Study’s next meeting on Thursday, April 3 will be at a later time due to the 8:15 a.m. Parent Coffee with The Reverend Adam Greene in Harden Hall. We will meet from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Busey Board Room upstairs in Harden Hall. We will discuss Chapter 8-The Ripple Effect: Unlocking Mattering All Around You from Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-And What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace. We will be discussing the last chapter this week! We look forward to April 10 when we will discuss the section on how to take action on all that we have read and learned about from this book and each other. Our final meeting of the year will be a social gathering on Thursday, May 1.
Please let Beth Collins Himes P’21, P’25 know if you have questions or want to be added to the email group, bcollinshimes@alumni.duke.edu or 404-918-0949.