Episcopal Insider
Munnerlyn Campus
February 7, 2025
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
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 [email protected].
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 [email protected].
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 is on Thursday, February 27, from 8:30-9:30 am and we will discuss the second half of Chapter 6-Envy: Coping with Hyper-Competition, pages 158-173 from Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-And What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace. It is never too late to come for the first time or come back if you haven’t come for a while.
Join us right after drop off at St. John’s Cathedral, 256 Church St E, 32202 as the doors open at 8:00 am, and we will meet from 8:30-9:30 am. The other dates for the 2nd Semester are Thursday mornings: 3/27, 4/3, 4/10 and 5/1.
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.