Episcopal Insider
St. Mark's Campus
November 29, 2024
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
Picture retakes are on the morning of Tuesday, December 10. If you would like your child to have a new photo, please notify their teacher.
Note for third grade parents: If your child needs a retake, please ensure they arrive at school promptly 7:50 a.m. Third grade retakes will occur at 8:00 a.m. before the class leaves for a field trip.
Reminders
2024-2025 Important Upcoming Calendar Dates
- April 1 – Second Grade Visit to Cummer Museum
- Apri 2 – Head of School Awards (2:30 p.m., Lori Schiavone Commons)
- April 7 – Eucharist Chapel (First – Fifth Grades)
- April 10 – Celebrating Service Day
- April 15 – ELP 2 Performance (9 a.m., Lori Schiavone Commons)
- April 15 – ELP 1 & 2 Egg Hunts and Parties
- April 16 – ELP 2 – Fifth Grade Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Morning
- April 17 – Pre-K 3 Easter Show (9:00 a.m., Lori Schiavone Commons)
- April 17 – Pre-K & K Egg Hunts
- April 17 – Early Dismissal (Noon). Eagle Afternoon Program Closed
- April 18 – Good Friday. School and Extended Day Closed
- April 21 – Easter Monday. School Closed. Holiday Care Open.
- April 22 – ESJ Munnerlyn Campus Robotics Club to Visit Campus
- April 25 – Chapel in the Park (Grades K-5, Stockton Park)
- April 29 – Jacksonville Day (Third Grade, Lori Schiavone Commons)
- May 2 – Second Grade Bike Rodeo
- May 2 – Third Grade Courthouse Field Trip
- May 5 – 9 – Teacher Appreciation Week
- May 9 – Mothers’ and Special Friends’ Chapel (Pre-K 3 – Grade 5)
- May 13 – First Grade Sea Animal Presentation
- May 16 – Chapel in the Park
- May 16 – Uniform Recycle Event (7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
- May 20 – Field Day
- May 21 – Splash Into Summer
- May 21 – Fifth Farewell Reception
- May 22 – Fifth Grade Celebration Ceremony (9:00 a.m., Church)
- May 23 – Trimester 3 Ends
- May 23 – Early Dismissal (Noon). Eagle Afternoon Program Closed.
Grades 4 & 5 Lessons and Carols Service
- December 13, 8:25 a.m., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Pre-K 4 Nativity Program
- December 18, 9:00 a.m., Lori Schiavone Commons
On Friday, February 7, 2025—just one day before the W.W. Gay Ortega River Run— all faculty, staff, and students are invited to wear their Ortega River Run shirts.
When you register for either the one-mile or five-mile race, you will receive a complimentary short-sleeve shirt.
Toddler, adult long-sleeve, and adult tank shirts are also available by following the link below:
Order deadline = January 8, 2025
If you have parenting challenges related to not listening, emotional tantrums, aggressive tantrums, or sibling rivalry, don’t miss the next book club! St. Mark’s Campus parents will continue discussing Dr. Becky Kennedy’s “Good Inside” Book, Chapters 11-15.
Tuesday, December 10
8:15 – 9:15 a.m.
Youth Center
The ability to register and pay for 2025 spring a la carte holiday care concludes Friday, January 31.
Holiday Care includes the following dates:
- Spring Break (March 10-14)
- Easter Monday (April 21)
Pre-K 3—Grade 5 students receive a book for their birthday that is added to the Steve Williams Library Collection. Please be on the lookout for an email from Mrs. Trumpler regarding book selection. After a special bookplate is placed in the book, it will be blessed at the Birthday Chapel. Your child will be the first person to check out the book, and we ask them to return it after reading it for a few weeks so other children can enjoy it! Please join us at their special birthday Chapel.
8:25 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
April and May Birthdays
- April 14 (Grades 1-5)
- April 23 (Pre-K and Kindergarten)
Each month, first – fifth grade students are recognized by peers and teachers for demonstrating qualities of the Fruit of the Spirit that the Apostle Paul writes about in his letter to the church in Galatia. “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23. Parents are welcome to attend these afternoon gatherings, as they are all Chapels and gatherings.
Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m.
Lori Schiavone Commons
- April 23 – Fruit of Gentleness Gathering
- May 14 – Fruit of Self-Control Gathering