Episcopal Insider
St. Mark's Campus
April 11, 2025
Please Note: After today, the Episcopal Insider will no longer be sent weekly. Important communications will be shared as needed throughout the summer. Enjoy your summer break!
New This Week
With the exception of April/May birthdays, please return all birthday books to the library by April 30.
Reminders
2024-2025 Important Upcoming Calendar Dates
- May 16 – Chapel in the Park
- May 16 – Moms’ Night Out
- 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.
- May 26-30 – Memorial Day and Post-Planning – School and Extended Day Closed
- June 2 – First week of Camp Create
Practical, Evidence-Based Methods for Toilet Training Success
Friday, April 11
8:15 – 9:15 a.m.
Episcopal School of Jacksonville
Steve Williams Library & Learning Center
ELP 1 and 2 families are invited to learn from Lauren Gianino and Colleen Taylor, Board Certified Behavior Analysts. Lauren has been practicing in the field for the past twenty years, serving as a teacher, therapist, school consultant, parenting coach, and job coach for individuals with disabilities, ages two through adulthood. She is now the Clinical Director of Strategies for Social Success, LLC. Colleen is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has worked in Applied Behavior Analysis for 12 years. She has many years of experience coaching parents on evidence-based methods for toilet training.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should my child wear?
ELP children are welcome to wear Easter attire or play clothes, whatever they feel comfortable wearing. Pre-K 3 students will continue wearing their Easter Best attire worn in the Easter performance. Easter attire is optional for Pre-K 4 students. Kindergarten students should wear uniforms and optional Easter accessories.
What should I put in the pre-stuffed Easter eggs?
Some ideas of what to stuff the eggs with include stickers, tattoos, band-aids, or non-chokable toys. The school requests no candy if possible. Your child’s homeroom teacher will let you know how many pre-stuffed eggs to provide.
Can parents attend?
Absolutely!
What is the schedule?
See below for grade-level details.
ELP 1 and ELP 2 – Tuesday, April 15
ELP 1 Schedule:
- 8:40 a.m.- Parents hide eggs on playground
- 9:00 a.m.- Easter Egg Hunt and playground time
- 10:00 a.m.- Snack in classroom
ELP 2 Schedule
- 9:00 a.m. Easter performance (Lori Schiavone Commons)
- 9:45 a.m. – Parents hide eggs and/or help with special snack in classroom
- 10:15 a.m. – Easter Egg Hunt and playground time
Pre-K 3, Pre-K 4 and Kindergarten – Thursday, April 17
Pre-K 3 Schedule
- 9:00 a.m. Easter performance (Lori Schiavone Commons)
- Immediately following performance, parents hide eggs on the playground while teachers read to students inside classrooms
- 9:45 a.m. (approximately) – Easter Egg Hunt on playground
- 10:00 a.m.- Snack in classroom
Pre-K 4 Schedule
- 10:30 a.m.- Egg Hunt on Berg Field followed by a special snack
Kindergarten Schedule
- 11:00 a.m. – Egg Hunt on Berg Field followed by a special snack
ELP 2 – Kindergarten Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Schedule
8:15 a.m. – Check-in in front of the school and retrieve students* from classrooms. Student ambassadors will be present to assist guests in locating classrooms.
* Kindergarten students will meet grandparents outside the church. Grandparents do not need to retrieve them from classrooms.
8:25 a.m. – Chapel in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. – Refreshments in the Lori Schiavone Commons
9:15 – 9:30 a.m. – Visit homeroom classroom(s)
If guests have grandchildren or special friends in first – fifth grade, they can enjoy refreshments in the Lori Schiavone Commons before meeting older students outside the church for Chapel at 9:45 a.m.
First – Fifth Grade Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Schedule
9:45 a.m. – Meet grandchildren or special friends outside St. Mark’s Episcopal Church for Chapel
10:00 a.m. – Chapel in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. – Refreshments in the Lori Schiavone Commons
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. – Campus tours. Students will have passports to assist in guiding guests to their homeroom and enrichment classrooms.
Please help us welcome grandparents and special friends to our beautiful campus.
Thursday, April 17 is early dismissal for all students. The school will close at noon, and there is no Eagle Afternoon Program this day.
ELP 1 & 2
- Retrieve students from classrooms.
- ELP 1 – 11:30 a.m. dismissal. Please note the earlier time to assist with traffic congestion.
- ELP 2 – 11:45 a.m. dismissal.
- Please do not park within the Little Loop carpool area.
Pre-K 3 & 4
- Pre-K families without older siblings must use the Little Loop carpool area.
- Do not park and exit your vehicle.
Families with Children in Multiple Grades
- If you have a child in ELP and Pre-K, park and pick up your Pre-K child from the ELP deck by the Dempsey Chapel door, and then pick up your ELP children from their classroom.
- If you have a child in ELP and K-5, park and pick up ELP children from their classroom first, and then proceed to Main Carpool.
- If you have a child in Pre-K and K-5, proceed to Main Carpool.
Weather permitting, kindergarten through fifth grade students will enjoy worship in the park. Representatives from the fifth grade plan to share reflections about their experience here on the St. Mark’s Campus. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Friday, May 16, 8:25 a.m.
Stockton Park
Preparing for the Transition to Middle School: What to Expect and How ESJ Can Help
For Fifth Grade Parents
Thursday, May 1
8:30 – 9:30 am
Steve Williams Library and Learning Center
Panel Discussion and Q&A
- Paige McGee, Head of Middle School
- Christy Hodges, Dean of Student Life
- Amy Perkins, Director of Student Services
- David Berry, Counselor
- Dr. Elise Fallucco, Director of Health, Safety and Wellbeing Programming
Join ESJ, St. Mark’s Campus dads at Grace Note Brewing for a casual, BYOB (buy your own beer) social.
Thursday, May 1
6:00 p.m.
Grace Note Brewing is co-owned by ESJ dad, James Trimble. The new brewery is located next to High Tide Buritto, The Loop, and Windward Marina (4591 Lakeside Dr Ste 108, Jacksonville, FL).
All ESJ, Mark’s Campus moms are invited to enjoy a fun night at the home of ESJ mom Claire Smith. Food and a signature beverage will be provided. Guests are welcome to bring their beverage of choice as well.
Friday, May 16
4703 Ortega Blvd.
7 p.m. party start, 8 p.m. favorite things exchange (optional)
Favorite Things Exchange Instructions
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Bring two of your favorite things (same item) valued at $20 each.
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Each person will take turns sharing why they love their item.
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Everyone will draw names to exchange their items with two different people.
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You’ll go home with two new favorite things from friends!
Have fun sharing and discovering new favorites! 🎉
ESJ, St. Mark’s Campus summer program, Camp Create, has space for rising Pre-K 4 and Kindergarten ESJ students. A la carte registration allows parents to choose the week(s) they wish to register their child for camp.
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
- May 14 – Fruit of Self-Control Gathering