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The mission of The Episcopal School of Knoxville is to prepare students for higher education and a lifetime of learning within the context of a loving, family-centered environment. We enrich our students' intellectual, physical, cultural and spiritual growth so that they may realize their potential as children of God and involved citizens of local, state and international communities.
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Fall Festival is Saturday! |
 Fall Festival is Saturday, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m! Make plans to attend this family-friendly, outdoor celebration that is popular community wide and generates funds for ESK too. Ticket sales will take place in carpool lines on Friday, allowing you to buy 40 tickets for $20 and get an extra 10 for free.
Glorious fall weather is anticipated, clearing the way for dunking booths! Jay Secor, Peter Klekamp, Harrison Stuart, Bryan Moore and Mat Luce all promise to be dunked. Come and enjoy the five new inflatables, including a Laser Tag model, midway games and concession stand treats. Best of all, take part in the live auction for custom-made baskets assembled by ESK classes. Choose from baskets with themes of Halloween, getaway packages, Christmas, toys, books and more.
 Family Fun!
Admission to the Fall Festival is nonperishable goods for the Mission of Hope. Barrels will be available at check-in. The enormously popular, handsome T shirts, designed by art teacher Sara Gibson and printed by Bacon and Co, quickly sold out. But check out the booster club table for new ESK T shirts and Bernie dogs. Plenty of parking is available on campus. Service hours given to Middle School volunteers, who are competing in a drawing for iTune cards. See you there! |
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Welcome, Madame H! |
Madame Farida Hadjerioua, our Middle School French teacher since spring of 2008, has been named Lower School French teacher as well, taking over from Madame Juliet McVay, who has stepped down to take care of family needs. She will teach children in grades 3-5. Madame Hadjerioua (pronounced Haj Ree Wa) brings a deep knowledge of both languages and children to us. She is fluent in four languages (English, French, Arabic and Berber, the original language of North Africa), and she is the mother of three children of her own: Sonya, 16, Adam, 14, and Sabrina, 8. Born in Algeria and trained in college to teach languages, she and her husband, Boualan, an engineer with TVA, have been in Knoxville for the past 18 years.
Madame Farida Hadjerioua
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Open House Coming Up! |
 The Episcopal School of Knoxville will host drop in Open House for all grades on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 8:30-11 a.m., and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2-4 p.m. Parents may bring children or come alone. No reservations are required.
Open House is designed to tell visitors about the curriculum and programs of the school. At the Wednesday Open House, parents can enjoy a cup of coffee and observe classes in action. On Sunday, they can tour classrooms and meet with faculty and staff. Episcopal School Headmaster Jay Secor and Assistant Headmaster and Admissions Director Peter Klekamp will be on hand at both events. Visitors may also meet with current students and their parents. Invite your friends!
For more information, call 777-9032, consult the school's website at www.esknoxville.org, or contact Peter Klekamp at klekamp@esknoxville.org.
Seventh grade science students viewed slides prepared from the contents of a hamburger (meat, lettuce, tomato, wheat) in Mrs. Busby's class on Thursday.
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Note This! |
Please note that Friday, November 6 is a half day for students. No  lunch is served; dismissal for all at 11:30. No Kid Zone. This is a professional afternoon for our faculty.
Mmm! Students in Jeannie Fewell's Kid Zone cooking class made delicious cinnamon rolls this week! |
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Haunted Barn |
 The Middle School SGA will sponsor a Haunted Barn for Lower School students and their friends on Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be games, a pumpkin decorating contest and plenty of treats. Please purchase and decorate your own pumpkin beforehand and bring it with you to the event. See you at the barn for a howling good time!
Middle School Dance
On Friday, Oct. 30, there will be a Middle School Halloween Dance. Sponsored by the SGA, the dance will be from 7-10 p.m. at the Bishop Center Gymnasium. Costumes are optional, and dress is casual. Admission to the dance will be $5. Proceeds will fund other SGA events. For more information, see SGA President Jamie Wise or your class SGA representative.
Haunted Barn features a pumpkin decorating contest!
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Friday Dress |
 On Friday of this week, students may wear their fall festival T-shirt in place of their uniform shirt. It is not a free dress day. The only fall festival shirt acceptable is this year's model; not one from years past. For middle school students, athletic tops may not be worn this Friday.
Students in the Lego Robotics class after school worked hard on their projects this week.
Outerwear in Chilly Weather
As the weather turns cool this fall, it is important to remember the uniform policy pertaining to outerwear. Students may wear the coat or wrap of choice to school, but only approved uniform items may be worn in the classroom, to lunch and to chapel. This means that if your child wears non-uniform outerwear to school, he or she must remove it indoors. A convenient solution is to dress your child each chilly morning in a jacket, sweater, polar fleece or sweatshirt that is school approved. Education Outfitters has a list of approved items or you might want to shop online at Lands End. They have some good looking school approved outerwear as well. |
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Enjoy Mini-Spa! |
Tickets for the November 19th, ESK Market / Mini-Spa Night 
are now on sale. These tickets will allow a guest to enjoy a complimentary mini-Spa treatment and the opportunity to shop over 20 vendors at the ESK Market from 7pm-9pm.
The spa will be set up in the Googe Hall gathering room with services provided by Natural Alternatives, an Aveda Salon Spa.
The vendors will be set up in both dining halls (and/or middle school halls). Appetizers will be provided to enjoy. Reserve your tickets today by contacting Carmen DiSanto, DiSanto@comcast.net or Debbie Riddle, Riddled2@msn.com or Lisa McMichael, LVMcMichael@comcast.net.
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Culinary Celebration! |
 As a fundraiser for The Knoxville Chapter of the American Red Cross Knoxville, RT Lodge is presenting an event called "Celebrating the American Table" featuring Former White House Executive Chef Walter Scheib. Date: November 19, 2009 Place: The Knoxville Museum of Art Time: 6:30 p.m. For more information, please contact April Stouffer 405-9747 or by email at april.stouffer@gmail.com, or Mary Ellen Brewington at mary-brewington@att.net for sponsorship opportunities and ticket information. |
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Music News |
DIG IT!! The fifth and sixth grade at ESK will be performing a musical tale of ancient civilization--DIG IT!! on Thursday evening, Nov. 5th at 6 p.m. It is a 40 minute production filled with songs and stories of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece and Rome. Great singing and dancing! Be sure to be there!! Ramsay House TripThe 4th grade has been invited to participate in the Ramsay House celebration on Sunday, Oct. 25th from 2:00-3:30 p.m. We will be preparing a 20 minute program, to be performed twice, highlighting the State songs of Tennessee, prominent historical figures in the Ramsay history, and other historical songs and information. Please join us for this exciting afternoon. For more info, please contact Dr. Sousa at sousa@esknoxville.org. . |
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Some School News |
- Third and fourth grade will be attending the Symphony on
 Thurs. Oct. 29 from 8:30 - 11:15.
- The 7th graders examined pond algae and other organic life under microscopes on Thursday.
- FIRST Lego League, our Lego Robotics team, met Thursday.
Friends play games and have snacks after school.
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| Excellent Speakers
Students at the Episcopal School enjoy many excellent visiting speakers. This week, they included Ann Sartwell of Children's International Summer Villages (CISV) and Guidance Speakers
Jennifer Tedder of the East Tennessee Mental Health Association. Ms. Sartwell, mother of former ESK students Dora and Matthew Moore, told students at chapel about CISV and opportunities they might enjoy. Ms. Tedder told eighth grade students what mental health means. She encouraged them to understand good mental health, depression (causes and signs), and suicide warning signs and what to do.
Ann Sartwell told students about CISV in chapel this week.
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| See you at the Fall Festival!
Best wishes,
Kelly Norrell
Communications Director |
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Bring a non-perishable food item for Mission of Hope as your ticket to Fall Festival on Saturday! |
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