Welcome back! We hope that everyone had an enjoyable and restful Fall Break! It's been great having the kids back in school this week and the buzz around campus is as fevered as ever!

ESK will be full of activity over the next few weeks with the Halloween concert and costume parade, the start of basketball, Tall Tales Readers' Theater and the Middle School Hayride. Check out all the details in this week's edition of Headlines!

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER EVENTS AT ESK

10/27               Open House - 2-4 p.m.

10/29               MS Chorus Halloween Concert - 2 p.m.

10/31               All Hallows' Eve Chapel & Costume Parade - 8 a.m.

11/1                 Middle School HayRide - 7-9 p.m.

11/4                 Preschool Story Time - 8:15-8:45 a.m.

Episcopal School Sunday

ESK Chaplain Father Josh Hill invites all families to attend the 10 a.m. service at your local Episcopal parish this Sunday, October 24. At all Knox area Episcopal Churches, a student(s) from our school will stand during the announcements and ask all current and former ESK families who are in attendance to stand as the student invites anyone interested to attend the ESK Open House that afternoon from 2-4.

We want a strong showing that will showcase our school community's pride and positive outlook to prospective families.   If you haven't attended in a while, don't worry! All our parishes are quite welcoming, and you can find service times on respective websites of parishes. Here are the parishes he hopes you will attend:

Ascension, St. John's, St. Elizabeth's, St. Luke's, Good Shepherd and St. James'.

If you cannot attend, we hope you will help by making a personal invitation to a prospective family.

Book Fair Volunteers

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to ESK the week of November 11-15 and will be open before and after school and during library classes. Lower School Librarian Miranda Clark is looking for parent volunteers to help run the fair. If you are interested, please contact Miranda via email at clark@esknoxville.org or by phone at 865.777.9037 ext. 237.

Math Olympiad

A new learning opportunity is now available to students in Fifth through Eighth Grade at ESK. Students can now participate in the Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools, which provide opportunities for children to engage in creative problem solving activities while developing children's abilities to reason, to be logical, to be resourceful, and occasionally to be ingenious.

Students will practice regularly under the direction of Mrs. Foss and Mrs. Stivers in preparation for five monthly Olympiad contests (held on ESK campus during the afternoon meeting time). Math Olympiad meets weekly for an hour, either Tuesday mornings at 7:00 or Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 - 4:30. Olympiad members explore a topic and strategy in depth during the meeting. Contest dates include November 13, December 11, January 15, February 12 and March 12 from 3:30-4:30 p.m.

If you are interested in having your child participate, please contact Mrs. Foss by tomorrow (Friday, October 25).

Vote for Educator of the Month

As many of you know our second grade teacher, Lucy Tyler, was nominated for Educator of the Week through a program sponsored by the Tennessee Lottery. After being nominated for Educator of the Week, Mrs. Tyler has the chance to become Educator of the Month. Her winning is now dependent on our voting for her as an ESK family.

Please go to: www.seehowitaddsup.com/educator/, find Mrs. Tyler's picture and click on the word "vote." You may vote once a day for the entire month of October and you may vote from each device you have--laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc. If all of us vote once a day we have a good chance of having an Educator of the Month right here at ESK!

AfterCare Service Project

ESK AfterCare Director Sarah Dew would like to ask all students and families to collect labels from SunnyD products to help AfterCare earn free books! Twenty Sunny D labels equals 20 free books! For a complete list of eligible products, please visit SunnyD.com. Labels can be turned in to your grade-level teacher or advisor until Wednesday, November 20.

Admissions Open Houses

For all the latest on all ESK sports, be sure to check out the athletics update section of Headlines. Click here to read all about this week's competition and to see pictures from all the action.   

Art News 

Support Art in Your School!

It is Original Works time again! For those of you new to the school, this is an opportunity to have your child's art on a product such as a t-shirt or night light. The merchandise is of good quality and very popular among our students. All profit goes toward the ESK art program. In the past, we have been able to buy pottery wheels and a printing press with your support.

Lower School students should have received a packet earlier this week and Middle School students can obtain a packet from Mr. Hoffman.

Your child has the liberty to complete artwork at home as well. The work must be 8-1/2 x 11 and on card stock-- no glitter, metallic colors, or three-dimensional material.

This opportunity will last until Nov. 4 - SO ACT NOW!! Checks should be made out to ESK and returned to your homeroom teacher. Please support art in your school.

Garden News

Sweet Potatoes

Prior to Fall Break, students in Mrs. Jenkins' Third Grade class picked nearly 75 pounds of sweet potatoes from the ESK Garden. Be on the lookout for those in the dining room soon!

Student News  

Fiesta Farm Horse Show

Fourth Grader Gabby Stouffer and Third Grader Mackenzie Burkhalter both participated in the Fiesta Farm Horse Show over Fall Break. Both Gabby and Mackenzie placed in each class and did very well at the show. Great job girls!

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