The building will house two Fifth Grade classrooms and a great room for the Lower School as ESK expands to make room for the first class of Junior Kindergarten students in the fall. Fourth Grade students will participate in the service, as they will be the first Fifth Grade class to use the building.

The service take the place of regularly scheduled Lower School and Middle School chapel.

Docent Day at James White Fort

ESK Fourth Graders spent time Friday morning serving as docents at James White Fort. In colonial dress, the students told visitors to the Fort, located at 205 Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, all about how James and Mary White lived when Knoxville was in its infancy in the late 1700s. As a part of their Tennessee history studies, the Fourth Graders went on a fact-finding field trip earlier this semester.

Williamsburg Trip

The Fifth Grade classes left for their annual Williamsburg trip Wednesday morning and will return Friday afternoon. The students will visit colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown while learning about the colonies and those settlers who founded our nation.

Middle School Fine Arts Celebration

Please join us on Tuesday, May 13, at 6 p.m. for the Middle School Fine Arts Celebration. Artwork by all Middle School students will be displayed. The chorus, concert band and string band will perform along with a showing of the claymation and stop motion projects. All parents and students are invited to attend. Band and Chorus students are required to attend their performances. Thank you for your support of the arts at ESK.

Scholastic Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair will be at ESK from Monday, May 5 to Friday, May 9, in the Lower and Middle school libraries. Several of this year's summer reading list titles will be available for sale. The Fair will be open from 7:45 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. each day, and you are welcome to shop anytime throughout the day. Students will shop during library class and other times with teacher or parent permission. Scholastic Book Fairs get our students excited about reading as well as supplement our library budget.

If you are unable to come to the fair, you may also shop at our online Book Fair. Online purchases are subject to sales tax, however there is no shipping charge. Your purchases will be shipped directly to ESK before the end of the school year, where we are happy to hold on to them discreetly until you pick them up. Follow this link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either Miranda Clark or Mary Lovely. We look forward to seeing you at the Fair.

ESK Bread Now Available at Mother Earth Meats

Be sure to stop by the Farragut location of Mother Earth Meats as they now carry several varieties of bread, including whole wheat, pretzel and Italian bread, fresh from the ESK kitchen! Renee Nye and Lisa Nix delivered the first shipment of bread Friday and couldn't be more excited to see the product on the shelves! Congratulations!

Author Visit - Thursday, May 15

Award winning, historical fiction author Shelley Pearsall will visit ESK on Thursday, May 15. She will speak to 4th through 7th grade students in the Great Hall at 8:45 a.m. and to 1st through 3rd grade students at 10:30 a.m. in Ms. Saliba's Kindergarten classroom. Parents are welcome to attend. Ms. Pearsall will share her research and writing process with students. She will be selling her books for $6 and will also be available after each presentation for autographs. Ms. Pearsall is in Knoxville for the Knox County Public Library's Children's Festival of Reading on Saturday, May 17, in the World's Fair Park.

2014 Volleyball Team

Team Placement for the 2014 season will take place May 14, 15, 16, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. for rising 5th-8th Graders. Contact Brent Carter for more information.

Library News

Summer Reading Lists

Please plan ahead and help encourage your students to complete their required summer reading and math books. You may access reading lists via Academics on the ESK home page. Several books from the lists were available during our Book Fair or can be borrowed from the Knox County Public Libraries.

It's Time to Return Library Books

Please begin to look under the bed and sofa cushions for any ESK library books that you may have checked out. Mrs Clark and Mrs Lovely would like to have all books returned by Friday, May 16.

Children's Festival of Reading

The Knox County Public Libraries will host their 10th annual Children's Festival of Reading on Saturday, May 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at World's Fair Park. The event will serve as the kick off to their Summer Library Clubs. Headlining the day will be Michael Buckley, author of the very popular Sisters Grimm series and N.E.R.D.s. Joining him are Chris Grabenstein, UT alumnus and author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library; husband and wife duo and Caldecott honorees, Andrea and Brian Pinkney; Horn Book honoree, Laura Vaccaro Seeger; and Imagination Library favorite Toni Buzzeo whose book One Cool Friend will be acted out on the Festival main stage by the Dollywood Penguin Players. World-class storyteller and children's book author Carmen Agra Deedy will also perform.

PA News

Volunteer Appreciation Lunch

The Parents' Association held a celebration Tuesday afternoon for all those parents, family and other friends of ESK who have volunteered for the school this year. The lunch, hosted by Lakeside Tavern, was a great opportunity to recognize those who have contributed their time and efforts to help continue the great events the Parents' Association puts on each year. 

Alumni News

Art Honor Society

ESK alums Evan Nelson, Nathan Williams and Sam Hull were three of 18 students inducted into the Arts Honor Society at Knoxville Catholic High School last month. Congratulations!

Eagle Scout Honors

Former ESK students Evan Nelson and Eli Fox have completed the necessary requirements to receive their Eagle Scout honor from the Boy Scouts of America. Evan is currently senior at Knoxville Catholic and his ceremony was held April 27 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eli is a freshman at Webb School of Knoxville and his Eagle Scout Project was the installation of bird houses for the Purple Martin in ESK's garden. His ceremony is scheduled for May 10 at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church. Congratulations to both Evan and Eli on your accomplishments!

Princeton Bound

Graduate of the ESK Class of 2010 and current senior at Knoxville Catholic, Ben Nadolsky (right), will be attending Princeton University in the fall. Ben narrowed his choices down to Stanford University and Princeton University and is excited to become a Tiger this fall! Good luck Ben and congratulations!!

HonorAir Flight

Knoxville Catholic senior and ESK graduate David LaBine (left) was one of four high school students selected to be an HonorAir Student Guardian escort for the HonorAir flight on April 16. HonorAir Knoxville is dedicated to honoring East Tennessee World War II and Korean War veterans and the sacrifices they made to ensure our freedoms. They fly as many East Tennessee veterans as possible to Washington D.C. to see the memorials built in their honor.

Alumns Honored at Webb School

UPDATE - Minecraft Camps

Minecraft Camps will be held the week of June 9-13. Due to multiple requests, rising 2nd grade students will now be able to attend the morning introductory session. For more information, please visit http://www.techtutortime.com or contact Julie King at king@esknoxville.org.