Blog
Welcome to the ESK Blog! This page will regularly feature written posts along with video posts addressing current education topics along with helping our community to get to know our teachers better. Make sure to check back each week for the newest posts!
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ESK Calls New Chaplain
By Caroline Wood
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Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day Video Gallery
By Caroline Wood
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#SaintsServe
By Caroline Wood
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ESK Volleyball Wins KISL Championship
By Caroline Wood
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ESK to Host 14th Annual Boarding and High School Fair
By Caroline Wood
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Eclipse provides memorable learning opportunity for Knoxville students on WATE
By Taylor McElroy
https://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/eclipse-provides-memorable-learning-opportunity-for-knoxville-students/ by: Naomi Hillmer Posted: Apr 8, 2024 / 05:40 PM EDT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A partial eclipse was visible in Knoxville with about 90% of the sun being covered at its peak. While clouds may have reduced visibility, students at the Episcopal School of Knoxville got to experience their first eclipse and learn why this happens. “As soon as we got here today there was a lot of excitement. From the moment they came in the door, it was like some of them were shot out of a cannon,” said second grade teacher Suzi Fairclough.
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Mad Scientist Day at the Episcopal School of Knoxville on WATE
By Taylor McElroy
https://www.wate.com/video/mad-scientist-day-at-episcopal-school-of-knoxville/9474930/
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3rd Grade Valentine Delivery System Featured on WBIR
By Taylor McElroy
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Halloween Parade at The Episcopal School of Knoxville on WVLT
By Taylor McElroy
https://www.wvlt.tv/video/2023/10/31/halloween-party-episcopal-school-knoxville/
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ESK Celebrates Blessing of the Pets 2023 on WBIR
By Taylor McElroy
Hundreds of pets receive blessings from clergy members each year here at the Episcopal School of Knoxville. This year, on October 4th, we saw a wide range of pets including dogs, cats, chickens, horses, snakes and rats. This yearly event is done in honor of Saint Frances of Assisi. Saint Francis is well known for his many miracles involving animals and his compassion for healing the critically ill and injured. It also gives our students an opportunity to share their pets with their classmates and friends.
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Holocaust Survivor Delivers Message of Hope to ESK Students on WVLT
By Taylor McElroy
Holocaust Survivor Delivers Message of Hope By John Pirsos Published: Apr. 20, 2023 at 5:58 PM EDT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Holocaust ended 78 years ago, and in the decades since, survivors have told their incredible stories. One of those survivors is 93-year-old Anya Baum. She visited East Tennessee this week, and told students how she avoided the Nazis, and why she has a positive outlook on life. “My story is not a concentration camp. I was surviving, running away,” Baum told students at the Episcopal School of Knoxville.
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ESK Students Show Off Their Science Experiments featured on WBIR
By Taylor McElroy
ESK celebrated Mad Scientist Day schoolwide on Friday, February 3rd.
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ESK Celebrates Mad Scientist Day Featured on WVLT
By Taylor McElroy
ESK celebrated Mad Scientist Day schoolwide on Friday, February 3rd. It was an extra special day used to encourage students to be more curious about science than ever before.
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MLK Art Piece Featured on WATE
By Taylor McElroy
Both Lower School and Middle School students spent weeks working on an installation for our MLK celebration.
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Jr. Anchor Fourth Grader Megan Kelley on WBIR
By Caroline Wood
Fourth Grader Megan Kelley wants to be president one day. She decided to start her presidential journey by being a Jr. Anchor on WBIR’s Live at Five at Four.
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