Dear Parents,
The SKS May Procession will be Tuesday May 16th, at 7 pm. Our May Procession is a parish and school function. We welcome anyone from within or outside of the parish as well. In past years, grandparents from our families have attended, and have loved being a part of it. Please extend an invitation to them. Families from our PREP program and parishioners are welcome and encouraged to attend.
We tell our students that it is important to be present that night and that the May Procession should take precedence over any sports practice, game, or activity. Putting another activity over this devotion to the Blessed Mother would send a wrong message to our children. We have asked CYO to cancel all games and practices. If there are extenuating family circumstances that would preclude your child’s attendance that evening, we would respect that and ask that you please let your child’s homeroom teacher know.
Students should arrive no later than 6:40 pm that evening. They should report to their HOMEROOM in school. If it is raining out they should report to their seats in church, (they know where they are to sit) and they can look for their homeroom teacher.
The Sacrament Grades and 8th grade (2, 3, and 7 as well as the 8th grade Class of 2023) will proceed to the grotto from school. The other grades will be lined up in the school yard facing the grotto. We ask parents to be behind those grades in the school yard, the sidewalk pavement and the driveway alongside the cafeteria, not in the playground area. We’d ask that younger siblings not be in the playground, not on the playground equipment. Since it is a prayer service, once Msgr. Brouwers begins the opening prayer, we’d ask the students and families to keep a sense of reverence both during the outside portion of the prayer service and in church as well.
Just a few more reminders for the May Procession that may help you as I know we are all busy:
1. Dig out the WINTER UNIFORMS that you just put away in the closet! Students should be in the winter uniform that evening.
Should the weather forecast be hot and muggy, we would send an email that day to communicate the change to spring uniform.
2. The following grades dress accordingly:
- 2nd Reconciliation - Sunday best attire
- 3rd Holy Communion Attire
- 7th Confirmation Robes
- 8th Graduation Robes
*DISMISSAL: For safety reasons the KG and 1st Grade will be supervised by their teachers to be picked up outside the front entrance of school. ALL OTHER GRADES will be dismissed in the schoolyard. Please pick up your child at the conclusion after the students process from church back to the schoolyard. Please be careful leaving the parking lot. Think Safety First! Big cars and little kids are not a good combo. IF IT IS RAINING WE WILL DISMISS FROM CHURCH.
We look forward to honoring Our Blessed Mother in prayer and song with our parish and school community. I look forward to seeing the students and you on Tuesday May 16th. Thank you.
