Dear Parents/Guardians of SG Eighth Grade Students,
Congratulations to your graduate and family as your child achieves the milestone of eighth-grade promotion. While we are disappointed that we will not have an in-person ceremony, we want you to know that we have enjoyed and are proud of our role in your graduate’s achievement. But mostly, we thank you for supporting your graduate throughout his/her time at St. George School.
As we prepare for the final event for your eighth-grade student at St. George School, it is important for the health and safety of all involved that families adhere to the protocols established by the school and district. While these protocols may seem restrictive, it is our responsibility to ensure the well being of our families and school staff while on school property. Health and safety protocols include the following:
- Graduates and their immediate families must remain in their cars at all times. ∙
- Additional cars without a graduate will not be allowed in the line or parking lot. ∙
- There is no available parking at the school for other visitors related to your graduate.
Please note that the purpose of the activity on Monday, May 4 is for your graduate to receive some of his/her personal items as allowed under the current Executive Order. Graduation is a virtual ceremony.
Programs were mailed home earlier this week. If you have not received the program, please contact the school immediately. We encourage you to take pictures of your graduate at home and share them with us by email at [email protected] for posting on our Facebook page (@SGS258).
Please note the following reminders.
- The virtual ceremony will be Monday, May 4, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. The link will be emailed to parents, on May 4 by 6:30 p.m. The email will contain a link to the 2020 St. George CCSD No. 258 Virtual Promotion. If you should have any problems with the link call the school. Mr. Wells be will be available by phone at (815) 933-1503 to assist you should you not receive the email.
- If you plan for your graduate to pick-up his/her belongings related to the promotion after the virtual ceremony, please plan to arrive at the school by 7:15 p.m.
- Please have your graduate seated on the front passenger side of the vehicle. Families should create a sign with the graduate’s name placed in the front window on the passenger side. As you finish your loop through the parking lot in your vehicle, please stop across from the school entrance for your graduate to receive his/her belongings related to the promotion. Your graduate and your family must remain in the vehicle at all times.
Graduates are encouraged to wear their caps and gowns and our families to dress in SG gear or school colors.
As a reminder, please enter on West Street just after Bennett Heating & Plumbing. Then turn East (left) onto Center Street and wait for the procession to begin through the main parking lot. A staff member will be there to check you in. Vehicles should exit from Church Street. Please see the map below.
Next week, the process for retrieving the remainder of your child’s belongings, as well as the return of school-owned materials, will be communicated to parents.
Again, congratulations to the 2020 St. George CCSD No. 258 graduates!
Sincerely
Christine Johnson Helen Boehrnsen
Principal Superintendent