Estes Fall 2023
News & Class Updates

10/18/23 Update

Dear PEP Families, Here are this week’s updates: We have new weekly class journals for your reading enjoyment here: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.)To see your loved one’s updated FINAL grades/GPA, please click here: https://family.pep.org/estes/gpas/We asked participants to write about which one of our 10 Driving Values is their favorite and why – read what they wrote...
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10/13/23 Update

Dear PEP Families, Please enjoy this week’s class updates: We have new weekly class journals for your reading enjoyment here: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.)To see your loved one’s updated grades/GPA, please click here: https://family.pep.org/estes/gpas/ Thank you for your support! Blessings, Laura
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10/03/23 Update

It has been a hot minute since our last class update, but we are finally caught up after the lockdown, so please enjoy the “latest and greatest” from PEP’s Estes Fall ’23 class! We have new weekly class journals for your reading enjoyment here: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.)If you’d like to see some new class pictures, click here: https://pepmedia.smugmug.com/Estes/EsFl23/Class-Progress-092023/To see your loved...
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09/15 Update

Effective immediately, TDCJ will scan all general mail (written correspondence, greeting cards, drawings and photos) for electronic-only delivery to each guy’s tablet. From TDCJ’s site:  All general inmate mail must be addressed using the inmate’s commitment full name, TDCJ number, and unit of assignment to the digital mail processing center for scanning and electronic distribution.Please send all U.S. Mail for inmates to:Texas Department of Criminal JusticeInmate’s Full First and Last...
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09/14 Update

Dear PEP Families, TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP AS A GRADUATION GUEST! – please review this guest list, updated as of 4p today (9/14): https://family.pep.org/estes/graduation/guest-list/.  If your name is on this list and highlighted in green, you are “good to go” to graduation on Friday, October 20th – more details are coming soon!If your name is on this list and NOT highlighted in green, please sign up ASAP by clicking the button at the top of the guest...
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09/08 Update

Dear PEP Families, The Estes Unit is on lockdown, but we look forward to returning to the classroom soon! In the meantime, here is the updated graduation guest list: https://family.pep.org/estes/graduation/guest-list/.  If your name is on this list and highlighted in green, you are “good to go” to graduation on Friday, October 20th. More details are coming soon!If your name is on this list and not highlighted in green, please sign up ASAP by clicking the button at the top of the...
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09/01 Update

PEP Families, We have two updates to share with you this week! Here is the latest weekly class journal where the men in class describe “a day in the life of PEP”: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.)To see your loved one’s updated grades/GPA, please click here: https://family.pep.org/estes/gpas/ ++++++++++ Also, let’s talk about PEP’s graduation on Friday, October 20, 2023! Check to see if your name is on the...
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08/25 Update

PEP Families, We have a new weekly class journal describing “a day in the life of PEP” posted for your reading enjoyment here: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.) Also, let’s talk about PEP’s graduation! Check to see if your name is on the list of invited guests for graduation on Friday, October 20thhere: https://family.pep.org/estes/graduation/guest-list/ (Look up your graduate’s first name on the far...
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08/19/23 Update

Dear PEP Families, We have two new picture albums for you to look through of our recent Big Idea Pitch event here: https://family.pep.org/estes/esfl23photos/Read the latest two weekly journals describing “a day in the life of PEP” through our weekly class journals here: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.)To see your loved one’s updated grades/GPA, please click here: https://family.pep.org/estes/gpas/Read...
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08/11/23 Update

Dear PEP Families, Welcome to PEP’s Fall ’23 class at the Estes Unit!  There’s plenty to go over in this first weekly update, so let’s get started: Read how participants describe “a day in the life of PEP” through our weekly class journals here: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.)If you’d like to see pictures, click here: https://family.pep.org/estes/esfl23photos/To see your loved one’s grades/GPA, please...
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10/18/23 Update

Oct 18, 2023

Dear PEP Families, Here are this week’s updates: We have new weekly class journals for your reading enjoyment here: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.)To see your loved one’s updated FINAL...

10/13/23 Update

Oct 16, 2023

Dear PEP Families, Please enjoy this week’s class updates: We have new weekly class journals for your reading enjoyment here: https://family.pep.org/estes/journals/ (Click week # to read a particular post.)To see your loved one’s...

10/03/23 Update

Oct 3, 2023

It has been a hot minute since our last class update, but we are finally caught up after the lockdown, so please enjoy the “latest and greatest” from PEP’s Estes Fall ’23 class! We have new weekly class journals for your reading enjoyment...

09/15 Update

Sep 15, 2023

Effective immediately, TDCJ will scan all general mail (written correspondence, greeting cards, drawings and photos) for electronic-only delivery to each guy’s tablet. From TDCJ’s site:  All general inmate mail must be addressed using the inmate’s commitment full...

09/14 Update

Sep 14, 2023

Dear PEP Families, TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP AS A GRADUATION GUEST! – please review this guest list, updated as of 4p today (9/14): https://family.pep.org/estes/graduation/guest-list/.  If your name is on this list and highlighted in...

09/08 Update

Sep 8, 2023

Dear PEP Families, The Estes Unit is on lockdown, but we look forward to returning to the classroom soon! In the meantime, here is the updated graduation guest list: https://family.pep.org/estes/graduation/guest-list/.  If your name is on this list and...