{"id":10056,"date":"2025-06-18T01:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/?p=10056"},"modified":"2025-06-18T01:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:40:36","slug":"graduation-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/2025\/06\/18\/graduation-update-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Update #3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Registered Graduation Guests,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few notes about this Friday\u2019s PEP graduation ceremony:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Estes Unit address is&nbsp;<strong>1100 FM 1807&nbsp;<\/strong>in<strong>&nbsp;Venus, TX<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With so many family members attending graduation, we tend to stress out the Estes Unit staff a bit, so&nbsp;<strong>please bring your most patient, positive selves to check-in on Friday<\/strong>.&nbsp; The folks there at check-in are just trying to do their job.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Parking info<\/strong>: guest parking is on the&nbsp;<strong>left-hand side<\/strong>&nbsp;of the Estes parking lot. Also,&nbsp;<strong>please do not arrive more than 10 minutes before your assigned check-in time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dress code matters<\/strong>, so if you don\u2019t want to be sent out on a last-minute shopping spree,&nbsp;<strong>leave the flipflops and short skirts at home<\/strong>&nbsp;and dress in a way that covers your body:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Men: no shorts or muscle shirts<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ladies:&nbsp;<\/strong>the Estes Unit is an all-male prison, and since men are enticed by pretty ladies,<strong>&nbsp;please&nbsp;do&nbsp;<u>NOT<\/u>&nbsp;wear tight-fitting or otherwise revealing clothing<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 this is for your loved one\u2019s sake!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have&nbsp;<strong>any questions about graduation \u2013 including dress code, directions from major Texas cities, or a list of what you can\/cannot bring(including no wallets, quarters or cell phones)&nbsp;\u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;please check our family site here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/graduation\/grad-details\/\"><strong>https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/graduation\/grad-details\/<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;first. If your question is not covered on that page, please let me know so we can clear things up as quickly as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IF YOU KNOW YOU WON\u2019T MAKE IT,<\/strong>&nbsp;please let me know ASAP if you haven\u2019t told me already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safe travels, and I look forward to meeting you on Friday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/We-cant-wait-to-see-you.mp4\">Click here for a special message from the PEP Staff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Registered Graduation Guests, Here are a few notes about this Friday\u2019s PEP graduation ceremony: If you have&nbsp;any questions about graduation \u2013 including dress code, directions from major Texas cities, or a list of what you can\/cannot bring(including no wallets, quarters or cell phones)&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;please check our family site here:&nbsp;https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/graduation\/grad-details\/&nbsp;first. If your question is not covered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essm25grad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}