{"id":9746,"date":"2025-02-17T17:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T23:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/?p=9746"},"modified":"2025-05-03T22:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T22:57:59","slug":"estes-winter-2025-graduation-info-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/2025\/02\/17\/estes-winter-2025-graduation-info-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Estes Winter 2025 Graduation Info &#8211; #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]<br \/>[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]<br \/>[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\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\"><li>With so many family members attending graduation, we tend to stress out the Estes Unit staff a bit, so&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: yellow\"><strong>please bring your most patient, positive selves to check in on Friday<\/strong><\/span>.&nbsp; The folks there at check-in are just trying to do their job.<\/li><li><span style=\"background-color: yellow\"><strong>Parking info<\/strong><\/span>: 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 about 10 minutes before your assigned check-in time<\/strong>.<\/li><li><span style=\"background-color: yellow\"><strong>Dress code matters<\/strong><\/span>, so if you don\u2019t want to be sent out on a last-minute shopping spree, leave the flipflops at home and dress in a way that covers your body \u2026&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Men: no shorts or muscle shirts\u00a0<\/strong>(shouldn\u2019t be a problem with the cold weather, but \u2026)<\/li><li> <strong><span style=\"color: red\">Ladies: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: red\">the Estes Unit is an all-male prison, and since men are enticed by pretty ladies,<\/span>     <span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">please do NOT wear tight-fitting or otherwise revealing clothing<\/span>     \u00a0\u2013 this is for your loved one\u2019s sake!   <\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/We-cant-wait-to-see-you.mp4\">\u00a0We can&#8217;t wait to see you.mp4<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have&nbsp;<strong>any questions about graduation \u2013 including dress code, physical address, directions from major Texas cities, or a list of what you can\/cannot bring&nbsp;<span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">(including no wallets, quarters or cell phones)<\/span>&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>Safe travels, and I look forward to meeting each and every one of you on Friday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]<br>\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_row]<br>\n\t\t[\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;] Dear Registered Graduation Guests, Here are a few notes about this Friday\u2019s PEP graduation ceremony: With so many family members attending graduation, we tend to stress out the Estes Unit staff a bit, so&nbsp;please bring your most patient, positive selves to check in on Friday.&nbsp; The folks there at check-in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dear Registered Graduation Guests,<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are a few notes about this Friday\u2019s PEP graduation ceremony:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><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><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 about 10 minutes before your assigned check-in time<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Dress code matters<\/strong>, so if you don\u2019t want to be sent out on a last-minute shopping spree, leave the flipflops at home and dress in a way that covers your body \u2026&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li><strong>Men: no shorts or muscle shirts&nbsp;<\/strong>(shouldn\u2019t be a problem with the cold weather, but \u2026)<\/li><li>     <strong><span style=\"color: red;\">Ladies: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: red;\">the Estes Unit is an all-male prison, and since men are enticed by pretty ladies,<\/span>     <span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">please do NOT wear tight-fitting or otherwise revealing clothing<\/span>     &nbsp;\u2013 this is for your loved one\u2019s sake!   <\/li><li>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/peporg-my.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/g\/personal\/bgreen_pep_org\/EXxAuJWWAgZHuIVioItBabsBK2wMLw0HOk69e6qHjyqUJQ?e=X1Eh5V\">We can't wait to see you.mp4<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have&nbsp;<strong>any questions about graduation \u2013 including dress code, physical address, directions from major Texas cities, or a list of what you can\/cannot bring&nbsp;<span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">(including no wallets, quarters or cell phones)<\/span>&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. 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