St. Ignatius Martyr School

SADDLE UP BOCATS!
And Join the PTO for this NEW SCHOOL EVENT!

We would like the staff, parents, and students to participate in the Celebrate, Texas, Texas Independence Day Parade!

The parade takes place on Saturday, March 1st at 10:30 AM.

The march to the Capital starts at the Ann Richards Bridge (Congress Ave. Bridge) and ends at the Capital gates.

This parade celebrates the independence that Texas won in 1836. Many groups of people, from all walks of life, participate yearly to celebrate the beginning of Texas History Month.

Staff, students, and parents are asked to wear their St. Ignatius gold shirts or white t-shirts with jeans. Jazz up your outfit with a bandana, sheriff's badge, coon skinned cap, or cowboy hat!

Parents must stay and supervise and/or chaperone their own children

Parking is available at the corner of Riverside and Congress in the TX Dot parking lot. Staff, students, and parents are asked to meet as a group beside the Bat sculpture near The Living Room (store) no later than 10:00 AM. There will be some refreshments available for student participants near the Bat sculpture. Port-o-lets will be available.

Immediately following the parade up Congress Ave. to the Capital there will be a celebration in the Capital Rotunda with re-enactors from 1836 in period clothing, Mexican dancers, musical performances by elementary school students from Electra, Texas, and more. After the celebration take the time to tour the Capital and grounds. All of these items are free admission and a great opportunity to celebrate this great stat that we call home.

Thanks for you time and we hope you will attend. Please contact Michelle Bolin via e-mail with a count of how many in your family will be attending; the Celebrate Texas Organization would like to give all the students participating a small item to remember this great occasion!