Students in orange St. Paul T-shirts from First Grade teacher Suzanne Ingliss' class were among the classes of students at the Mass.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
All Saints Day: First Grade wore orange T-shirts
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Could someone please tell me why there was so much emphasis on the orange shirts for All Saintsw Day? I would really like to know why this was so noteworthy.
I didn't get the whole orange T-shirt thing either when I saw the kids coming into church except that orange is a color sometimes associated with Halloween.
St. Paul PTO sold 330 of the orange T-shirts to be worn on the Oct. 6 Walk-A-Thon which replaced the annual candy fund-raiser sale. Orange T-shirts were sold and cash pledges were made instead of buying candy. The Walk-A-Thon provided exercise, gave students a learning experience, provided an opportunity to publicize the Catholic school and raised more than $14,000. Orange is the school color. The T-shirts also can be worn for gym.
OK, all of that makes sense, glad to hear they raised a lot of money and for a good cause. But wearing orange T-shirts in church on All Saint's Day seems inappropriate, uniforms should have been worn just like all the other students where wearing. There are other ways to acknowledge the good works and efforts of the students. I'm not a parent but I am concerned about the message we are sending to our young students on how to dress appropriately for Mass.
The shirts are worn for gym. I'm guessing that based on the scheduling of classes with the school Mass that the first graders would not have had time to change before going to their gym class, or that they did not have time enough to change after the class. So not a perfect situation, but even when not in orange t-shirts it's enough of a struggle just to keep a swarm of 7 year-olds under control (let alone their having deep theological realizations or knowing what's happening at all).
The orange shirts are part of the gym uniform. My children attend another area Catholic grade school and for the days the school has Mass, the children are told to wear their uniforms and BRING their tennis shoes if they happen to have gym class that day. Seems more appropriate than wearing an orange t-shirt and black sweatpants to Mass.
When i went to school there we weren't allowed to wear our gym shirts to mass ever. Not to mention the one boy is in shorts. First off they are seven he shouldn't be in shorts cause it's the first of November. Second Mrs. Inglis is a very capable teacher.
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