Christmas Service Information

Dear Parents,

Each year, the Lower School has a service on the last day before the Christmas break. It is always a wonderful way to start the season of peace and joy and a time that the community can be together to celebrate the holidays. Please note that there are changes in this year’s Christmas services.

• The Lower School (JK-grade 4) will hold a combined Christmas Service on Friday, December 16, at 9:30 a.m.
• JK and K students will have a normal schedule on Thursday, December 15.
• Students will follow normal drop-off on Friday, December 16, and will be taken by bus to River Road Church, Baptist, at 8000 River Rd, Richmond, VA 23229. This is the same venue as last year’s Christmas Service.
• Parents and other family members are more than welcome at this service. The sanctuary will be open to parents starting at 8:45 a.m. Please do not reserve an entire pew until your entire party has arrived. If you must reserve seats prior to your party arriving, please limit this to one or two at most.
• Students will board buses after the service and return to St. Catherine’s School.

• Parents are asked to wait and leave after all the students have left the church.
• Buses will return to the McVey Parking Lot on Maple Avenue. Parents will not be able to access this lot until all the buses have returned.
• Dismissal will take place at the Lower School at 11 a.m.
• For your convenience, students will be dismissed via carpool only. Please note the following changes to some of the pick up locations for certain grades.
• Grades 3 and 4 will dismiss at McVey – this is a change from their normal dismissal location and only for this event
• Grades JK-2 will dismiss in front of the Lower School (this is a change from kindergarten’s normal dismissal location and only for this event)
• Extended Day will be open for students who use this service – these students will be transported by bus to Extended Day. Please remember to let the office know if there are any changes in your daughter’s typical dismissal procedure for that day.

  

Girls are encouraged to wear a skirt, dress or dress slacks to the service. Marketing and Communications will take photos and videos, so you can sit back and enjoy the beautiful service. The livestream video will be available on gobleachers.com/StCatherines

I hope that you can join us at River Road Church, Baptist. I look forward to seeing you then and wish all of you a joyous holiday season.