Info for Coronation Participants

Grades PK-5: If your child is chosen to be a class rep in grades PK-5 (or a Kindergarten flower/crown carrier), the responsibility is fairly simple. Girls should wear a nice dress and boys can wear nice slacks or jeans and a button down shirt, or may get super fancy and wear a suit. It is really up to you. Parents of the boy and girl representing each grade level should coordinate together so that they wear the same/similar colors. Traditionally, the girl provides the boy with a boutonnière and the boy provides the girl with a corsage in their coordinating colors. Each girl will have a flower to carry that is provided by the school, so floral bouquets are not necessary.

Coronation Practice: Elementary students will be taken to the high school for coronation practice on the day before coronation at a time agreed upon by the campus principals. The school makes these arrangements and transports the students and school staff accompany the elementary students. Parents do not attend coronation practice. Parents do not need to do or provide anything for coronation practice.

Buckle up, because it's going to be a crazy week! In addition to finding your student something nice to wear for coronation, parents of Junior High and High School class reps typically organize all of the class's fundraisers for the week.

Each class chooses 2 raffle items for their class raffles. Each class will have a fundraising booth at the home football game during carnival week. The junior high classes will be assigned 1 carnival game booth to work at the carnival, the high school classes will be assigned 2. Other than that, all fundraising is up to you!

Here are some tips:

Communication: Be sure that you're a member of the "Axtell Class of _____" Facebook Group for your child's class. You can communicate there, and/or invite parents to join a separate GroupMe messaging group for class parents to exchange messages about carnival fundraisers.

Money and electronic payments: Ask you child's class sponsor to get with the finance office to set up a SuccessFund online donation page so that people can pay via credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, or PayPal. The money will be deposited directly into the class account so that you are not having to filter it through your personal payment platform accounts.

Organization: Set up a fundraising calendar or meeting of some sort to let parents know what you are planning to do. Don't expect their children to communicate with them because teenagers are typically not great at that. You can use websites like Sign Up Genius to facilitate student and parent sign ups to work shifts at fundraising activities, or to bring necessary food and/or supplies for whatever you have planned. Share the link to the sign up genius with the parents and students to get the help that you need.

Delegation: Don't try to do everything yourself! Many parents don't want to be the parent in charge of everything during carnival, but most don't mind helping out with a fundraiser or two. Ask the group who would be interested in running a dinner fundraiser one night, a breakfast fundraiser one morning, or an online fundraiser of some sort. There are super creative and helpful parents in every class who will probably be happy to help if asked!

Girls and boys who are walking together are expected to color coordinate.

Elementary girls typically wear a nice special occasion dress.

Elementary boys wear either suits, slacks and a button down (with or without a tie), or nice jeans, a button down, and a blazer. Dress shoes or boots are highly encouraged, but nice, clean sneakers that coordinate with the outfit are fine also.

Junior high and high school students typically wear color coordinating formal attire similar to what would be worn to prom.

Traditionally, the boys will provide the girls with a corsage and the girls will provide the boys with a boutonnière.

Each class rep will be given a symbolic flower to carry, so floral bouquets for girls are not necessary.

Yes! We will have coronation practice on the day before coronation, during the school day. All elementary and high school students who are walking in the coronation will attend and practice at that time. Elementary students ride a bus over and are chaperoned by elementary staff members. Parents do not come to coronation practice.

All coronation participants should arrive at the new gym and begin lining up in the hallway near the locker rooms between 5:00-5:15pm on the day of carnival. You should be completely dressed and ready to go at this time. Parents may stay in the hallway and take pictures, etc, until 5:20. After that, we will ask parents to go into the gym and take their seats. The Coronation will begin promptly at 5:30pm and is typically complete by 6:00pm on the evening of carnival.

There will be several staff members and high school girls in the hallway helping with coronation. If you need a corsage pin, safety pin, bobby pin, floral tape, a band aid, hairspray, etc, we've got you covered! Also, if your little one is a little nervous, we will assign a sweet, friendly high school girl who is helping to be their "buddy" to hang out with them and guide them through the coronation.

If you are a high school girl who has been asked to help with coronation, you are expected to:

Attend coronation practice the day before coronation

Get to the gym dressed and ready to help at 5:00pm on carnival/coronation day

Wear a nice black dress, jumpsuit, romper, or slacks and a blouse. Be sure that your outfit covers your body appropriately when you bend over because you will be bending to pick things up or help children in front of the entire crowd at the event. Also ensure that your attire is comfortable to walk in and doesn't require a lot of tugging and pulling to stay in place.

Wear nice, but comfortable, shoes because you will be on your feet and walking quite a bit for about an hour to an hour and a half

Be kind, friendly, and helpful to the kids and their parents, as well as the adult staff members who are in charge of coronation

Help put things away after coronation and before the senior auction.