CLASS OF 2026 PARKING SPOT & BANNER INFO
PARKING SPOT & BANNER ONLINE PAYMENT
WAIVER TO PARTICIPATE AUG 16-17
Dear Class of 2026,
We hope that your summers have been amazing so far. Please read this entire email as there is a lot of important information to share, some of which is time sensitive.
This year, we will be selling parking spots and designing personal banners that will adorn the fence along the parking lot for our first fundraiser next school year. This fundraiser allows you to express your creativity (if you choose to have a banner) and gives you your own space for parking. (We all know the feeling of trying to find a parking spot 5 minutes before the bell rings.) With your own parking spot (that only you can park in), you'll never have to deal with that again!
The money raised from the parking spots will go towards prom and other senior class activities throughout the year.
You will be able to choose a parking spot and if you so choose, create your own banner that will proudly hang along the Middlebelt Road fence (the lobby side of the school)! You have seen the ideas the past few years and now it’s your turn. Using Canva, you can create a banner to call your own and at the end of the school year we will be ‘retiring’ them so that you can take them home and have a keepsake from your senior year (how cool will it look at your graduation party or hanging outside your house?!).
Attached you will find a google doc with the spots we are offering you seniors. We have sections by both the Flagpole and the Auditorium/Gym entrances. You will submit your top three choices via the google form here.
View design tutorial here for Canva (please make sure that it is saved as pdf for print and it’s the size 24’’ x 48’’). We would like you to submit the design that you would like to print on your banner. You will send your designs to the senior moderators at seniormoderator@mhsmi.org. As usual, no profanity or inappropriate images or drawings. (It's on school property, it must be school appropriate.) Also, be mindful of copyright. All designs are due and must be approved by senior moderators no later than July 25, 2025 @ 8am. We will be sending out the order by the end of business that day. The expectation is that if you choose to chalk your design as well, you will be chalking out this design. If you choose to do a different design to chalk, you will need to submit that in an email to the senior moderators before our chalk day on August 16.
The spot you receive is designated on a first come first serve by google form submission basis. We will do our best to make sure everyone has their preferred spot! On the bottom of the form, there is a space to fill out your first, second, and third spot choice. FYI, the spot numbers listed on the form aren’t necessarily going to be the spot numbers. We won’t know what the spot numbers will be until the end of July. This is just for you to choose where you would like your spot to be.
Cost (spot and a personalized banner): $130
This cost covers the parking spot and your banner. The spots will be numbered later in the summer, so once your spot is assigned to you on our cookout/chalking day, you will find out your spot number. You can pay this online mhsmi.org/senior-parking-spot-
Cost (only a spot and no personalized banner): $80
This cost covers only your parking spot. The spots will be numbered later in the summer, so once your spot is assigned to you on our cookout/chalking day, you will find out your spot number. If you are choosing this option, you can either have a check made out to Mercy High School or cash on the day of spot assignments/banners and chalking (August 16). Alternatively, you can pay online mhsmi.org/senior-parking-spot-
Banner Hang up and Chalking Day:
You will receive your banners and hang them up on the fences before school starts. Additionally, we will be having a Chalking Day where you will be able to bring your own chalk (go into your garages and your younger siblings stuff or swing by 5 Below to grab some sidewalk chalk) and chalk out a design to take pics with your classmates on your assigned parking spot. This will be held on Saturday, August 16 from 1 pm - 3 pm. You may want to bring brooms, blowers, etc., to help clean off your spots before you chalk. Payment for your spot is due to the moderators before you are given your banner and/or start chalking anything. You may pay via cash, check (payable to Mercy High School), or online. Additionally, the Dad’s Club will be hosting a BBQ for us as well! So bring your appetites and it’ll be a great way to kick off our senior year!
If you cannot attend the chalking, banner hang up event on August 16th, there will be a sign-up genius sent out by Friday August 15th for you to chalk on August 17th. This is only for those who cannot attend on August 16th and still want to chalk. Your officers/classmates will hang your banner on August 16th if you cannot be there. If you would like to come on August 17th to chalk, you may sign-up the day before or just before you chalk; we simply need to know who is on campus for safety reasons. Additionally, you will need to reach out to your officers to find out your assigned spot number.
Finally, there is also a waiver that must be signed by you and your parents if you are going to participate on August 16 and or 17 to chalk. That is also attached below. Please sign and email to your senior moderators.
Extra info/items to bring:
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Chalk
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Cameras
Please email us or our senior moderators, Mrs. Faunce and Mrs. Lavely if you have any questions.
Designs:
Designs for banners must be sent to AND approved by the senior moderators at seniormoderator@mhsmi.org by 8am on Friday, July 25.
Even if you choose not to have a banner and only want to chalk out your spot that day, designs must be approved by the senior moderators. You can use the pdf attached here to draw out your design and email us your chalking designs. Any changes to the designs after approval via email notification must be approved. If anything is chalked that is NOT approved, it will be washed off and reported to administration.
We are so excited about this, and we hope for a lot of participation! Remember, this is for PROM and other senior year activities.
Reminders for the day:
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You will not be allowed to enter the building to use the bathrooms, wash up (to get chalk off your hands), etc. Please plan accordingly.
Enjoy the rest of your summer, and please get your banner designs submitted as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please send an email to seniormoderator@mhsmi.org.
We can’t wait to see all of you soon!!