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Students honor Pres. Hinckley with white shirts, ties and dresses

My daughter received the text message here in Great Falls as well. I believe several students dressed up for school here too. A nice tribute to Pres Hinckley.

A bunch of the LDS students at Legacy High School, in North Las Vegas, Nevada, all wore their "Sunday" clothes today.

its an honor for me to show my respect and my sympathy for the lost of our beloved and loving prophet gordon b. hinkley. he was a wonderful and great leader that guide us in this latter days. he did his part here on earth as a great prophet, a great leader, agreat father of all nations .he has done so much and i will follow his teaching and good examples. i belong to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, i know who i am , i know gods plan, i follow him in faith, i belong to the church of jesus christ , i honor his name, i do what is right, i follow his light. its him i will proclaim.. with my sincerely love for the prophet gordon b.hinkley. i will say may you rest in peace. with lots of love and respect from:sieni rasmusssen of anaheim 8th ward in orange county stake.

Students in Casa Grande AZ also received text...What a wonderful tribute.

My son at Mesa High in Mesa, AZ got the message and wore a white shirt and tie to school today.

Many kids at South Jordan Middle School Wore there church clothes in honor of Hinckley!!! Go you guys!

i am 10ys old. i heard the sad news about our great prophet gordon b. hinkley. i want to say i love the prophet very much. i am going to miss seeing and hearing his lovely message that he delivers to us at stake conference. have nice trip back home. with love and respect; dalton rasmussen of anaheim 8th ward primary.

Here in Hurricane, UT, the halls were filled with those dressed up in honor of President Hinckley as well. It was neat.

What a fitting tribute! President Hinckley often expressed his confidence in our youth. Wearing Sunday clothes today in honor of the Prophet, the youth showed the world our beloved President of the Church was right - again.

It has spread beyond High School. Several People down here at the College of Eastern Utah also chose to participate. Thanks to whoever started this!

Students at Midvale Middle School also dressed up today. I think President Hinckley would have been pleased with all the students everywhere who dressed in Sunday clothes today.

Rexburg, ID schools were filled with students in dress clothes. It has spread far and wide!

When my wife mentioned the whole 'kids wore Sunday clothes to school' thing we both just laughed. Exactly what we expected/feared moving to Utah. Called several LDS friends in the real world (oh yeah, forgot its called 'The Mission Field' here) and they couldnt believe it. Its things like this that make LDS outside of Utah cringe. Here you play dress up, real world you live it everyday and dont need to put on a tie to play righteous. I really loved the part of the evening news casts when people were placing bouquets at various tribute areas. Wife noted either there are an awful lot of florists in Utah or someone was running to the store on Sunday night. Not sure breaking the Sabbath is the tribute Pres Hinckley was looking for. Although son noted they could either be grown in backyard greenhouses or taken out of vases on the kitchen table.

Wife and I cracked up when our children told us about kids wearing church clothes to school. Had to call LDS friends in the real world (oops I mean Mission Field). They couldnt believe it. You know outside of Utah it takes more then a tie to school to live your religion. You dont play dress up, you do it every day. I hope you know its things like this that create the "Utah Mormon" title given to Utah saints by LDS outside of Utah, and trust me its not a compliment.

I'm sure the kids also live they religion every day. I applaud the kids inititive and the way they decided to pay respect. I don't see it as a sign they dressed up instead of living their religion.

Last time I checked Utah was a part of the real world. Many of us are from out of state, or have lived out of state a good part of our lives. I see no reason to question anyones motives here. There are also many people who live around the world who would see this as a postive reflection on life here in Utah.

Why do you have to be so cynical, when the pope died a few years ago similar things were done to honor him. Can you not be critical for just one mormon story, than you start up again being critical of people who just want to live lifes alittle different than yours?

These are young kids doing their best to pay respect. Hard to judge them harshly for it. Having lived in many areas in the US and abroad (but having grown up in Utah) it is my experience that the Church doesn't work any better outside of Utah than inside it (there are problems to deal with everywhere), and members outside Utah neither "live" the gospel any better or are any less self-righteous (see post "New to Utah") than those who live or were raised outside the state.

Can you not be critical for just on news story about anything mormon? Similar things were done by good people when the pope died a few years ago. I feel sorry for you, it must be a misrable to be so cynical.

Being LDS and living in "The Mission Field" for seven years I have never heard the term "Utah Mormon" used to describe the church members living in Utah. Being LDS does mean more than just going to church on Sunday. I believe that children wearing their church clothes to school to show respect for the passing of President Hinckley exemplifies that beautifully.

"Law unto Themselves" and "New to Utah" (possibly the same person) bring up good points about Utah LDS, but missed the whole point. Kids deciding to dress up on a school day to honor a spiritual leader isn't hypocrisy. I'm sure there were some kids who did it because everyone else was, but I believe the majority did it because they love the prophet, and wanted to express that.

I've met fellow church members from all over the world. I served a mission in Japan, and here in the DC area there is a lot of transition. You'll find hypocrites everywhere, and professing every religion/belief. This isn't limited to Utah Mormons, although they seem to get the most attention. Living in Utah, people from elsewhere expect everyone there to be LDS, and expect the members to be perfect. We're not, whether we're from Utah, Maryland, Guatemala or wherever.

Faith and commitment aren't switches that are either on or off. They have to grow and be developed. Not everyone is up to the "happy valley" image yet. Remember that the next time you are prompted to heap scorn on kids whose hearts you cannot possibly know as well as your own.