Hi Wavemakers!

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend so far! Lots of important info here, so please read carefully.

In this email:

• Schedule
• Social event Tuesday
• Morning vs. Evening Practices
• RSVP Meet 3
• Volunteers
• After meet get together
• Team pictures
• Clinics after morning practices
• Want to purchase team swag?
• Swimmer's ear
• Swim-a-thon
• 11&older buddy program
• ASA Championship Meet
• Private Lessons

SCHEDULE

Week of 6/3

Morning practice times:

8:30-9:30: 7-10 year olds

9:30-10: 6&unders

10-11: 11 and older

Evening practice times are the same as they have been but at Princeton Square (7476 Princeton Trace NE)

Monday-morning practice at Mark Trail, PM practice at Princeton Square

Tuesday-morning practice at Mark Trail, meet- at Mark Trail -arrive by 4:30 for warm-ups

Wednesday-morning practice at Mark Trail (all 10&unders from 9-10, 11&ups from 10-11), evening practice at Princeton Square

Thursday-morning practice at Mark Trail, evening practice at Princeton Square

Friday- morning practice at Mark Trail

Week of 6/10

Monday-morning practice at Mark Trail (times will change for this one due to ASA coming for a clinic: 7-10 year olds are normal, 11&up will be 9:30-10:30, 6&under 10:30-11…I’m sorry for the inconvenience), evening practice at Princeton Square

Tuesday-morning practice at Mark Trail, meet- at Riverside

Wednesday-morning practice at Mark Trail (10 and younger, 9-10; 11&older 10-11), evening practice at Princeton Square

Thursday-morning practice at Mark Trail, evening practice at Princeton Square

Friday- morning practice at Mark Trail

SOCIAL EVENT

We are planning a social event after practices on Tuesday, probably at Yogli Mogli for anyone who would like to join (each family pays for themselves).  Details to come.

MORNING VS EVENING PRACTICES

Thank you SO much for the past week! We had the majority of our kids come in the morning and only a few in the evening, which is perfect and what we want! Please keep it up! We know that some of you will have camps certain weeks and need to come in the afternoon, but please keep coming in the morning if you can!

RSVP FOR MEET

The deadline to RSVP for the 3rd meet is this Tuesday (always 1 week prior). Please make sure to RSVP only if you will NOT be at the meet. Entering kids in a meet is a huge puzzle, and when one piece is taken out, it is very difficult to complete the puzzle…especially when the puzzle is already done. Thanks in advance.

VOLUNTEERS

We are currently short volunteers for the meet on Tuesday. If you can help, please go to the website (mtps.swimtopia.com), click on “calendar” and then “job signup”. We really can’t run a meet without a lot of parents to help out. Thanks!

AFTER MEET GET TOGETHER

After meets this year we will go to El Azteca in the Lowe’s parking lot on Roswell Road (we’re asking them to do separate checks this week!). All are invited and each family pays for their own food and drinks.

TEAM PICTURES

Please save the date for team pictures: Wednesday, June 19. 5:30 at Princeton Square. Please wear your team suit and shirt (they’ll be in by then). Practice will start a little later than normal, but we will still run all 3 practices for those that are staying for practice. We will do a team picture and also individual pictures for those that would like individual pictures.

CLINICS AFTER PRACTICES

After morning practice on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, we have optional clinics for any swimmers to work on starts, strokes, etc. It is $5 per swimmer and limited to 5 swimmers per clinic. There will be a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board at Mark Trail at the beginning of each week with exactly what the clinics will be each day. After the clinic, please give the $5 to the coach who taught the clinic. We will begin with clinics on Wednesday, 5/29.

WANT TO PURCHASE TEAM SWAG?

Anyone interested in ordering team swag please contact Ashley Giardino (email: [email protected] phone: 770-265-3393)

SWIMMER'S EAR

At this time last year, we had a few swimmers get swimmers' ear, and I want to try to avoid it this year. There are some things you can do to avoid getting swimmer's ear. First, encourage your kids to dry their ears (the outside) when done swimming and tip their heads to the side to drain any water still in their ears. There are drops that you can use to dry up any remaining water as well. There are natural mixtures you can use (just google it) and also drops you can buy at the store.

SWIM-A-THON

Come and Join the Wavemakers for their first SWIM-A-THON! The SWIM-A-THON will be held on June 20 during the morning practice starting at 8:30 am (come to your normal practice time). To participate, you can either pay a flat fee of $10, or have people donate per lap. The money goes to the Ronald McDonald House, a non-profit organization that gives families child a place to live while their child is in the hospital. The Ronald McDonald House is run off of volunteers and donations, so the Wavemakers hope to make a difference. We hope you can join us on June 20! We are also collecting items at that time to help the Ronald McDonald House. Items that are needed include: plastic utensils, paper towels, napkins, liquid hand soap, disinfectant sprays and wipes, laundry and dish detergent, and hand sanitizer. There will be a box at the pool to collect the items. If you have any questions and to RSVP, please contact Shea Griffith at [email protected].

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11&OLDER BUDDY PROGRAM

Buddies have been assigned! We introduced the buddies to each other if they were there this morning. If not, we will do it as soon as both are there in the morning (or at the meet Tuesday). As announced to the kids yesterday, we would like for the older buddy to bring a small treat for the 6&u to the meet on Tuesday (think dollar store, and needs to be a max of $5...nothing fancy, more like $1, small treat!). Thanks!