Hi all,

Happy Mother's Day to all Wavemaker moms!

I had so much fun during our first week of practice! Lots of smiles and "this is so fun" comments...it was great to see! I know I'm sending longer emails, but there is important info to share. I'll do my best to keep them as short as possible! Please let me know if you have any questions! 

Thank you to the parents that helped with bathrooms this week (Tully, Wolff, and Schaudies)!

NOTE FOR MONDAY - due to the low temps forecasted tomorrow (Monday), we will NOT have practice.  With rainy, 60's weather, we don't want to turn anyone off of coming to practice!  Please spread the word!

In this email:

• Schedule
• Swim suit ordering update
• Meet RSVP info
• Facebook group
• Volunteers for meets
• Notes from parent meeting

SCHEDULE NEXT 2 WEEKS

THIS WEEK, WEEK OF 5/13

We have practice Tuesday-Thursday at the Mark Trail pool (210 Seville Chase). Monday cancelled due to weather temps.

*if you haven't been to a practice yet, please try to attend this week at some point so I can lay my eyes on the swimmer!

• Ages 6&under: Mon - Thurs from 5:00 pm – 5:25 pm
• Ages 7 to 10: Mon - Thurs from 5:30 pm – 6:10 pm
• Ages 11 & older: Mon – Thurs from 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm

Bathrooms this week: Mon=Lund (cancelled), Tues=Magis-Graves, Wed=Schaudies

Sign up to help with the bathrooms on Thursday here! 

NEXT WEEK, WEEK OF 5/20

Practice Monday-Wednesday at Mark Trail. Tuesday, 5/21 will be time trials, where we time the kids during their practice time slot. We will NOT have practice on Thursday, 5/23.  We originally were going to start mornings after Memorial Day, but we WILL have Friday morning practice on 5/24 at the times below.

• Ages 6&under: Mon - Thurs from 5:00 pm – 5:25 pm
• Ages 7 to 10: Mon - Thurs from 5:30 pm – 6:10 pm
• Ages 11 & older: Mon – Thurs from 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm

For Friday, 5/24:

• Ages 7 - 10: Mon - Fri from 8:30 am – 9:25 am
• Ages 6 & under: Mon - Fri from 9:30 - 10:00 am
• Ages 11 & older: Mon - Fri from 10:05 - 11:00 am

SWIM SUIT ORDERING UPDATE

I know many of you ordered suits and are still waiting for them. The deadline to order to get it by the first meet is tomorrow (5/12), and after that, he will get all suits to you ASAP.

Click here to order suit. Click on “team login”. Username is MTPS and password is 1234.

MEET RSVP

If you will miss a meet, you will declare this on the website. Click on the "calendar" tab on the website. For the meet you will miss, click on “meet entry” and it will ask you to declare if you’re swimmer will be there or not. YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO THIS IF THEY WILL NOT BE THERE. This process is just for those that know in advance. If your child gets sick the day of, please email/text/call me as soon as possible to let me know.

FACEBOOK GROUP

We have a closed Facebook group that we would love for all to join. Search "wavemakers" and the picture if a team picture in red suits with the coaches in neon shirts.

VOLUNTEERS FOR MEETS

The sign-ups are now open for all meets. Please go to the website, mtps.swimtopia.com, click on "calendar", and then "job entry" to sign up for jobs. 

Thanks, and have a great weekend!

Coach Julie

NOTES FROM PARENT MEETING

Meet Information

Swimmers need to arrive at 4:30 for warm-ups when we’re home team and 4:45 when we’re the away team. If you are unable to attend a meet, please let Coach Julie know by RSVPing on the website at least a week in advance. She needs to know as soon as possible because it will affect relays and other swimmers’ opportunity to swim. If your child wakes up sick, please email or text Julie immediately. She needs to have her line up ready. (770-289-6626)

If you have any questions during practice or a meet, please ask one of us (Caroline or Leticia).

Kids are NOT allowed in pool or baby pools during meet- safety concern - no dangling feet in lanes, no sitting on stairs, NO PLAYING IN BABY POOL

Our concession stand can provide dinner for you and your family – we typically have pizza or hot dogs for sale.

A day in the life of a swim meet:

• When your child arrives, please send them to the bullpen. This is where kids get ready to swim and are informed of which events they will be participating in. At home, our bullpen is on the covered side of the pool.
• After an event, the child should go back to the bullpen with their teammates to wait for the next event. The volunteers are not responsible for hunting down your children. Please encourage your child to go back to the bullpen to wait for the next event. If they need to eat or something, please bring it to them in the area.
• Each team is required to have a deck manager who will work in a ready area near the starting end of the pool and make sure the kids are lined up according to event/heat/lane. So, the bull pens will be primarily needed for marking up the kids and helping with the little kids relays.
• There is an announcer, so kids & parents need to be listening for their events.
• Meets start at 5:30, and typically last from 5:30-9:00pm depending on amount of swimmers. 6&unders are done halfway through the meet, around 7PM.
• Usually after the meet, we will designate a place to grab dinner, an ice cream or milkshake. We went to Sonic last year but are open to suggestions if there is a better place that can accommodate us!