OCTOBER 5-11, 2014
Swimmers and Parents -
First of all I want to THANK
all of the parents and swimmers who helped with the fundraiser on
Saturday. The cooks were great! The breakfast was tasty, the bake sale
was yummy, the weather was perfect, and the swimmers were
enthusiastic! We raised over $4000! This money will be used throughout
the year for activities, equipment, and to pay for our trip to Cedar
City. The Pancake breakfast, Silent Auction, and Bake sale would not
have happened without Joslin Wright. She, and her family, put in so
much work to make it a success. Not only did she solicit the donations,
and organize the event, I think her family bought half of the auction
items. A huge thank-you to everyone involved.
This
week marks the start of the official swim season. Practices become
required, and the 85% rule goes into effect. I will keep a running
attendance sheet that I will print on Mondays for the swimmers and
report in this weekly email. Everyone should know where they stand.
Swimmers will not be eligible to swim in a meet unless their attendance
is 85% or better. Our first meet is November 7th. Meets count double
and all swimmers are expected to swim. Most of you have turned in your
physicals and registered on registermyathlete.com. There are a few problems. I will let you know Monday if you are missing something.
FINAL
GEAR ORDER is due by Friday! If you missed the first order, this is
your last chance. Turn in your completed form and money to the East
Treasurer by Friday!
SWIM SCHEDULE is M-Th
3-4:30pm this week Oct 6-10. On Wednesday, we will do half an hour of
dryland from 3-3:30pm, and then swim. Also on Wednesday, Jodie Swanson
and Karen Day will be taking pictures for the team directory. All other
days, we get IN the water at 3pm. Looking ahead - next week Oct 13-17 is
UEA, so we will go M-W 3-4:30pm. Tuesday, October 14, we have a morning
practice scheduled at Fairmont 5:30-7am. This will give us a chance to
swim in a short course pool and practice some dives. That practice
will be required for Varsity swimmers. JV swimmers are required to
attend at least ONE of the two practices that day. There will be a bus
to take swimmers from Fairmont to East on that morning at 7:20am. There
will be breakfast! There will be NO practice over the UEA break.
October
11th is our first team party. Swimmers, please plan on attending.
There will be a sign-up list at practice. These events, planned by the
parents and captains, are the best way to make friends and get to know
your teammates. On October 11th dinner will be at the Wright's house,
then a visit to the Haunted Village, and then back to the Wright's house
for dessert. Cost to get into the park will be $5 per swimmer ($5 is
contributed by the team. See! Fundraiser money at work!)
Again,
a thousand thanks to those who helped with the breakfast, and bought,
or donated items - In particular: Swanson Family, Extended Wright
Family, Rainier Family, Karen Day, Deanna Mortensen, Keller Family,
swimmers, the East custodial staff, and I'm sure I missed some important
ones...
Go East!
Cathy
PS
- Thank-you to those parents who have signed up to help officiate at
our home meets. Your names have been turned in and your fee has been
paid for the clinics.
