September 28-October 3, 2015

Hi Swimmers and Families!

I am working on getting my email list right, it always takes a while.  Please let me know if you do not want to get these emails, or if you know of somebody who is not getting them who should be.  These emails (almost) always go out on Sunday nights - sometimes late.  Try to get in the habit of checking for information about the upcoming week.  This information can also be found (eventually) at eastswimteam.blogspot.com.

This will be our last week of preseason practices.  Next week (October 5), the attendance rules go into effect.  Many have not yet registered on RegisterMyAthlete.com.  PLEASE do this right away! If you are not in there by Monday October 5, you will NOT be allowed to practice with the team!  If you were registered last year, all your information should be there, but you must register for THIS year.  I MUST have your physical for you to practice with us!  Don't get behind on your attendance just because you haven't registered for the team yet.  Those of you involved in other activities - Cross Country, Cheer, etc - should be able to just add swimming.  For those of you who need to get transfers approved - from other schools, or exchange students - it is critical to get that in the works now so you will be eligible to swim in the meets.

TEAM GEAR orders are DUE NOW!  Jodie will be at the pool Monday with the fit kit for anyone who has not tried on a suit yet.  Wednesday is the LAST day to pay the Treasurer at East for your gear.  Jodie is planning on submitting the order Thursday! 

It was SO GREAT to see all the East High faces and supporters at Noodles last week.  It's always fun to see some of our alumni, and other students at East.  Thank-you to everyone who participated and especially to Karen Day for organizing, and of course NOODLES for sponsoring a fundraiser for our team! Final $$ amount to come...

The first round of painting the “E” went well Saturday morning.  The swimmers were able to edge, scrape, wash, and paint 2 coats of red paint!  Looking forward to more swimmers help on Monday after practice.  We will also make posters at this time to advertise for Saturdays, Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction.  See you all at the E!

It's hard to believe that the breakfast and silent auction is less than a week away -- boy how time flies!  Fingers are crossed for another beautiful, sunny weekend and it looks like Mother Nature will cooperate again!  Thanks to those of you who have donated items and food, let us know about your silent auction donation request.  This fundraiser definitely takes a village so everyone, please plan to come and help!  Here are a few reminders about the Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction

Attached is the flyer and we encourage you all to post it on your FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM and/or TWITTER accounts and EMAIL/TEXT it to your family and friends so we can get as many people as possible.  We'll be posting flyers around the school and encourage you to advertise around the community this week. Remember to bring your cash and checkbooks to support our team!

PANCAKE BREAKFAST TICKET SALES:

• Not many swimmers have handed in ticket proceeds to the treasurer yet.  As a reminder, we are asking every swimmer to sell AT LEAST 5 TICKETS.  Free workouts and vintage East Swim Team gear will be awarded to the three top ticket sellers.  All money is to be turned into the East Treasurer.  Tell her your name and to credit the East Swim Team account.  She'll keep track of all the money you've earned so we can see who sells the most tickets!
• If you need MORE TICKETS to sell, Cam and Jack will have extras at the pool, or you can email us and we can make arrangements to drop them off. 

SILENT AUCTION BASKETS / ITEMS:

• Every swimmer is asked to donate a basket or silent action item.  We are getting some great things for the auction and are hopeful that everyone is planning to contribute a basket or auction ready item.  Please plan to bring your Auction Item between 7:00 - 7:30 am Saturday morning and fill out a Bid Sheet with a description and value. Bid Sheets will be available that morning.
• If you need help "staging" your auction item, please let us know as soon as possible but not after September 29th.  We are happy to help and offer suggestions.

DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS:

• Thank you again for your generosity - we have all of the equipment and food donated for the breakfast!  
• All swimmers and as many parents as possible are asked to volunteer at the breakfast. We have several already signed up to help with the breakfast but need more help with set up, breakdown, silent auction and publicity.  Please report at 7:00 a.m. the morning of the breakfast and we'll find a place for you.  This is such a fun and profitable fundraiser for us -- be sure to come and make some memories with your swimmer!  

Remember to wear East High Swim Team apparel, East High apparel or Red.

If anyone has questions, concerns, encouragement, etc. please let us know!

Cathy

801-560-4088

Jodie

801-712-0456

GO EAST!

September 21, 2015

Here is a quick update for the coming week.  

• Monday Sept 21 - practice 3-4 pm - Swimming
  
• Tuesday Sept 22 - practice 3-4 pm - Dryland
  
• Wednesday Sept 23 - practice 3-4 pm – Swimming - and - Noodles fundraiser 5-9 pm.  ALL swimmers are expected to help with this. Please see Meghan to sign up for a shift if you have not done so yet.
  
• Thursday Sept 25 - practice 3-4 pm - Dryland
  
• Saturday Sept 26 - 10:00 am.  Paint the 'E'!  This will be a fun job to spruce up the 'E' before our pancake breakfast (Oct 3th). Report to the 'E' on 13th East at 10 am Please plan on cleaning, scrapping, edging, sweeping, and painting the ‘E’ red, wear old clothes and plan on helping! Remember to bring a paint brush or roller, tray and a scraper.

Remember - Attendance requirements start October 5th.  Physicals and registration on registermyathlete.com must be completed by then for swimmers to participate and practice with the team.

Upcoming Events:

• Saturday October 3 - Pancake Breakfast/Silent Auction
  
• Pancake Breakfast Ticket Sales:
  
• Please turn in ALL money to East Treasurer.  Tell her your name and to credit the East Swim Team account.  She'll keep track of all the money you've earned so we can see who sells the most tickets!
  
• If you need MORE TICKETS to sell, Cam and Jack will have extras at the pool, or you can email us and we can make arrangements to drop them off.
  
• As a reminder, we are asking every swimmer to sell AT LEAST 5 tickets
  
• Silent Auction Basket/Items:
  
• Every swimmer is asked to donate a basket or silent action item
  
• If possible, please email us at eastswimteamutah@gmail.com by Monday, September 28th to let us know what your auction item is and the "value" so we can include it on the bid sheet.
  
• We will have extra bid sheets available the morning of the auction if necessary
  
• If you need help "staging" your auction item, please let us know as soon as possible but not after September 28th.  We are happy to help and offer suggestions.
  
•  Donations and Volunteers:
  
• Thank you for all the donations!
  
• We still need more volunteers!  Remember, ALL SWIMMERS and their parents are needed to make this a success!  See what positions are still available here: http://eastswimteam.blogspot.com/p/pancakeauction.htm

Thank you for ALL of your help!

GO EAST!!!

September 13, 2015

Hello Athletes and Parents!

Thanks to all the athletes who were able to attend the meeting on Wednesday.  There were a lot of new faces and we are looking forward to getting started!

Great first week!  Remember the practice schedule:  Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs - 3:00-4:00 pm at SL Sports Complex.  Monday and Wednesday are Swimming - be ready to get IN the pool at 3pm!  Tuesday and Thursday are dryland - wear shorts, shirts, running shoes - meet on south side of pool. Bring a water bottle to ALL practices. Coaches must have the physical form turned in to them before you can participate.  All swimmers need to be registered on registermyathlete.com.  

GEAR order forms must be turned in to the East treasurer, along with payment, by THURSDAY, Sept 17th.  You don't want to be left out when everyone is getting their suits and bags, and sweats!  Jodie Swanson will be at practice this TUESDAY, Sept. 15th with the fit kit after practice for anyone who didn't get to try on a suit for sizing purposes.

All other forms that weren't handed in at the picnic need to be handed in to a Coach this week ASAP.  All the forms can be accessed on the East Swim Blog page under the FORMS tab at the following link: eastswimteam.blogspot.com/p/participation-forms.html.


Upcoming Events:

• Tuesday, September 15^th, Jodie Swanson will be at the pool with the fit kit after practice for anyone who didn’t get to try on a suit for sizing purposes. Gear Forms and payment are due to the treasurer at East on September 17^th.
• Tuesday, September 15^th, Athletes are encouraged to stay after workout to help make posters for the Noodles & Company Fundraiser.  A shift sign-up sheet will be available that day for swimmers. Note:  Wednesday, September 23th is the Noodles & Company Fundraiser.

• Saturday, Sept 26th at 9AM, will be day one of paint the 'E' on13th East. Please plan on cleaning, scrapping, edging, sweeping, and painting the ‘E’ red, wear old clothes and plan on helping! Remember to bring a paint brush or roller, tray and a scraper.

• Saturday, October 3^rd, Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction Information is on the Blog under the Fundraiser tab.  We need donations!  Swimmers and Parents - if you know someone who might have something to donate, please help!  The silent auction basket ideas form, donation letter and tax form can also be found on the blog site.  Remember to turn in your pre-sale breakfast tickets money to the treasure at East.  The 3 top swimmers to sale the most tickets will receive a free excused swim practice and vintage swim gear.  Let Joslin or Jodie know if you need more tickets!

Lastly, we still need lots more volunteers to make this season successful.  Please check out the team breakfast, team dinner, team snack, pancake breakfast equipment and food items, and the pancake breakfast/silent auction volunteer sign up lists on the blog and let us know if you can help in any way.

If you haven't figured it out yet - the best place to find answers to your questions is on the swim team blog site: eastswimteam.blogspot.com

Also - please register your email there.  

Questions??  Thanks parents!

GO EAST!!!

September 1, 2015 -- Orientation Meeting and Potluck Picnic


It's time!  It was so great to see all the familiar faces and some new faces at the pre-season meeting after school.  We are excited to get the swim season started!  Here is some key information:  

• Our Parent and Athlete Orientation meeting and Potluck Picnic is this Wednesday, September 9th, 6:00 pm at 490 East 16th Avenue.  This is your opportunity to hear about all of the practices, meets, parties, fundraisers, gear and changes for the upcoming season.
  
• Before the meeting, please try and start on all of the paperwork (it should be loaded on our website tonight - look under the "Forms" tab).  Also, go to "registermyathlete.com" and get this years registration started.  For those returning, you can log back into your account and your information from last year will be there. You will have to "E-Sign" several documents and print out the pre-physical form.  It will walk you thru it all.  For those who are new, you will need to create an account and then do the registration.
  
• At the meeting we will have copies of paperwork you need if you don't get it from the website.

Looking forward to seeing ALL of you at the meeting!