Here are a few reminders and updates so please read through to make sure you have all the information you need!
Dues!
* If you have not paid me October dues, please talk to me ASAP!
Meet stuffs:
* The Duke City Spooktacular meet is this weekend. Warm-ups start at 7 am on Saturday and Sunday. If your swimmer is competing, please get there early so s/he will be ready to warm up on time. Since we are the host team, we will need to have some parents/family members/friends volunteer to time. Even if you've never timed before, you're help would be greatly appreciated. They'll tell you everything you need to know and keep you fed. If you need help preparing for the meet, here's a link to some tips on the DCA website.
* The next swim meet is already around the corner! The Lobo Invite will be Nov. 9-11 held at West Mesa. This meet will have events suitable for all ability levels so it would be great to see a big turn out from DCA-Highland. Kim and Laura are passing out copies of the meet information and you can find it here. Entries are due to Kim or me on Wednesday Oct. 31. Please look this over and feel free to ask me or Coach Hess any questions you may have.
* The first Rio Grande League meet will be in Santa Fe on Nov. 18. When I get more information, I will pass it on to you, but here is the general information flyer. Any swimmer may participate in the Rio Grande League as long as they do not hold a state qualifying time for the event they wish to swim. This is a bit different then what I've telling parents (as I just found out myself) and means Rio Grande League meets are another way for your athlete to qualified for state in an event even if they have already qualified in another.
Events this week/next week:
* Wednesday is arts and crafts day! We'll be working on some crafty things to put up on our bulletin board as well as encouraging signs for the upcoming meet. If you have anything you'd like to share during arts and crafts day, please bring it along! We will be getting in the pool for the first part of practice.
* Also on Wednesday we'll be holding our second fundraiser meeting right after practice in the classroom. The fundraiser is an optional way to pay the $50 family fund for the season and for some equipment, a team retreat or whatever else we want. If you have not paid the family fund please let me know if you intend to pay or participate in the fundraiser. The actual fundraiser event date is tentatively Nov. 16.
* Next Wednesday is Halloween and in a effort to keep our kids safe (and to let them enjoy the holiday) we will be getting out of practice at 5:30 pm that day to save on day/twilight. Coming costume ready for trick-or-treating action right after practice is highly recommended!
Water polo and a really full pool:
* The plan is to continue offering water polo twice a week to middle school (non-traveling team) athletes with Coach Wes. I have yet to work out all the details but this is something we would really like to continue to offer but ... (there is always a but)
* Starting Monday there will be three high school teams practicing at Highland during the same pool time as us and SWMS. THIS IS TEMPORARY! We will be in a tight spot for possibly a month then two of the three teams will be moving to Los Altos pool as soon as it opens up. With this in mind, water polo will have to wait until there is a bit more pool space and we'll be required to make due with the cramped conditions. This will be a great time to do some more team oriented work outs and really challenge each other to work harder, swim faster and get to know each other even more intimately.
Thank you all for your time and dedication.
