Good afternoon Piranhas families!

Happy Memorial Day weekend! The pools are open and swim season is just about to start. Here are some reminders for the upcoming week.

Practices

Our afternoon practices begin for team members on Tuesday, May 28 at the Community Center pool. Please see the times below:

Practice Reminders

• During the first week or so of practice, use a sharpie put your swimmer’s name on their arm, back or cap. We have over 240 swimmers and the coaches are doing their best to learn their names
• Please sit on the north end of the pool, towards the pool house, and away from the lanes and coaches (as best as possible as the community pool has less space)
• Do not go up to your swimmer or a coach during practice
• Bring all your equipment to practice. This includes goggles, fins and a cap or at least a hair tie for long hair
• Do not record/video practices - you can record/video your swimmer in a meet but not at practice
• During practices and swim meets, swimmers (and their siblings) are NOT allowed in the shallow end of the pool or in the baby pool. This is a safety issue as there are no lifeguards on duty during our practices

Weather alerts

Our new website allows us to send alert notifications directly to team members via the SwimTopia mobile app. In the event of thunderstorms, if we need to cancel practices we will send out mobile alerts as well as emails. Please download the mobile app to ensure you get these notifications.

Fin Swap

If you have older fins that your swimmers have outgrown, please bring them to practice this week. We will be collecting fins during the week for a fin swap on Friday.

Minis Evaluations

We will be holding evaluations for our minis swimmers this Friday, May 31. The evaluations are to ensure that our minis swimmers have basic swim skills so that everyone can be safe during our minis practices, which will begin on Monday, June 17.

Please bring your 6 and under minis swimmers to practice at the Community Center at 5 pm on Friday. Minis age 7 or 8 can come to the 5:30 pm practice on Friday. Please have swimmers in their suits with goggles and fins, ready to swim.

Volunteer needs

We have several season-long volunteer chair positions available for the upcoming season. It is critical that we fill these roles in order for the upcoming swim season to run smoothly. Volunteer chairs and co-chairs automatically meet their volunteer hour commitment for the entire season, and there is lots of support to help newcomers understand the role and responsibilities.

If any families currently enrolled or waiting to enroll are interested, please reach out to Kate Amstutz at [email protected]. 

Open roles

• Clerk of course
• Facilities chair
• Computer operators

Meet volunteer sign-ups will start opening up on Saturday, June 1.