Hello Dolphin Families!

I hope you’ve had a relaxing weekend and are ready to start swim team, “for real”! I have opened up all 5 dual meets so you can now sign your swimmer(s) up as “Attending” or “Not Attending” for each meet. You can also grab your volunteer spots!  Use the Sign-Up Calendar.

Below are some reminders for the upcoming week and general information.

Morning Practice Begins Tuesday, May 28

6:30 am - 7:25 am (11-18 year-olds or by invitation of the Coach)

7:30 am - 8:25 am (5-10 year-olds) – there will be an 11-12 lane as needed.

8:30 am - 9:25 am (5-10 year-olds)

KICKBOARDS: If your swimmer has their own kickboard, please have them bring it to practice. The team has quite a few to use but it’s a pretty big team this year so there may not be enough for everyone.

TEAM GEAR ORDER: I will have the ordered items at Wednesday’s practice so if you ordered anything through Swim N’ Things, come find me. I should be near the front gate at the beginning and end of each practice.

SWIM CAPS: Plain (not personalized) “Dam West Dolphins” silicone swim caps can be purchased from me at practices as well. $15/cap. Cash, check or cards. (I haven’t tried the card app yet so we’ll be testing that out.)

MOCK MEET: We are planning on doing a Mock Meet for our swimmers during EACH of Friday’s practices. We will be testing our Dolphin Timing system so parents are invited to participate and learn how to be a "Timer" while helping us check the timing watches.

The swimmers will get a chance to hear what the starting buzzer, whistles and false start buzzer sound like. They will practice like it's a meet.

SIGN-UP FOR SATURDAY’S MEET!!!: It’s time! It’s time! I know we’ve barely even had a proper swim practice yet but our first swim meet is THIS Saturday, June 1! Coach Emilie needs to know who will be there so the deadline for signing up your swimmer(s) for Saturday’s meet is TOMORROW, Tuesday, June 21 @ 5:00pm.

Please use the Sign-Up Calendar to indicate whether your swimmer will be “attending” or “not attending” and to grab your volunteer position!

VOLUNTEERS: Just a reminder that you can check the “Volunteer Position Descriptions” page to see what each job is or contact our friendly volunteer coordinators, Jessica and Evelyn, at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.

PARENT REP “SHADOW”: In training? Back-up? Co-Parent Rep?  I don’t know what to call it but I’m looking for someone(s) that might be interested in helping me out and learning more about what I do as the Parent Rep. I’m happy to train anyone who’s interested but it would be especially useful to train someone with young swimmers that will be around for a while.

AWAY MEET INFORMATION: I will be sending out ALL of the information regarding Saturday’s meet on Friday, along with the Meet Program and Entry List. Just some quick info for now.

The address is: 3869 South Atchison Way, Aurora, CO 80014. It will be street parking in a neighborhood so be prepared to leave extra time to find parking.

The Meet Preparation page has lots of information for new parents regarding what to expect and what to pack. This meet will be starting at 7:30am so a little earlier than other away pools. (Most start at 8am)

NEW PARENTS:  If you're new and missed our New Family Orientation night (or just want to look at it again), the slideshow is on our Orientation page.

LOST & FOUND: We do our best to pick up things left behind after practice. Whatever we pick up goes into our Lost & Found box located in the shed behind the baby pool. Feel free to check in there if you’re looking for something. I even have things from last year!

Alrighty folks, I think that’s all for today. I plan to be at the pool at the beginning and end of each practice this week if you need me.

Go Dolphins!

Toni

Parent Rep

303-579-8667