Notes

Everyone,

BURIED right now! Only time for some quick notes:

• I've been getting your fan shirt orders! I hope to tally them and place the order next week. Money won't be due until they're ready. If you've not done so, please get me sizes and numbers as soon as possible.
  
• I'll get together with parents that missed last week's meeting soon. We're still adding a few more athletes to our rosters, so once that's done we'll reschedule for those that didn't make it last Thursday.
• Morning group gear is a must. Please check the official website for morning group requirements. The afternoon group should have similar items, but we're not requiring the snorkel and hand paddles.
• Our morning group put in a great effort on a very tough kick set! Way to go, team!!
  
• We're working on our morning bus shuttle timing. Kids have gotten to 2nd block a few minutes late this week, but we are adjusting the schedule.
• We have some move-ins that will need to complete previous athletic participation forms. I'll print them out and we'll get those rolling in the next couple of days.

Thanks for your patience!!

This Week

Swimmers,

If you've not taken care of your paperwork, you need to wrap that up this weekend!!!

The morning group will splash Monday at 6:45 a.m. Please be early so we can issue lockers and you'll have time to stretch.

The afternoon group will ride the bus to the natatorium and we'll try to splash at 1:45 p.m. We'll try to get lockers assigned and do some stretching before we hit the water.

Afternoon dry-land will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. That should give y'all plenty of time to get from campus to the pool, get into your shirts/shorts/shoes, and stretch before we begin.

I think we're all excited about getting started on the 2011-12 season.

Have a great weekend and we'll kick things off Monday!

Button

Winter's Just Around the Corner?

Swim Parents,

If you have a fireplace at your house/apartment, please drive over to our Lake Ridge property and pick up some firewood!

Most of it:

• is oak (with some hedge apple and ash as well)
• came from smaller trees that needed to be thinned
  
• was cut in May of 2010 (hot summers dried it out quite well)
  
• has been cut short, so it'll also fit in a smaller fireplace/chiminea

Address is 2361 Royal Lytham Court, Grand Prairie.

All firewood is right in front, so feel free to just pull in and load up.

There are a few larger pieces of hedge apple that y'all are also welcome to load up and split. That will be the longest/hottest burning wood we've got.

Also, we rented a chipper/shredder last year to chew up all the brush. There are several piles all around the property. Feel free to shovel some into the back of your vehicle if you want it.

Finally, snakes are a possibility when picking through the wood pile. Keep an eye out so you don't get a surprise.

Thanks,

Button

Setting a goal is not the main thing.
It is deciding how you will go about
achieving it and staying with that plan.



Thomas Wade "Tom" Landry

Lockers

Lockers were cleaned out over the summer.

It wasn't pretty...

This year, you'll be providing your own lock for your locker.

We'll have locker checks in October, December, and March.

Keep your locker locked when not in use!

Have necessary gear and clothes handy.

Don't store gear/clothes on top of lockers, on floors, or on benches.

Keep your locker clutter-free.

Use only the locker you have been assigned to.

Try-Out Make-Ups

Swimmers,

If you missed them in July, you'll need to make up your try-out.

Try-out sets are here.

Please choose one of the following:

Monday, August 22nd, 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, August 23rd, 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, August 24th, 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Thanks,

Button

Those who are blessed with the most talent
don't necessarily outperform everyone else.
It's the people with follow-through who excel.



Mary Kathlyn Wagner, a.k.a. Mary Kay Ash

Label Your Gear/Clothes

One more item to buy during tax-free weekend:

Sharpie

Swim gear should have two sets of initials: "T.H.S." & your own.

Dry-land clothes already have our T.H.S. logo, so just make sure your initials are on the tag.

Be Prepared!

Swimmers,

When y'all do your tax-free shopping this weekend, please pick up a spiral notebook for swimming. I'll be collecting these each Friday - for a grade. I'll return them to you each Monday.

We'll meet in my classroom (2122) during the first week of school. We'll take care of paperwork and watch some swim videos.

If you've not been placed into swimming athletics, please drop by my room Monday or Tuesday so we can get things sorted out.

We'll begin morning swim practices at the natatorium on Monday, August 29. Please have your gear by then.

Options for getting gear include the D&J shop at the natatorium, D&J's main store in Dallas, and Swim Outlet*.

Barefoot shipped us more dry-land shirts and shorts. Shirts are $5 each and shorts are $10 each. For thirty dollars, you'll have two of each.


Varsity (morning) group gear list:

mesh gear bag
kickboard
pull buoy
fins
hard plastic hand paddles
water bottle
snorkel
lightweight tennis shoes (for swimming)
training suit (2)
goggles (2)
dry-land shirt (2)
dry-land shorts (2)
quality running/cross training shoes

*Don't look for Team Gold to fly in via chopper, though.

Missed Try-Outs

Swimmers,

Several of you were out of town during try-outs. As a results, some of your schedules do not show your proper placement in the swimming athletic periods (morning or afternoon).

Our counselors will do their best to make schedule changes, but we cannot put off making up try-outs much longer.

Since the pool is closed for maintenance this week, we'll have to get everyone caught up during the first week of school.

Once it's ready, I'll post a schedule for make-ups here. Please check back later this week.

Thanks,

Button

Mark Your Calendars!

Our mandatory parent meeting is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, August 25.

The plan is to meet in the MISD Natatorium classroom (next to the coaches' office) at 6:30 p.m.

We'll be teaming up with the THS golf teams (coached by Brad Higgins) to work a couple of Friday evening (7:30 p.m.) concession stands at Vernon Newsom Stadium.

Summit's swim parents worked at these last year and were very successful.

Our dates will be September 23 and October 7.

If you've been unable to work at our natatorium concession stand, this is a great opportunity for you to pitch in!

I'll pass on more info when I get it.