Hi Penguin Family! LPAC is adding something new and fun this year for the holidays!  We invite you to the LPAC Clubhouse to decorate an ornament for a tree, donated by the LPAC board, to be represented at Christmas in the Park, an annual holiday tradition Downtown San José at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez event has brought people from all over the Bay Area together during the holidays. It is a place of community, much like LPAC. This year’s Christmas in the Park theme is “A Green Christmas,” and we’re giving it an LPAC twist! Think sustainable, green decorations, LPAC penguins, logos, colors—whatever brings the LPAC spirit. Get creative and go wild! Details:  November 16th from 10am to 12pm PST About the ornament: LPAC will provide you with a DIY ornament kit.  Feel free to get creative with your own creation using other supplies. Prefer to buy an ornament? That works too! What’s Christmas in the Park? Learn more here Can’t make it November 16th between 10am – 12pm? No problem! Drop off your ornament at Toni Mendez’s house (text Toni to arrange drop off time) anytime between now and Friday, November 22 to ensure your LPAC ornament will be on our team tree. Email or text Heidi Apolinar with questions: heidiapolinar@yahoo.com Happy Holidays,     LPAC Board Members!

Dear Penguins Posse, LPAC had an amazing season this year! We were 4 and 1 in our dual meets and we came in 2nd place at Champs! Thank you to all of our swimmers and parent volunteers that have been so dedicated to this community. One of our 6 and under broke four, right said FOUR, LPAC records. Caleb G. broke a record for each stroke. Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle. One of our High Schoolers, Tomas M., broke the LPAC record in Breastroke. And our high school relay team, Lucas C., Rachel H., Sam I. and Tomas M., broke the LPAC record for the 200 yard medley relay.  Congratulations to all of our Penguins! Everyone worked so hard this year. SWIMMER PICTURES If your swimmer took photos and did not receive a 4×6 picture of your swimmer, a team photo and a picture button please email Meghan Engle-Carlson. If you ordered extra items from the website this items will be delivered to the address you provided. If your swimmer missed picture day but they would still like a team photo Meghan has extra team photos for you. Please email Meghan and set up a time to get your pictures from her. DID YOU MISS THE BANQUET? If you did not attend the Banquet, you can pick up your trophies and ribbons at Coach Scott’s house. Please text Coach Scott (408-613-5126) to arrange a time to pick them up. After next week, they’ll go back into the LPAC shed until next season! YEAR ROUND SWIMMING OPPORTUNITIES Many families have expressed interest in year-round swimming. We’re lucky to live close to several good teams that offer flexible programs and schedules. See the Year-Round Swimming page on the team website for more information. South Valley Stingrays is closest, and Coach Jerry said LPAC swimmers are welcome to come by the Rancho Santa Teresa pool. Contact the Stingrays info.svstingrays@gmail.com.  If you have any questions, you can send email to coaches@swimlpac.org or talk to any of the year-round swim families to discuss which program might work best for you. We encourage you to sign up with a friend or two – it helps with carpooling, and makes it more fun! SPIRIT NIGHT SLIDESHOW If you would like to view any of the Slideshows for the past three years, please click on the links below: 2024 Slideshow 2023 Slideshow 2022 Slideshow  SPONSORSHIPS FOR 2025 SEASON Do you know of a company in or around the neighborhood that may want to be a part of the greatest swim team around? We are looking for companies to Sponsor LPAC. Our swim team is the best and least expensive team in our cabana league. (We may be a little biased.) Our ability to keep our swimmers until they graduate only proves our point. Next time you are at a swim meet, count the number of older swimmers the opposing team has and compare it to LPAC.  In order to keep our registration costs low and continue all our fun penguin traditions, we need to find companies to Sponsor us. These Tax Deductible Sponsorships helps support our various programs that inspire our youth towards a future of service and community building. Contact Kelly or info@swimlpac.org for more information. Check out the Sponsorship Webpage. If you know of a company in the area that would want to help Sponsor LPAC’s 2025 season please email Kelly.fumagalli@gmail.com.” UPCOMING EVENTS Be on the lookout for future emails about the Penguin Polar Plunge for New Year’s and Registration in February, due in March. If you and your family had a great time this year recruit your friend’s to join the team for next year. Thank you all for a wonderful season. See you next year and Go Penguins!

Dear Penguin Family,

Please have you swimmer empty out their family folders this morning. The.Swim pictures were put in your folders earlier this week. If your swimmer took photos and did not receive a 4×6 picture of your swimmer, a team photo and a picture button please email Meghan Engle-Carlson. If you ordered extra items from the website this items will be delivered to the address you provided. If your swimmer missed picture day but they would still like a team photo Meghan has extra team photos for you. Find her at the Banquet and she will give you one.

Tomorrow is the day we have been working towards all season. It is finally here. Champs!!! Let’s do our Penguin best! Penguin Power! Go Penguins!

CHAMPS: SATURDAY, JULY 13
Champs is the final swim meet of the season, with all six teams in the Valley Cabana Swim League (over 700 swimmers!) competing against each other to determine the overall champion for the season.

• Location: Morgan Hill Aquatic Center
  16200 Condit Road
  Morgan Hill, CA  95037
• Date: Saturday, July 13, 202
• Time: Check in no later than 7:15 am for both swimmers and volunteers.
• Gates open at 6:15 am. Do not arrive before 6:15 am.
• Champs Schedule Link
• Meet Entries and Volunteer Assignments are posted to the Champs page of the website.
• If your child is sick, please call or text:
  • Coach Scott: 408-613-5126, and
  • Li Fang; 408-930-8033 or
  • Jeanne Fang; 408-981-3370

SPIRIT NIGHT PRESENTATION RECAP

We had such a great time celebrating our swimmers with you last night. If you missed it please take a look at the recap of the Slide Show. We will be sending out a link to the swimmer video soon, so keep your eyes open. Thank you to everyone that helped put Spirit Night together for our LPAC community to enjoy.

DIRECTIONS FROM LPAC: (15-20 min drive)

• Take Hwy 101 South
• Exit on E. Dunne and turn Left onto E. Dunne
• Take the 1st Right onto Condit Rd. (second stop light)
• Go about 0.7 miles, MHAC will be on your Left

LPAC SEATING AT CHAMPS: SEE MAP

• Each team is given a designated team area, as you can see on the Champs map.
• Ours is directly to the right of the pool, between Silver Creek and Oaktree.
• Families that would like their EZ Up to be set up at Champs must bring their EZ Up to the clubhouse no later than Friday, July 12 at 3:00PM. Place a large piece of tape on one leg of your EZ Up with your family name clearly marked. There is no guarantee that your EZ Up will be set up, due to space concerns. Space is very limited and families will need to squeeze in tight.
• Do not bring extra EZ Ups to Champs. There is no room for any other EZ Ups besides the few that we will be bringing to MH on Saturday.

PARKING:

• There will be parking Marshalls directing traffic.
• Parking spots at the Main Entrance are reserved. You may not park where you see an orange cone.
• Parking will be under the solar panels to the far end of the pool. There is a gate to enter from that side.
• We encourage each family to bring only one car or carpool.
• If you park in one of the businesses across the street be prepared to be towed.

VOLUNTEERS:

• Check in with Li and Jeannie no later than at 7:15 am, no matter which shift you are working.
• If you have a problem with your shift, text either of the volunteer coordinators immediately:
  • Li Fang; 408-930-8033 or
  • Jeanne Fang; 408-981-3370
• You will be given an LPAC name tag with your shift assignment on it, please wear it.
• Please pay attention to when there is a shift change and be at least 5 min. EARLY reporting to your shift.
• Don’t leave your job until someone comes to replace you. If no one replaces you, contact Li or Jeannie.

SPECIFIC VOLUNTEER MEETINGS:

• Clerk of the Course and Clerk Marshalls must attend a mandatory meeting at the “Clerk of the Course” area at 7:45AM.
• Stroke and Turn Judges must attend a mandatory meeting at 7:45AM (see attached map for your meeting spot, located on the recreation side of the MHAC Champs map
• There will be no Marshall meeting this year. If you are working as a Marshall or Parking Marshall, Li or Jeannie will give you specific information.
• If you are a TIMER or RECORDER, your “meeting/instructions” will be given behind the blocks prior to the start of your shift.  Please check the attached volunteer assignment document to see what position you are working.

WARM UPS:

• LPAC Warm-Ups: 7:30- 8:00 am
• The warm up/cool down lanes are to be used by LPAC during warm up..
• NO DIVING without coach supervision!
• After the meet begins, the warm-down pool will be at the far end of the pool with 2 ‘buffer lanes’ between the competition lanes and warm-down pool (absolutely no swimming in the buffer lanes).
• This warm-down pool is not a play space. These lanes are to be used for warming up or cooling down between races.

MHAC PUBLIC USE:

• MHAC opens to the public at 11:30am.
• The public will not be using our competition area of the facility, but will be in the adjoining ‘water park’.
• Swimmers in Champs, their siblings, friends, etc., are under no circumstances allowed to use or be near the ‘water park’ or the 25 yard pool on that side of the windscreen.
• You will have to pass this area to go to the snack bar and restrooms, which will be fine.

CLERK OF THE COURSE:

• Only coaches, clerk of the course volunteers and swimmers are allowed at the clerk.
• No siblings, friends, or fans will be allowed in the bench area.
• Drop your swimmers off and go watch them race!
• Please don’t send swimmers to the Clerk of the Course too early, due to crowding.

PROGRAMS:

• Programs are $30 each and are for sale by the Main Entrance.
• The meet is pre-seeded so if you buy a program you will know exactly which heat and lane your swimmer will be in.
• Heat and lane assignments will also be posted in several places throughout the facility.

WHISTLE PROCEDURE:

• At Champs we will have a Referee & Starter running the meet. Our swimmers have been practicing this all season and should be very comfortable with the procedure.

SWIMSUITS AND CAPS:

• Our League follows the USA Swimming guidelines for swimsuits. 
• At Champs, you may not wear suits with rubber materials, or suits with zippers. 
• You will be DQ’d if you are wearing an illegal suit. 
• Wear your team caps only (or a plain cap), no high-school logos or year-round swim team logos are allowed on caps OR suits.  
• Your swimmer should either be in an LPAC suit or a plain black suit. Your swimmer could be DQ’d for not wearing the appropriate swimsuit.

SPECTATORS:

• The spectator area is all around the pool deck, except where the coaches are sitting.

SCORING:

• Top ten (10) placements in each event scores points at Champs.
• Every swimmer can contribute by improving their times! 
• GO LPAC PENGUINS!!!

FINAL THOUGHTS:

• Please remember that parent volunteers, such as YOU run the team and the Valley Cabana Swim League.
• We have all worked hard to make this day positive and fun for our children.
• Some of us have been working on the Champs Meet since January.
• Please keep this in mind if there is any hardship for you or your children during the day.
• Please seek direction with understanding and kindness.
• Enjoy this day with your Penguin family and teammates.