Dear Penguin Nation,

We had an amazing meet against Almaden Saturday. Wonderful swimming all around. LPAC came out victorious with a score of 111.3 (LPAC) to 84.5 (Almaden).  LPAC is now 3 Wins and 1 Loss in Dual meets. Go Penguins!

Congrats to our own record breaker, Jacob Mendez. He broke his own 50 Butterfly time. So proud of him. We look forward to what he accomplishes at Champs.

The Overnighter and Cardboard Regatta on Saturday night were an absolute blast! We hope your Penguins came home eager to share stories of cardboard engineering triumphs, epic races, and late-night adventures. If your Penguin is currently in the “answer every question with a shrug” phase of life, don’t worry—we can confirm they had a fantastic time. For details beyond “it was fine,” feel free to ask a board member or coach. We have plenty of stories and may even know who managed to stay awake the latest or the entire night! 

Thanks to Huy for planning and working so hard to make the cardboard boat races so amazing this year. The 2026 Cardboard Regatta Results are in the email newsletter.

With only three weeks left of LPAC there are going to be a lot of things going on and there will be a lot of important information in these emails. Please read through to find all the Penguin happenings. The fun tie dye Penguin party at the pool. Do your best for Splash & Dash. Info about Raft Trip. Penguin t-shirt/sticker design contest. Teenagers sign up for the Beach Trip. Photos from Picture Day are easy to order on the Picture Day page of the website. Information on Champs food. 

To help maintain a safe, secure, and well-organized practice environment, the pool gate will be locked, not left ajar, during morning practices from now on.Please help us  by signing up to open and close the gate during transition periods here. To understand our desicion to lock the gate during practices please refer to email from LPAC on 6/24.

Meet Results from LPAC @ Almaden are in the email newsletter..

PRACTICES THIS WEEK

• Regular Practice times Monday through Friday.
• Wednesday is our Annual Splash & Dash:  Make sure your swimmer is early to their practice time and ready to swim. Swimmers only get their regular scheduled practice times to swim as many laps as they can.
• Saturday is Independence Day: No meet, Enjoy your 4th with family and friends. Have fun on the Raft Trip.

LPAC PHOTOS ARE READY:

Picture Day Photos are ready to look at and purchase through the direct link: LPAC Gallery. Access Code: LPAC26. You can look through the pictures and pick the ones you want to purchase. Remember with your registration cost, LPAC pays for an 8×10 team picture, 4×6 individual photo, and a 3×5-inch photo button.

PENGUIN POOL PARTY: JUNE 30

All LPAC swimmers are invited to come enjoy a fun pool party with their penguin pals. We’ll also have Root Beer Floats and make tie-dye shirts to show our penguin pride!

Details:

• Date: June 30, 2026
• Time: 3:00pm -5:00pm, Check in by 4:00 to do tie dye!
• Cost to enter pool:
  • No charge for Association members
  • Non-members: $5 per person Cash or Venmo accepted (children under age 2 are free) paid at gate.
• Shirts: Bring your own plain white shirt to tie dye or pick up the Penguin shirt that you ordered during the party. 
• Root Beer Floats: These delicious treats are on us for all swimmers! We know parents and siblings love ice cream too (we don’t blame you), but we’re only able to provide floats for swimmers this year. Thanks for understanding and helping us keep the event affordable and fun for everyone.
• Parents of swimmers 12 and under, please plan to stay during this event. This is not a drop off event.

See you at the pool—we can’t wait to celebrate with our favorite Penguins!

SPLASH & DASH: JULY 1, 2026

Our Annual Splash & Dash is this Wednesday! All proceeds directly benefit LPAC and help fund important equipment updates and improvements, including:

• A new starter battery
• A new digital or analog pace clock for practices
• TimeDrops, the new league-wide timing system (annual cost)
• A new—or gently loved—deep freezer for the kitchen with a lid that actually works!
• We need new microphones for our Announcer’s sound system.

We appreciate your support in helping us raise funds for these important needs. Plus, there are lots of fun prizes for swimmers who participate and collect donations!

Additional Splash & Dash Pledge Sheets are available in the Splash & Dash folder located in the back of the family folder boxes.

If you signed up to volunteer please check the Penguin Lap Counter sign up sheet. Find the time you signed up to help. If you can not make it on Wednesday please contact Kelly Fumagalli at (408)821-1080 right away so she can find a replacement.

Lap goals will be given to swimmers by coaches the day of the Splash & Dash. Raffle tickets will be given out when your swimmer reaches their goal lap. Each 5-10 laps over their goal lap they will receive another raffle ticket. This years raffle will be for the biggest, Penguiniest  basket ever!

If you can not make it om Wednesday morning, we will be holding a Splash & Dash at Tuesday night’s practice. So that everyone has a chance to Splash & Dash. 

Prize Reminder: All swimmers need to turn in at least one pledge by July 8th in order to be in the running to get a prize. Splash & Dash prizes will be distributed during Spirit Night. Thank you for supporting LPAC and helping make the 2026 Splash & Dash a success! 

RAFT TRIP: JULY 4, 2026

For those of you going on the Raft Trip, please fill out a SEPERATE WAIVER FORM for each person who will be rafting and turn in forms to the “RAFT TRIP” folder ASAP.  Or remember to bring all of your families waiver forms with you. Looking forward to seeing everyone up in Oakdale!

Find information about Motel 6 reservations on Raft Trip page of the website. There is still time to book a hotel room.

PENGUIN T-SHIRT & STICKER DESIGN CONTEST  

LPAC is throwing a contest for the swimmers to design a t-shirt and a stickler to add to next year’s LPAC merchandise line.

Details:

• T- shirt design contest rules Please read before you design a t-shirt. 
• T- shirt Template
• Sticker design contest rules. Please read before you design your sticker.
• Deadline: All entries must be received by 3:00PM PDT on Wednesday July 15, 2026.
• Additional T-shirt templates are in the family folder bins at the pool or you may print them above.
• Link for electronic submissions
• Paper submissions can be printed and handed in to family folders anytime before Wednesday July 15. Fill out submission forms completely to be considered for contest.

BEACH TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 11

All swimmers that have finished their 9th grade year are invited to attend the traditional LPAC Beach-and-bonfire trip to Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz. Please register your teenager now for the 2026 Beach Trip Sign Up. Check out the Beach Trip page on the website for more information.
 
END OF SEASON COACH GIFT COLLECTION

If you have not donated to our End of Season Coaches Gifts yet and would like to, Saturday July 11th is your last day to do so. Please find Judy Seps, LPAC’s photographer during the Silver Creek meet. She will be collecting contributions for coach gifts.. As a reminder, we have six coaches this season.

Contributions may be made by:

• Cash
• Check (payable to Judy Seps)
• Venmo: @judyseps (last four digits of her phone number are 3532)

All contributions will be pooled to purchase gift cards for our coaches. The gift cards, along with thank-you cards, will be presented to each coach at the LPAC Banquet as a token of our appreciation for their dedication and hard work throughout the season.

Thank you for helping us recognize and celebrate our amazing coaching staff!

CHAMPS INFORMATION

This year we will not be pre ordering our lunch like we have done in the past years. So far there have been 5 food trucks and 2 ice cream trucks scheduled for Champs @ Leigh High School on July 18. 

Plan on bringing your own food for the whole day. There is not any fast food restaurants nearby Leigh High School and there will most likely be long lines at the food trucks. If you do choose to stand in line please be aware of your swimmer’s races and the time needed to get them to the clerk of the course so they do not miss a race.

Keep your eyes open for a list of the food trucks in upcoming newsletters asthere will be more Champs information rolling in.

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Special Event dates straight to your LPAC Google Calendar here

Dear Penguins Big and Small,

Here are some quick reminders before our meet against Almaden tomorrow. With only one month left of LPAC there is going to be a lot of information in these emails. Please read through to find important information. Find out about Cardboard Boat rules. Information about Overnighter. Bring your “A” game for Splash & Dash. Information on Champs food @ Leigh High School.

To help maintain a safe, secure, and well-organized practice environment, the pool gate will be locked, not left ajar, during morning practices from now on.Please help us  by signing up to open and close the gate during transition periods here. To understand our desicion to lock the gate during practices please refer to email from LPAC on 6/24.

Calling all Penguin Parents!!!  Two more volunteers are needed for the breakfast on June 28 and we need helpful parents to be on our clean up crew for the morning. The clean up crew makes sure there is no trash left in the grass, takes out the garbage and makes sure the teenagers put back the lounge chairs  The board members are absolutely exhausted after staying up all night to watch over all of the swimmers, we are of no use in the morning. Please help the Overnighter be great! Volunteer by clicking the link and filling your name in a highlighted vacant spot. Thank you for your support. We can not do it without you. It takes a village, a Penguin Village!!!

ALMADEN @ LPAC: SATURDAY, JUNE 27

• Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
• Pool Gates will open at 6:10 am 
• Time: LPAC swimmers need to check in between 6:30 & 6:45 am
• The meet starts at 8:00 am .
• If your child is sick, please text both the Coaches and Volunteer Coordinators as soon as possible.
  • Coach Julia @ 408-334-0657 , and 
  • Volunteer Coordinators: Amelia (408)529-5783 or Melissa (415)589-9903
• Please check the Almaden page for volunteer assignments.
• Meet Entries are posted in the email newsletter and will be posted on boards at the pool during the meet.

END OF SEASON COACH GIFT COLLECTION

Judy Seps, LPAC’s photographer, will be collecting contributions for coach gifts at the meet on June 27. As a reminder, we have six coaches this season.

Contributions may be made by:

• Cash
• Check (payable to Judy Seps)
• Venmo: @judyseps (last four digits of her phone number are 3532)

All contributions will be pooled to purchase gift cards for our coaches. The gift cards, along with thank-you cards, will be presented to each coach at the LPAC Banquet as a token of our appreciation for their dedication and hard work throughout the season.

Judy will continue accepting contributions through July 11 (Silver Creek meet).

Thank you for helping us recognize and celebrate our amazing coaching staff!

CARDBOARD BOAT RACES: 
JUNE 27 RIGHT BEFORE THE OVERNIGHTER

Date & Time:  Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 6:00PM – 7:30PM
Location:  LPAC Pool and Sports Court

Overview: This is LPAC’s Annual Cardboard Regatta where swimmers team up to creatively build cardboard boats to race against other teams. There will be multiple categories awards where the boats can be voted.

It is important to stay on schedule as following the boat races will be the Overnighter Event.

LPAC likes to envisage creativity and fun. That being said there are a few safety instructions that we need to publish:

1. Every swimmer and parent must follow coaches’ and official’s instructions at all times
2. No physical contact of other swimmers or other boats during races.
3. When using water guns you must not aim at faces (eyes, nose, and mouth)
4. All cardboard boats must be taken home by parents before the Overnighter. We can not dump them into the LPAC dumpsters or garbage cans. Take them home and recycle them. 

2026 Cardboard Boat Race Informational Map link here

OVERNIGHTER: TOMORROW, JUNE 27, 2026

Are you getting excited for the annual Overnighter? It’s one of LPAC’s most treasured traditions and a highlight of every swim team season! For additional details, please visit the Overnighter page.

We still need a few more volunteers to help make this event a success. If you are available, please sign up for one of the remaining yellow volunteer spots for the morning after the Overnighter: 2026 Overnighter Kitchen Setup.

We have 125 Penguins signed up for the Overnighter, and we couldn’t be more excited! We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow for a fun-filled night of swimming, games, and memories. See you there, Penguins!

PENGUIN POOL PARTY: JUNE 30

All LPAC swimmers are invited to come enjoy a fun pool party with their penguin pals. We’ll also have Root Beer Floats and make tie-dye shirts to show our penguin pride!

Details:

• Date: June 30, 2026
• Time: 3:00pm -5:00pm, Check in by 4:00 to do tie dye!
• Cost to enter pool:
  • No charge for Association members
  • Non-members: $5 per person Cash or Venmo accepted (children under age 2 are free) paid at gate.
• Shirts: Bring your own plain white shirt to tie dye or pick up the Penguin shirt that you ordered during the party. 
• Root Beer Floats: These delicious treats are on us for all swimmers! We know parents and siblings love ice cream too (we don’t blame you), but we’re only able to provide floats for swimmers this year. Thanks for understanding and helping us keep the event affordable and fun for everyone.
• Parents of swimmers 12 and under, please plan to stay during this event. This is not a drop off event.

See you at the pool—we can’t wait to celebrate with our favorite Penguins!

SPLASH & DASH: JULY 1, 2026

It’s that time of year again—time to start collecting pledges for the 2026 Splash & Dash! All proceeds directly benefit LPAC and help fund important equipment updates and improvements, including:

• A new starter battery
• A new digital or analog pace clock for practices
• TimeDrops, the new league-wide timing system (annual cost)
• A new—or gently loved—deep freezer for the kitchen with a lid that actually works!
• We need new microphones for our Announcer’s sound system.

We appreciate your support in helping us raise funds for these important needs. Plus, there are lots of fun prizes for swimmers who participate and collect donations!

Additional Splash & Dash Pledge Sheets are available in the Splash & Dash folder located in the back of the family folder boxes.

 Prize Reminder: Your swimmer needs to turn in at least one pledge by July 8th in order to be in the running to get a prize. Splash & Dash prizes will be distributed during Spirit Night. Thank you for supporting LPAC and helping make the 2026 Splash & Dash a success! 

CHAMPS INFORMATION

This year we will not be pre ordering our lunch like we have done in the past. So far there have been 5 food trucks and 2 ice cream trucks scheduled for Champs @ Leigh High School on July 18. 

Plan on bringing your own food for the whole day. There is not fast food restaurants nearby Leigh High School and there will most likely be long lines at the food trucks. If you do choose to stand in line please be aware of your swimmer’s races and the time needed to get them to the clerk of the course so they do not miss a race.

Keep your eyes open for a list of the food trucks in upcoming newsletters and there will be more Champs information rolling in!
 

Follow us on instagram @swimlpac

Add these LPAC Special Event dates straight to your LPAC Google Calendar here

Good evening LPAC families,

To help maintain a safe, secure, and well-organized practice environment, the pool gate will be locked, not left ajar, during morning practices effective immediately.   

Today during swim lessons after 10:15am a homeless man came into the pool via the open gate, stopped in the women’s restroom and took the soap dispenser on the sink and then went into the men’s restroom took that soap dispenser and emptied both while they took a shower and left a bag of clothes in the men’s shower.  

We want to err on the side of caution. The Coaches can not keep track of opening the locked gate.  We ask that your swimmer be early/on time to practice.  We are also asking that a parent volunteer to be at the gate during the beginning for each age group practice.  We only need 3 parent volunteers a day.  Without a parent sign up, the board will need to cancel the age group practice out of safety and caution.  

We have tomorrow Thursday 6/25 covered. The sign up begins Friday.  If you can get to the pool 10 minutes before your swimmer’s practice begins and man the gate or if you always stay during practice, and would consider signing up to man the gate for 10 minutes before and maybe 5-10 minutes after the next practice begins that would be amazing.   Please see the Google Sheet below, 

Thank you for supporting the coaches and helping us create a safe and secure environment for our community, 

2026 LPAC Governing Board

Sign up for remaining practice times: 7:35-7:50, 8:35-8:50, 9:20-9:35 or so.:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dJAdC0s9k4MCCaEFzxdtP9f6IXMsrPMupu7UElVw85Y/edit?usp=sharing