Happy Cinco de Mayo! We had a great first week of practices and are looking forward to seeing los penguinos back in la piscina this evening.
WELCOME NEW PENGUINS!
We’re very happy to welcome 22 (!) new penguins to the team. Please be sure to introduce yourself to the newest members in your practice group and make them all feel at home.
- 8 & under: Cressida Hansen, Robin Janssen, Tanner Buchanan, Easton Apolinar, Viola Sunderman, Vander Katz, Gabriel Nansen, Alexis Minasian, Alex Delgado, Coco Delgado, Martin Kwende
- 9-11: Tara Buchanan, Trevor Buchanan, Karla Julian, Shaun Tran, Ethan Fang, Caitlyn Minasian, Kailyn Altringer, Ethan Calderon
- 12-14: Catlan Tran, Vivek Gupta
- 15-18: Derek Jordan
SWIMSUIT TRY-ONS ON TUESDAY
We apologize that swimsuits were not ready for ordering last Wednesday as originally planned. If you didn’t get a chance to order your team suit, Illusions will be here on Tuesday, May 6 from 5:20 until 8:00 pm. Tuesday is also the last day to turn in LPAC merchandise orders. Remember to arrive early so your swimmers can try on suits before they practice; Illusions requires kids to be dry when they try on suits. And don’t forget your checkbooks! Checks for team merchandise orders should be made payable to “LPAC,” and swimsuit orders should be payable to “Illusions.”
SOME IMPORTANT REMINDERS TO PARENTS
- We know that adjusting to the start of the swim season is tough on everyone’s schedules, but please make every effort to pick your swimmers up on time after practice. Our coaches will always stay late to be sure that kids are not left by themselves, but by 9:00 pm both swimmers and coaches are exhausted and just want to go home.
- Parents are welcome to stay on the pool deck, but please try not to distract kids or coaches during practices.
- Parents of younger swimmers, please be sure to supervise your kids around the pool area before and after practices. The coaches have to focus on the kids in the pool and cannot provide supervision for the other kids.
STROKE AND TURN JUDGES WANTED!
LPAC needs more parent volunteers to serve as starters and stroke-and-turn judges. If you’re interested in either of these important positions, please plan to attend a special training day on Saturday, May 10, at our own Los Paseos Pool. The stroke & turn clinic will be held from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. The training for starters will be from 11:15 am to 12:00 noon. If you’re interested in attending, please RSVP to Nancy Keslin (nkeslin@yahoo.com).
SIGN UP NOW FOR PENGUIN MADNESS
Penguin Madness will be on Friday, May 23. There is no cost for this fun team-building event, but we do need you to sign up so that we can assign swimmers to their penguin teams. To sign up and get more information, see the Penguin Madness page on the website. Click the orange button to send email to Jim Read and sign up; you just need to include your kids’ names and ages.