Dear Penguin Famly,

LPAC had an amazing season this year! We were 3  and 2 in our dual meets and we came in 3rd place at Champs! Thank you to all of our swimmers and parent volunteers that have been so dedicated to this community.

This season two of our Penguins broke LPAC records. Caleb G. broke a record from 1997 for Freestyle for 7-8 Boys. Mark Gifford held the Freestyle record for 7-8 Boys at 16.07 for 28 years. Caleb smoked it at 15.97 seconds for freestyle at our Dual meet against Oaktree. If anyone knows Mark Gifford they might want to tell him that he held the record for 28 years, that is a pretty good run. One of our Age Outs, Tomas M., broke his own  LPAC record in Breaststroke and he had the most points for the high school age group among all of the teams at Champs. Last year Tomas broke the Breaststroke record at 28.49. This year he was a speed demon and broke it again at 27.91. Congrats Caleb and Tomas! 

We are Penguin Strong!  Congratulations to all of our Penguins! Everyone worked so hard this year.

Champs Meet Result are posted here.

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. If you ordered extra items from the vendor online, these 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 the Fumagalli’s house. Or if you misplaced your trophy we found three trophies just hanging around the pool. Please text Kelly (408-821-1080) to arrange a time to pick them up. After next week, they’ll go back into the container until next season unless you text Kelly and arrange a pickup date.

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 four years, please click on the links below:

2025 Slideshow
2024 Slideshow
2023 Slideshow
2022 Slideshow
 

SPONSORSHIPS FOR 2026 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. Did you see the program at Champs this year?   LPAC had twice as many age outs as two of the teams, three times as many as two of the teams and one team had no age outs to speak of. That speaks volumes about LPAC. We are the best, most fun team with the best coaches.  

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 2026 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, LPAC Community Service opportunities and other fun off season events. Registration emails will go out  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 Families, Please have your swimmer empty out their family folders this morning- swim pictures from Photo Day were put in your folders last week. Each swimmer who took photos should have received a 4×6 picture of your swimmer, a team photo and a picture button, if anything is missing please email Meghan. Extra items that were ordered online will be shipped to the address you provided. If your swimmer missed picture day but still wants a team photo Meghan has extras- Find her at the Banquet to get 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!SPIRIT NIGHT PRESENTATION 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. CHAMPS: SATURDAY, JULY 19 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 19, 2025 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 are in the email newsletter will be on a board at Champs next to our LPAC tents. Volunteer Assignments and Job Descriptions for Setup Team, Coaches Runners, Return team and Marshalls are posted to the Champs page of the website. If you have any of those jobs or are unclear of your volunteer position please look to the Champs page of the website. If your child is sick, please call or text: Coach Julia: 408-334-0657, and Li Fang; 408-930-8033 or Jeanne Fang; 408-981-3370 DIRECTIONS FROM LPAC:  (15-20 min drive)Take Hwy 101 SouthExit on E. Dunne and turn Left onto E. DunneTake 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.. 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 Friday evening.. 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 at the Volunteer Coordinator table right in front of our tents facing the pool no later than 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: All Clerk of the Course volunteers must attend a mandatory meeting at the “Clerk of the Course” area at 7:45AM. All 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 All Marshalls, Clerk Marshalls, Parking Marshalls and Marshalls, must attend a mandatory meeting at Lane 10 at 7:45AM. Parking Marshall Map 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 2nd Warm Up Shift: 7:35- 8:05 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 $10 each and are for sale by the Entrance that has the Solar Panels.. 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.

BANQUET

July 20, 2025 4:30 pm- 8:00pm

The End of Season Banquet is our chance to celebrate the swimmers, the coaches, the families, the sponsors and especially the age-outs. Banquet is held the Sunday after Champs. It is held at the Los Paseos Clubhouse on the back lawn area in the late afternoon and evening. For one last time, we’ll all get together to have dinner, pass out trophies, say goodbye to our age-out swimmers, and celebrate another great season.

Remember to bring your own chairs, EZ-ups, and blankets!

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar

Dear Penguin Family,

LPAC Penguins swam great on Saturday. It was a really close meet. Unfortunately we lost against Belwood by just a few points. The score was 112.4 (Belwood) to 108.9 (LPAC). We can beat them at Champs!!!

This is our final week of the season. Make sure your swimmer(s) come to practice every day as we prepare for Champs!!!

LPAC @ Belwood Meet Results are in the newsletter.

Today, Monday July 14, is the final day to sign up for:

1. Register for the Banquet
2. Sign up to bring something to the Spaghetti Dinner for high school group.

CHAMPS: SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025

If your swimmer will have to miss all or part of Champs, please send an email to coaches@swimlpac.org and volunteers@swimlpac.org TODAY! It is important to let our Coaches and Volunteer Coordinators know ASAP if your swimmer will be missing any part of Champs..

The swimmers that we already know will be missing  all or part of Champs are: Annika B., Cailyn F., Daniel R., Natalie C., Wesley H., Declan G. and Dylan D. 

If your swimmers name is not listed above and you will be missing all or part of Champs, it is imperative that we need to know now.

SPIRIT WEEK JULY 14-18

Monday: Madhatter Monday (wear a crazy hat/crazy hair)
Tuesday: Tatoosday
Wednesday: Wild West Wednesday– Wear your best western outfit
Thursday: Thports – Represent your favorite Sports team
Friday: Penguin Power Friday – Penguin themed outfits or black & white

SPIRIT NIGHT: THURSDAY JULY 17
Date: July 17, 2025

• Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm
• Location: LPAC Clubhouse
• No alcohol is permitted on the premises. 
• Pizza and drinks will be served for the kids, starting at 6:30pm.
• **IMPORTANT** Parents will be receiving final details on Champs and voting on new LPAC Governing Board Members.
• The kids will also be voting for new swimmer reps and making posters for Champs.
• Splash & Dash prizes and awards will be given out.
• Slideshow: Spirit Night will conclude with a slideshow, celebrating the season and energizing the team to do their best at Champs!

NEWS FOR CHAMPS during SPIRIT NIGHT

Feel free to bring your 10×10 EZ up labeled with your family name on the legs  to Spirit Night. When Spirit Night ends bring your 10×10 EZ up to the Sports Court. Stack your EZ ups by the sign that says “Stack EZ Ups here!” The set up crew for Champs will then take your family EZ Ups with them to set up for champs on Friday night and they will set up as many as possible. Setting up the EZ ups is a bit of a puzzle so we would like all EZ ups to be 10×10 size to make it easier. The set up crew will set them up. You will need to take your family EZ Up down after Champs.

The league is bringing back Premier Parking Spots Raffle.  This year each of the participating teams get to keep the proceeds of the raffle. LPAC has two spots right outside the back gates under the solar panels to raffle off. We will sell tickets on Thursday night at Spirit Night for $1 each. Bring cash! If you win you receive a special parking pass and premiere spot for the entire day.

CAR DECORATING: JULY 18 

Come decorate your car for Champs with us. We will be decorating between 5 and 6 pm on Friday July 18. Bring your cars with clean windows to the back of the church parking lot closest to Los Paseos. We will provide some washable car markers. If you would like to bring your own please do so. Show your Penguin Spirit!
 
SPAGHETTI DINNER: JULY 18 SIGN UP NOW

The night before Champs, all High School aged swimmers, who have completed their Freshman year of High School or older, are invited to “carbo-load” with their teammates at the LPAC Spaghetti Dinner. Families of High School age Penguins are asked to Sign up to provide part of the dinner & help make the Spaghetti dinner a success.

LPAC BANQUET: SUNDAY, JULY 20

The end of Season Banquet is a final time to come together to congratulate and recognize all of our swimmers, to thank our sponsors and send off our age outs. Food can not be purchased day of the Banquet. You must preorder if you want to have dinner at the banquet by registering for the Banquet and pay before July 14th Banquet Registration
Any questions Contact: George Nijmeh @ 408-489-2416

PHOTOS FROM THE OVERNIGHTER PHOTOBOOTH ARE LIVE.

The fun Photo booth photos from the 2025 Penguin Overnighter areonline. Enjoy! Photo Booth photos will stay active for just a month so if you see a few you like Download them.

2025 LPAC COMMUNITY BOOK

Help your fellow penguin families get to know you and your swimmer(s)!  Add your family picture to the 2025 LPAC Community Book, add your swimmer’s names and ages along with some fun family facts to a slide. This is a fun way to get to know all of the families on the team. A volunteer parent photographer will also be available at the swim meets to take quick pictures for you. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar

Dear Penguin Family, Can you believe that we are almost down to the end of the season? It has gone by so fast. We have enjoyed getting to know all of our Penguin families. With only 9 days before the end of the season 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. Breakdown for Due Dates Coming up  Monday July 14 Spaghetti Dinner Sign up Register for the Banquet LPAC @ BELWOOD: SATURDAY, JULY 12 Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025 Location: Belwood Pool and Cabana Club 100 Belwood Gateway, Los Gatos, California 95032 Pool Gates will open at 6:30 am  Time: LPAC swimmers and volunteers need to check in by 7:15 am The meet starts at 8:15 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: Li @ 408-930-8033 or Jeannie @ 408-981-3370.  EZ-Ups ok, no tarps or tents with floors allowed Do not park in the 3 way intersection of Belwood Gateway and Belblossom Way. Belwood Baitshop snack bar will be open serving breakfast burritos, donuts, onigiri, burgers, hot dogs and much more! Please check the Belwood page for volunteer assignments and information about Belwood’s repaved parking lot .Meet Entries are posted here. END OF SEASON GIFTS FOR COACHES The last time you will be able to contribute to the Coaches Gifts is on July 12th. Keep an eye out for Judy Seps, the LPAC photographer. She will be collecting contributions for coaches gifts at the Belwood meet. As a reminder we do have 7 coaches this year. You may contribute with cash, check(made out to Judy Seps) or Venmo @judyseps (last four digits of her phone number are 3532). All funds will be pooled together to purchase gift cards. We will present the gift cards and Thank You cards to each coach at the LPAC banquet.    LPAC PHOTOS ARE HERE: Check your family file folder today to find your swimmers photos and button that everyone gets with registration. Remember with your registration cost, LPAC pays for a team picture, individual photo, and a 3-inch photo button.If you’d like to purchase extra individual or buddy pictures, Picture Day Photos are ready to look at and purchase through the direct link: LPAC Gallery. Access Code: LPAC25. You can look through the pictures and pick the ones you want to purchase.  BEACH TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 12  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. HS age Penguins and volunteers need to meet at the Los Paseos Clubhouse at 4:30 pm. Have fun with all of your fellow High School age Penguins. Check out the Beach Trip page on the website for more information. SPIRIT WEEK JULY 14-18 Monday: Madhatter Monday (wear a crazy hat/crazy hair) Tuesday: Tatoosday Wednesday: Wild West Wednesday- Wear your best western outfit Thursday: Thports – Represent your favorite Sports team Friday: Penguin Power Friday – Penguin themed outfits or black & white SPIRIT NIGHT: THURSDAY JULY 17 Date: July 17, 2025 Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm Location: LPAC ClubhouseNo alcohol is permitted on the premises. Pizza and drinks will be served for the kids, starting at 6:30pm. **IMPORTANT** Parents will be receiving final details on Champs and voting on new LPAC Governing Board Members. The kids will also be voting for new swimmer reps and making posters for Champs. Splash & Dash prizes and awards will be given out. Slideshow: Spirit Night will conclude with a slideshow, celebrating the season and energizing the team to do their best at Champs! CAR DECORATING: JULY 18  Come decorate your car for Champs with us. We will be decorating between 5 and 6 pm on Friday July 18. Bring your cars to the back of the church parking lot closest to Los Paseos. We will provide some washable car markers. If you would like to bring your own please do so. Show your Penguin Spirit!   SPAGHETTI DINNER: JULY 18 SIGN UP NOW The night before Champs, all High School aged swimmers, who have completed their Freshman year of High School or older, are invited to “carbo-load” with their teammates at the LPAC Spaghetti Dinner. Families of High School age Penguins are asked to Sign up to provide part of the dinner & help make the Spaghetti dinner a success. LPAC BANQUET: SUNDAY, JULY 20 The end of Season Banquet is a final time to come together to congratulate and recognize all of our swimmers, to thank our sponsors and send off our age outs. Please register for the Banquet and pay before July 14th Banquet Registration Any questions Contact: George Nijmeh @ 408-489-2416 PHOTOS FROM THE OVERNIGHTER PHOTOBOOTH ARE LIVE. The fun Photo booth photos from the 2025 Penguin Overnighter areonline. Enjoy! Photo Booth photos will stay active for just a month so if you see a few you like Download them. PRACTICES: Morning Practice schedule can be found on the Practices page of our website.2025 LPAC COMMUNITY BOOKHelp your fellow penguin families get to know you and your swimmer(s)!  Add your family picture to the 2025 LPAC Community Book, add your swimmer’s names and ages along with some fun family facts to a slide. This is a fun way to get to know all of the families on the team. A volunteer parent photographer will also be available at the swim meets to take quick pictures for you. UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar

Dear Penguin Family,

We hope that you had a great three day weekend! We hope that everyone had a fun and relaxing, or wet and wild, weekend without an LPAC meet. The raft trip was hot but everyone had a blast for those of our LPAC family that went.

With only two weeks before the end of the season 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.

Breakdown for Due Dates Coming up

Today, Monday July 7

1. Mr. Pickles Form and Payment Due. If we don’t have both your form and payment, we will not be able to turn your form into VCSL.

Tomorrow, Tuesday July 8

1. Champs Ad and payment due
2. Splash & Dash Pledges due, in order to be able to earn prizes you need to turn in pledges. 
3. Beach Trip RSVP due

Next Monday July 14

1. Spaghetti Dinner Sign up
2. Register for the Banquet

LPAC @ BELWOOD: SATURDAY, JULY 12

• If your child will have to miss all or part of the meet against Belwood, please send an email to coaches@swimlpac.org and volunteers@swimlpac.org TODAY! It is important to let our Coaches and Volunteer Coordinators know ASAP if your swimmer will be missing any part of a meet.
• The swimmers that we already know will be missing are: Cailyn F., Anahita C., Natalie C., Kensie G., Caleb G., Cailyn G., Nick F., Max P., Zack P., Rey P., Tyson P., Tyler P., Olivia S., and Serena P. 
• If your swimmers name is not listed above and you will be missing all or part of the Belwood meet, we need to know ASAP.

END OF SEASON GIFTS FOR COACHES

The last time you will be able to contribute to the Coaches Gifts is on July 12th. Keep an eye out for Judy Seps, the LPAC photographer. She will be collecting contributions for coaches gifts at the Belwood meet. As a reminder we do have 7 coaches this year. You may contribute with cash, check(made out to Judy Seps) or Venmo @judyseps (last four digits of her phone number are 3532). All funds will be pooled together to purchase gift cards. We will present the gift cards and Thank You cards to each coach at the LPAC banquet. 

PRE-ORDER LUNCH FOR CHAMPS

Order from Mr. Pickles Form by next Monday July 7 to help support the Valley Cabana Swim League and help us keep the price of Champs down. Mr. Pickles will not be selling food at Champs, they will only have pre-ordered food. So order before the end of the day Monday. Pay our LPAC treasurer by either check (made out to LPAC and put in the treasurer folder in the back of the family folders) or pay through Zelle using the email treasurer@swimlpac.org. We will make sure that you have paid before giving order to VCSL. 

PURCHASE CHAMPS AD FOR PROGRAM

Send picture and messages by email to: info@swimlpac.org. & either zelle your payment: treasurer@swimlpac.org (make a note CHAMPS AD) or make a check out to LPAC write Champs Ad in notes section of check and place in the Treasurer file folder before July 8th. More information on Champ Ads on the Champs page.

SPLASH & DASH PLEDGES DUE TUESDAY JULY 8TH

Your swimmers swam so hard during the Splash & Dash. Congratulate all of your swimmers. Now is the time to collect pledges. Ask your family and friends to sponsor your amazing swim. Sponsors can either give your swimmers a flat donation or they can sponsor your swimmer per lap. Print out Splash & Dash Pledge Sheets. All donations are tax deductible. Turn in pledge sheets and money by July 8th to the Splash & Dash folder in the back of the Family File Folders. Only swimmers that turn in donations will be able to win prizes at Spirit Night, July 17.

As Dory says “Just keep swimming!”

BEACH TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 12 RSVP BY JULY 8TH

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 by July 8th for the 2025 Beach Trip  Check out the Beach Trip page on the website for more information.

CAR DECORATING: JULY 18 

Come decorate your car for Champs with us. We will be decorating between 5 and 6 pm on Friday July 18. Bring your cars to the back of the church parking lot closest to Los Paseos. We will provide some washable car markers. If you would like to bring your own please do so. Show your Penguin Spirit!
 
SPAGHETTI DINNER: JULY 18 SIGN UP NOW

The night before Champs, all High School aged swimmers, who have completed their Freshman year of High School or older, are invited to “carbo-load” with their teammates at the LPAC Spaghetti Dinner. Families of High School age Penguins are asked to Sign up to provide part of the dinner & help make the Spaghetti dinner a success.
 

LPAC BANQUET: SUNDAY, JULY 20The end of Season Banquet is a final time to come together to congratulate and recognize all of our swimmers, to thank our sponsors and send off our age outs.
Please register for the Banquet and pay before July 14th Banquet Registration

Any questions Contact: George Nijmeh @ 408-489-2416

PHOTOS FROM THE OVERNIGHTER PHOTOBOOTH ARE LIVE.

Photo booth photos of 2025 Penguin Overnighter Enjoy! Photo Booth photos will stay active for just a month so if you see a few you like Download them.

LPAC PHOTOS ARE READY:

Picture Day Photos are ready to look at and purchase through the direct link: LPAC Gallery. Access Code: LPAC25. You can look through the pictures and pick the ones you want to purchase. Remember with your registration cost, LPAC pays for a team picture, individual photo, and a 3-inch photo button.

PRACTICES:

Morning Practice schedule can be found on the Practices page of our website.

2025 LPAC COMMUNITY BOOK

Help your fellow penguin families get to know you and your swimmer(s)!  Add your family picture to the 2025 LPAC Community Book, add your swimmer’s names and ages along with some fun family facts to a slide. This is a fun way to get to know all of the families on the team. A volunteer parent photographer will also be available at the swim meets to take quick pictures for you. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar

Dear Penguin Family,

Happy 4th of July! We hope that you and your family are having a great day. There is no practice today.

LPAC had a great show for Splash & Dash last Tuesday. We had a total of 97 swimmers do their best. They swam so hard. All together we swam a total of 8403 laps. That is 611 more laps than last year with 5 less swimmers than last year. Penguins can do anything if we put our hearts into it. Congratulations to all of our Penguins! 

With only two weeks before the end of the season 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. Info about Raft Trip. Teenagers sign up for the Beach Trip. Photos are up on the photographers website. Sign up for Mr. Pickles for Champs by this upcoming Monday July 7. Get your Champs Ad for the Champs Program before this Tuesday the 8th. Be sure to turn in your Splash & Dash Pledges by Tuesday the 8th. Sign up to bring stuff to the High Schooler’s Spaghetti dinner. Find out about car decorating for Champs. Register for the Banquet.

Meet Results from LPAC @ Montevideo are here.

RAFT TRIP: SATURDAY JULY 5, 2025

One of our Penguin families has two rafting tickets that they are not going.tp be able to use. If someone would like to purchase two more tickets please contact George Nijmeh @408-489-2416 and he will connect you to the family that has the tickets. Move fast there are only two tickets available.

LPAC has 130 Penguin parents and family members signed up to raft tomorrow. If you didn’t get a chance to put your waivers in the Raft Trip folder, bring signed waiver forms for each person going rafting with you please. Have a great time. You will be making lifetime memories with your swimmer. Come back with a ton of fun stories to share with those penguins that couldn’t go.

PRE-ORDER LUNCH FOR CHAMPS

Order from Mr. Pickles Form by next Monday July 7 to help support the Valley Cabana Swim League and help us keep the price of Champs down. Mr. Pickles will not be selling food at Champs, they will only have pre-ordered food. So order before the end of the day Monday. Pay our LPAC treasurer by either check (made out to LPAC and put in the treasurer folder in the back of the family folders) or pay through Zelle using the email treasurer@swimlpac.org. We will make sure that you have paid before giving order to VCSL. 

PURCHASE CHAMPS AD FOR PROGRAM

Send picture and messages by email to: info@swimlpac.org. & either zelle your payment: treasurer@swimlpac.org (make a note CHAMPS AD) or make a check out to LPAC write Champs Ad in notes section of check and place in the Treasurer file folder. More information on Champ Ads on the Champs page.SPLASH & DASH PLEDGES DUE TUESDAY JULY 8TH

Now is the time to collect pledges. Ask your family and friends to sponsor your amazing swim. Sponsors can either give your a flat donation or they can sponsor you per lap. Print out Splash & Dash Pledge Sheets.. Collect pledges. All donations are tax deductible. Turn in pledge sheets and money by July 8th to the Splash & Dash folder in the back of the Family File Folders. Only swimmers that turn in donations will be able to win prizes at Spirit Night, July 17.

Thank you to all of the Penguin Parents that stayed and were Penguin Lap Counters during their swimmers practice time. 

As Dory says “Just keep swimming!”

BEACH TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 12 RSVP BY JULY 8TH

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 by July 8th for the 2025 Beach Trip  Check out the Beach Trip page on the website for more information.

CAR DECORATING: JULY 18 

Come decorate your car for Champs with us. We will be decorating between 5 and 6 pm on Friday July 18. Bring your cars to the back of the church parking lot closest to Los Paseos. We will provide some washable car markers. If you would like to bring your own please do so. Show your Penguin Spirit!
 
SPAGHETTI DINNER: JULY 18 SIGN UP NOW

The night before Champs, all High School aged swimmers, who have completed their Freshman year of High School or older, are invited to “carbo-load” with their teammates at the LPAC Spaghetti Dinner. Families of High School age Penguins are asked to Sign up to provide part of the dinner & help make the Spaghetti dinner a success.
 

LPAC BANQUET: SUNDAY, JULY 20The end of Season Banquet is a final time to come together to congratulate and recognize all of our swimmers, to thank our sponsors and send off our age outs.
Please register for the Banquet and pay before July 14thBanquet Registration

Any questions Contact: George Nijmeh @ 408-489-2416

LPAC PHOTOS ARE READY:

Picture Day Photos are ready to look at and purchase through the direct link: LPAC Gallery. Access Code: LPAC25. You can look through the pictures and pick the ones you want to purchase. Remember with your registration cost, LPAC pays for a team picture, individual photo, and a 3-inch photo button.

END OF SEASON GIFTS FOR COACHESThe Last time you will be able to contribute to the Coaches Gifts is on July 12th. Keep an eye out for 

Judy Seps, the LPAC photographer. She will be collecting contributions for coaches gifts at the Belwood meet. As a reminder we do have 7 coaches this year. You may contribute with cash, check(made out to Judy Seps) or Venmo @judyseps (last four digits of her phone number are 3532). All funds will be pooled together to purchase gift cards. We will present the gift cards and Thank You cards to each coach at the LPAC banquet. 

PRACTICES:

Morning Practice schedule can be found on the Practices page of our website.

2025 LPAC COMMUNITY BOOK

Help your fellow penguin families get to know you and your swimmer(s)!  Add your family picture to the 2025 LPAC Community Book, add your swimmer’s names and ages along with some fun family facts to a slide. This is a fun way to get to know all of the families on the team. A volunteer parent photographer will also be available at the swim meets to take quick pictures for you. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar

Dear Raft Trip Penguins, LPAC Raft Trip Information Raft trip Saturday, July 5, 2025  If you have fireworks and are planning to stay, please bring some to share at dark.   Meet at 18210 Sonora Road, Knights Ferry, CA (1800 Covered Bridge Rd. according to apple maps).  Please arrive early at 8:30, so we can walk down to launch at 9am.   Turn in all raft trip waivers to the team folder prior to the trip. One waiver per person. Turn in forms to the “RAFT TRIP” folder before the end of practice Thursday. Or your family will have to sign waiver forms when you get to Sunshine Rafting. George Nijmeh will turn in all waivers and then receive wristbands.  No waiver, no wristband. We are a group reservation so we need to all be present in order for our trip to begin.    We can stop at Horseshoe park for lunch which is about halfway.   When we get off the rafts we wait for shuttles to bring us back to the parking lot.  Before heading home or into Oakdale for the night, many LPAC families like to stop at the Knights Ferry Creamery 17631 Sonora Rd, Knights Ferry, CA 95361 for a treat. https://www.facebook.com/knightsferrycreamery If you plan on staying in Oakdale for the night, I would like to suggest that we meet at dinner time at Backwoods Burgers – 1214 W F St, Oakdale, CA 95361     https://backwoodsburgers.com/ Backwoods Burgers has family style seating and we order at the counter so we don’t need to wait for a server.  There are TV’s with sports and news and many LPAC families can be together.  But there are many other delicious restaurants in Oakdale, feel free to explore. After dinner an ultimate frisbee game may be taking place for the high school group at Brennan Park on Pedersen Rd.  The coaches or swimmer reps will be sending out reminders.  Finally, at dark we meet for fireworks (if anyone was able to procure fireworks) on East Ave between the Motel 6 and Apostolic Assembly By- Faith.  I’ll bring a bucket and lighters.   Finally it’s lights out – Thank you for joining! GO LPAC! Contact George Nijmeh with any questions. 408-489-2416

Dear Penguin Party People, The End of Season Banquet is our chance to celebrate the swimmers, the coaches, the families, the sponsors and especially the age-outs. Banquet is held the Sunday after Champs. It is held at the Los Paseos Clubhouse on the back lawn area in the late afternoon and evening. For one last time, we’ll all get together to have dinner, pass out trophies, say goodbye to our age-out swimmers, and celebrate another great season. All LPAC swimmers receive their meal free of charge, but you must turn in a form so we can get an accurate count. Parents and siblings who are not on the team may also eat for an additional charge. Remember to bring your own chairs, EZ-ups, and blankets! It should be a hot day. Details Date: July 20, 2025 Time: 4:30 to 8:00 PM Place: Los Paseos Clubhouse back lawn area Meal: Choice of Freshly Grilled Tacos with Carne Asada (beef), Marinated Chicken, Al Pastor (marinated pork), or Chorizo (Mexican pork sausage) with potatoes. Grilled Vegetables will be available – please indicate the vegetarian option. Rice, beans, chips and salsa will also be served. Cost: Swimmers eat free but must turn in 2025 LPAC Banquet form to reserve a meal. Additional meals: Price $15 for each additional meal.. You MUST order extra meals in advance; orders will not be accepted at the door. Payment Options: Check: Make checks payable to LPAC with a note in the memo line that states “BANQUET and swimmer last name”  and put your checks in the TREASURER folder in the back of the family file folder. Zelle: Use Zelle to pay Treasurer at treasurer@swimlpac.org, Include “LPAC 2025 Banquet” with Swimmer Last Name in memo.  Registration Deadline: Fill out 2025 LPAC Banquet form and pay by July 14. Contact: Geoege Nijmeh or email info@swimlpac.org

Dear Penguin Nation,

We had an amazing meet against Montevideo Saturday. LPAC came out victorious with a score of 128.7 (LPAC) to  82.8 (Montevideo). LPAC is now 3 Wins and 1 Loss in Dual meets. Go Penguins!

Quick note from the coaches: We are swimming so well! All of the coaches are so proud of the hard worth swimmers are doing and we hope they are having fun this season. We have out improved all teams that we have swam against this year in dual meets. Let’s keep coming to practice for the last three weeks of the season- keep up the good attendance and positive momentum. If that focus on attendance and positive penguin spirit we’ll be abla to keep improving all the way through champs.

The Overnighter, Saturday night, was a blast. We hope that your penguins came home with lots of stories to tell you. If your penguin is at an age of “tell parents nothing,” we know they had fun. Come ask the board or the coaches.

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. Do your best for Splash & Dash. Info about Raft Trip. Teenagers sign up for the Beach Trip. Photos are up on the photographers website. Information on Champs food. Get your Champs Ad in early for the Champs Program.

Meet Resultss from LPAC @ Montevideo are in the newsletter..

PRACTICES THIS WEEK

• Regular Practice times Monday through Thursday
• Tuesday is 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.
• Friday is Independence Day: No practice, Enjoy your 4th with family and friends.

SPLASH & DASH: TOMORROW JULY 1, 2025

The Splash & Dash is this week! Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 1 to be precise! This year, the Splash & Dash proceeds will be used to help pay for things like updating the LPAC container, reimbursement for the new LPAC flag, new flippers for practices, new speakers for Starters and new printer for computer team to use at meets. This year we have had a bunch of equipment that we have had to purchase for the team that was unexpected. We need your help to keep LPAC’s budget on track.

Print out Splash & Dash Pledge Sheets.. Collect pledges. All donations are tax deductible. Turn in pledge sheets and money by July 8th to the Splash & Dash folder in the back of the Family File Folders.

If you signed up to volunteer please check the Penguin Lap Counter Sign up to find the time you signed up to help. If you can not make it on Tuesday 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 Penguiny basket ever! Prizes will be given out to swimmers that have turned in pledge sheet and donations.

If your swimmer is going to the night practice on Tuesday July 1st, please plan to stay and help count laps. We will be having make up Splash & Dash that evening. 

As Dory says “Just keep swimming!”

RAFT TRIP: JULY 6, 2024

If you are going on the Raft Trip, please fill out a separate waiver forms 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.

BEACH TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 12

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 2025 Beach Trip  Check out the Beach Trip page on the website for more information.

CHAMPS INFORMATION

1. Pre-order Lunch for Champs– Order from Mr. Pickles Form by July 7 to help support the Valley Cabana Swim League and help us keep the price of Champs down. Pay our LPAC treasurer by either check (made out to LPAC and put in the treasurer folder in the back of the family folders) or pay through Zelle using the email treasurer@swimlpac.org. We will make sure that you have paid before giving order to VCSL. 
2. Purchase your Champs Ads before July 8th-  Send picture and messages by email to: info@swimlpac.org. & either zelle your payment: treasurer@swimlpac.org (make a note CHAMPS AD) or make a check out to LPAC write Champs Ad in notes section of check and place in the Treasurer file folder. More information on Champ Ads on the Champs page.

LPAC PHOTOS ARE READY:

Picture Day Photos are ready to look at and purchase through the direct link: LPAC Gallery. Access Code: LPAC25. You can look through the pictures and pick the ones you want to purchase. Remember with your registration cost, LPAC pays for a team picture, individual photo, and a 3-inch photo button.

END OF SEASON GIFTS FOR COACHESThe Last time you will be able to contribute to the Coaches Gifts is on July 12th. Keep an eye out for Judy Seps, the LPAC photographer. She will be collecting contributions for coaches gifts at the Belwood meet. As a reminder we do have 7 coaches this year. You may contribute with cash, check(made out to Judy Seps) or Venmo @judyseps (last four digits of her phone number are 3532). All funds will be pooled together to purchase gift cards. We will present the gift cards and Thank You cards to each coach at the LPAC banquet. 

PRACTICES:

Morning Practice schedule can be found on the Practices page of our website.

2025 LPAC COMMUNITY BOOK

Help your fellow penguin families get to know you and your swimmer(s)!  Add your family picture to the 2025 LPAC Community Book, add your swimmer’s names and ages along with some fun family facts to a slide. This is a fun way to get to know all of the families on the team. A volunteer parent photographer will also be available at the swim meets to take quick pictures for you. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar

Dear Penguin People,

Here are some quick reminders before our meet against Montevideo 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. Get your Champs Ad in early for the Champs Program.

Meet Results from Oaktree @ LPAC are here.LPAC @ MONTEVIDEO (Home Meet): SATURDAY, June 28

LPAC @ MONTEVIDEO (Home Meet): SATURDAY, June 28

• Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025
• Pool Gates will open at 6:10 am 
• Time: LPAC swimmers need to check in by 6:30 am
• The meet starts at 7:45 am and generally ends around 1:30pm.
• If your child is sick please text Coach Julia @ 408-334-0657 and the Volunteer Coordinators: Li @ 408-930-8033 or Jeannie @ 408-981-3370 ASAP 
• Please check the Montevideo page for volunteer assignments.
• Meet Entries are posted here and will be posted on boards at the pool during the meet.

END OF SEASON GIFTS FOR COACHES

Judy Seps, the LPAC photographer, will be collecting contributions for coaches gifts at the meet on June 28th. As a reminder we do have 7 coaches this year. You may contribute with cash, check(made out to Judy Seps) or Venmo @judyseps (last four digits of her phone number are 3532). All funds will be pooled together to purchase gift cards. We will present the gift cards and Thank You cards to each coach at the LPAC banquet. Judy will be accepting monetary gifts for coaches until July 12(Belwood Meet).

CARDBOARD BOAT RACES: TOMMOROW, JUNE 28 BEFORE THE OVERNIGHTER

It isn’t too late to team up with friends and build a cardboard boat. They need to be completed by 5:45 pm. We need all of the sea worthy vessels at the sportscourt, enter through the back gate by the parking lot, at 5:45 pm. Instructions for this fun event are on the Cardboard Boat Races page on our website.

The Race will start at 6:30 pm. Depending on the number of entries, there may be several heats to determine the overall champion. Unofficial prizes will also be awarded for the best boat theme and the most spectacular sink.

Parents are welcome to stay and cheer. Please be prepared to take home the remains of any boats that you bring. There is not enough room in the Los Paseos dumpster for all the soggy shipwrecks! Parents must leave after signing swimmer in for overnighter with a boat.

OVERNIGHTER: TOMORROW,  JUNE 28, 2025

If your swimmer is spending the night, tents can be put up at 6:00 pm while waiting for the Cardboard Boat Race to start. Penguins should bring dry clothes, swim suits, and towels. The annual Overnighter is one of LPAC’s most treasured traditions and a highlight of every swim team season. LPAC swimmers get to camp out in tents on the grass next to the Los Paseos pool and stay up late swimming, dancing, playing dodge ball, and just having fun with their friends. More information on the Overnighter page.

Last change to Register your swimmer(s): 2025 Overnighter Registration
TONIGHT at 8:00 pm the registration will be turned off.
So far we have 129 Penguins signed up for the Overnighter. If you haven’t signed up your penguin yet please do so ASAP. Your penguin won’t want to miss this.
You must register your swimmer if they are staying the entire night or if they are leaving at 10 pm. You are giving us a headcount to figure out how much food we need.

SPLASH & DASH: JULY 1, 2025

It is just about that time of year again. Time to start getting all of those pledges for the 2025 Splash & Dash! All proceeds benefit LPAC and help pay for things like updating the LPAC container, reimbursement for the new LPAC flag, new flippers for practices, new speakers for Starters and new printer for computer team to use at meets. This year we have had a bunch of equipment that we have had to purchase for the team that was unexpected. We need your help to keep LPAC’s budget on track.

• Please go to the Splash & Dash page and sign up to volunteer to be a Penguin Lap Counter for the morning of the Splash & Dash Tuesday, July 1. Volunteer for the practice of your swimmer or swimmers or for all morning. If you can stay for your swimmer’s practice time please sign up to help.
• If your swimmer is going to the night practice of Tuesday July 1st, please plan to stay and help count laps.
• Check your family folder for a Splash & Dash Pledge Sheet for your swimmer. If you have multiple swimmers you may want to print out extra Pledge Sheets. There are a few extra Splash & Dash Pledge Sheets in the Splash & Dash folder at the back of the family file folders.
• Prizes for Swim-A-Thon will be distributed during Spirit Night to the swimmers that bring in donations

PRACTICES:

Morning Practice schedule can be found on the Practices page of our website.

2025 LPAC COMMUNITY BOOK

Help your fellow penguin families get to know you and your swimmer(s)!  Add your family picture to the 2025 LPAC Community Book, add your swimmer’s names and ages along with some fun family facts to a slide. This is a fun way to get to know all of the families on the team. A volunteer parent photographer will also be available at the swim meets to take quick pictures for you. 

CHAMPS INFORMATION

1. Pre-order Lunch for Champs– Order from Mr Pickles Form by July 7 to help support the Valley Cabana Swim League and help us keep the price of Champs down. Pay our LPAC treasurer by either check (made out to LPAC and put in the treasurer folder in the back of the family folders) or pay through Zelle using the email treasurer@swimlpac.org. We will make sure that you have paid before giving order to VCSL. 
2. Champs Ad Timeline; Put together your Champs ad for your swimmer(s) by July 8th. Instructions for Champs Ads are on the Champs page of our website.

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar