Dear Penguin Family,

Here are some quick reminders before our meet against Almaden tomorrow. We also have a lot of information about upcoming events! Next Thursday, June 12th, is a big day with both Picture day and the Penguin Pool Party. Information for both events near the bottom of this email. Also, we start morning practices next week, so look at the practice section and make sure you get to practice on time.

A quick reminder, if you have two or more children on LPAC, parents are required to volunteer for two shifts per meet. It is up to our Volunteer Coordinators to decide if we need you for each meet. Please let us know if you are unable to be at a meet at least a week in advance if possible. This helps us to plan the meets better if we know who will be there ahead of time.

Meet Results from Time Trials are here! We are not posting the meet entries nor the meet results on the webpage anymore. You will only be able to find meet entries and results in the newsletters from now on. Most pools will have the meet entries posted during meets so you can look for those.

LPAC @ ALMADEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 7

• Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025
• Location: Almaden Country Club 6663 Hampton Dr. San Jose 95120
• Pool opens at 6:30 am for setup. 
• Check in Time: 6:45 am Swimmers must check in with coaches, and Parents must check in with Volunteer Coordinators no later than 6:45 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. 
• Meet starts at 8:15 am
• Visiting team will be located on the turf on the far side of the pool. Please plan to share EZ-ups.
• Street parking is available along Hampton and on Crown. Only Almaden Golf & Country Club members can park in the parking lot.
• AGCC will have a food available for purchase.
• No pets.
• Please check the Almaden page for volunteer assignments 
• Meet Entries are posted in this email.

PARENT RELAY TEAM

Please bring your suit and goggles to our upcoming meets.  Many of our opponents enjoy ending meets with a parent or family relay.  Please email info@swimlpac.org if you are interested in participating and Jennie Anderson will approach and confirm you can swim during the meet.  It’s a fun tradition and your Penguin family looks forward to cheering you on especially your little penguin. It’s so fun for them to see their Parent’s swim.

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. 

PICTURE DAY: NEXT THURSDAY, JUNE 12

Check out the Picture Day page on the website for details on how to order extra pictures. Also there is a picture day flyer in each family’s folder on the ledge by the coaches tables at practices.Details:

• June 12
• Association members individual/ sibling/ buddy photos start at 7:45 am
  • All swimmers should be at the pool by 8:30 am to take team pictures at 9:00 am
  • Remaining individual photos can be taken after the team picture
• Location: Los Paseos Pool
• Cost: None, unless you want to purchase additional prints or buddy pictures

PENGUIN POOL PARTY: NEXT THURSDAY JUNE 12

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 12, 2025
• Time: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm; Must check in by 4:30 pm at the latest to do tie-dye! 
• Cost:
  • No charge for Association members
  • Non-members: $5 per person Cash or Venmo accepted (children under age 2 are free) paid at gate.
• Swimmers will be provided with a Penguin shirt to tie-dye.
  • We have a limited supply of each size, so arrive early for best chance to get your preferred size (first come/first served).
  • T-shirts are free for LPAC swimmers only…donations of any amount are appreciated (but not required) to help offset costs of this fun event!
  • T-shirts for parents or non-LPAC swimmers will be available for purchase beginning at 4:30 for $10 each, while supplies last.
  • Feel free to bring your own t-shirt to dye at no cost.
• Parents of swimmers 12 and under, please plan to stay during this event. This is not a drop off event. 
• Contact: Lynnae Brady if you have any questions

FROM LPHOA

Please keep children off of the lawn when the sprinklers are running. The HOA wants to keep the grass in good condition for as long as they can. Also they have noticed mud being tracked into the bathrooms outside of normal pool hours.

ATTENTION MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE (11-14) PENGUINS!

Join us for our LPAC Middle School Social Event at LaserMaxx, June 16 @ 4:00! 

• Individual Penguin parents must make reservations for this event. They can be made and paid for here:LaserMaxx Reservation 
• Make sure you reserve the 4:00 slot for Laser Tag so you can be with other Penguins.
• Only 35 spots are available per reservation, so don’t wait!

Be sure to claim the “Summer Triple Maxx” Deal!

Rides:
Swimmers will need to be driven to and from LaserMaxx for this social event.  Please reach out to fellow middle school penguins to arrange carpool groups. If you are able to drive and accommodate rides for other LPAC kids, please reach out to Lynette by June 9 and let her know how many spots you have available!  If we have enough volunteers, Lynette will follow up to offer carpool spots.
An LPAC parent will stay at LaserMaxx during the kids’ two hour play session, all parents are also welcome to stay!  Looking forward to getting our fellow Middle School Penguins together for some summer fun!
Please reach out to Lynette Gill with any questions.

PRACTICES:

Morning Practice will start next Monday June 9. 

JUNE 9 – JULY 18

• High School: 6:45–7:45/8:15 am*
• 11-14: 7:45–8:45/9:15 am*
• 8-10: 8:45–9:30 am
• 7 & under: 9:30–10:15 am
• Please arrive on time and ready to swim!*Swimmers ages 11 and up have 30 minutes of dryland exercises immediately following their regular practice times on three mornings a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Please bring running shoes on those days.**Swimmers who are unable to attend morning practice because of summer school or work commitments may attend night practices, on Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00-9:00 pm. Ages 10 & under 8-8:45 pm on one side of the pool and Ages 11-18 8-9 pm on the other side of the pool. Limited space available in these practices. Swimmers must have coaches’ prior permission to attend night practices. Email coaches @ coaches@swimlpac.org

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar

Dear Penguin Community,,

Thank you to everyone that helped Time Trials run smoothly. Our coaches did a great job keeping the meet moving. Thank you to everyone that stayed after the meet to help clean up. It was a hot Saturday. We appreciate everyone that came and worked their shifts. LPAC is the best team! This week we have only a few days to get ready for Almaden on Saturday because there is no regular practice today, Monday, June 2.

Coach Caitlyn’s LPAC friendship bracelets sold out at Time Trials. We still have some special ALS research friendship bracelets. Coach Caitlyn will be making more LPAC bracelets for our next home meet. They will not be for sale at our meet against Almaden. Our next home meet is against Silver Creek on 6/14. Come by the snack shack and help support our team and ALS research on 6/14. 

WILL YOU BE AT THE MEET NEXT SATURDAY, JUNE 7? LPAC @ ALMADEN

• If your child will have to miss all or part of the meet against Almaden, please send an email to coaches@swimlpac.org and volunteers@swimlpac.org TODAY! It really helps the coaches and volunteer coordinators to know ahead of time if you and your swimmer will be at a meet, if possible.
• The swimmers that we already know will be missing this meet are: Zhen Yu L. (maybe), Adam B., Jenin B., Easton A., Brody M., Graham M., Will M., Heath N., Eliana C.,  Elijah C., Grant G., Julian G.

PARENT RELAY TEAM

Please bring your suit and goggles to our upcoming meets.  Many of our opponents enjoy ending meets with a parent or family relay.  Please email info@swimlpac.org if you are interested in participating and Jennie Anderson will approach and confirm you can swim during the meet.  It’s a fun tradition and your Penguin family looks forward to cheering you on.  

TIME TRIALS MAKE-UP TODAY: MONDAY, JUNE 2

Swimmers that did not attend Time Trials this past Saturday, must come to Make-Up Day on Monday, June 2.

• For swimmers attending Make-Ups, it is MANDATORY that their parents stay and volunteer as timers and recorders during Make-Up Day.
• Check in between 5  – 5:15 pm
• Warm ups 5:30 pm
• Time Trial makeups start 5:45 pm
• Ending time will depend on how many swimmers are making up time trials.
• Please arrive on time!
• Please note there will be NO Regular Practices on Monday, June 2nd..

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. 

PICTURE DAY: JUNE 12

Check out the Picture Day page on the website for details on how to order extra pictures. Also there is a picture day flyer in each family’s folder on the ledge by the coaches tables at practices.
Details:

• June 12
• Association members individual/ sibling/ buddy photos start at 7:45 am
  • All swimmers should be at the pool by 8:30 am to take team pictures at 9:00 am
  • Remaining individual photos can be taken after the team picture
• Location: Los Paseos Pool
• Cost: None, unless you want to purchase additional prints or buddy pictures

PRACTICES:

Practices times are as follows until June 6th:

• 7 & under: 5:30-6:15 pm
• 8-10: 6:15-7:00 pm
• 11-14: 7:00-8:00 pm
• High school: 8:00-9:00 pm

On June 9th Practice times change to mornings 
Please arrive on time and ready to swim!

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar