Dear Penguins and Parents:

Congratulations on a great win over the Silver Creek Sharks! LPAC won by a final score of 104.8 to 101.1, giving us a 4-1 record in the regular season (behind only the Oaktree Sharks, who went 5-0). Now it’s time to gear up for Champs this Saturday!

ANOTHER GARDIN ON THE RECORD BOARD

Paige Gardin joined her daddy Charlie on the LPAC record board with a blazing-fast backstroke time of 23.10. This breaks the 5-6 girls’ record that has stood for 30 years, set in 1988 by Monica Dournaee. Great swim Miss Paige!

SPIRIT WEEK

For the last week of practices before Champs, we’ll be having fun dress-up days and snacks. Come every day if you can!

• Monday Morning: Come in your jammies; bed-head hair is encouraged
• Twin Tuesday: Match with a friend or dress up like a coach
• Would You Be My Friend If I Wore This Wednesday: Dress weird and wacky
• Thports Thursday: Wear your favorite sports team jersey
• Formal Friday: Dress up in black and white or penguin gear

LAST CHANCE FOR SWIM-A-THON PLEDGES!

Monday (7/9) is the LAST day to turn in your Swim-a-Thon pledges to be eligible for prizes. Thank you for generously supporting the team and helping raise money to buy a new electronic event board! All donations are tax-deductible.

GIFTS FOR COACHES

If you’d like to contribute to gifts for our coaches, please see Judy Seps by Thursday. She will be at practices this week, or you can call her at 408-506-3532.

SPIRIT NIGHT ON THURSDAY

This Thursday (July 12) is Spirit Night at the clubhouse from 7-9 pm. The swimmers will meet out on the grass and picnic tables to eat pizza, decorate posters to hang up at Champs, and elect swimmer reps for next year. Meanwhile, parents have a meeting about Champs and vote to elect next year’s Board members. We have a lot of openings for the Board this year, so we encourage all families to come and vote. After all the business is taken care of, we’ll all pack into the clubhouse for Swim-a-Thon awards and a slide show/video celebrating the season, paying tribute to our graduates and age-outs, and energizing the team to do their best at Champs.

If you haven’t already purchased raffle tickets for the excursions with coaches, Adrienne Burke will be selling them at Spirit Night before the awards. Don’t miss out on the chance to have a fun adventure with your favorite coaches and help support the team too!

BRING YOUR EZ-UPS ON THURSDAY!

If you’re planning to bring an EZ-Up to Champs, please bring it to Spirit Night on Thursday evening. Leave it in your car until after the slide show is over, when we’ll collect them for the Setup Crew to take down to Morgan Hill. Please bring 10×10 tents only, and be sure they are labelled clearly with your last name. This way the Setup Crew can set them up ahead of time on Friday night and organize them into orderly rows with clear pathways in between. If you’d like tents to be grouped together, please use the same names and/or color tape, and we’ll try to keep them together if possible.

SPAGHETTI DINNER ON FRIDAY

All teenage swimmers (13-18) are invited to “carbo-load” with their teammates at the Spaghetti Dinner at the clubhouse from 6-7 pm. The cost is $8 per swimmer. Bring your car if you’d like to have it decorated to show your penguin pride. Thank you to the Blacow family for coordinating this event and all the other parent volunteers who are bringing food and helping out.

We’ll have lots more information about Champs at Spirit Night…look forward to seeing you all there!

UPCOMING EVENTS (This list is pretty short now!)

• Thursday, July 12: Spirit Night
• Friday, July 13: Spaghetti Dinner
• Saturday, July 14: Champs
• Sunday, July 15: Banquet

Happy Friday! Here are a few reminders before this weekend:

• Penguin Pool Party TODAY (7/6) 3-5 pm
  • Please bring a white t-shirt if you’d like to tie-dye. See Tie-Dye Folding Instructions for design ideas.
  • If you are not an Association member, the cost is $1 per child and $2 per adult.
  • Parents of kids 12 and under, please stay to help supervise.
  • Special thanks to Julie Webb for planning and hosting this fun event!
• Saturday’s Meet: Silver Creek @ LPAC
  • Meet entries and volunteer assignments have been posted to the Silver Creek meet page on the website.
  • Swimmers need to check in with the coaches before 6:30 am.
  • If your child is ill, please call or text Coach Scott: 408-613-5126.
  • Remember to always check OUT with the coaches before you leave the meet.
• Taking Care of Business
  • Saturday is also the last day to take care of lots of important business! Please go to the Announcer’s Table to turn in forms and payment.
  • Turn in your Champs Meals order form and payment. Please note that the snack bar will have limited hours, and we cannot accept late orders this year. 
  • Turn in Banquet order forms and payment. Swimmers eat for free, but we still need you to turn in the form so we know how many tacos we need to order!
  • Turn in Swim-a-Thon pledges. Last day to be eligible for prizes is July 9.
  • See Judy Seps if you’d like to contribute to gifts for the coaches.
• NEW! Raffle for Excursions with Coaches
  • See LPAC Coaches Raffle flyer for information about a raffle to win fun experiences with the coaches.
  • Each ticket is $1; see Adrienne Burke at the meet if you want to purchase.
  • There is also a special grand prize raffle for an ESCAPE room adventure with friends and 2 coaches. Tickets for this raffle are $5 each.
  • All funds raised will go towards the goal of buying a new electronic event board.
• Beach Trip for High Schoolers
  • Saturday is also the Beach Trip for all swimmers in the High School practice group.
  • Plan to meet at the pool at 4:30 pm to arrange car pools.
  • The cost is $8 per swimmer. You can pay at the event if you haven’t already prepaid.
  • We need parent drivers for this event; teenagers are not allowed to drive themselves.
• Spirit Week Next Week!
  • For the last week of practices before Champs, we’ll be having fun dress-up days and snacks. Come every day if you can!
  • Monday Morning: Come in your jammies; bed-head hair is encouraged
  • Twin Tuesday: Match with a friend or dress up like a coach
  • Would You Be My Friend If I Wore This Wednesday: Dress weird and wacky
  • Thports Thursday: Wear your favorite sports team jersey
  • Formal Friday: Dress up in black and white or penguin gear

GO PENGUINS!

Dear Penguins and Parents:

Hope everyone had fun on the Raft Trip and enjoyed the swim meet-free weekend! Now we’re into the final sprint of the season. There are only eight practices left before Champs, so please try to come every day if you can!

VERY IMPORTANT: WILL YOU BE AT SILVER CREEK AND/OR CHAMPS?

If your child is going to miss any part of the next two meets, please send email TODAY to coaches@swimlpac.org and volunteers@swimlpac.org.

• Families we know will be missing at least part of the Silver Creek meet on July 7: Cendejas, Delgado, Fumagalli, Fuss, Galindo, Hasse, Hoge, King, Nansen, Ngo, N. Nguyen, Ponder, Quezada, Saemsimuang, Sunderman, Vaidyanath,
• Families we know will be missing at least part of Champs on July 14: Boston, Buchanan, Cendejas, Delgado, Hansen, Ngo, N. Nguyen, Saemsimuang, Tran, Vaidyanath, Vuniwai.

LAST CALL FOR CHAMPS ADS!

So far we’ve had only a few people sign up for Champs Ads. These are a great way to show your penguin pride (maybe celebrate an age-out or graduate?) or advertise for your business. The cost is just $50 for a full-page ad (10″ x 7″), $30 for half-page (5″ x 7″), and $15 for business card size (2.2″ x 3.5″). ALL proceeds benefit LPAC. If you still want to turn in an ad, please email a .jpg or .pdf version directly to Kris Fuss no later than noon tomorrow (7/3). That is the FINAL deadline!

NO PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY (7/4)

There are no practices on Wednesday, July 4. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!

PENGUIN POOL PARTY AND TIE-DYE ON FRIDAY (7/6)

This Friday (7/6) is the Penguin Pool Party at Los Paseos Pool from 3-6 pm. There is no charge, but non-Association members will have to pay the party entrance fee at the gate ($1 for kids and $2 for adults). Bring a white or light-colored shirt if you’d like to tie-dye. This is not a drop-off event; swimmers ages 12 and under must have an adult present.

THIS SATURDAY (7/7): SILVER CREEK @ LPAC

Our final dual meet of the season is at home against the Silver Creek Sharks. Last year, LPAC barely squeaked by Silver Creek in our dual meet with a final score of 115.5 to 113.9. We’ll need everyone swimming their best and improving their times to beat the Sharks again this year!

Judy Seps will be collecting money for gifts for the coaches at the meet if you’d like to contribute. This is also the perfect time to turn in forms and payment for the following:

• Champs Meals: Saturday 7/7 is the LAST DAY to turn these in. Late orders will not be accepted.
• Banquet: Meal orders must be turned in by Monday 7/9 at the latest. Although swimmers eat for free, we still need to know how many meals we need to order.
• Swim-a-Thon: Pledges must be turned in by Monday 7/9 to be eligible for prizes. Remember that all donations to LPAC are tax-deductible!
• Beach Trip and/or Spaghetti Dinner: The cost for these events is $8 each, or $15 for both.

BEACH TRIP ON SATURDAY (7/7)

All swimmers in the high school age group are invited to come on the Beach Trip to Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday, July 7. We play on the beach, take a lot of photos, enjoy a BBQ dinner, then build a bonfire and roast marshmallows for s’mores. Plan to meet at the pool at 4:30 pm to arrange carpools. Note that we need parent drivers for this event, as teenagers are not allowed to drive themselves. If you are able to help drive, please reply to this email and let us know how many people you can take. The cost for this event is $8 per swimmer; there is no charge for parent chaperones.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Friday, July 6: Penguin Pool Party
• Saturday, July 7: Silver Creek @ LPAC
• Saturday, July 7: Beach Trip (High School age group only)
• Thursday, July 12: Spirit Night
• Friday, July 13: Spaghetti Dinner (swimmers 13 and up only)
• Saturday, July 14: Champs
• Sunday, July 15: Banquet