This is just a quick reminder to fire up your printer and fill out some important forms before Saturday.

First, if your kids are attending the Overnighter, you need to have a permission slip with your emergency contact information. The cost is $15 per child.

You also need to turn in orders for Champs Meals and/or Champs Program Ads by this Saturday. These are both important ways we raise funds to help defray the cost of Champs.

Finally, Saturday is also the last day to turn in Raft Trip forms.

Click on the links below to download and print all the forms:

• Overnighter Form
• Champs Meals Order Forms
• Champs Program Ad Order Form
• Raft Trip Forms

Please fill out them out NOW and be sure you turn them in with payment no later than Saturday when you check in at the Overnighter! If you’d like, you can write one  check (payable to “LPAC”) for all of these items.

Dear Penguins and Parents:

Way to go! After losing our dual meet against Montevideo last year, we came back and crushed them in 2015. LPAC won Saturday’s meet by a score of 118.93 to 95.53. That’s some great swimming! This will be a busy week ahead: the Swim-a-Thon, the Silver Creek Sharks, and then the Overnighter and Penguin Regatta Cardboard Boat Races.

MORE RECORDS BROKEN

Daniela Fasan is breaking records so fast we can barely keep up with her. She actually broke the 13-14 girls breaststroke record last week against Belwood with a time of :33.04, which we didn’t catch in time for last week’s email. Then on Saturday she broke another of Cherisse Hughes’ longstanding records from 1992, going a 1:06.81 in her Individual Medley. Congratulations Dani!

THIS WEEK AT PRACTICE

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is Toga Tuesday! And we’re hoping to see ALL penguins in the pool for the Swim-a-Thon on Wednesday. Start collecting pledges now and then swim as many laps as you can to raise money for the team and earn fun prizes too. This is our only fundraiser of the year, and we’re hoping to raise enough money to buy new starting blocks. All donations are tax-deductible. We appreciate your support!

WILL YOU BE AT SILVER CREEK ON SATURDAY?

This Saturday’s meet is at Silver Creek. If your child will be missing any part of the meet, you must let the coaches know TODAY. Please send email to the coaches (coaches@swimlpac.org) and also notify the volunteer coordinators (volunteers@swimlpac.org). Silver Creek runs 8 lanes, so we need lots of extra timers and recorders. The good news is, the meet goes a lot faster with that many lanes!

Here are the swimmers we know will be missing all or part of the Silver Creek meet: Kailyn Altringer, Sophie Bagoye, Oskar Brady, Theo Brady, Alan Calderon, Ethan Calderon, Zoe Marley, Aaron Osborne, Melani Quezada, Siena Seps, Sofia Seps, Sarina Seps, Lauren Tang, Alexa Wise.

OVERNIGHTER AND CARDBOARD BOAT RACES ON SATURDAY

The team Overnighter and Penguin Regatta Cardboard Boat Races will be this Saturday. Drop-off begins at 6:00pm; please do not start setting up tents any earlier, even if you are Association members. Parents are welcome to stay and cheer during the boat races. Please be prepared to take home the remains of any boats that you bring, as there is not enough room in the Los Paseos dumpster for all the soggy shipwrecks! The cost is $15 per person; signup forms are posted to the website. You may pay when you check in at the Overnighter and write one check for other upcoming events (see checklist below).

CHAMPS CHECKLIST: ALL ORDERS DUE THIS SATURDAY

The VCSL Championship Meet (“Champs”) will be on Saturday, July 18 — that’s only 4 weeks away! That means it’s time to get your orders in for meals, program ads, and t-shirts. Please note that you can write separate checks for each of these items, or bring the order forms with you to the Overnighter on Saturday and write one check for everything. All forms and payment are due by this Saturday, June 27.

• Champs Meals: Champs typically lasts all day (until about 4:00 pm), and your family is going to need to eat! We highly recommend that you pre-order meals either from the BBQ Snack Bar or from Panera. Proceeds from these sales help our team offset the cost of Champs. Please print out the Champs Meal Order Forms and indicate what items you’d like to order. Checks should be payable to “LPAC.” Be sure your family name is on each page of the order form.
• Champs Program Ads: A great way to show support for your swimmers and our team is to place an ad in the Champs program. Please print out the Champs Program Ad Order Form, which is also due by Saturday, June 27. You can either design your own ad, or Kris Fuss can help create one for you. All proceeds from program ads go directly to LPAC.
• Champs T-Shirts: We plan to have new t-shirts this year just for Champs so swimmers and parents can show off your penguin pride. The cost is $20 each. We’ll have designs and order forms available by the Overnighter.

RAFT TRIP: DON’T MISS THE BOAT!

Remember, this Saturday (June 27) is also the last day to turn in your Raft Trip forms.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Wednesday, June 24: Swim-a-Thon
• Saturday, June 27: LPAC @ Silver Creek
• Saturday, June 27: Overnighter and Cardboard Boat Races
• Saturday, July 4: Raft Trip
• Wednesday, July 8: Rockin’ Jump (9-11 practice group)
• Saturday, July 11: Oaktree @ LPAC
• Saturday, July 11: Beach Trip
• Thursday, July 16: Spirit Night
• Friday, July 17: Spaghetti Dinner
• Saturday, July 18: Champs
• Sunday, July 19: Banquet

See full LPAC 2015 calendar

Hope you’re all enjoying your Friday! A few quick reminders before the weekend:

1. Our meet is at home tomorrow against Montevideo. Swimmers need to check in with the coaches no later than 6:30 am. We know that’s early! But we have first warm-ups and need to get the meet started at 8:00 so we can be done by 2:00. Please arrive on time and ready to swim.
2. Meet entries and volunteer assignments have been posted to the Montevideo @ LPAC meet page.
3. If your child is ill Saturday morning, please call or text Coach Scott at 408-613-5126.
4. Parents, please remember that at home meets we really need everyone to help out. We might need you to work another shift, and we ask that everyone stay to help clean up at the end. We are specifically seeking at least one more Kitchen Clean-Up volunteer to help move things back into the bin towards the end of the meet.
5. Parents, when you check in tomorrow morning, please also sign up for volunteer jobs at Silver Creek and Champs. We need lots of extra timers and recorders at these events.
6. We will have some extra LPAC team merchandise for sale on Saturday at the Announcer’s table.
7. If you are planning to go on the Raft Trip, you need to let Chad Seps know ASAP. We may have to cancel the trip if we don’t get enough signups. There will be plenty of water (that part of the river is controlled by dam), so don’t miss the boat! Either turn in your forms to the RAFT TRIP folder or contact Chad at 408-887-3267 to confirm your spot.
8. Remember that all swimmers in the 12-14 practice group are invited to Movie Night at the Keslins’ house Saturday night, starting at 8pm.
9. Lots going on next week: Swim-a-Thon on Wednesday, meet at Silver Creek Saturday morning, then the Overnighter and cardboard boat races Saturday evening. Whew! Forms and details are all posted on the website.

GO PENGUINS!