It's officially swim season! Great first day everyone! We hope you had as much fun as we did today. 

For all you new swimmers- things get a little less chaotic and fall into more of a groove each day. Your swimmer will get the swing of things after a few practices!

A few reminders as we move into week 1:

Practice Sign Ups: Please sign up for the practices your child will be attending. We had some families that weren't on the sign up sheet today, which worked out fine, but would like to make sure that everyone signs up so that we know how many kids to anticipate. 

Sign up for practices at: https://signup.com/go/PqdTkEU

Other Reminders at Practice: Please make sure your swimmer brings a water bottle to practice, especially the older swimmers. It's important to stay hydrated, especially when it's hot out and our practices get more difficult! 

If you are not a member of GMCC, you cannot stay and swim after practices. Please be respectful of the club members (we are guests at the pool!) and clean up after yourselves at practices. 

Junior Coaches: We are in need of some Junior Coaches again this season! Junior Coaches assist with the 8 and under practice (11:15-12:00) each day. They are in the water with the swimmers assisting them with their strokes and making sure they stay safe. If your child (ages 12-16) would like to assist with this practice, please replay to this email and let us know. Coach Breanna will be in touch to get them organized for the season. They will receive a Junior Coach tank, receive volunteer hours, and be thanked somehow by the coaches at the end of the season for their help. 

Lessons & Stroke Technique Lessons: Many of our coaches are interested in teaching private lessons this summer. These are especially helpful if your swimmer needs extra attention on a specific skill or stroke, above and beyond the instruction they will receive in practice. Information for the coaches will be available on our website, or you can specifically ask any of the coaches if your swimmer has one they like working with! 

Caps & T-shirts: Caps will be available before our first swim meet. We will send out a link to a Pokey's store to order t-shirts in the coming week. Shirts can be ordered directly from Pokeys this season! 

Coaches lunches: The coaches will be having lunch each Friday as a group to spend the time debriefing from the past week and adjusting for anything for the next week. If you'd like to volunteer to provide lunches for the coaches on a Friday, you can sign up at: https://signup.com/go/ZRqPtFg There are 12 coaches. Feel free to share dates with others as well. 

Thanks!