Good Afternoon Amberjax Due to several Episcopal High School swim meets this week, the following changes will be made to the practice schedule: Tuesday, September 11: No Practice for Gold, Silver, Bronze, Garnet or JaxParks at the Episcopal School location. Swimmers should make an effort to attend practice at another location. Friday, September 14: No JaxParks Select practice due to swim meet and subsequent coach availability. We apologize for any inconvenience. See you at the pool!

Good Afternoon Amberjax We will be offering a parents information meeting regarding the Amberjax team and the upcoming season Wednesday September 12 from 6-7 PM at the Episcopal School location. There will also be a parents meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 18 at the Cecil Field location from 5:30-6:30 PM. Please contact Coach Cavin with any questions.

Parents, There is a block of rooms at the La Quinta in Port Orange for the Daytona meet. The cost of the room is 69.00 and the block is under the name AmberJax. Please find below a number and address as well as the link to the hotel. Please see Coach Stephanie with any questions. Thank you 1791 Dunlawton Port Orange, FL 32129 (386) 756-3440 http://www.lq.com/lq/properties/propertyProfile.do?propId=6012

Parents and Swimmers, We have had some questions since the silver move up time this week reguarding Bronze and Garnet at the ESJ location. In an effort to meet everyones needs and get our families home at a reasonable hour we will now be moving practice for those two groups as well. Bronze will now be at 4:45 to 6 pm and Garnet will be from 5-6 pm. Please contact Stephanie with any questions or concers at [email protected] or 904-635-6269. Stephanie

Parents and Swimmers, There has been a practice change at the Episcopal location for the silver group. They will now be swimming with from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. Please contact coach Stephanie at 904-635-6269 or [email protected] with any questions or concerns. Have a great day, see you at the pool!

The AmberJax would like to thank Coach Mike Knox for his work at the Cecil Field location for the past 2 1/2 years! We wish him the best, as he starts school at UF next week!

There will be placement swims at all pools in the coming weeks JCDS :on Saturdays August 18th & 25th From 11 AM till noon Ask For Coach Kitzi Episcopal pool: any afternoon next week at 4:30 Ask for Coach Stephanie Cecil Field: any afternoon the week of August 20th at 4:30 Ask for Coach Axie. Any questions please call 904-868-1490

1) The Funeral for Coach Andrews Mother, Kathryn Ann Cavin, will be held this Saturday August 11th @11 AM at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home located at 4415 Hendricks Ave Jacksonville FL 32207. Andrew has said that any one is welcome to attend. Andrews Family has asked that you make a donation to the Jacksonville Humane Society in her Honor in lieu of sending flowers. 2) All practices for the rest of this week has moved from JCDS to the Episcopal pool

The AmberJax family is grieving with Coach Andrew whose mother passed away on Friday. We ask that you allow him and his family to mourn with privacy and will keep you all updated with any public arrangements.

As we come to a close of another spectacular Long Course Season. We want to thank all of our staff, swimmers, and families for their commitment to the AmberJax. Every August we reflect and evaluate everything about our swim program. Be assured that we will continue to build on our successes and look for ways to take the AmberJax to another level. As a non-profit we are always mindful of the cost of swimming for the AmberJax. We feel it is important to keep or cost down, but we will...