***ATLA WEEKLY NEWS BLAST - November 7th to 13th***

Coach Rhi Jeffrey

Good morning team,

 

There are a lot of changes and a few important annoucements today!

 

PRACTICE CHANGES

  • NO PRACTICE FOR ANY GROUPS MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, OR FRIDAY THIS WEEK!
  • I will send out workouts for our older swimmers for Wednesday and Friday this week. Since all of you were at the swim meet this weekend, PLEASE take the day to rest!

 

NEWSLETTER

  • Our November newsletter is now up on the website under the "Newsletters" tab, check it out!

 

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE

  • Teams for the food drive contest will be annouced later today. I will send it out via email and post it to the website news section.
  • Food is due Monday November 21st. If you do not have practice that day, please bring it BEFORE the 21st. 
  • We will be donating the food to Jerrys Food Pantry in Rochester NH. Their need list is as follows:
    • Peanut Butter
    • Canned Soup
    • Mac and cheese
    • Hot or cold cereals
    • Jelly/Jam

 

PARENTS ON DECK AT PRACTICE

  • We do have a no parents on the deck policy at practice. This is not because we don't want you to be able to watch your swimmer, we know how exciting it is to see their progress!
  • Our insurance for the team does not cover anyone who is not a swimmer. If someone were to get hurt on the deck, our swim team would be liable and we do not have you guys covered as parents.
  • When the YMCA is open and you have a membership, you would be covered under their insurance so that would be the only time you could be on deck with your swimmer.
  • When the YMCA is closed, we really should not be having any parents even in the lobby with us, but since some of you guys have such young kids we worked that out with the Y. Please remember this is a priviledge for us, we do not want to lose it and have to make everyone wait outside.
  • From now on, we ask that you please stay off the pool deck during swim times and have your swimmers go through the locker rooms to get onto the pool deck instead of the lobby door. It is becoming dangerous for other members when we track water through the lobby from the pool.
  • Lastly, if you have any questions for the coaching staff, we ask that you do not try and come talk to us during practice time when we are all working. Please send us an email or try and grab us after pratice is over (before practice we are trying to get everyone organized and figure out lanes).
  • Thank you everyone for your understanding!! :)

 

Have a great week all!