***ATLA WEEKLY NEWS BLAST - November 25th to December 1st***

Coach Rhi Jeffrey

Good evening team,

 

We hope you have enjoyed your weekend! There are a few annoucements for you below.

 

PRACTICE CHANGES

  • NO PRACTICE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY (Happy Thanksgiving!)

 

SAFE SPORT CONCERNS

  • As an organization we take Safe Sport very seriously. If you ever feel like you have a safe sport related concern, we have points of contact you can reach out to if you do not feel comfortable speaking to a coach.
  • Our safe sport coordinator and point of contact is Bill Nichols. If you have ANY safe sport conerns please do not hesitate to reach out to him!
  • The USA Swimming Safe Sport point of contact is Cha'Vera Jackson. Her email is [email protected]

 

 

SAFE SPORT TRAINING

  • Below is information for our Safe Sport certification we need to run our meet in January.
  • In order to complete this certification, we need parents to take a class online as well as any swimmers over the age of 13. 
  • For a little information on Safe Sport, please CLICK HERE
  • Instructions:
    • In order to take this class and receive proper credit, you MUST be logged into your parent account through USA Swimming (the one you used to sign your swimmer up). Please see THIS SCREENSHOT
    • Once you are logged in, you can either:
      • Navigate back to THIS PAGE and click on the box at the bottom that says "USA Swimming Learn". SEE SCREENSHOT
      • OR you can navigate right to the USA Swim Learn section from your login homepage by clicking on the "Education" dropdown menu and selecting "Course Catalog". SEE SCREENSHOT
    • Once inside the catalog, click on the "Parents/Volunteers" button in the center of the screen. SEE SCREENSHOT
    • Then the class you are looking for is called "Parent's Guide to Misconduct in Sport". SEE SCREENSHOT
  • This class should only take 1-2 hours. Once completed, I receive a report on my end with your name and completion notification. 
  • Every person that takes this class and it gets registred through the team will receive a $25 credit PER PERSON to their team account. 
  • Swimmers: To take this class you need to have your own USA Swimming accounts. PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO SET UP YOUR SWIMMER'S ACCOUNT AND LINK IT TO YOU. This will be important for them when they get older anyways so this is valuable to do at any age!
  • Once you swimmer has their own account, they need to log in to THEIR account to take the swimmer class. 
  • Once in the Course Catalog again, click on the "Athletes" bubble in the center. SEE SCREENSHOT
  • The course your swimmer is looking for is called "Safe Sport for Youth Athletes (13-17)". For 12 and under swimmers, you want the "SafeSport for Kids" class. SEE SCREENSHOT
  • I will receive a similar notification for the swimmer classes as the adult classes and they will also count as a $25 ceredit when completed.

 

NEW MEET POSTED

  • Due to the cancellation of UVAC, we have added another swim meet to the December schedule. 
  • Coach Jeff Ward at Bluefish very kindly offered us an invite to Bowdoin College December 13,14,15 for a trials/finals meet. 
  • This meet is a GREAT opportunity for our more seasoned swimmers. Leviathan and up swimmers are all ok to swim in this meet!
  • Please indicate yes/no for this meet ASAP!

 

WINTER FESTIVAL DETAILS & SIGN UP

DATE/TIME: Saturday November 30th @ 2 PM

LOCATION: Sundance Farm (434 Hornetown Rd, Farmington NH 03835)

WHAT: DIY Wreath/Arragement Decorating Event

DETAILS: We are excited to once again have the opportunity to have a Do It Yourself wreath or table arrangement decorating event. We are invited back again to Coach Kirsty's mother-in-law's tree farm, Sundance Farm, in Farmington, NH.

PRICING: Wreaths (12x22in, double thick) are $45 and table arrangements are $20. *All materials needed are provided*

SIGN UP FORM: https://form.jotform.com/243223878812057

 

All payments will be paid directly to Sundance Farm

Include athlete name and wreath or arrangement

VENMO: Cheryl Gagnon @SundanceFarm434

If people would like to bring sweet treats or a snack to share, that would be great! Hope to see you there!

 

Have a great Sunday all!