Hello WEST Families & Friends, We are beginning to wrap up the month of January and Brrrr have we had some windy weather - make sure you and your swimmers are dressed warmly when you venture outside. Don't forget to take any necessary precautions to prevent sickness and the spread of COVID during these winter months! We have a new hand sanitizer station (courtesy of the City of Mill Creek ) located at the front office that can help our fight against germs! Read on for this week's happenings: Weekend...

Dear WEST Families and Friends, Coaches and staff wish to congratulate Amber Douglas on over 5 amazing years of service as our Front Office Manager! We wish her the best of luck as she steps away at the end of January to pursue new life adventures for her and her family. Amber came to WEST in November of 2015. Since that time, she has dedicated her time and energy in ensuring all people that came to the pool had the best experience they possibly could. Her dedication to the organization...

Hello WEST Families, Join us in WEST’s first MOD Pizza Fundraiser As we begin this new year, WEST has decided to partner with MOD Pizza to fundraise for our organization. As with most local businesses WEST has been greatly impacted due to the effects of the pandemic which include shut downs and the reduction of programs. As many of you know, we are a private nonprofit organization that provides programs to all ages within our community including lap swim, youth group and private lessons, adult swim lessons, and swim team;...

Hello WEST Family, Remembering our special community at this time of year fills our hearts with joy. From all of us at the pool, we wish you a comforting holiday season and a New Year filled with peace and happiness. Sincerely, Nick, Tim, Bryan, Emily, Amber & the WEST Staff

Hello WEST Families, We are approaching the not only the end of December, but also this year - we can hardly believe it! We hope everyone is staying safe and warm as the temperature gets colder and wetter outside. Keep up the great work on following our Reopening Guidelines - it’s been great having people back around the pool! Holiday Schedule Reminder Click the link here to view our holiday schedule that starts NEXT WEEK! Holiday schedule will run December 21 - January 3rd. We will return to our ‘normal’...

Hello WEST, Attached is our Holiday Pool & Training Schedule for the weeks December 21, 2020 - January 3rd, 2021. Any changes made to this schedule will be notified within a WEST Weekly email leading up to our holiday training. We will return to normal operating schedule on January 4th. It is a long standing tradition that each winter break, swim teams do significant training; however, we understand that this year has been significantly different. While we may be running less practices, the schedule is structured to balance all of...

WEST Weekly We hope everyone has safe plans with family and friends for this upcoming Thursday. Our coaches are thankful for technology like Zoom, Skype, and Facetime so that we are able to see our families in this socially distant time, and we encourage our community members to do the same. Schedule Reminder for this Week (Thanksgiving) WEST CLOSED Thursday, 11/26 for Thanksgiving Black Friday, 11/27: Please see attached PDF for practice schedule & pool availability. Saturday & Sunday: Normal programs schedule. WEST Earns Bronze Medal in USA Swimming’s Club...

Hello WEST Families, After the announcement earlier this week, WEST is incredibly thankful to be open and will continue to strive to ensure that policies are enforced for the safety of our patrons and staff members alike. Here are some more important happenings around the pool that everyone should be aware of: Practice Schedule will be NORMAL this weekend 11/21 - 11/22. We will see all of our team practices at their normally scheduled time this weekend. This includes: Senior, Senior Elite, Accelerate, Challenge, Discover, Explore, Embark, PreComp & SwimFit....

At this point, we have seen communications from both the Washington Department of Health and Washington Recreation and Parks Association indicating that "Water Recreation Facilities (WRF) are separate from indoor fitness facilities. WRF's are allowed to continue operating under current guidelines. This also applies to swim teams. They are allowed to continue practice in indoor pools as long as they are still following the WRF guidelines." Along with the statewide crackdown, we are going to be voluntarily taking the following measures: All meets will be cancelled for at least the...

Dear West Community, As most of you are aware, Gov. Inslee has released new restrictions that go into effect tomorrow, Monday 11/16 at 11:59pm. It is unclear at this time whether aquatics will be included in the restrictions on indoor fitness or will continue to be treated separately. Sources within the State are indicating that aquatics will be unaffected and continue to fall under the guidelines that came out in October. We expect to receive more specific information around midday tomorrow and need to wait until then to make any...