SHST Weekly Report - April 4, 2022

Normal Swim Practice during Spring Break

Spring break has sprung (times 3!).  Swim practice will run following the normal schedule during all of the spring break weeks.

Saturday, April 16th from 9a-12p: Pool Clean Up

Parents and swimmers, bring the whole family for pool clean up day! Every year before our first meet, we gather to get the pool area ready for the season. We scrub, sponge, sweep, whack some weeds and have fun as a community to get our pool in tip top shape. Bagels and coffee will be provided. We have some cleaning equipment, but if you have Mr. Clean MagicEraser pads, brooms, rakes, pruning tools, or a good pressure washer, please let us know by emailing  Anne-Marie Kostecki.

Love to create videos?  We need a volunteer to create our end of season team video using the photo's taken by our photographers through out the season. If you like a better understanding of what we look for, log in to your account and look under photos.

Please contact Anne-Marie Kostecki if you are interested in either role. Thank you!

National Anthem

Is your swimmer interested in singing/playing the national anthem before one of our home meets? We have only two spots left!  Please contact Anne-Marie Kostecki 

Swimmers of the Week

Congrats to last week's Swimmers of the Week!

Group 1: Delphine Thomas and Joe Clarke

Group 2: Sam Cellis and Lily Wild

Group 3: Colt Hecht and Sabine Rowitz

Group 4: Kai Kurtzig and Gabi Rode

Swim Meets begin April 23rd!

HERE you can find our Spring and Summer practice groups and times. Stay up to date on our strict Covid 2022 Protocols and Team Policies.

Parking and Driver Safety

Please SLOW DOWN! Be aware of increased pedestrian traffic around the Clubhouse and drive carefully. Use your common sense while walking on and crossing Butterfield Road. Help teach our Sea Lions to be responsible pedestrians. The Sheriff’s Office will be making extra patrols the coming weeks to watch for speeders, illegal parking and unsafe drivers. When dropping off your swimmer and/or parking for practice:

• Do not park in front of the Clubhouse, this is strictly for drop off.  

• Park perpendicular (not parallel) in the gravel spaces to maximize space for other people.

• Please don’t ever park in the fire lanes/no parking zones across from the Clubhouse or in the handicapped parking spot/no parking zone in front of the Clubhouse - not even to wait for your swimmer after practice/if you remain in the car.

• Please do not let your child "jump quickly out of the car" in the middle of the road.  This is not safe!  Please take the extra minute and use the drop off circle.

• Use the walkway on Butterfield from Katrina Ct. to the clubhouse.  

• Remind your swimmer(s) not to walk behind parked cars. 

• Do not block gates, driveways or mailboxes.  Please be respectful of our neighbors! 

• And again, please slow down, and watch out for Sea Lions and parents crossing Butterfield and riding and walking in the bike lanes. Our swimmers all thank you!

Bikes

Bikes are NOT allowed inside the gated pool area. Please use the bike racks outside of the main black gate and do not block the Fire Zone/No Parking area. Don’t forget to bring bike locks! SHST and SHHA are not responsible for lost or stolen bikes.

We have a fantastic 2022 Sleepy Hollow Swim Team Spirit Wear line that will be sold at home meets this year. See here for a sneakpeak!

No Dogs

Please remember that the Sleepy Hollow Homes Association forbids dogs at the Clubhouse and pool area.  Swim team families MAY NOT BRING DOGS to practices or meets. Dogs may not be tied up or left outside the gates and fence in front of the Clubhouse, even if you are just running in to drop off your swimmer. Please help us abide by this SHHA rule and leave your dog at home. Thank you!

Raising the Bar Initiative

Sleepy Hollow Swim Team is proud to partner with Raising the Bar, Keep Youth Events Substance Free, a county wide initiative dedicated to keeping youth events substance free. Sleepy Hollow Swim Team is encouraging an alcohol and substance free environment for all sporting events, team celebrations, and other activities that are youth focused, in person or virtual. This is an opportunity for you as parents to continue being positive role models for your kids and their class/teammates, both in person and at home, by showing them that we can all--adults and youths alike--have a good time without drinking or using substances when participating in youth events as a family. Please visit Raising the Bar and reach out to us for more information. Thank you for your support. We are looking forward seeing you Friday and if you haven’t responded yet, here is the link.

Donations

If you didn’t get a chance to donate during the registration process, please help us maintain and build upon our incredible community. Donations to our team help us do this while expenses continue to rise. Please donate to the Sea Lions – thank you!

The SHST board feels strongly that we do not want our registration fee to prohibit or deter families from joining our team. We want to maintain and build upon our incredible community; donations to our team help us do this while expenses continue to rise. Donations to our team also help us fund the many FUN events that we host during the season where kids build camaraderie and get to know each other outside of the pool. As we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, your donation will be tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. You can donate any amount to our team HERE and if you would like to sponsor a specific event, you can donate HERE.    

A huge thank you to Zamira Solari, Realtor Compass for sponsoring all of our Fun Fridays! 

Another massive thank you to Sushi69 for sponsoring one of the 11+ Pizza Nights!

Thank you for these very generous donations!