Rudgear Rats: Week of May 26th

Upcoming Dates
May 27 – No Practice
May 29 – REST vs. SVST | Warm-Ups at 4:30pm
May 31 – No Practice
June 3 - Summer Practice Schedule Begins / First Day of Summer Breakfast!
June 5 - REST @ WHO Declare by 5/29
June 8 - REST vs IVST Declare by 6/1
June 10 - Picture Day & Buddy Day (No Practice)
June 11 - Rugrats Begins
June 12 - REST @ YWST Declare by 6/5
June 15 - REST vs. Larkey Declare by 6/8

Link to full season calendar

TL;DR:
-rock your neon for SVST meet
-declare for WHO & IVST (and all the meets)
-buddy forms due by 5/31
-come to First Day Breakfast on 6/3
-opt in for picture day (text "2024RATS to 90738)

REST vs. SVST | May 29th
Our first meet of the season is at home on May 29th - warm-ups are at 4:30pm and the meet begins at 5:30pm. The snack shack will be open and there will be a food truck in the parking lot. The coaches' theme is NEON - join in by rocking some neon and/or layering some glow over your Rudgear green. Let's GLOW RATS!

Buddy Program - Forms Due Friday
One of our favorite things to do each season is match up younger and older swimmers as buddies. Buddies cheer for each other, write notes of encouragement, and bring each other little gifts or treats at meets. If you swimmers wants to be part of the buddy program (and we highly recommend that everyone participate), please have your swimmer fill out this form and hand it in to the Completed Buddy Form folder by May 31^st. 

First Day of Summer Breakfast | June 3rd
A favorite tradition for kicking off the summer season is our first day of summer practice breakfast! Come before and/or stay after practice for a delicious breakfast and lots of fun! If you're free, please sign up for a shift to help out our first day breakfast coordinators!

Picture Day
Monday, June 10 – arrive between 8am and 10:30am. Please come at whatever time is best for you – but not everyone can come on the later side, so if you can come earlier please do so. (Even if you don’t want to order pictures, please bring your swimmer by to take their photo so it can be compiled into the team photo.) Please see the note below from Home Team Sports (our photographers):

Picture Day OPT-IN Details - 
It's a new kind of picture day! For those that have photographed with us before, this change might be a little different. There is NO PREPAY (yay!), you just need to Opt-In/Subscribe via text message, before picture day. Once pictures are ready for ordering, all those that have opted-in via text will receive the private link and access code to place their orders. All orders are mailed directly to parents' homes.  It's that easy! :)  *Parents/Caretakers MUST opt-in via text to receive the ordering link and SPECIAL PROMOTIONS