Weekly Update - 25 October 2015

Good morning Pinnacle swim & dive!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend :) This is one of my last updates....this week is our last week of mandatory practices and next week is our last week of practice all together for the state qualifiers. This has been a phenomenal season so far and the coaches and I are so glad we have been able to a part of it with you. We have seen so many of you grow as an athlete and as a person of character, and on that note, I will be sharing our character quality of the week in a separate email :)

Notes for the week:

- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: Practices are done at 6:00 pm

- Wednesday is our last mandatory practice as a team. We will be voting for captains on this day, so it's very important that you be there! Captains will be announced at the banquet.

- Thursday, we will be done with practice at 5:45 pm so we can head over to the The Monheit household for our Team Pasta Party!
HELP!!  We are in need of at least 7 more PASTA DISHES and 6 SALADS to feed ALL the athletes for this night!
Please sign up on the attached site :  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e44a9ae2bab9-pasta

- Friday is our District Meet at Moon Valley Country Club. Everyone is attending! Wear your polos!! Please bring your lunch to school and eat there. When the lunch bell rings to go to 6th period, you will go to DIRECTLY to our meeting spot instead. The bus will be leaving at 12:15 pm. I have attached the psych sheet for the meet to this email, as well as a word document that has a list of the athletes that will be swimming (easier to find your name). If your name is not on the list, you do not need to bring your swimming gear, however, you do need to wear your polos and be ready to cheer on your teammates!

- Saturday (Halloween) is the Last Chance Invitational at Brophy's pool: 4701 N. Central Ave. Phx, AZ 85012.  I submitted entries yesterday. Attached is another list of the names of swimmers that are entered in this meet and what they will be doing. Meet warm up starts at 12:00 pm. Meet starts at 1:30 pm. It will be about a two and a half hour meet. Since there are fewer athletes attending this meet, you will be responsible for bringing your own snacks, water, and chair. We will provide the pop-up tarps!

Other notes:
-REMEMBER to RSVP for the Banquet on November 30th
( Please put athlete name and how many guests attending )

Coach Paige

Weekly Update - 18 October 2015

Good afternoon!

This last week was a great week of training! The coaches and I are very proud of how hard you have been working and excited to see the results in the last couple of meets. Wednesday's practice was a fun "mini-meet" and it was nice to see some of you swim events you don't usually get to do!

Our character quality of the week is Attitude! Your attitude determines everything. We only have TWO weeks left of the season (three for those of you attending the state championships)...make the most of it! Bring your BEST effort to every practice and the last couple of meet. Don't complain about sets, what you are swimming in a meet, or all the homework you have to do in one night. Be grateful that you can do all of those things. There are many people your age that don't even know how to swim or have the opportunity to attend one of the top public schools in the state but you do! Have a positive and willing heart this week!

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances." - Thomas Jefferson

Notes for the week:

- Last dual meet of the season is on Tuesday 10/20 @ Chaparral (Cactus Park). Everyone will be swimming/diving. Meet starts at 4:00 pm. Athletes will meet at our usual spot near the gym right after school. Please wear your POLOS to school! This is going to be a very competitive and FUN meet...tell your friends and family to come and support us :)  Afterward, you can go get some dinner together! (see next bullet)

- Kneader' fundraiser: After our meet on Tuesday, go get breakfast for dinner at Kneaders! All you can eat french toast for $5.95! All french toast proceeds will go back to PHS swim & dive!

- Mandatory practice will be on Wednesday this week, 10/21

- District Dive Meet is this Wednesday!! Good luck to our divers! 

Other Reminders:

- Don't forget to sign up for our team pasta party! We need some more pasta for our PASTA party! :) It is next Thursday, 10/29
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e44a9ae2bab9-pasta 

- JUNIORS: We only have two mandatory practices left of the season and it is tradition to do captain speeches at the last one...which is next week! I am letting you know now so that you have time to prepare something, if you would like. In your speech, I recommend including what it means to be a leader and how you plan to lead your team next season. Please keep your speeches to a couple minutes in length since there are so many of you! The rest of the team will vote afterward and we will announce the captains at the team banquet! Please note that if you do not want to be a captain, it is not a requirement that you say a speech!

- DISTRICT swim meet is on Friday, 10/30 at Moon Valley Country Club. Everyone will be attending event though they may not be swimming. We will be leaving school right after lunch (excused from 6th and 7th).

- IMPORTANT: LAST CHANCE INVITE is Oct. 31st. Warm is at 12:00 pm and meet starts at 1:30 pm. This is still an invitational and I can only take a selected amount per each invite but I need to know if any of you WILL NOT be able to attend this meet. Please reply to this email by Wednesday to let me know! Thank you!!

Have a great rest of your Sunday!

Coach Paige 

Good afternoon!

I wanted to start by saying a HUGE thank you to Jacki Tatman, Suzanne Allen, Christi Rosin, Kristen Bolar who helped make our senior meet happen! It was such a special evening for everyone, especially our seniors. Also, thank you to all the parent timers! Lastly, another huge thank you to Ken and Sharon Apel who officiated/scored our senior meet (and our other home meets!). Meets could not happen without all our parent help and we greatly appreciate it!

Meet results: our ladies came away with a win and our men fell short by just a few points! We have one more dual meet left against one of our best competitors, Chaparral. We have a week of rest (no meets) to gear up for it!

Our character quality of the week is Believe; to have a firm conviction about something, accept as true. Having this type of character allows you to be sure of what you hope for and certain of things you cannot see. If we didn't have belief or faith, if we always kept fear of the unknown in our hearts, we wouldn't have our greatest Olympians, our bravest soldiers, our most intelligent surgeons, etc. Being the best athlete or the smartest student does not make you a great individual, it is the process of how you get there, which includes believing in yourself AND showing others how to do the same. Ibelieve that you are capable of having all the great character qualities we have discussed so far and that is why I am so proud to be a Pioneer and a part of this team.

"The ultimate measure of someone is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy." - MLK, Jr. 

Notes for this week:

- NO meet this week. Last dual meet is NEXT Tuesday, October 20th at Cactus Park.

- Practice times are normal. Wednesday is a mandatory practice!

Other reminders:

- District DIVE Meet- Oct. 28th @ PV pool. This date may change...stay tuned.

- Annual Team Pasta Party is Thursday Oct. 29th right after practice. Please sign up to bring an item in the link below:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e44a9ae2bab9-pasta

- District SWIM Meet is Friday Oct. 30th @ Moon Valley Country Club. Not everyone will be competing, but all athletes will be attending. We will be leaving right after lunch, so they will be excused from their 6th and 7th period classes.

- Last Chance SWIM Invite is on Oct. 31st @ Brophy. A selected team will be attending.

Have a great rest of your Sunday!

Coach Paige 

Good morning!

This was a great week for Pinnacle swim and dive. Last Tuesday was a very successful dual meet against Horizon, where the coaches and I witnessed terrific racing. Yesterday's invite at Brophy was even better! The Women came in 2nd behind Chaparral and the Men came in 9th overall. I have the final results attached to this email. We had several swimmers better their times from two weeks ago and some that received automatic qualifying times for state. The coaches are very proud of your hard work over the last month (which includes  A LOT of racing every week). We are looking forward to gearing up for our District Meet at the end of the month that will be another opportunity to qualify for state. We have our senior meet on Wednesday and then we will be able to rest for a couple weeks (no meet until Oct. 20th).

The character quality of the week is Discern. This is a big word, some of you may not have ever heard of or used! To discern means to be able to know and understand why things happen to you and to others; to be insightful. It is recognizing the "how" and "why" in situations. Why did they get their best time? How did they get an A on the test? Why are they so kind? When you ask "how" and "why", you understand the deeper meaning of being a great character (i.e. making good decisions, overcoming pain, being noble, trusting, doing hard work, being obedient, and loving one another, etc...). Be aware of the good and the right you do in your life and why it is the good and the right and then keep acting on it!

"You must first understand something or someone before you can commit to it or them. Little or no understanding means shallow commitment and little cost." - Wade Salem

Notes for this week:

-Tuesday: Mandatory practice 

- Wednesday, Oct. 7th: Senior Meet! We will be celebrating our seniors with a pizza party after the meet. The cost is $5.00. Please bring your money to practice and give it to Casey Allen by TUESDAY!  Parents are welcome to eat with their swimmers for an additional $5.00.  Senior recognition will begin at 3:45 pm.
If you take your athlete home from dual meets, please plan on picking them up @  6:30 pm due to pizza party. The bus will leave @ 6:30 to head back to school.

- Thursday: Practice will be from 4:45-5:45 pm due to the homecoming football game that night. I understand that many of you will be getting ready for the game, however, the coaches still expect you to be there. We only have a few more weeks left in the season and it's very important you attend all the practices. 

Update from Boosters:

** WE NEED HELP FOR OUR  LAST HOME MEET
- timers, runners, set up/take down

-PASTA PARTY will be Thursday 10/29 (night before our district meet) 

Here is a link to sign up for items to bring: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e44a9ae2bab9-pasta 

- GOT PHOTOS  ???   Dropbox: Here is a link to a website where you "drop" (upload) any photos you have been taking throughout the season. There is a folder for this season.https://www.dropbox.com/en/login
 Username: carol.schroedl24@gmail.com Password: PHSSwim14

-BANQUET VOLUNTEERS:  If you can help with any of these, please contact Carol at carol.schroedl24@gmail.com
***someone to gather Senior questionnaire answers for the program, and forward them to me all together. (We have the template saved from last year)
***someone to email senior parents to collect photos of their child for senior slide show. After collected forward them to me unless a senior parent would like to do the senior slide show themselves.

Have a good rest of your weekend!

Coach Paige