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