Weekly Update - September 28, 2014

Hello!

“Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens. Not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst…a spark that creates extraordinary results.” – Unknown 

I hope everyone had a GREAT and well deserved 4-day weekend! It should have been a great time to relax and refresh for this last month or so of high school swimming and diving. Despite both losses at Boulder Creek on Thursday, everyone still had great swims in what may have been their “off” events. I have a few things to remind you of for the upcoming week. 

Brophy/Xavier Invite on Saturday, October 4^th:

First of all, wishing our divers the best of luck, who will be competing in the invite on Friday!

For swimmers, please arrive at school on Saturday at 6:25 am. It will be warm again on Saturday so please bring lots of water, snacks, sunscreen, and a chair. You can bring a fast suit to wear but remember to bring your team suit to warm up in. The coaches saw some great racing at the Wolves invite, so let’s continue to keep in that race mode! We should be done by mid afternoon.  

The following is a list of those participating on Saturday:

Mitch  Steele Noah James Ethan Ryan K Ryan N Aaron Mike Blake Hunter Jake Alex Sam B Danny T Scott Cole Sam F.

Sam F. Ally Gabby Zoe R. Isabel Hayley Megan Jess Kelsie Samara Lexi R. Grace L. Paris Zoe H. Kennedy Grace R. Faith Katrina

Parents:  bleachers are limited with no shade. $5 admission fee. Also, we will need a few parents to help volunteer with timing. I have created a sign up table below, by hour, so that one parent doesn’t have to sit there the entire meet. Please hit “reply all” to this email so that everyone can see the current sign up sheet. Thank you for all your help and support!

Hour	Parent Timer
9-10 am
10-11 am
11-12pm
12-1 pm
1- to end of meet

Other things to know for this week:

• Practice TIME CHANGE just for TOMORROW, Monday Sept 29^th from 4:45-6:15 pm.

• We will do dryland Tuesday and Thursday this week

• Mandatory practice on Wednesday (as usual)! I have another fun circuit planned that will continue to spread us out and allow you to maximize your quality of work, as well as gain team camaraderie :) 

•  NO dual meet this week!

 See you on deck tomorrow!

Coach Paige

Weekly Update - September 21, 2014

Hello!

I have a plethora of information to share today but first I would like to say how proud the coaches are of everyone for their hard work and Pioneer spirit! We had two very successful meets this week! Thursday, the girls won against Arcadia and the boys had some great swims! Congratulations to both of our divers for winning each of their events!

Yesterday was the Wolves Invitational in Chandler and despite the hot and muggy weather, we had some PHENOMENAL swims from everyone. This was a qualifying meet for the high school state championships and there were many automatic and consideration times swam. Our divers Kaitlyn and Blaise, both qualified for state this week too! I am still waiting for final team scores. We have three more opportunities for athletes to qualify for state and a lot more work ahead of us including improving our technique and race strategies. Looking forward to another great month of racing!

HOUSEKEEPING:

Mandatory practice change to TOMORROW (Monday) due to the holiday weekend. We will practice from 6:30-8 pm.

Reminder: dual meet on TUESDAY this week against Boulder Creek in Anthem. Everyone will be traveling and we will be meeting in the usual place after school. Wear your polos!

We will have practice Wednesday but NO PRACTICE this Thursday or Friday. Enjoy your four-day weekend!

Parent volunteers needed for senior recognition night (Oct 16^th) and banquet (TBD). Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks!

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

Practice change for Monday, September 29^th. We will be practicing from 4:45-6:00 pm.

NO PRACTICE, Friday October 10^th, which is the homecoming football game.

Thursday, October 16^th, last home dual meet (Senior night)

Wednesday October 22^nd, from 6-8 pm, Pasta party (no practice)

Thursday, October 23^rd, last dual meet at Notre Dame.

Friday, October 24^th, PVUSD meet, time TBD (most likely after school)

On a last thought, 

“Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt.  

Have a great week :)

Coach Paige

Fundraising

Fellow Parents/Boosters:

We have done a great job of getting all the dues in.  The season has started strong in and out of the pool.

We did budget for more fundraising than has developed so far, however.  The consequence will be that any shortfall in that area will simply reduce the scholarship funds available for graduating seniors.  Hopefully, Captain Mike Headley's attached note below can inspire and inform more activity before the season winds down in November.

Thanks as usual for your support.

Todd LaPorte
Treasurer




Dear Parents,
On behalf of the team captains, I would like to thank you for being supportive and helpful at our swim meets! I know the swimmers all love it when they have friends and family show up to cheer them on! 
I also wanted to touch base with you about fundraising. As captains of the swim team, we are responsible for raising money for the team to cover certain costs that arise throughout the year. Normally we host fundraiser at restaurants, which we will still be doing, but they normally are modest in their results for the team. So as I talked about at the beginning of the year meeting, there is the way to donate to get deductions for your taxes. Anything would help the team out to making this a better year than any other! If you have any more questions about donating just send an email to Treasurer Todd LaPorte and we will help you the best we can!
Thank you, 
Michael Headley 

Weekly Update 9/14/2014

Good afternoon!

We have our 3^rd dual meet against Aracdia High School on Thursday. It is at El Dorado Pool which is located near Thomas and Miller (2301 N. Miller Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85257).  Again, everyone will be traveling to this meet but not everyone will be swimming. We will meet in the usual location. Please wear your polos to school! Make sure you bring your swim stuff because we will warm up together (hopefully we won’t be late this time!). Also, the coaches would like to see more spirit and enthusiasm during the meet, while your teammates are competing.

This Saturday, we have our first swimming invitational in Chandler. Divers will be competing during the week. We wish the best of luck to Kaitlyn and Blaise! The following swimmers will be attending the meet on Saturday:

Aaron

Katrina

Sam Bolar

Alex

Lexi C.

Blake

Craig

Kennedy

Steele

Julie

Hayley

Mike

James

Noah

Megan

Ryan K

Kelsie

Grace L.

Faith

Gabby

Scott

Ryan N

Lexi R.

Grace R.

Zoe R.

Danny

Mitch

Victoria

Jake

Isabel

Paris

Jessica

Ally

Austin

Cole

Sam Francis

Sam Fazio

Please meet at the school at 5:45 am. It is going to be a VERY long & hot day. Come prepared with the following: a chair, a to-go breakfast (if you don’t want to eat when you wake up), water/Gatorade, brown bag lunch, lots of snacks and sunscreen. There will be a snack bar so bring cash as well! You may bring a racing suit, as long as it is FINA approved (we can ask an official). Also, no bikinis and no deck changing. Meet starts at 9:00 AM and probably won’t finish until late afternoon. Parents, if you would like to attend (highly recommended), it is located at Chandler High School.

Other reminder: progress reports come out this week and I will be checking grades. If you need any help, please come me and I will help you or direct you to someone who can. Academics come first! 

We are having an EXCELLENT season so far. The coaches are seeing small (or big) improvements every week! This week’s meets are a chance to set the tone for the state championships in November. Have fun and be confident in your abilities to compete like you never have before! Your coaches and your team believe in you! Go Pioneers!

Coach Paige

Weekly Update 9/7/2014

Hello!

We had a great meet last Thursday with a win for both the girls and boys. Your coaches saw great effort and some exciting personal bests! A shout out to our divers, Kaitlyn and Blaise, for placing 1^st and 2^nd, respectively! A HUGE thank you to all the parents who volunteered to time, set up, and clean up. You are very much appreciated!

Reminders for the week:

The rest of the apparel and caps will be coming this week. The coaches will pass them out on Wednesday.

PICTURE DAY is this Wednesday, September 10^th. Please arrive around 5:30 pm to take individual pictures. We will take the team picture after those have finished. Remember to wearyour team suit!!

The Brophy/Xavier dual meet is this Thursday at Brophy/Xavier. Again, the team will meet in the gym right after school. Wear your polos to school! We probably won’t arrive back to school until 6:30 or 7 pm (depending on traffic), so please make sure you are planning ahead with your homework. The whole team will be travelling to this meet, even though there are a limited number of spots for competition. The coaches are very excited to have the entire team there to support one another and represent the Pioneer family! This is going to be a very special dual meet because Brophy and Xavier have been great competitors for the past several years. Thursday will also be a good gauge of where we are at and what we still have to do to prepare for the rest of the season leading up to the state championships.

Parents, if you would like to attend, here is the address:

Brophy Aquatics Facility, 4701 N. Central Ave, Phx, Az 85012 (The aquatics facility is located in the NE corner of our campus)

Lastly, remember attendance is an important factor in getting better and establishing our line-ups for meets.

Looking forward to another great week! Go Pioneers!

Coach Paige

Weekly Update 9/1/2014

Hello!

It’s an exciting week for Pinnacle Swim & Dive! We have our first dual meet against Paradise Valley High School on Thursday!  The entire team will meet in the gym (E building) hallway and leave together right after school (around 2:30 pm). We will have snacks and water waiting for them before they board the bus. We should be arriving at the pool for warm up no later than 3:00 pm. We will be selling smoothies from Tropical Smoothie Café for $3.00, so invite your friends, family and neighbors to enjoy a smoothie and the first meet of the season!

Thank you to all those parents that volunteered to help with our home meets. The following are signed up for Thursday:

Lane 1: Sara Elich & ?? (Could not read handwriting)

Lane 2: Michele Sapero

Lane 3: Ken Reinstien

Lane 4: Nancy Lizzul & Tara Lauinger

Lane 5: Michele Fazio

Lane 6: Amber Kelly & Cheryl Johnson

• We still need a few more timers so that we have 2 per lane.

• Carol Schroedl has volunteered to help set up. If we could get one or two more to help with that, it would be much appreciated!

• Ken Apel will be our official for both meets, thank you! I will need someone to help with the score sheet (Ken or I can give you a quick run down before the meet starts).  

• Lastly, we need a runner to pick up timing sheets throughout the meet for the scorer.

If you are interested, please reply to this email. Again, the coaches and athletes are so grateful for all the parent support!

Reminder: Buses will be taking athletes back to school from the pool. However, if you plan on taking your athlete home from the meet on Thursday, you need to have a release form signed and turned into me beforehand. I attached a copy for you to print or you can find them on the Pinnacle athletics page. 

This WEDNESDAY: We are planning on receiving our t-shirts, caps, and swim suits by Wednesday, so if you can, please be there 15-20 minutes early (6:15ish), so that I can begin passing them out in an orderly fashion. Divers, you can either come back to pick them up or I can put them aside to give to you on Thursday.

Happy Labor Day! I hope you enjoyed the long weekend.

Go Pioneers!

Coach Paige