First Day of Practice - 2016

Hello! 

Have you been watching the swimming events in Rio!? I have been watching every race since it started, I can't get enough!  The Olympics are such a fun and inspirational time when we get to cheer on team USA. But I'm ready to cheer on my favorite team! 

We start practice on Tuesday at 3:00 pm at PV pool. We will have a bus leaving from Pinnacle around 2:40 pm. If you are taking the bus, we will meet in our "usual spot" the E building (just outside the small gym near the boy's PE locker rooms). The bus will pick us up in the bus lane. 

Practice ends at 4:45 pm and we will be leaving the pool at 4:50 pm to get back to Pinnacle by 5 pm. That means if you would like to change, it must be quick! 

All you need for the first day of practice is a practice suit, cap (if desired), goggles, and plenty of water (bring a big water bottle). Remember you need to have your physical/concussion quiz completed and turned in to be able to swim! I should have a list of people who are cleared thus far sometime tomorrow. 

Our "fit kits" for the team suit are on their way, so you will be able to try on different sizes for our team suit this week. These suits are meant to be worn for meets only (so they last the whole season). I will be sending out the flyer within the next day or so. 

Looking forward to a great season!

Coach Paige

Reminder about physicals

I am getting so excited to see all of you and start my favorite time of the year :) 

Please remember to turn in your physicals to the athletic office (E building) before school starts! If you are are in the student parking lot and looking at the doors that go into the gym, the office will be through those doors and on your left (in front of the weight room). If no one is there, you can drop them off at the front office for the athletic director, Jay Thomas. 

If you are a freshman or a newcomer to Pinnacle, you need to take the brain concussion course/quiz, as well. The link for that is on the same webpage as the physical paperwork. You will need to print a copy of your certificate when completed and attach it to your physical. 

Thank you!

Coach Paige

Swim and Dive Parent / Athlete Meeting 2016 - Tentative Meet Schedule

What: PHS swim & Dive parent/athlete meeting. We will review expectations for the season, special dates, fundraising and fees. 
When: Tuesday, August 16th 
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Where: Pinnacle High School Auditorium 

Things to bring:

•  Your checkbook: You will be able to pay for booster fee and apparel*  

• Snack & Water Donations: If your last name starts with A-L please bring a case of water. If M-Z please bring a snack. Costco sizes usually work bests for both!The athletes love having these items available before and during swim meets every week. Thank you so much for this donation to the team!

* This year we will be offering a few extra PHS swim & dive items for purchase. They will also be part of our fundraising for the season! We will have samples at the meeting for parents and athletes to try different sizes. If you know of any other family members, friends, or neighbors that might want to order an item, you will be able to show them the options beforehand. We will work on getting a flyer put together to share in that first week of school. 

We are are looking forward to a GREAT season! 

Sincerely, 

Your Coaches 

Chaparral had a conflict on Tuesday, October 25th so we have moved our last dual meet to Thursday, October 27th. Every dual meet will be on a Thursday! 

New date to add to fall schedule: Friday, October 21st will be our District Invitational at Moon Valley Country Club. This meet and the dual meets are definite. Again, the other invitationals I listed in my previous email are still tentative. We are still exploring other options for best competition and date, but I wanted to give you an idea of dates so that you could plan ahead! I will have a final schedule ready in time for the parent/athlete meeting within the first week of school. 


The following is a schedule for the fall (invitationals are tentative and will be a selected travel team).  Mark your calendars! 

            Friday, September 2^nd – First Annual Pinnacle Swim & Dive ALUMNI meet :)

            Thursday, September 8^th  - @ Hamilton (Hamilton Aquatic Center)

            Thursday, September 15^th – Home meet vs Boulder Creek 

            Saturday, September 17^th – Wolves Invitational (Chandler High School)

            Thursday, September 22^nd  - @ Desert Mountain (Mcdowell Mountain Ranch)  

            Saturday, September 24^th – Brophy/Xavier Invitational (Brophy College Prep)

            Thursday September 29^th- @ Brophy/Xavier (Brophy College Prep)

            Thursday, October 6^th – Home vs Notre Dame

            *Fri - Sat, October 15^th & 16^th – Cardboard City Event @ Scottsdale Stadium 

            Thursday, October 20^th – Home meet vs Arcadia

            Tuesday October 25^th - @ Chaparral (Cactus Park)

             Saturday, October 29^th – AMDG (Last Chance meet @ Brophy College Prep)

Friday & Saturday, November 4^th - 5^th – AZ Swim & Dive State Championship

June Update

Hello everyone!

I hope your summer has gotten off to a great start! I went up to Greer for a few days last week and the high was in the mid 60's, with thunderstorms. Quite a difference from the blazing triple digits. 

I have a few notes for you to start off your summer:

1) Remember to complete your physicals! Incoming freshman/new athletes need to complete the concussion quiz as well. Here is the link for the paperwork:

http://www.pvschools.net/Page/3184. This is the only thing that needs to be done AND turned in to the Pinnacle athletic office by the first day of school. Fees, meet schedule,etc. will be discussed with the first week of the season.

2) Bus transportation from school will be provided to practice from Pinnacle for those that need it. We will leave school around 2:30 every day to arrive and be ready to get in the pool by 3.  There will be a bus that goes back to school right after practice (no lollygagging).

3) I am really excited about this next note!  One of the goals the coaches and myself have for our team this year is to be more involved with the community service and outreach. Next season we will be partnering with an event called Cardboard City to  "raise awareness & funds for the growing number of homeless families in our community." Part of the event includes collecting hygiene items to make kits for the homeless. This is where we come in!

I have arranged for Pinnacle Swim & Dive to be in charge of collecting SUNSCREEN donations for these kits (I thought it was fitting). On they day of the event they will be building 2000 kits, which means we need to collect 2000 sunscreens!! We will accept all shapes and sizes, the small travel size bottles, sunscreen sticks, etc. So start setting aside any extra bottles you might have lying around and and start spreading the word to your friends, families, and neighbors! Once the season starts, we will have donation boxes to put around school so that it becomes a school wide participation/awareness!

Cardboard City will be an overnight event held at Scottsdale Stadium on October 15th &16th (more information at http://familypromiseaz.org/events/cardboard-city-2016/). Volunteering in the event is optional, however, I would love to see if we could get a group of swimmers, divers, and any other students to represent Pinnacle (as long as there is not an invitational that day). 

Please let me know if you have questions about this!

4) Lastly, to my swimmers and divers, make sure you are training! I know it's hot, but make sure you're staying active by swimming, weight training, running, biking, etc. It is amazing what a couple months of "getting back in shape" will to do to help your results this fall!

Enjoy your summer! 

Coach Paige

Last Update of the Season

Hello!

Here it is, the last season update:

State Championship recap 

Pinnacle swim & dive had a fantastic State Championship meet. We had many personal best times, all-american automatic and consideration qualifying times, new school records, and many top 4 finishes! The girls placed 3rd overall, with Desert Vista only 15 points ahead of us! The boys placed 10th overall with only having a total of 4 boys score (Aaron Apel, Ryan Klein, James Hughes, Matthew Mai in 4 individual races and 2 relays). That is truly incredible!

Scoring Highlights:

Aaron Apel - 3rd place in 500 free (All-American Automatic time and tied his own school record) and 4th in 200 free

Ryan Klein - 4th in 500 free and 6th in 500 free

Boys 200 Free relay - 7th place (Aaron, James, Matthew, Ryan)

Boys 400 Free relay - 11th (Aaron, Matthew, James, Ryan)

Ally Yancy - State Champion in the 100 breast (All-American Automatic Time & school record), as well as 3rd place in the 200 IM 

Hayley Hill - 4th place in 200 free and 500 free

Isabel Whited - 5th place in 200 free and 4th place in 100 fly (New school record!) 

Gabby Lizzul - 8th place in 100 back and 13th in 100 fly 

Grace LaPorte - 11th in 200 free and 12th in 500 free 

Grace Robinson - 10th place in 100 back 

Girls 200 Medley relay - 5th place (Grace R, Ally, Gabby, Zoe Rosin) 

Girls 200 Free relay - 3rd place (Isabel, Zoe R, Hayley, Grace L)

Girls 400 Free relay - 3rd place (Grace L, Hayley, Ally, Isabel) 

Congratulations to the following athletes who also qualified for state and had the opportunity to compete: Emily Fitzgerald, Kennedy Forbes, Zoe Rosin, Paris Wierenga, Jessica Williams, Steele Forbes, Samuel Bolar, Ryan Neill, Jack Oebker.

And a BIG thank you to all our State Alternates (Blake, Hunter, Max, Kelsie, Jessie, and Casey) that came and supported the team by carrying equipment, counting, cheering their hearts out! :)

The coaches are so proud of everyone's efforts throughout the season. We enjoyed watching you reach your goals and can't wait to help you reach new ones next season. Most importantly, we loved seeing you grow in character by being decisive, an overcomer, noble, trustworthy, hardworking, obedient, loving, kind and great at discerning. You consistently believed in yourselves and had positiveattitudes along the way. That's what makes us one of the best teams in the state! DON'T HOLD BACK! 

Thank you for an absolutely incredible season. I feel so blessed to have worked with such talented student-athletes, wonderful coaches, and supportive parents. I can't wait to see everyone at the banquet on Monday, Nov. 30th. If you have RSVP'd please do so at the link below:

http://www.evite.com/event/0370VE7OYAFNM4WRYEPFO2WEWF4VLE?gid=02E5IGMD3GORZYWMUEPFPBLXU5QRCE&utm_campaign=view_invitation_button&utm_medium=email&utm_source=GUEST_INVITE_EVENT
Checks can be brought to Mrs. LaPorte in Administration ($26 pp / athletes already paid for). Need to be received by Nov 20.  

Also, if you have pictures from this season, please put them in the dropbox for the slideshow!
.https://www.dropbox.com/en/login

Username: carol.schroedl24@gmail.com

Password: PHSSwim14

See you soon,

Coach Paige 

Update 1 November 2015

Hello!

First, I want to say GREAT JOB to everyone that swam at the district meet and the last chance invitational yesterday. The last couple of weeks are my favorite time of the season because I see so many of you reaching your goals after putting in a lot of hard work throughout the season with having such wonderful attitudes. I look forward to watching those that qualified for states this next weekend represent Pinnacle in the best possible way, as a great athlete and a person of character!

Practice this week for all state swimmers:

Monday - Wednesday: 4-5 pm 

Thursday: 5-6 pm ALL athletes attending state MUST be at this practice. We will do a meet warm up and practice relay starts. We will also be going over details for the weekend. I can't wait :)
**If you're not swimming at state, you are still more than welcome to join us for a good workout!

Entries for the State Championships are due at 5:00 pm tonight. Afterward the AIA will be working on the final psych sheet. I will send out a final list of those swimmers that will be attending state on Friday and Saturday as soon as I get it!

State swimmers will be released from class at 11:00 am on Friday. ONLY those athletes are allowed on the bus. We encourage all swimmers to come and cheer on their fellow teammates in the stands (not allowed on deck without a pass). The meet is at Skyline High School (845 S Crismon Rd, Mesa, AZ 85208). Their is a $5 fee to get in (for students with ID) and $10 for non-students. The meet will start at 2:30 pm on both Friday (prelims) and Saturday (finals, top 16 in each event).

Boosters has organized a way for state swimmers to order a Jimmy John's lunch on Friday. It will be delivered at 11:00 am (when you get out of class). We will leave school at 11:30 am so that you have time to eat that lunch. You are welcome to brown bag if you wish (but make sure it is healthy and substantial!) ONLY STATE swimmers are welcome to order. PLEASE  DO NOT ORDER DRINKS! Lastly, be sure to put YOUR NAME on the order where it says "who wants it?". Here is the link where you can order:
https://online.jimmyjohns.com/#/addtogrouporder/175122742/zEd2YG1i/klaporte@pvlearners.net 

News from Boosters:

1.  Remember to RSVP for the Banquet:
http://www.evite.com/event/0370VE7OYAFNM4WRYEPFO2WEWF4VLE?gid=02E5IGMD3GORZYWMUEPFPBLXU5QRCE&utm_campaign=view_invitation_button&utm_medium=email&utm_source=GUEST_INVITE_EVENT
Family monies ( $26 pp / athletes paid for ) need to be received by Nov 20.  Bring checks to Mrs. LaPorte in Administration

2.  Got Photos ??? - share them at the banquet!  Upload to our drop box:
.https://www.dropbox.com/en/login

Username: carol.schroedl24@gmail.com

Password: PHSSwim14

3.  To honor our outgoing seniors and give them a great send-off, we are putting together a senior slide show for our banquet and need a few pictures of your senior from younger years till present.
 **Please send your pictures and answers to my email,  NOT to the shared Drop Box to avoid confusion.
carol.schroedl24@gmail.com
 If you have any questions, please feel free to email!

GO PIONEERS! 

Coach Paige 

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