OVERCOME 
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”- Bear Grylls
 (one of my favorite authors/"celebrities")  

A couple notes mid-week updates: 

FEES DUE FRIDAY!! ONLY 23 SPORTS FEES HAVE BEEN PAID 

KRISPY KREME FUNDRAISER STARTS TONIGHT !!!

1.  5 KK Value cards will be passed out to each athlete.
2.  They will initial the roster to show that they picked 
up the cards (no  charge to athletes upfront) .

3.  EACH  card will be sold for $20.

4.  $100 ( or unsold cards ) need to be returned to a 
Captain or Mrs. LaPorte
( college & career center, admin building )

     *** Coaches cannot accept monies

5.  Athletes are RESPONSIBLE  for the cards and money.  
The Booster club will not pay for any lost cards.

6.  DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPT 16

7.  We need 100% participation!!  SELL THOSE DONUTS !!

-SAVE THE DATE:  FRIDAY, SEPT 4
BBQ/ SWIM PARTY AT CAPTAIN GRACE'S HOUSE
AFTER PRACTICE
Details to follow

-T-SHIRT PARTY this Saturday @ Aviano Community Park, 12:30 pm

Bring $5 (for tshirt and food) to practice tonight and give to captains

See everyone this afternoon!

Coach Paige

Weekly Update 8/23/2015

Hello!

Last week was a great week of hard work, camaraderie, and decisiveness. The coaches and I even saw some athletes keeping each other accountable for making the right choices. THAT is what makes Pinnacle swim & dive one of the best teams in the state. This week's character quality (CQ) is Overcome. It is how we respond in tough times. I think we have all had moments where we want to give up or "throw in the towel", but when we learn to overcome those challenges we build perseverance, character and hope. We begin to understand how rewarding the successes are because were able to finish strong, be tenacious, and have grit...true grit! 

This week, if you face adversity, don't give up. Have the strength to overcome! 

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed." - Booker T Washington 

Weekly Housekeeping:

• Team FEES are due THIS FRIDAY, Sept. 28th! 1) $200 Sport fee (AIA) on the school webstore or in finance office. 2) Please see the attached form for booster fee. $125 for everyone plus any extra items (polos, extra t-shirts for family). Booster checks can be given to Mrs. LaPorte in her office (College & Career center).

•  Athletes: please send or give me your t-shirt sizes (and polo size for all newcomers) by this WEDNESDAY. I need to send in the order so we have them ready by our first meet! 

•  Parents: if you would like a team t-shirt please indicate on the form (family t-shirt) what size and how many and include that in your check for boosters.  Also, please remember to volunteer for senior night, the banquet, and end of season pasta party! Use the google doc or you can let me know.

• ANNUAL T-SHIRT MAKING PARTY!

               - When: THIS SATURDAY, August 28th at 12:30 pm
               - Where: It will be held at Aviano Community Park Phoenix, AZ 85050 (located near Wildfire Elementary School).
               - Cost: $5 (for t-shirts & food) The captains will be collecting money at practice throughout the week.

• Lastly, I attached part of the parent packet, in case you lose the hard copy!

Coach Paige

Parent Meeting Update

Hello!

Thank you all so much for attending the meeting last night in the heat! I hope you all had questions answered; if not, please send me or any of the coaches an email for clarification! I do have a few notes from the boosters:

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS OF WATER & SNACKS !!!!

( We will be using those for dual meets and invites )

1.  TANKS are still available  $10 ea   ( 3 XL and 11 M  )

2.  VOLUNTEER JOBS - We need HELP !!
     A. Senior Recognition Night 10/17
     B. Pot Luck Pasta Party 10/29
     C. Banquet ( THANK YOU to Carol Schroedl for chairing, but she needs help )

     D.  Home Dual Meets - 9/17 and 10/7

Please sign up on google docs or email Coach Paige

3.  FUNDRAISING
     A.  Krispy Kreme value cards ( 8/26 - 9/22 )
     B.  Waffle Love Truck 9/17 ( tell your friends to come cheer on your athletes and grab  a waffle )
     C.  Tax Credit to PHS Swim & Dive

4.  FEES OWED
     A.  $200 TO AIA IN FINANCE OFFICE STARTING MONDAY
     B.  $125 BOOSTER FEE TO MRS. LAPORTE STARTING WEDNESDAY ( students can bring check to Mrs. LaPorte's office in admin )
**Clarification to Tax Credit:  Your $200 AIA fee CAN be used for tax credit, however, it does not apply to the PHS Swim & Dive Fund
Options:  $200 to AIA/ tax credit and exhaust your other $200 TC to PHS Swim & Dive  OR.... $200 to AIA and then an additional $400 TC ( married ) to PHS Swim & Dive

 THANK YOU FOR PAYMENT:  Allen, Apel, Apel, Bearup, Bolar, Defoe, Distler, Dowd, Hughes, Kelly, Lauinger, Mai, Monheit, Neill, Nel, Porco, Ressa, Roberson, Robinson, Rosin, Schlossmach, Terese, Walker, Williams, Yancy

5.  ALL FEES ARE  DUE BY FRIDAY, 8/28 (  no payment will mean not getting a suit or participating in the first meet )

Thank you for being an amazing group of Pioneers!

Coach Paige 

Parent Volunteers for Swim and Dive and Weekly Update 8/16/2015

Hi Parents!

I have put together a google doc that contains descriptions of each of the volunteer positions we need help with this season.

Please sign up below each one before Wednesday. In case you cannot access google docs, I have attached the word file for you to view. I will print them off on Wednesday afternoon before the parent meeting so you can hand sign them.

1) Senior Recognition.
This happens on the last home dual meet of the season. We need a group of parents to help make t​​his night special for them!

2) Pot Luck Pasta Party.
Date is TBD but this event is one of the athletes favorite parts of the season!

3) Banquet.
We need a parent volunteer to head the banquet committee. I can provide information on past banquets to help make the process smoother. But we will need many parent volunteers to help make this night possible!

4) Lastly, we have TWO home dual meets in which we will need help with timing and set up/clean up.

Your help throughout the season is very much appreciated! It allows for the athletes to make memories and have you be an integral part of their activities!

Good evening!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. The coaches were extremely impressed on how the first week of practice went. We loved seeing the hard work, camaraderie, and high energy! On Wednesday, we talked about not only becoming a better athlete but developing character qualities to be a better son/daughter, sibling, student, teammate, and friend. DON'T HOLD BACK! This week we will be focusing on being Decisive. Be smart! Making the right choices is important in your academics, athletics and relationships. Wisdom leads to good decision making. You gain wisdom from your parents, teachers, and coaches; be mindful of what they have to share. They believe in you and want to see you succeed. Think about those things and integrate them into your daily lives!

Notes for this week:

PARENT/ATHLETE meeting this Wednesday after practice (6:30 pm).
Please bring check book and water/snack.
If your last name starts with A-L: a case of water for dual meets
If your last name starts with M-Z: a box of snacks for dual meets, preferably the Costco size (i.e. nature valley bars, fruit snacks, pretzels, granola bars, etc.)

Please DO NOT bring these items to another practice or to my room. They will be going to the equipment room in the E building.

Make sure you are bringing plenty of water/gatorade to practice to stay hydrated!!

UPCOMING SAVE THE DATES:

August 29th: t-shirt party
September 2nd: Picture Day
September 3rd: 1st dual meet!

"The choices you made yesterday are who you are today, and the choices you make today will determine who you will become tomorrow." - Wade Salem

Coach Paige

Friday Practice

We will be done with practice early, around 6:00 pm.

A couple of things before we approach the end of the week:

1. To my lady athletes: please no bikini's at practice, dual meets, or invites. Thank you!

2. SAVE THE DATE: Team T-Shirt Party will be on Saturday August 29th! This is a great time to get to know your teammates, make t-shirts for the season, and have some fun! More details to come in the next update.

3. MANDATORY PARENT/ATHLETE MEETING is this Wednesday, August 19th right after practice (6:30 pm).
Please bring a check book and your designated snack or water.
If your last name starts with A-L: a case of water for dual meets
If your last name starts with M-Z: a box of snacks for dual meets, preferably the costco size (i.e. nature valley bars, fruit snacks, pretzels, granola bars, etc.)

Coach Paige

Welcome Back!

Happy first day of school! Looking forward to hearing all about it!

A couple of notes before this afternoon:

- Please turn in your athletics packets AT SCHOOL to Nancy Katz in the E building (her office is on the east side, next to the weight room and small gym). Again, you cannot get in the water unless these are turned in. Thank you!

- There is no transportation (bus) to and from practice. Everyone arrives to the pool at 4:45 on their own. Carpools are great!

- This afternoon, please bring your practice suit, goggles, cap, and A WATER BOTTLE

- Team suits: This year we are not doing a "suit fitting" day. I have a "fit kit" provided by East Valley Sports will all suit sizes. This week, the coaches and I will be asking all athletes to try them on and provide us your size. I will be submitting the suit order by the end of the weekend! 

- Reminder: the parent/athlete meeting is next Wednesday, August 19th, after practice (6:30 pm) at the pool 

For club athletes: I would like as many of you to be at today's practice as possible...I will have two special introductions :) Mandatory practices are Wednesdays. 

See you soon!

Coach Paige 

IMPORTANT swim/dive reminders!

Hello!

Just wanted to send a reminder that these three things need to be done BEFORE Monday afternoon:

1) Athletic paper MUST be cleared through Nancy Katz before you attend practice or else you WILL NOT be able to participate. Nancy's office is in the E building on the east side (by the weight room). Go before school, at lunch, or after school to drop it off. I will be given an official list on Monday afternoon before practice. 

2) Remember to sign up for Remind Me 101! Last year there was a monsoon on the first day of practice and it was cancelled. This will be the best way for me to immediately contact all athletes/parents if it were to happen again. I attached instructions to sign up.

3) Parents, please make sure you have a gmail account so that I can share certain documents with you (i.e. meet sign up sheets, banquet sign up, fundraising, senior night, pasta party, etc.). Email me with your gmail address and I will do a trial run sometime next week.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday!!
Practice time: 4:45pm - 6:30 pm, location: PV Pool.

Coach Paige 

Swim/Dive Update 22 July 2015

Hello!
I hope everyone has been enjoying last minute summer vacations and had some time to do a little relaxing before we all start school in just a few weeks. I have a few notes:

• Thank you to all of you that showed up to dryland the last three weeks. It was awesome to start the season off with hard work and dedication! For the many of you that were not able to make it, I hope that you have been staying conditioned and are ready for training on August 10th! It's going to be a GREAT season! 
• I attached a "new" tentative meet schedule. All athletes will be attending the dual meets (weekdays) but the invites (weekends) will be a selected team based on academic performance, meet performance, and attendance. These are the state qualifying meets. **Please note that some of the dual meets are subject to change because of scheduling conflicts (they are noted on the calendar) . The AIA went through a new process of creating the master schedule this year and there are a few things that need some tweaking. 
• Our mandatory parent/athlete meeting will be WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH at the pool, right after our practice (around 6:30 pm). It will only take about 20-30 minutes to review expectations, fees, dates, etc. If you are new to the team, the coaches and I would be happy to stay a little longer and talk more details. I will go over fees closer to the start of the season but keep in mind that ALL (booster & AIA) will be due by August 28th. 

What to bring to the meeting:
If your last name starts with A-L:
a case of water for dual meets
 If your last name starts with M-Z:
a box of snacks for dual meets, preferably the costco size (i.e. nature valley bars, fruit snacks, pretzels, granola bars, etc.)

Lastly, I would like to congratulate the following swimmers that received All America standings in their events from last season. All-America rankings are the top 100 performances in every event across the country, from the 2014-2015 high school season.
Ally Yancy - 100 breast - 44th
Aaron Apel - 500 free - 42nd
Sam Fazio - 50 free - 47th
Sam Fazio, Ally Yancy, Zoe Rosin, Julie Gibson - 200 medley relay - 37th
Julie Gibson, Hayley Hill, Sam Fazio, Victoria Toris - 400 free relay - 30th

The coaches and I are really looking forward to this season and excited to see all of you continue to become better athletes and students! We can't wait for the Pioneer Swim/Dive family to be back together again! 

Coach Paige

July Update

Hello!!

I hope each of you have been having a most wonderful summer.  I can't believe it's already July! My family and I went to Indiana to be a part of my sister's wedding…I officially have a brother! I bought my first home and have been in the process of moving in. Lastly, a wonderful man named Erin asked me to marry him about a month ago and we will be getting married at the end of the year!

The coaches and I will be running dryland, at Pinnacle, for a few weeks (Monday - Thursday 4:00-5:00) to start getting you back in shape. I may extend the time slot next week (10-15 minutes). Please meet inside the E building (through the doors closest to student parking lot).

I have a TENTATIVE dual meet/invite schedule that I have on the attached calendar. The AIA will be sending out a final dual meet schedule sometime this summer. I wanted to share these dates with you so that you have a little bit of a heads up. I will have a final one at the parent/athlete meeting during the first week of school. I will also review expectations, fees (tax credit option), parent volunteers, and important dates.

For those of you that are new, there will be TWO fees. One will be $200 to AIA that can be paid online or in the school bookstore AFTER I turn in an official roster. The second will be our team booster fee (TBD) which will include athletes team suits, caps, t-shirts, meet entry fees and banquet fees.  You must provide your own practice suit, goggles, and caps.

Please make sure you have completed the athletic packets for clearance and that you have ALL signatures. These will be turned in at walk-thru or the first day of practice. If you do not have them completed, you cannot get in the water. If you are an incoming freshman, be sure to take the concussion quiz as well and print out the certificate. http://www.pvschools.net/Page/3184 

Lastly, instead of having multiple forms to fill out and collect throughout the season, I would like to start using google drive and "share" certain documents (sign up sheets, etc.). Every athlete has a pvlearners account and has access to google drive, but if there is any parent that does not have a gmail account, I would recommend getting one and letting me know the address so I can add it to my list!

Thank you and see you soon! 

Coach Paige 

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Ms. Paige LaPorte, M.Ed
Intro to Chemistry & Conceptual Physics Teacher

Head Coach, Swim & Dive 

Pinnacle High School

Hello again!

In my email a few weeks ago, I believe I attached last years physical packet...the PVUSD website has the new 2015-2016 packet posted (see links). Also, along with your physical packet, please don't forget to fill out the following:

- Release form for an away contest

- Student release form practice (for those athletes that drive themselves to practice)

- Pre-season, release of liability form (for those that will be doing dryland this summer, hopefully everyone!)

The athletic office is really hoping a majority of physical paperwork will be done before school ends this year so that it will make for a smooth process of being cleared in the fall. 

Just a reminder...

Summer dryland schedule:
The coaches and I will be running a weights/dryland workout for several weeks in July to start getting back in shape and to enjoy time with teammates! This will be Monday-Thursday at Pinnacle in the weight room (E building). The dates and times for this are:
7/6-7/9 4-5:30 pm
7/13-7/16 4-5:30 pm
7/20-7/23 4-5:30 pm

Fall practice time:
Swim: 4:45-6:30 pm
PVUSD Dive: 3:30-5:00 pm
Both located @ PV pool (40th st and Union Hills)
Meet schedule TBD

http://www.pvschools.net/Page/3184