Hello Wahoo's! We are off to a great start for this season! Here are a few important reminders:

•  NO parents are allowed on the swim team deck during swim team practice. The pools opens at 11:30- prior to that ALL parents should be outside of the gate. Please do not try to talk with the coaches while they are coaching. You may speak with them before practice begins or after it ends but not during practice. This is for the children's safety! 

• Each age group has an assigned parent representative. These parents are all swim team veterans and can help answer many of your questions, so please consider them your first point of contact. If they cannot assist you, please see me or any of the board members. (contacts are listed on the website)

•  At least one parent from each family is expected to work at every meet. To sign up to help at the meet, please visit the team website, and click on "swim meets" on the left hand side, and then choose "volunteer" to choose a job, then enter your email address. If you are new to swim team, this would be a great time to talk to your parent rep about what to volunteer for! 

• You MUST let the coaches know in advance if your child is or is not swimming in the meet. This is essential because it is a lot of work to set up the meets, and if your child does not show up and is expected then it is an administrative nightmare to rework relay teams and order of swimmers. I know many people are traveling so PLEASE be sure to RSVP to the meets. The easiest way to do this is to click on "swim meets" on the website, and then click RSVP for the specific meet. Once you enter your email, it will list all of your swimmers and you reply for each of them, in case you have some swimming and some not. Please do this by tomorrow afternoon for both the Intersquad and the Concord Hills meet. If you do not do this on the website, there will a sign in/out sheet at the pool as well.

• Every summer we ask each family to donate something to the concession stand. This is an easy fundraiser for the team, and with only 3 home meets, we need as many donations as possible. Please see the concession sign-up listed with the Maryville/Alcoa swim meet or if you'd like to just make a $10 donation to concessions that would be great too! i. Homemade treats like rice krispie bars, puppy chow mix, and cookies are always welcome, just please bag individually for resale.