Tryouts/Blue and Gold Meet information for October 3

The Blue and Gold Meet will be held on Monday, October 3. This meet will also be the tryouts for the Skyline Swim Team. The pool will be open for warmups at 2:45pm. The meet will start at 3:15pm. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. Come and cheer loudly!

The swimmers have been divided into Blue and Gold teams by the 6 captains. Each swimmer should have told the captains what events they would like to swim. The captains will make the meet lineup and we hope for great performances from all swimmers.

Blue and Gold Meet Events
4x50 Medley Relay
100 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
(10 minute break)
50 Butterfly
100 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
4x25 Freestyle Relay
50 Backstroke
50 Breaststroke
4x50 Freestyle Relay

For your information, high school meets always have the same events in the same order. Dual meets will usually last about 90 minutes. Meets with multiple teams take longer.

High School Meet Events
4x50 Medley Relay
200 Individual Medley
200 Freestyle
50 Freestyle
(10 minute break)
100 Butterfly
100 Freestyle
500 Freestyle
4x50 Freestyle Relay
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
4x100 Freestyle Relay

Team pictures October 6

The Skyline Swim Team will take team pictures on Thursday, October 6, beginning at 2:30pm. Freshmen should come to Skyline as quickly as possible to participate in the team pictures.

Team pictures will be available for purchase. You can also purchase an individual picture of your swimmer.

Mandatory swim fees now available

The Mandatory Swim fees are now available on student accounts for payment. These fees must be paid before tryouts on Monday, October 3.

You can access these fees either thru your account at the Skyline webstore or by going to the Skyline front office to pay in person.

Optional Gear

Optional gear is available for purchase thru an online store with Aquaholics. The store will be open till October 7 and then it will close. The link is http://skyline.shopaquaholics.biz. Optional gear is exactly that—completely optional. You do not need to purchase anything from this online store unless you choose to do so. 

Items available for purchase include Tyr warmup pants that match the team jacket, girls leggings, socks, sweatshirt, shorts, long sleeve t-shirt, personalized caps, personalized large Speedo gear bag, fins, and paddles.

Personalized silicone caps can be purchased thru the online store. If you choose to purchase personalized caps, they come as a pair of two. The total price for the two caps will be $16.50. Remember, no nicknames. Only first or last names are acceptable.

You can also purchase a silicone cap with no name for $7.50. This is a single cap.

The online store allows the purchase of one item at a time. Follow the steps/instructions below for purchases.

1.  Place order for one item at a time.

2.  Remember to put your name as you want it to appear in Capital letters in the SHIPPING section.

3.  For second item, it will say " Check your inbox to confirm order

4.  In the email it will say confirm purchase button, or redirect to payment

5.  Two caps come with 1 order, remember no nicknames.

Parent update Sept 19

Welcome to Skyline Swimming. You should plan to receive regular email updates from the Booster Club. You can also go to our team website (www.skylineswimming.org) or blog (http://skylineswimboosterclub.blogspot.com) for information.

Team tryouts: Team tryouts will be held October 3 as the Blue and Gold Meet. Each swimmer will be able to compete in events they are interested in swimming. Coach Joe has chosen the meet events and the captains will help him choose swimmers to compete in each events. After the meet, Coach Joe will add swimmers at his discretion to the existing Varsity roster. The existing Varsity roster includes all swimmers who competed in the 2016 4A State Championship Meet. As soon as we know the start time for the meet we will email you. It will take place between 2:30-4:30pm, but the start has not been determined. Coach Joe will hold a meeting afterwards in the school cafeteria. Swimmers must complete Register My Athlete including a physical exam and pay mandatory fees before competing in tryouts.

Register My Athlete: This is the online registration system Skyline for all athletic programs. Go to Register My Athlete to begin the process.

Mandatory fees: Mandatory fees will be paid directly to Skyline once the school bookkeeper has added them to the student accounts. These fees include team participation, transportation, uniform (cap, t-shirt, jacket, suit, gear bag). The class (1A/1B) fee has already been added to the accounts. Parents can pay the fees thru the webstore or by coming into the front office. You will receive an email from the Booster Club once the mandatory fees have been added to the student accounts.

Swim suit sizes, t-shirt sizes, jacket sizes, cap: The swimmers have already turned in their swim suit sizes. We will have jackets for swimmers to try on during the 1A/1B class period today and tomorrow. There is no form to turn in for these items. Each swimmer will receive 1 latex Block S cap as part of their team uniform.

Booster Club Membership: The Booster Club supports Coach Joe and the Skyline Swim Team. We provide bus treats, Saturday breakfasts, meet timers and officials, social events, dinners, team banquet, etc. Our proposed budget spends $180 per swimmer. Please consider that when you look at the booster club membership dues. I have attached the Booster Club membership form and Booster Club Membership levels to this email. If you choose to join the Booster Club, please write your check to Skyline Swim Booster Club and turn it in with your completed form to the Booster club box in Joe’s office. We request that memberships be turned in by October 14.

Optional gear: Optional gear will be available thru an online store run by Aquaholics. The store should be live later this week and we will send you an email when it opens. Optional gear includes warmup pants to match the team jacket, sweatshirt, shorts, socks, leggings, long sleeved t-shirt, snorkel, fins, and personalized caps.

Disclosure: Coach Joe gave out a Team Disclosure and a Swim Class Disclosure at the parent meeting. I will send those documents via email as soon as he sends them to me.

Parents Volunteers: We love parent volunteers! I will send a separate email regarding volunteer opportunities later this week.

Mandatory fees -- not yet available for payment

Mandatory fees will be paid directly to Skyline High School. The fees will be attached to your student's account by the school bookkeeper. We will email the parents when the fees have been added to the student accounts. For swimmers enrolled in 1A/1B swimming, the $10 class fee has been available for payment since the beginning of September. The fees must be paid before October 3, team tryout day.

Mandatory fees:
$60 team participation fee
$10 transportation fee
$10 class fee (1A/1B) already available on student accounts

Mandatory gear (uniform) fees:
$61 cap, t-shirt, jacket
$55 girls suit
$35 boys brief
$38 boys jammer
$20 block S mesh gear bag (for swimmers new to team)
Total will range from $96-$136

Opportunities to Volunteer for Skyline Swimming

There are many opportunities for parents to be involved with the Skyline Swim Team. The Booster Club organizes Saturday morning breakfasts, bus treat bags for every away meet, and timers for all the home meets. Without timers we can't hold swim meets. Each family is expected to time at one meet during the season. Swimmers are always hungry, and so parents provide a snack before away meets and breakfast after Saturday practices. Reimbursement is available if requested and receipts are turned in.

Links to volunteer signups:
Bus Treats

Timers

Saturday Breakfasts

Senior Meet Committee

Social Events Committee

Banquet Committee

I Want to Become an Official

This list is not complete, so continue to watch for more opportunities.

Go Eagles!

Parent Meeting Documents

Several documents were presented during the Parent Meeting on September 15, 2016

Parent Meeting Agenda Sept 15, 2016
This is a link to the agenda for the meeting

Booster Club Membership Levels and Dues
This is a link to the Booster Club Membership levels and Dues document. It explains the various levels of membership in the booster club.

Booster Club Membership Form (Due Oct 14)
This form must be filled out to join the Booster Club. Please place the completed form with payment in the white Booster Box in Joe's office by October 14.

How Much Could This Cost Me? (Swim Team Costs)
This is my attempt to gather as much information as possible regarding costs for families associated with the Skyline Swim Team. Swimming is not cheap, however, I hope with this information you can plan ahead for the season.

How to Become an Official for High School Swimming

2016/2017 High School Swim Clinics for Officials

It is time again to schedule our High School Swim Clinics, we are excited and anticipate having a great Swim season.

Please read all this information 

We all want our swimmers to have a great experience and to ensure our meets go well we need to have plenty of Swim Officials trained to run our meets.  It is required that you take a clinic each year to certify as a High School Swim Official. Each clinic listed below will teach a Stroke and Turn portion (approximately 2.5 hours) and a Starter Referee portion (approximately 1 hour). Everyone must attend the stroke and turn portion of the clinic, but only those who will be a Starter or a Referee need to stay for the last portion of class.  You must be at least 18 years of age and NOT a High School student to become an official. Please bring a pen, pencil and highlighter to class. Please note check in for each class will be 15-30 min prior to class start time. We need you to be on time so we can ensure you get all the information you need to be a good official.

**We will have three in water Demonstration Classes this year. One in Park City, Ogden and Lehi. For those who are new or fairly new to the sport or would like some more hands on training please attend one of these clinics.  Also USA SWIMMING has produced new Training Videos for each stroke, look on www.usaswimming.org, dropdown Member services, look under officials click on Education Training, click on new Video resources. Although we do have some differences in our rules from USA these Video are excellent in introducing how officials should officiate each stroke, and introduce you to the world of swimming as an official. They also have a video on starting that is very informative. You can also find them on You Tube; Officials Training Videos by USA Swimming, 6 videos 2015. **

Once you have completed a clinic your name will be put on the Officials List for the 2015-16 Season and will be posted on the Web site www.utswimcoach.com with your certification class. Coaches will run their meets from the list of certified officials or the meet will be invalid.  Please make sure all your bases are covered, that your people attend the training they need. We have varied the dates to give four weeks of clinic dates to choose from to try to accommodate everyone. Try to have enough certified people to run your home meets. We will also notate those certified officials who are willing to work outside of their team.

Cost for a Clinic is $20.00.  Checks can be made payable to UHSCA (Utah High School Coaches Association.) Payment may be made when you check in at the start of the clinic or mailed to 2002 W 1500 N Lehi, Utah 84043. Coaches need to make arrangements with Robyn if they are paying for all their officials. Sorry we will not be able to allow anyone to go through the training without payment prior to the class starting. If in doubt we will have you pay, and you can work it out with your coach.

            You will need to RSVP by e-mail to the class you will be attending five days prior to class. We need your name, school affiliation, phone # and an e-mail address so check in will go smoothly. Each class will be capped to ensure proper instruction. You will receive a confirmation back from the instructor. If the class is full you will have to choose another location. Also if you can’t attend a class you have already sent an RSVP to please e-mail the instructor to cancel so your spot will be given to someone else. Check in will start 15-30 min prior to class time please check class information. Class will start promptly on the hour. Please arrive early enough to check in and get your materials, so class can start on time. Please NO late comers.

If you have questions you may call or e-mail Robyn Peterson robynvpeterson@gmail.com 801-404-6994

Officials uniform will be khaki pants (shorts or skirt) and a navy polo style shirt.

We have a shirt you may order, Order form on last page.

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                                                      LOGAN

Instructor :  Teri Rhodes

Date :   Thursday October 27^th check in 6:15 clinic 6:30 – 9:30

Location:  Cache County School District Office,2063 N. 1200 E.  North Logan. New Building not old.

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to Terri Rhodes at t.rhodes@aggiemail.usu.edu

 NORTHERN UTAH

Instructor:  Robyn Peterson

Date:  Tuesday October 11th    5:30 check in, clinic 6:00 - 9:30 p.m.    

Location: Roy High School, 2150 W. 4800 S. Roy, Utah 84067. Held in Library, park close to main entrance to bldg. on the east.

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to Robyn Peterson at robynvpeterson@gmail.com

                                   

                                    In Water Demonstration Class

Instructor:  Robyn Peterson

Date:   Saturday October 15^th  9:00 – 12:30

Location: 2875 Tyler Ave Ogden, Utah Held on Deck of the pool

We will have in water demonstration for this clinic.

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to Robyn Peterson at robynvpeterson@gmail.com

Instructor:  Paul Welch

Dates:  Tuesday   October 18^th    5:30 check in, clinic 6:00 – 9:30 p.m.

Location:  South Davis Rec. Center in the Rec training room upstairs. 550 North 200 West Bountiful, Utah. For directions only, call 801-298-6220

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to Paul Welch at pwelch@westech-inc.com

                                                    

SALT LAKE CITY

Instructor:  Debby Fleisch

Dates:            Wednesday October 12^th  check in 5:30, clinic 6:00 – 9:30 p.m. 

Location: CottonWood heights 7500 South 2700 East, S.L.C. Board room

            Saturday October 15^th    check in 8:00, clinic 8:30 – 12:00 p.m.

Location:  CottonWood Heights 7500 South 2700 East, Salt Lake City Specialty Classroom

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to Debby Fleisch at debfleisch@gmail.com

                                                PARK CITY 

                                    In Water Demonstration Class

Instructor: Debby Fleisch and Robyn Peterson

Date:  Monday October 17^th check in 5:30, clinic 6:00 – 9:30 p.m.

Location:  Ecker Middle School, 2465 W. Kilby Rd. Park City, in the classroom behind the pool.

We will have in water demonstration after classroom instruction.

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to Robyn Peterson at robynvpeterson@gmail.com

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UTAH COUNTY

Instructor:  Cathy Vaughan

Date:   Saturday October 8^th check in 8:15 am, clinic 8:30 – 12:00

Location: Springville High School, 1205 E 900 S Springville, 84663. Enter Bldg. on east side by LDS Seminary Bldg. Room C16

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to Cathy Vaughan at cathvaughan@gmail.com

                                               

                                    In Water Demonstration Class

Instructor:  Robyn Peterson

Dates:  Saturday October 29^th check in 8:30 a.m., clinic 9:00 – 12:30 p.m.  Swimmers will be in water to demonstrate.

Location: Lehi Legacy Center, 123 North Center St. Lehi 84043 on deck of competition pool.

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to Robyn Peterson at robynvpeterson@gmail.com

 

  SOUTH/CENTRAL UTAH

Instructor:  David Crimin

Date:   Saturday October 15^th 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Location:   Sevier Valley Medical Center in the Conference room, 1100 North Main Richfield
Please RSVP at least five days prior to class at rcrimin@yahoo.com

 SOUTHERN UTAH

           

Instructor:  Adam Caldwell

Date:   Tuesday October 25^th 6:30 – 10:00

Location:  Bingham Snow & Caldwell 253 West St George Boulevard St. George, Ut. 84770.

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to adam@binghamsnow.com

                                                            

VERNAL

Instructor:   Mindy Brooskby

Date:   Wednesday October  12^th     6:00 – 9:30

Location:  610 South Vernal Ave. Vernal, Utah 84078

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to m_brooksby@hotmail.com

           

                       

                                                Last Chance Clinic

This clinic is to pick up those who could not attend a previous clinic or their team did not get enough officials to attend a previous clinic and need to certify more.

Instructor:   Robyn Peterson

Date : Tuesday November 1^st  6:30 – 9:30

Location: Juan Diego High School 300 East 11800 South Draper, Utah 84020

Please RSVP at least five days prior to class to robynvpeterson@gmail.com

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                           Swim Officials Shirt Order

We are offering a Swim Officials shirt you may purchase for $35.00.

There are men’s and women’s sizes. It is a nice Tec shirt pictured below. It is the same shirt the officials wore at the State High School Meets last two season. You do not have to order one, a plain navy polo will do. Have your order in as soon as possible, shirts will either be mailed out to you or if ready in time picked up at clinic you are attending. I will not send an order in until I have at least 20 for free shipping.

                                                                                   

Please Print clearly

Name  ________________________________________________Phone#_______________

Address  ____________________________________________________________________

School you will be representing__________________________________________________

Clinic you will be attending _____________________________________________________                                   

Women’s size  (circle )   S    M    L     XL                               2XL -  4XL are $3.00 more

Men’s size (circle )                S    M    L    XL                                        2XL - 4XL are $3.00 more

Send order form with check made out to UHSSOA for $35.00 or $38.00 to

Robyn Peterson

2002 W 1500 N

Lehi, Utah  84043

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How to sign up for Booster Club text blasts

The Booster Club has set up a text blast service for important news or updates. Possible examples include: the pool is down, practice has been changed, the meet is starting late, the bus is late returning to Skyline. This will only be used in circumstances where time-sensitive news needs to be spread as quickly and widely as possible. You can opt-out at any time.

We are using remind.com which is a website for schools, teachers, coaches, etc to notify groups thru text blasts.

If you have a smartphone, get push notifications.

On your iPhone or Android phone, open your web browser and go to the following link:
rmd.at/skybooster
Follow the instructions to sign up for Remind. You’ll be prompted to download the mobile app. 

If you don’t have a smartphone or don't want to add an app, get text notifications.
Text the message @skybooster to the number 81010.
If you’re having trouble with 81010, try texting @skybooster to (385) 474-2473. 

Upcoming Parent Meeting

There will be a Parent Meeting for the Skyline Swim Team on Thursday, September 15, at 7pm in the Skyline library. Please plan to attend. We will hear from Coach Joe Pereira, Athetic Director Deb Bennett, Principal Bingham, and our 2016-2017 captains. I will also present information about the Booster Club and ways that parents and families can support our swimmers.

Items that will be discussed include, but are not limited to:

• Register My Athlete
• Physicals required for participation
• Information about tryouts/Blue and Gold meet on October 3
• Mandatory fees paid to the school
• Mandatory team uniform - cap, t-shirt, warmup jacket, mesh gear bag
• What does it mean to dress up for home meets? What should my swimmer wear on an away meet day?
• Optional team gear
• Purpose of the Booster Club
• Booster Club membership
• Bus Treats, and how to volunteer
• Saturday Breakfasts, and how to volunteer
• Timers at meets, why and how to volunteer
• Officials, would you like to be one? and how to volunteer
• Communication from the Booster Club: email, text blasts, website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, email notification of blog update
• Communications among team members: captains, group messages, etc.