Schroeder YMCA Swim Team
November 28, 2018 Newsletter
Office Phone: 414 751-7194
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Mission: “Promote excellence, prepare youth for college & ultimately, prepare them for success in life”
The Schroeder Way: Be Great. Act with Integrity. Expect Success. Team First.
- Events Needing Sign Up
- A+ Meet Entries - Please enter the meet by 12/5. You can change your entry later through the Deadline in January. This is to give us a number of Schroeder Swimmers in the meet so we know how many other teams can participate. Good meet for all groups except more novice swimmers - Coaches Phil and Wendy will be able to guide
- Basic Info for Sr Travel Meet to Dallas in December - Dave bought tickets 10/9 $209
- Rooms for 2019 13 & O are available cut off date is in January - the meet is at Pleasant Prairie
- National YMCA meet information has been posted. Dave, Caleb have purchased plane tickets. If you have qualified please get your tickets. Eric will get his soon.
- Rooms for Summer 2019 12 & U State in Pleasant Prairie are available Follow the LINK. The group code is WSS. On booking page, click on “Add special rate codes”, add “WSS” in group code box and it will take you to your booking page. Guests can call the hotel or Hilton reservations direct.
- Winter Technique Clinics will open for registration following the Conference Champ meet on Dec. 1st. Please sign up like a swim meet. Please read description prior to signing up.
- Megan Hartlieb to USA Winter Nationals - Megan will travel to the USA Winter National Championship in Greensboro, NC this week. View Psych, TV and webcast schedule
- Y Finalist - view meet info - is next weekend. A psych sheet and timeline is posted now and later next week, heat sheets and other info. We have about 208 athletes in the meet.
- Schroeder Website now available in Different Languages - added a button in the top left corner to view site in different language. All other pages translated as well including Boletines semanales, Еженедельные рассылки, 每週簡訊
- Meet info for Conference Meets - LINK to info
- BLUE v RED v White Championship at WSAC heat sheet for Saturday, 12/1 will be mailed later
- Elsmore Update - Team Gear makes a great holiday gift for your swimmer! Custom backpacks, warmups and parkas should be ordered through the Schroeder Team Page by TODAY to guarantee delivery for the holidays.
- Read this Book! Matthew Walker is a sleep researcher at Cal. Do yourself a favor and buy a copy and share it with your family. When you have read the book let Dave know and he will add you to the list of “I’ve read the Why We Sleep book list”
I’ve read Why We Sleep!
Dave Anderson
Hannah Saiz
Chandler Lewis
Zach Sekaran
John Bonlender
Tom Michelson
Caleb Hernday
Eleanor Hanson
Joe Bartel
Shawn Whowell
- 11 & Under Single Age State Meet - will be December 15 & 16 at Aug Prep. - young swimmers can still qualify at the remaining meets including Conference Champ Meet and Y Finalist.
- Volunteers! 11 & U Single Age State Meet - there are many open positions available. We are looking for SR group athletes to help out. SR group volunteers will receive family work requirement credit as well as school service requirement credit if applicable. Please see the Job Signup now for 11 & U Single Age State Meet on the website.
- ’Tis the Season to think of doing a little something for the coaches who do so much for our kids all year long. To make things easy for people during this hectic season, we collect donations toward a gift for each member of our great Schroeder coaching staff (North & Prep) - any amount is welcome and appreciated however, contributions are completely voluntary. The donations will be pooled and split among all the Schroeder coaches.
If you’d like to participate, there are several ways to donate:
Put a check made out to Cherie Bjornstad or cash contribution in the locked SCRATCH BOX in an envelope labeled “Coaches Gifts”, attention: Cherie Bjornstad
- Schroeder North = brown box located across from the office on the filing cabinet
- Schroeder Prep = Grey lock box attached to wall boys locker room door and entrance doors
- Mail it to Cherie Bjornstad at 4217 W. Ravenwood Ct., Mequon, WI 53097
Don’t forget to include your family/swimmer’s name
We will be collecting donations until Thursday, December 20th.
Questions? Feel free to send an email to Cherie at cbjornstad@wi.rr.com or give her a call or text at 262-389-5261 Thanks!
Please Contact Your Swimmer’s Coach Directly and Mail All Checks to WSAC:
Please contact your swimmer’s lead coach with your questions. Email or call your athlete’s coach or talk to her/him before or after practice.
Please mail all checks to WSAC rather than giving them to coaches at practice.
Mail checks to WSAC at this address:
WSAC, ℅ Matt Miller, 9240 North Green Bay Road, Brown Deer, WI 53209
