Dear Falcon Parents
After much consideration and strategizing we have chosen our conference team. This is our biggest and toughest meet of the season! We considered several factors and chose a competitive team to represent Summit Middle School. Congratulations to all those who made the conference team, and congratulations to everyone else for a successful season. We are proud of you all! We have seen so much improvement!
Our conference swimmers and divers are:
Girls: Lilia Chadwick, Lauryn Davis, Addison Hawkins, Lily Hollandsworth, Emma Newberry, Anna Poswinski, Kalynne Pressler, Makenzie Verbryck, Kylie Kottkamp, Audrina Patterson, Matilda Sieffert McCoy, Claire Standiford, Ruby McCain, Hanna Medina, Cadence Shannon
Boys: Alex Birkle, Daniel Jones, Owen Martin, Nathan Sackett, Ethan Stephenson, Graham Witte, Levi Cordes, Jackson Crouch, Wyatt Metzger, Aiden Pyle, Jacob Rademaker, Dominic Bloom, Wesley Brooks, Weston Cogdell, Thomas Krizmanich, Reece Merritt, Charlie Rogers
Divers: Vivian Blundall, Scarlett Batty, Addy Verbryck
The lineup is will follow soon, and the only changes allowed will be to substitute an alternate if an alternate is specified. This is the only meet where we do not take requests. We have positioned all of our talent to represent Summit as best we can. If an “A” is next to the time, the swimmer is an alternate for that event. Alternates will still warm up with the team. We have enough depth and enough talent, that we are taking a few kids that are alternates only.
We will need to supply 4 timers for each meet. Please sign up below.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4aaaa629a13-girls1#/
Mark your calendars for the end of season awards night on Wed, March 22 in the Summit Cafeteria from 5:30-6.
If anyone has pictures from the season, please assemble them all together on a pen drive or google photos, so we can show them at awards night!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, Mar 9, regular practice for conference team
Friday, Mar 10, regular practice for conference team
Monday, March 13, girls conference, no boys practice, be there at 4:00, warm up 4:15, meet starts 5:30
Tuesday, Mar 14, boys conference, be there at 4:00, warm up 4:15, meet starts 5:30
Thursday, March 22, Swim and Dive team awards night, 5:30-6, Summit Cafeteria
LET’S GO FALCONS!
Peace be with you,
Deb, Cherry, Amy
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Dear Falcon Parents,
Thank you to everyone who volunteered to time or work the dive table at the Carroll meet. It’s a treat to see older brothers or sisters who have swam for Summit, back behind the blocks as timers! We need so many volunteers, and we appreciate you all. It’s easy, and your kids love to see you volunteering. Our last regular season meet is Tuesday, March 7, at Bluffton. This is a 6 lane pool, so we are taking a smaller team made up of our 8th graders, our 6th graders, and ALL DIVERS (6th, 7th, 8th).
Coach Amy reminds us to have fun, do our best, make school a priority, and turn our work in! The divers are crushing their goals and hard work is paying off!
Thank you to Lily Hollandsworth and Lilia Chadwick for the most awesome spirit wear design. Summit spirit wear is the best because it is always designed by our own kids! 7th graders should start thinking about next years design!
We will be choosing our conference swim team after the Bluffton meet and will announce the team on Wednesday. We will be choosing a small, but fast team. If a swimmer does not make the conference team, their last practice will be Wednesday, March 8.
Good luck to all of our club kids swimming at divisionals this weekend.
There is no swim or dive practice on Monday, March 6 because Woodside has a home meet.
We will need to provide timers for the conference meet which will take place at Summit again this year. We will put out a sign up after the Bluffton meet. Swimmers not in the conference meet can also time.
We are missing another pair of black tights after the Carroll meet. If they got placed in a swim bag by accident, please return them to one of the coaches.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, Mar 6 NO dive practice, NO swim practice
Tuesday, Mar 7 @ Bluffton, 8th and 6th and all divers (6th, 7th, 8th), be at school 4, bus leaves 4:15, meet starts 5:30
Wed, Mar 8 Conference swim team announced. Last practice for non conference swimmers. Dive practice for conference divers only.
Thurs, Mar 9 Regular practice conference swim and dive team only
Fri, Mar 10 Regular practice conference swim and dive team only
Mon, Mar 13 Girls Conference Meet @ Summit, more info later, no boys practice
Tues, Mar 14 Boys Conference Meet @ Summit, more info later
Wed, Mar 22 Awards night, 5:30, Summit Cafetorium
GO FALCONS!
Peace be with you,
Deb, Cherry, Amy
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Dear Falcon Parents,
Thank you to everyone who brought snacks and drinks for the kids. They ate EVERYTHING! Thank you to Matilda Sieffert-McCoy for the locker decorations. They look great!
The Norwell meet was fun and the kids did great! We saw a lot of time dropped and the kids read the heat sheet by themselves!
Coach Amy’s surgery went well and she is recovering.
There is no school on Monday, 2/20. No dive practice. Swim practice regular time.
Thurs, 2/23, Maple Creek away. EVERYONE goes. Kids need to go home after school, they should be back at tbd. Bus leave at tbd. Meet starts at 6:00 with diving. Snack drop off tbd by pool door. Thank you! We will update the times thru the REMIND app.
If you forgot your picture order form, you can still order pictures online. You will never regret it. You don’t get this time back. This is the direct link where parents can place an order https://fredericksphotography.simplephoto.com/prepay/46321292 . Please let me know if this is not working for you.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mon, 2/20, optional swim practice regular time. NO DIVE PRACTICE.
Tues, 2/21, regular swim and dive practices
Wed, 2/22, regular swim and dive practices
Thurs 2/23, Summit @ Maple Creek. Be at pool tbd. Bus leaves tbd
Friday, 2/24, regular swim and dive practices.
Peace be with you,
Deb, Cherry, Amy
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Dear Falcon Parents,
Your kids did great at the first meet! Divers did a great job at their first meet, and thanks to everyone for the concern for Coach Amy and her broken ankle. She will still coach from the sideline. Dive schedule will be flexible as we are working on a meet for Woodside. Thank you to everyone who volunteered. Thank you to our parents that timed and volunteered at the dive table, our high school helpers, Drew Weiland, and Maggie Steward, former SMS swimmers that helped get our new kids where they needed to be, and thanks also to our 7th and 8th graders for teaching our new kids how a swim meet works! We look on in awe at the roll that everyone played to make this meet a success. We are very proud of how our team performed and represented Summit Middle School.
This Wednesday, 2/15 will be a long day. We have pictures right after school at 2:30 and we have a swim meet. It is at Norwell and it is in a 6 lane pool. We cannot take our whole team because we are limited to the number of events we can enter, so we are taking 8th and 7th graders, and all divers (6,7,8). Bus leave at 4:15. The kids will not have time to go home. Thank you to the parents who are providing a snack and drink for the kids. There are still volunteer slot available if you would like to provide a snack for the kids. If you want to send a little extra snack and drink for your swimmer or diver, that would be great. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4aaaa629a13-snack1#/
The meet will start at 5:30 with diving. Historically this pool and natatorium has been a little cold, so please send a parka or extra clothes for your kids to wear.
Kids who are not attending this meet must be picked up by 4:00. Everyone will be attending the away meet at Carroll and all kids who did not attend the Norwell meet will be attending the @ Bluffton meet.
Remember that we must have a hand written note in order to excuse your kids from the bus ride back to school. You may only transport your immediate family.
We know that the SMS dance is Monday, 2/13, 6-7. The kids are excused from swim practice if they would like to go to the dance. If they will not be attending the dance, we would appreciate their attendance at practice.
No dive/swim practice Thursday, 2/16.
There are still a few swimmers and divers who have not turned in the $10 athletic fee. This is mandatory and was due at the parent meeting. Please turn it in asap.
Also, just a note that you there is such a thing as prescription goggles. You can order those at swimoutlet.com if needed.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mon, 2/13 – SMS dance, dive practice, optional swim practice
Tue, 2/14 – dive/swim practice
Wed, 2/15 – pictures 2:30, away meet @ Norwell, bus leaves 4:15.
Thur, 2/16 – no swim practice, no dive practice – 20 min home exercises
Fri, 2/17 – no dive practice – 20 minutes home exercises
Peace be with you,
Deb, Cherry, Amy
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Also, we will have an awards night at the end of our season and the kids just LOVE seeing pictures of themselves. Please sign up to take pictures during the season and put them in a google photos drive.
The kids do not have school on Friday, Feb 10, so we are offering optional swim practice at the regular time (2:30), diver do not have practice, but have 20 minutes home exercises.
Wednesday, 2/9 – Meet against Woodside. Be at pool or hallway 4:15. Meet starts at 5:30
Friday, 2/11 – no school, optional swim (2:30) practice, no dive practice, but 20 min home exercises.