***From the Booster Club**

From the Coaches

• Practice Information
  • This week:
    • No after school practice this week. We will dismiss at 3:35. SWIMMERS: We will meet at the pool on Wed. for 7^th hour and in Mr. Murdock’s room on Thursday and Friday.
    • Practice Aug. 25^th through September 30^th - Practice will end at 5pm. Pick up no later than 5:15pm. We will do dryland and then swim for the OSSAA allotted preseason 1 hour. Swimmers will need closed toes tennis/running shoes to go in the weight room. No Crocs.
  • No practice Sept. 1^st for Labor Day.
  • Our season starts October 1^st and I will announce a new pick-up time mid-September depending on how the swimmers are doing in the weight room and with dryland.
• Club swimmers
  • Please plan to stay until 4 for dryland on Mondays through September. You are welcome to stay until 4 the rest of the week and then go to club to swim, but it is not required if you can do dryland with your club. I do not expect you to swim at Booker T. until October 1^st so that you can get more than an hour in the pool each day. You are expected to swim 5 days/week starting next week.
• Meet Information and Volunteer Opportunities
  • Our meet schedule is up on Swimtopia and the volunteer sign-ups through December are open. Feel free to start filling those volunteer spots. Our Dec. 2^nd meet will host 200 swimmers so volunteering may be the best way to attend this meet as there will not be a ton of spectator seating.
• Snack Cabinet
  • It is time to build back up our snack cabinet. Please grab box of granola bars next time you hit Sams or Costco. You can also donate money through Venmo and we will go over this more at the parent meeting.
• Miscellaneous 
  • Please reach out to me via email if you have any questions.
  • I am excited to have the team back together and to get to see all of my swimmers! This is going to be a great year!

From the Booster Club

• Look for the BTW Swimmer's Weekly email each week for information from our coaches and the Booster Club. The email typically comes out on Sunday evenings.
• The Booster Club is excited to welcome our new assistant coach, Myles Murdock
• Check out and bookmark the Booker T. Washington Hornet Swimming Swimtopia site. You can find a list of our meets, RSVP for events, and volunteer to help under the Meets & Events section.

Upcoming Events

More details about these events will be shared soon

• August 20: First Day of School
• TBD: Mandatory Parent Meeting
• September 11: Team pictures
• September 19: Bonding Night