Miramonte Swimming

Greetings MATS Swimmers & Parents! 

Welcome Class of 2015 and everyone to the 2012 Miramonte High School Swim Team family! We hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season and are now getting excited for MATS swimming! This is the first of several announcements that will provide all of the information you’ll need to know about our upcoming super hero season. Please read it carefully as it lists some very important dates and information…

• Welcome Meeting & Potluck Dinner: Wednesday, Jan. 25th at 6pm in the MHS Cafeteria. Come learn about the season, meet the coaches and captains, and pick up a team handbook.  It is highly recommended that every swimmer and at least one parent attend. An invitation is forthcoming.
• First Day of Practice: Monday, Feb. 6^th at 3:15pm on the pool deck. There will be a brief meeting for all swimmers followed by a workout.
• Coaches: The MATS are fortunate to have a dedicated, talented, and experienced coaching staff in Head Coach Donnie Heidary, Varsity Assistant Coach Jon Behnke, Junior Varsity Head Coach Brad Allen, and Junior Varsity Assistant Coach Trevor Rose.
• Registration: Please update your swimmer’s information by going to the Google doc link below: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhMNmmuglLnsdDN1c2I2NnJxeXB2ZHVRSDdmSEpzcVE&hl=en&authkey=CJqN5PEP

Once you have located your swimmer’s name, please review the information and then update cells, if necessary, as follows:

• Click on the cell you would like to edit. When the square is “active,” type in the accurate information. We will need at least one parent email address and cell phone number. Team communications and announcements will be sent to all emails listed. If your swimmer does not use email, please do not list it on the spreadsheet. A Miramonte Swim Team Facebook group has been set up to communicate announcements and important information.
• When all of the cells are accurate, please confirm that you have reviewed and updated your information by placing an “X” in your swimmer’s yellow box in the “OK” column on the right. Next to the “OK” box, please indicate your swimmer’s tee shirt size. Once completed, the swimmer is registered.
• NEW SWIMMERS: If your swimmer’s name is not on the Google doc roster, contact Lorree Swinton at lorrees@aol.com with your swimmer’s name and parent contact info.
• ALL SWIMMERS: Remember to join the “Mats Swimming 2012” Facebook group!
•  Athletic Clearance: In order to be eligible to participate, athletes must complete the district’s online registration and submit forms to Vince Dell’Aquila, Miramonte’s Athletic Director. You may access the AUHSD link below: http://www.acalanes.k12.ca.us/2197105102633963/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=56497
  • Print and complete the Athletic Clearance form, which requires a physical exam and doctor’s signature and stamp if you haven’t played a Fall or Winter sport.
  • Print the “Online Registration Sports Summary.”
  • All Athletes need to (re)submit their online sports summary form to Coach Dell before Feb 6^th. 
• Team Clothing: First and foremost, we look like a team. The REQUIRED uniform is as follows:
  • Team suit (Womens ordered at NorCal; Mens ordered on the swim team web store)
  • Team truWest warm-up jacket (same as last year’s—please order on the Web store)
  • Team tee shirt (included in your Spirit Fee, but please indicate your size via the Google doc roster)
  • Team cap (included in your Spirit Fee)
  • Snorkels (optional for JV, mandatory for Varsity. Order at NorCal)

*There will be other fun spirit items available for order—watch for this information to be emailed under separate cover! Note that there will be a Suit Sizing Party at lunch (for Girls only) and at the meeting on Wed. Jan 25th. Apparel may be purchased on the Web store beginning today and the order deadline is  January 27th. This link will take you to the MATS Swim Web store: http://miramonte.revtrak.net/tek9.asp. Clothing questions can be directed to Jane Wiser at Jane@wiserfamily.com

• Workout Schedule: See 2012 Workout Schedule link.  There may be occasional adjustments depending on competition schedule.
• Spirit Fee: The Swim Team Spirit Fee will be $125 per swimmer. These funds stay  with the swim team to pay for team tee shirts, caps, coaches’ clothing and gifts, the team memory book, entry fees, meet supplies, website and administrative expenses, and some food. The team relies on these funds for the fun and smooth functioning of our program! You may pay for the Spirit Fee on the Mats Swim Web store.

• Spring Sports Participation Donation: The suggested donation is $260 per athlete per sport (two sport maximum) and these funds go to the AUHSD to pay for coaches’ stipends & certifications, facilities costs and maintenance, buses (which the swim team uses!), insurance, and athletic and DFAL/NCS organizational costs. You may pay the district donation on the Miramonte Web store.
• Boosters: The suggested Boosters donation is $100 per family. Boosters funds equipment, the trainer and weight room supervisor, and other much-needed items.
• Parent Jobs: It takes a village to run a successful swim team, and every family is needed to work at meets and social events and to provide food. We will have online job signups via Google docs. Information about signups will be emailed in early February.
• WANTED: Desk workers! Since we have seven home meets this season, we are in need of desk helpers. If you have any experience with hytek and/or the colorado timing system or would like to learn them, please contact Barb Weikert at weikerts@pacbell.net.
• Season Calendar: Our fun and full calendar is posted on the 2012 Calendar link.
• Swim Team Trip:  Selected swimmers will be invited to attend the Mission Viejo Invitational. The tentative plan will be to travel by bus on Thursday, March 29^th after school and return late on Sunday, April 1^st.
• Preseason Workouts: Preseason workouts are underway—while the season is short, the workouts feel long! It is highly recommended by our coaches that swimmers be in shape when the high school season begins. We hope that you will consider the effective program sponsored by Orinda Aquatics. Information about this program may be found at www.orindaaquatics.org.
  
• Team Website: Please check out our website, www.miramonteswimming.org, regularly for information & updates.
  

If your student will not be swimming this year, please let us know so that we can remove him/her from the roster and email distribution list.

We look forward to a rewarding and heroic season. Good luck with finals and GO MATS!

2012 Team Parents,

Barb Weikert, Susan Haufler, Danny May, Randy Noah, Lorree Swinton & Jane Wiser