Ahoy Mates!  Arrrgh, it's time to start the 2010 Pirates swim season! 

 Tomorrow, May 17th - Parents Meeting

•  7:00 pm at Silvercrest Elementary cafeteria
• Mandatory for new families, returning families need not attend.
• If you have not paid, signed up for practices times & volunteer spots, this is your last chance to do so! 

Tuesday, May 18th - 1st day of Practice

• All practices this first week will be held at the Silverlake Pool!
• Please come to practice at the Silverlake Pool at the practice time you signed up for. 
• Swimmers will not be getting in the water on the 1st day of practice.
• Practice assignments will be posted on the website soon. 
• Please contact Jill Welch should you have questions concerning practice times: jilliannwelch@gmail.com 

Practice Rules:

• Please remember that we are guests of the pools where we practice.  We must clean up after ourselves and our children to be invited back next year.  Without a pool, we do not have a swim team.
• Please keep an eye on your younger children.  They are not to roam freely inside the pool area.  They are not allowed in the pools.
• Please sign your child in, there will be sign-in sheets at the pool.
• Please do not approach the coaching staff.  This is the time they devote to your children.  If you must speak to the coach, please send him an email at coach@pearlandswimteam.com.  He will then answer any concerns you may have.  
• Please refrain from parental coaching.  We have a fantastic coaching staff that will do that for us.  When you coach from the sidelines, you become a distraction to the kids and the coaches.
• Please be on time.  When your child walks in late for a practice, it creates a disruption to the kids who got there on time.  Our practices are only 45 minutes long.
• Once your child is released from practice by the coaching staff, you will need to be there to get them.  There will not be any adult supervision for your child.
• If your child is 8 and under, you must have a responsible adult in the pool area at all times.  If it is not you, then it must be someone in your stead (and this does not include the coaches or the board).

 Tuesday May 18th & Wednesday May 19th - Purchase Team Suits

• Swim Shops will be at the Silverlake Pool during practices, 4:00-8:00 pm
• All Pirates must purchase a team suit, we have a new suit this year.  
• Suits are not to be worn to practices, they are for meets only.  

Friday May 21st - Team Pictures at Silverlake Pool

• Individual shots start at 4:00 pm.
• Team picture will be taken at 6:00 pm sharp! 
• No practices due to pictures.

Tuesday May 25th - Practice begins at your assigned pool, Silverlake or Morgan. 

Friday May 28th - Pep Rally & Fundraiser at Chick-fil-A 6:00-8:00 pm 

• Come for dinner, support your team and pick up your Pirates T-shirts & caps!
• Our Spirit Shop will be selling Pirates gear. 
• No practices due to Pep Rally/Fundraiser.

June 5th - 1st Meet @ Friendswood

• More info to follow soon.
• You will receive an email 2 weeks prior, you must respond to that email whether or not your child will be participating in the meet.  

As always, please feel free to contact me, or any member of the PST board, should you have any questions or concerns.  We are all looking forward to another outstanding season!  

Thank you and see you at the pool! 

Genine Burchell

PST Secretary