Our annual swim-a-thon will be held on Saturday, March 6th from 12:30 to 3:30 at the Cheltenham H.S. pool. The swim-a-thon is great event for both kids and their parents. The kids have lots of fun seeing how many laps they can swim in a 2 hour period while raising money for our club, USA Swimming, and a charitable organization. This year a portion of the money we raise we will be donated to Yele Haiti and UNICEF to benefit the children of Haiti.

It is always best to have your family and friends donate a set amount of money as opposed to a per lap amount. You never know how many laps your child has in them once they get going!!! Each child who swims will get a certificate and those who swim over a 100 laps will get a pin from USA Swimming. These are given out at our end of season banquet which will be held in April.

We will provide some refreshments for all plus music to get the kids motivated. Feel free to bring some baked goods as well to reward hungry swimmers swimming for a good cause. Pledge envelopes will be available this week. Please ask your child's coach for an envelope.
We hope that you will support this important event. Remember in addition to helping Haiti this year, our fund-raisers also help to purchase equipment for our practices. We are in desperate need of flippers this year.

Download a flier with more details about this event.

NO SWIMMING TONIGHT .

Hi Everyone:
Hope you are all enjoying another snow day. Just wanted to let everyone know of two important dates coming up.

Our annual Swim-a-Thon will take place on Saturday, March 6th from 12:30-3:30. This year in addition to benefiting CAC and USA Swimming, half of all money collected will be donated to benefit the children of Haiti. More details on this event to follow.

The second date is Friday, April 9th for our end of year banquet. Details will be sent out in a few weeks.

Remember tomorrow (Thursday, February 11th) if the Cheltenham School District is closed, we will not have swimming and will see everyone on Tuesday, February 16th.

Remember, if your child is signed up for the meet at GCIT this weekend to let us know if they will not be swimming.

There is no swimming tonight. With the forecast for more snow, please remember if the Cheltenham School district is closed tomorrow or Thursday, we will NOT have swimming.

Please remember there is NO swimming on the following dates in February:
Tuesday Feb 9th - Swim Meet
Friday Feb 12th - In Service Day
Monday Feb 15th - President's Day

The following are nights where the High School team has meets so we may begin a little late:
Tuesday Jan 12th
Monday Jan 25th
Friday Jan 29th

The following are dates we will NOT be swimming:
Friday Jan15th - In Service Day
Monday Jan18th - MLK Day
Tuesday Feb 9th - Swim Meet
Friday Feb 12th - In Service Day
Monday Feb 15th - President's Day

Happy New Year to all CAC Families!

Below is a message from the meet director for the meet being held at GCIT this coming weekend. This change is only for the morning session.
Andrea

Hi Everyone,
We are changing the start time for the morning sessions of the Winter Blizzard meet for both Saturday & Sunday. The new times are:
Warm up: 8:00am
Meet Start: 9:00am
This is 1 hour later than published in the meet announcement. Please make sure to pass this on to all your swimmers.
We know this is a late change.
Thank You,
Bruce Brockschmidt

Happy Birthday Andrea!!!

Hi Everyone:
We have a few scheduling issues to pass along. The Cheltenham High School swim team starts their meets this week. The meets don't usually affect us, but sometimes they do run late. If you get to the pool on any of these dates (listed below) and the meet is still going on, please have your child remain in the stands until the meet is over. We are not allowed on the deck until the meet is over and the swimmers are gone.
CHS Swim Meets - December
12/14
12/16
12/18
12/22
Our last day of swimming for the year will be on December 22nd. We will start up again on January 4th.
Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday season!

Meet registration for our next meet for children 9 and over being held at GCIT on January 9th and 10th is due by the end of practice Thursday, December 5th. No late entries will be accepted. Please talk to your coaches before entering your child in any events.

Registration for the January Mini-Meet for children 8 and under being held at Delaware University on January 16th is due by the end of practice Monday, December 7th. Please talk to your coaches for help in registering your child.

Back by popular demand - Wednesday, November 18th will be picture night. If you have purchased a team suit please have your child wear their suit - not a big deal your child does not have a team suit. The photographer is dropping off envelopes at the pool on Monday, so be sure to pick one up and have it filled out before Wednesday. Please have your child at the pool promptly at 5:45 or even a little before so this goes quickly.

Also, just a quick reminder that there will be no swimming TODAY Friday, November 13th and on the following dates:
11/20
11/25-11/27

It's that time of year again for Gold and Elite kids to talk to Coach Karen and Dan and sign up for the 1650 being held at Germantown Academy on January 3rd. I am attaching the meet information to this email. This meet is filling up so please take the time to talk to the coaches to see if your child should participate early next week. Registration will be due on November 18th by the end of practice.

It's time to register for the next mini-meet of the season being held at Penn Charter on December 6th. Meet registrations will be due Wednesday, November 11th by the end of practice. If you have escrowed money for meets you can email your entries to meetreg@swim4cac.org. Please talk to Coach Kait if you have any questions on what events to sign your child up for at the meet. This is a really fun meet so please consider having your child attend.

According to our contract with the school district, we will not be able to use the pool on the following days in November:
11/13
11/20
11/25-11/27 - Thanksgiving Break

Please mark your calendars.

We will be having our parent's meeting on Monday, October 19th beginning at 6:15 in the pool lobby. It very important for one parent or guardian from each family come to the meeting. This is especially important for new families. We will also have Personal Best at the pool that night selling team suits. They will also have practice suits, goggles, etc, for sale that night. If you can't make it to the pool to purchase a team suit, they will be available at Personal Best which is located at the intersection of Grant Ave and Academy Road in Philadelphia.
The pricing for the team suit is as follows:
Female Youth $45.03 Male Youth $29.64
Female Adult $46.55 Male Adult $30.97

The team suit this year is the same as last years suit. If you purchased a suit last year and it is in good shape your child is all set.
The team clothing fund raiser this year will be hooded sweatshirts. We will have order forms available soon and will remind everyone at the parent's meeting. We will also be selling team caps, which are required for those children who will be swimming meets and t-shirts.

Please try and get your child to swimming on time. I know that this is not always possible, but please do your best. For those gold and elite swimmers who are not planning on attending dry-land at 5:45, please do not come to the pool until 6:10 when we get in the pool. If your child comes before 6:10, please make sure they know they will have to participate in dry-land and to bring sneakers.

Children should bring all their personal belongs to the pool deck, unless they bring a lock and lock up their things in the locker room. There are many activities going on in the school and many groups using the locker room.

Upcoming Meet Sign-Up
For those of you who have escrowed money for meet fees, you may email your entries to meetreg@swim4cac.org. If you have not escrowed money for meet fees, you can sign up at the pool. Each event your child swims cost $4.00. You should speak with your child's coach this week to help you decide which events your child should swim.

We are extending the deadline for meet sign-ups for the November 21st and 22nd being held at GCIT for children 9 and over until Monday by the end of practice. We will also be signing up on Monday for the meet at Germantown Academy in Ft. Wahsington on December 12th and 13th on Monday for children 9 and over and the mini-meet for children 8 and under being held at Friend Central School in Wynnewood on November 8th. Entries for the mini-meet are due Monday (sorry for the late notice) and meet entries for the December GA meet will be due for on Thursday, October 22nd by the end of practice.

If you need help signing up for any meet we can help before or after the parent's meeting on Monday night.

There will be no swimming on Monday, September 28th. The Cheltenham School District is closed for the Jewish holiday. Please keep in mind that there is never swimming when the schools are closed. This includes snow days and when the schools close early for inclement weather. We will put out a list of dates shortly and will always send an email reminder.

Nov GA meet info -download

FCA Nov. Mini - download

Nov JW meet - download

TEST RUN - PLEASE WORK!!

Hi Everyone:
Well we have good news and bad news. The good news is that we will be starting our full season on Monday September 21st as planned - the Elite group and HS swimmers will begin swimming on September 14th. The bad news is that we still don't know whether the district will be charging us to use the pool this year. The school board is meeting the second week of October to discuss the new proposed fee schedule. The school district has assured me that if they do decide to charge us it will not be retroactive. If the fee scheduled as proposed is approved, the club will pay for a portion of the surcharge per child for this year since it would be too large of an increase. The school is proposing to charge us for a portion of the chemicals for the pool, electricity and custodians. Honestly, there is no fair way to calculate these charges. We have sent numerous emails to the school board and school administrators explaining our position.

For now we will holding prices as listed on the attached flier, but if the proposal is approved and we begin to get charged by the district the extra amount we will need to charge for the season is $75.00 per child. If you choose to withdraw from the club at this point we will reimburse your fee less the weeks your child swam. We will also offer a payment plan for the fee if this will help keep your child swimming!
We have changed our registration policy slightly this year due to a large amount of request for information from potential new members. Registration will take place at the pool entrance as follows(PLEASE NOTE THIS A CHANGE FROM OUR ORIGINAL EMAIL AND FLIER):

September 17th 6:00-7:15 and September 21st 5:30-7:30 - Cheltenham Residents and Returning Members ONLY
September 22nd and 23rd 5:30-7:30 - Open Registration

Please download the registration form and fill it out before coming to registration to save some time.We are perplexed by the districts decision and will argue our position and go down with a fight especially after last year!! If we begin to be charged, we need to make sure that every youth community group in Cheltenham that uses school facilities are treated the same as us. If you know anyone in the district, please feel free to contact them and express your opinion.

.Thanks for your continuing support.

Dear Past, Present and Future CAC Members:
I know many have you have emailed and left messages asking about registration for the Fall/Winter season since we are a little late in getting our information out this year. The reason for the delay this year is we are waiting for a decision from the school district on whether they will be charging us this year for the use of the pool. The district is reviewing how it will rent out all facilities in the district not just the pool, but as usual it has taken longer than they originally told us so we haven't been able to set prices for the season.

Keeping our pricing low is directly tied to the cost of the pool. For the past 40 years the club has enjoyed the use of the pool for no charge. That said we are very hopeful the district will continue to see us as a community based organization providing a service to the children of Cheltenham Township and will continue to either not charge us for the use of the pool or keep the charge low.

The attached flier and registration form details what we hope will be the pricing and dates for the upcoming season, but are subject to change based on what happens with the pool rental. The prices listed in the attached document does keep prices the same as they have been for the past three years, but if the school district decides to change their policy prices will unfortunately have to go up.We have changed our registration policy slightly this year due to a large amount of request for information from potential new members. Registration will take place at the pool entrance as follows:

.Please feel free to e-mail us if you have any questions : info@swim4cac.org

Thanks for your continuing support.

NO PRACTICE DUE TO SCHOOL CLOSINGS (subject to change):

MARCH 2010