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To all AAC Parents and Swimmers-
I am writing to all of you to inform you of
some things coming up that you will all need to know.
The first thing is, we are in the midst of
compiling our final lists for which groups we will be placing your
swimmers for next year. In the next two
weeks, you will be receiving an e-mail with instructions on how to
Re-register for AAC next year. We will be doing the registration
process on-line through our website. You will be able to, and
recommended to, pay for the registration fee on-line through our
secure payment site. Please remember that this Registration fee is
not part of the program fee. This registration fee is to reserve your spot on
the team and in the group your swimmer has been assigned. Everyone
will be billed for the Program fee for the first time on September
21, 2009.
Next, Program fee billing… All members
of the team will be able to pay for the Arlington Aquatic Club
program fees through the
Arlington
County
website. We use a system called
RecTrac. It is the same system that you
may use for any other
Arlington
County
programs, i.e. Gymnastics, camps, classes, etc. We will highly recommend that everyone use this
site to pay by credit card or e-check.
You will still have the option to send in a check if that is the
preferable method of payment for you. We will be sending out
information on how to use this site, if you haven’t used it
before, for all registered swimmers, towards the end of the summer.
We will not be using the Team website next year for any type of
program fee billing. This will solely be done through the County
website.
Just to summarize these first two
points…we will be using our website to do all
re-registrations to include paying for the Registration fee.
Remember that this is not part of the program fee. We will be using
the county website to do all program fee payments, invoices, etc.
The AAC site will no longer have your accurate account information.
Third item…Practice schedules and
pools.
In an effort to maximize the potential of
every AAC swimmer, we have done a little shuffling and adding of
practice groups. The biggest change is
with the Swim Clinic group. This group
will now be practicing at Washington-Lee on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 5:30-6:30 p.m. This group will not be practicing at
Wakefield
anymore.
Moving the Swim Clinic to W-L gives us 3 lanes
of the pool at
Wakefield
from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Sundays. We have
added another Gator group to that time slot.
But, for the most part, all the other groups
will not have any significant changes to practice sites or times.
We have also made some group name changes to
help everyone see the natural progression of the groups. Here are the group names for the
Pre-Competition groups:
Mini Gators- at W-L on Mondays and Tuesdays,
at
Wakefield
on Wednesdays.
Coached by Mary Allen and Julie Gallion
Gators I- at
Wakefield
on Sundays- 4:00-4:45 p.m.
Coached by Caroline Heeter and Christel
Bouvron
Gators II- at
Wakefield
on Sundays- 5:00-5:45 p.m.
Coached by Caroline Heeter and Christel
Bouvron
Gators III- at
Wakefield
on Sundays- 6:00-6:55 p.m. *This is a new group.
Coached by Caroline Heeter and Christel
Bouvron
Swim Clinic- at W-L on Tuesday and Thursday-
5:30-6:30 p.m. *New site and time
Coached by Steve Menard and Jennine Dumas
High School Sprint- at
Wakefield
on Sundays-6:00-7:00 p.m. and Tues/Thurs at
Yorktown
from 7:20-8:30 p.m.
Coached by John Bechtoldt and Kevin Nolan
Here are the group names for the Competition
Groups:
Age Group Prep (old Novice)
W-L- Tues/Thurs- 4:20-5:30 p.m.
Coached by Xan Wappel and Jennine Dumas
Wakefield- Tues/Thurs- 6:50-8:00 p.m.
Coached by Xan Wappel and Sarah Keesler
Age Group (old Junior)
W-L- Mon/Wed/Fri- 4:00-5:10 p.m.
Coached by John Bechtoldt and Laura Cutrona
Wakefield- Mon/Wed/Fri- 6:50-8:00 p.m.
Coached by Phil Nau, Sarah Keesler, and Sean Curry
Age Group Advanced (old W-L Senior Prep)
W-L only- Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri- 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Coached by Steve Menard, Kevin Nolan
Senior Prep (same as last years Wakefield
Senior Prep)
Wakefield
only- Monday through Friday- 5:20-7:00 p.m.
Coached by Matt Wolff and Phil Nau
Senior/National Prep (same as last year)
Wakefield
only- Monday through Friday- 3:30-6:00 p.m.
Saturday- 7:00-10:00 a.m.
Tues/Thurs- 4:30-6:30 a.m.
Coached by Evan Stiles, Ruth Anne Thomas, and Kristin Brown
Going back to the Re-Registration process for
a second…you will need to make sure your account is paid in
full for the swim season 2008-2009 before you will be allowed to
register for the swim season of 2009-2010. Please check your accounts to make sure you are
paid in full. If you have any questions
about your account, please contact me and I can help get you to
“paid in full” status.
Just to let you know ahead of time…once
the Re-registration process as opened up, you will need to complete
the registration no later than July 8, 2009. We need to have all swimmers registered before we
start to hold evaluations for new swimmers so we know how many
available spots are open. If you do not
complete the registration by July 8, you run the risk of losing
your spot if the group is filled at one of our evaluations.
For all parents that have swimmers that are
not currently on AAC but would like to join, we will be holding 3
evaluations over the summer for all new swimmers.
All evaluations will be held at
Wakefield
at 6:00 p.m. Here are the dates:
Thursday, July 9, 2009-
Arlington
residents only
Thursday, July 23, 2009- open to anyone
Thursday, August 27, 2009- open to anyone
Please feel free to communicate these dates
with any interested friends or teammates on your summer teams or
neighborhood pools.
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