Welcome to Week 4 - WI Rapids

Hello everyone, 

Welcome to week 4! Sorry for the delay in getting this email sent!

Week 3 Recap:

Last week was a shorter week due to the holidays. I hope everyone had a relaxing break and got to spend quality time with family and friends. Last week, we completed our mock meet and everyone did a great job trying their routines out for the 'first time' in a mini-competition setting. The name of the game with routines is numbers! The more routines you do, the more confident you are, the higher your endurance, and the stronger your muscle memory becomes. 

Week 4 Practice Schedule:

Monday: 5:00 - 7:00 PM. 

Tuesday: 6:30 - 8:30 PM. 

Wednesday: 6:30 - 8:30 PM. 

Thursday:  5:00 - 7:00 PM. 

Friday:  4:30 - 6:30 PM. 

Saturday: WI Rapids Invite.

A reminder that Friday is a required practice for everyone but if you are slated to compete on Saturday, you must be at Friday practice and cannot use your time off. 

Wisconsin Rapids Invite:

Our invite in WI Rapids is Saturday December 2nd at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School. We will have 2 vans transporting kiddos from Memorial to Rapids and back. As a reminder, here is the lineup for rapids: 

With these 12 listed, the vans are currently full. If any gymnast still wants to join us, please let me know. If there are parents that are planning to come up to cheer us on and are willing to bring along anyone we don't have room for, please let me know so I can connect you.

A reminder to our alternates and safeties to still bring a leotard, braces, grips, etc. We will be doing some meet prep this week where I can help answer any questions about warm ups, competition, etc. 

At the invite, there are 6 rounds total. We compete in the following order: 

Round 1: Beam

Round 3: Floor

Round 4: Vault

Round 6: Bars

The schedule for the day is below: 

7:10 AM: Girls Arrive at School 

7:20 AM: Head to get coffee at Starbucks 

7:30 AM: Leave Starbucks

9:30 AM: Arrive at School 

10:00 AM Coaches Meeting

10:10 AM General Warm Ups and Stretching 

10:40 AM: March In

10:50 AM: Beam warm ups begin 

11:00 AM: Competition starts 

2:30/3:00 PM: Meet ends. We will load up and head to Culvers afterwards for lunch. 

5:30-6:00 PM: I would expect us to get back to the school between 5:30 and 6:00 PM. 

There will be concessions available at Rapids. 

Jason's Deli Ordering:

We will have Jason's Deli as an option for this invite. If you would like a box for your athlete this weekend, please order at the link below. You have until Thursday night to place the order. Remember that you can buy one at a time and don't have to buy them all at once.

Jason's Deli Link

Fees & Online Forms (IMPORTANT)

If you were contacted by me last week about fees, online forms, or your athlete's eligibility and a parent has not contacted the athletic office to ensure their athlete is eligible, please do so ASAP. I apologize immensely for the confusing system this year and please send all feedback to the athletic office so that they can work to help ensure the system going forward is less confusing. 

Tardies & Unexcused Absences

Tardies & unexcused absences will start impacting the ability to compete. Please ensure that athletes are to class on time and that any unexcused absences are being taken care of in a timely manner.

Spaghetti Dinner Sign Up: (Looking for 2 hosts still)

We have 2 spaghetti dinner spots still available to sign up for. If you are able to host or want to pair up with a parent to host, please sign up. If you want to reach out to other parents, I have attached the team contact list below.

A reminder that spaghetti dinners are dinners that are hosted by a family on the Monday of the week we have a dual meet. Dinner does not have to consist of just spaghetti. After practice ends on Monday, kiddos will head over for dinner, likely arriving around 7:20 PM. If you would like to host, the link is below: 

Spaghetti Dinner Sign Up

Media Day #2 (Monday 12/9) (Planning Ahead)

We will have our second and final media session at our gym that will focus on taking individual photos of each gymnast (pose shots and action shots), class photos (all the freshmen, all the sophomores, etc), and team photos. This session will be Monday, December 9th at 5:00 PM. All the photos taken from this photo session will be available to gymnasts and families at no additional cost. This is a great chance for girls to get professional photos taken of themselves individually and also provides the team with images that can be used to promote the team and athletes. 

I will get to the school early that day (4:00) to open the locker room early and allow the girls to start getting ready in advance. More details about this will be discussed as the date gets closer. 

Team Website:

For up to date information, schedules, and important links, visit our team website: 

Team Website

Snack Donation Sign Up: 

To ensure the girls have healthy snacks to fuel them for practice, I have a signup sheet where parents can sign up to donate snacks to cover a week of practice. The link is below: 

Snack Donation Sign Up

Team Contact List:

Below is a link to a list of all our coaches, gymnasts, managers, and parents. Please review your information and update the sheet, as necessary.  

Team Contact List

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That's all I can think of right now but per usual, I feel like I am forgetting something. Please reach out and let me know if you have any questions, concerns, etc. Looking forward to a great week!

Cheers, 

-Danielle