Val-Pal Week! - American Powerhouse T&T

Next week Feb 8th – Feb 12th 2010, your child may bring a friend to their class to participate in a special Val-Pal class. We can’t wait to meet your Val-Pal! Happy Valentines Day to you and your friend!

Jake definitely has a bounce in his step. He is a four-time Junior Olympic National Trampoline champion, and in December 2008, he won a silver medal at the Pan American championships in the 11- to 12-year-old division. Click here for more details!

Jake Jacobson - Becomes an SI Kid!

1. MEGA meet this weekend
2. Val Pal week next week
3. Possible team photos 2-27
4. APTTA- Sleeptrain Update
5. APTTA- Bouncer Bowl

1.MEGA meet this weekend – MEGA meet is this weekend. The link to the meet with the schedule and directions is http://www.meetsbyjosie.com/index.php?p=meets&m=MEGA_Invitational. Please be sure you arrive one hour prior to the open warm up time.  kids need time to refocus before the start as well as participate in our team warm up.  The meet is expected to run on time and quite likely ahead for the first 4 sessions. They WILL start early so better to be there than miss warm up!  The meet host is currently trying to make arrangements for a Super Bowl broadcast for all of you that have expressed concerns about the “conflict”  I do not have a confirmation yet, but we could always bring our own TV and “tailgate” in the parking lot and watch the game.  THERE WILL be a charge to park. It is $5 per car.  The admission also $5 but they  only charge spectators 16 and older.

2.Val Pal week next week – Next week the athletes can bring a friend to team class for our annual Val Pal week Valentines week.  Mon/Tues will be our post meet game day and Wed/Thu will have some other fun stuff planned along with a little bit of “free” time.  This is a great way for the kids to show their friends what they do and also help expose some new families to AP.

3.Possible team photos 2-27 – We will attempt to do a team photo with Kelly Reed on Feb 27th in conjunction with our academy classes annual winter Olympics.  The regular classes will have an in house meet and gymnastics portraits with Kelly already here so we though we could do team individual and group portraits as well.  More details soon.

4.APTTA – Sleeptrain Update APTTA Sleeptrain Update Thank you to everyone who attended the meetings this week. We are in the process of deciding if we should participate and if so in what manner in the Sleeptrain fundraiser this year. In order to commit to working it for the whole team we need at a minimum of 50% of team families to commit to working at least 2 concerts this spring/summer. Last year we had 26% of the families participate and we earned $3200. At a minimum we would like to double that. Concerts run April thru Sept. and the schedule is coming soon. In order to work you must be TIPS trained out in Wheatland at the Ampitheatre. We will have dates for TIPS training soon. They will be scheduled for the end of Feb.and through March. If you have previously TIPS trained you are certified for three years. In your family folder there is a form for you to complete based on your interest in the Sleeptrain Fundraiser. Please complete this form ASAP and return to the front desk by Wednesday, Feb. 10.  For those of you who are new to team, please contact John Hudson at thehudz@comcast.net for more information.

5.APTTA – Bouncer Bowl Update This year our Bouncer Bowl raised $2729.00. We raised $2000 with the Silent Auction, $597 for snack bar, $125 for ad sales (covered program costs), $90 for flowers, and $ 141 for 50/50 raffle and $20 for shout outs!  Thanks to everyone who donated items, organized it, worked it, and purchased things:)

The 2010 T&T U.S. Elite Challenge and J.O. Championships will take place June 26-July 2 in Virginia Beach, Va. Click here for the tentative schedule.

1.       Good Luck Jump Start kids
2.       HELP! Volunteers Needed2/5 &6
3.       MEGA Schedule 2/7
4.       Kiwanis Family Fair performers 3/13
5.       Legacy Meet 3/14
6.       Nationals info is up
7.       APTTA Tamale Tuesday 2/2
8.       APTTA

1.Good Luck Jump Start kids – Best of luck to our athletes headed to Icy Tulsa Oklahoma on Friday for the Jumpstart National Test! We are so proud of Ian Armstrong, Piper Morris, Gaby Neves, Alyssa Oh, and Kyle Parenti- you have worked hard- time to be proud!

2.HELP! – Volunteers Needed2/5 &6. Some of you remember that we spoke about changes last year to our gym layout or even a move to weather the economic hard times, but we think we may have found a way to remain strong.  We are going to create a gymnasium space up front in the gym and the plan will begin with an equipment rearrangement next Friday and Saturday. We need volunteers to help Friday after 5:30PM and Saturday until 2PM to get the equipment all moved around. Please let Amy know if you can help.

3.MEGA Schedule 2/7 - The schedule for MEGA is as follows: Just like our meet the levels are based on trampoline levels and ages are the age as of the end of 2010.

Session 1 ages 10 and under boys and girls levels 5-7.
Stretch at 8AM equipment warm up is at 8:30AM.

Session 2 ages 11/12 boys and girls levels 5-7
stretch is at 10:30 with equipment open at 11AM.

Session 3 ages 13 and up boys and girls levels 5-7
stretch is at 1PM equipment open at 1:30.

Session 4 all ages boys and girls levels 8 and up
stretch is at 3:30 PM equipment opens at 4PM.

Session 5 all ages boys and girls level 9 and up
stretch is at 6:30 equipment opens at 7PM.

That means final awards may not be over until about 9:30. For some it is a school night - We are sorry.

4.Kiwanis Family Fair performers 3/13 – The Kiwanis group is holding a family fair at Westfield Galleria at Roseville (parking lot where the Tennis Stadium is at in the summer) and we have been asked to perform.  We are seeking athletes that would like the opportunity to come to this fun carnival and family event and put on a trampoline and tumbling show. We will expect our schedule to be something like 10-1 or 10-noon.  Please advise if you can help out!

5.Legacy Meet 3/14 – The Legacy meet tentative schedule has been posted and looks pretty similar to MEGA. Again a late Sunday night and the pass to deal with.  They go through the same thing coming here, but we just wanted to give the higher level athletes a heads up.

6.Nationals info is up – The proposed schedule for Nationals this summer and the hotel booking form is now available online at http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/post.php?PostID=4818&prog=t

7.APTTA Tamale Tuesday 2/2 – Tamale Tuesday is coming again! If you missed out last time you won’t want to pass up the chance to have the Rosca family’s homemade tamales.  Order deadline is today!

8.APTTA – Sleeptrain Fundraising Meeting Wednesday Feb. 3 at 4:30 and Thursday Feb. 4 at 3:45. Please plan on attending to discuss this year upcoming Sleeptrain Concert fundraiser.

9.SCRIP orders are due Feb. 5! – Please help our Competitive Team raise money! Order forms are located on the parent board in the parent room.