November 26

Good Afternoon Ladue Swim Club Parents,

Swim club is off to a great start this season.  Your swimmers have been working hard in the pool and hopefully you are already seeing some improvement in their skill level.

I just wanted to touch base about the schedule.  We do have swim club this evening Tuesday, November 26th. 

We will not meet on Thursday (Happy Thanksgiving) or this coming Saturday, November 30th.  We'll resume practice next week on Tuesday, December 3rd.

We also will not have swim club next Saturday, December 7th.  There is an all-day high school swim meet here on the 7th and the pool is not available.

I just looked at the forecast and there is a possibility of severe weather in the area this evening.  The last forecast I saw predicted that it would begin between 8 and 9 PM this evening which would mean that swim club is finished or near finished for the evening.  If severe weather (including lighting) occurs during swim club we will clear the pool.  Swimmers would be directed to safe areas and it may be necessary to close down for the evening.  I will email you if we were to cancel and we would also post it on the swim club blog:  http://www.ladueschools.net/swimclub

The blog also has an updated calendar page with all swim club dates for the winter season posted as well.

Also remember that anytime the Ladue School District closes for inclement weather, Ladue Swim Club will be canceled as well. 

Hopefully, the weather holds off for us this evening!

A couple of other notes, please talk with your swimmers about not being in other parts of the building before, during, or after practice.  Swimmers should come to the pool only.  Also please have a conversation with your swimmers about appropriate locker room behavior and about changing quickly before swimming and following swimming.  Swimmers should not be hanging out in the locker rooms.  Coaches and lifeguards periodically walk through the locker rooms but can not be stationed in there full time and effectively coach/supervise the pool.  Please let myself or one of the coaches know if you or your swimmer has any concerns.

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving. 

Thank you,

Corey  Miller

Aquatics

Ladue Horton Watkins HS

1201 S. Warson Road

St. Louis, MO 63124

(314) 983-5479 (Pool)

cmiller@ladueschools.net

http://www.ladueschools.net/swimclub

September 25th-Registration

The registration window for our 2019-2020 winter season will open on Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 at 7 AM.  The first night for swimming will be Thursday, November 7th, 2019.  I will be emailing a reminder soon.
Thanks,
Corey Miller

Winter 2019-2020

I hope everyone had a great summer and all of the kids are off to a great school year.  The winter program information will be released in mid-to-late September and swimming will begin in November.  I will send out a registration date prior to the registration window opening. 
Thanks,
Corey Miller

Hallway entrance

Hello Swim Club Families,

Just a couple of notes as we wrap up the season.  Next week (May 14/16) is our last swim practices of the school year.  We hope you have enjoyed the Ladue swim club program.  Our next program will be our winter program that begins in early November.  We will send out the registration link in mid to late September. 

When you and your swimmers come this evening or next week and enter through the gym lobby, we are no longer able to make a right and travel to the pool hallway due to some construction. You may need to enter door #15 (just up from the gym lobby, next to the garage door) and then travel down the hallway and make a right to the pool, or enter the gym lobby and travel through the gym into the hallway.  Please remind your swimmer to go directly to the pool and not play in the gym or other areas of the building.

Thanks and see you at the pool.

Winter 2018_2019

Good Morning All,

The Ladue Swim Club winter 2018-2019 registration page will be open Tuesday morning September 25th, 2018 at 7:30 AM for registration into Ladue Swim Club.  I expect this program will fill very quickly and the registration page will be turned off when the program is full. Registration is limited to the first 50 swimmers per age group. Our last program filled in just a couple of hours. After registration closes, there will be a wait list page that you may add your swimmer to.  The program will meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and some Saturday mornings beginning Thursday, November 8th, 2018 and ending on March 9th, 2019.

The registration page can be found on Tuesday, September 25th at 7:30 AM at http://www.ladueschools.net/swimclub

Thanks,
Corey Miller

January 9, 2018

Happy New Year Swim Club Families,

I hope everyone had a nice break.

I just wanted to send a quick reminder that Ladue Swim Club will resume tomorrow night Tuesday, January 9th, 2018. We also have practice this Thursday and there is no scheduled practice this coming Saturday.

Because of a high school swim meet tomorrow afternoon, it is highly likely that we will need to start swim club late tomorrow evening.  We will plan to start each group 20 minutes late.

Age group 5 to 7 will begin at 5:50 PM

Age group 8 to 10 will begin at 6:40 PM

Age group 11 & up will begin at 7:30 PM and go until 8:20 PM

Over winter break the pools HVAC units were successfully replaced and a new heat exchange unit was installed.  We also had a pump replaced that helps circulate water through the heating units.  I'm happy to report that as of this afternoon the pool's water temperature is much more comfortable for our swim club members. 

I hope to see everyone at the pool tomorrow.

Coach Miller

Swim Club and the Ladue Pool

Good Afternoon Swim Club Families,

Here is the upcoming schedule for Ladue Swim Club:

Saturday, December 16, 2017 Practice at normal times: 10 AM, 10:45 AM, and 11:15 AM.
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 Practice at normal times: 5:30 PM, 6:20 PM, 7:10 PM.  We'll give the kids some play time at the end of each group.  This will be our last practice prior to winter break.  We had a practice scheduled for Thursday, December 21 but we are going to cancel this practice because of some maintenance that is occurring in the building beginning on the 21st after school lets out. I'll explain in more detail below.

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Resume practice for swim club following winter break. There is a high school swim meet scheduled for this day, so our practice times may be delayed by 15 to 20 minutes.  We'll plan on beginning at regular times but we may have to push them back just a bit if the meet runs long.

Starting on December 21 in the afternoon, the pool's HVAC units are being replaced.  The contractor that is replacing the units plans to cut heating service sometime on Thursday the 21st in preparation to remove the rooftop units and place new ones on the roof on Friday the 22nd.  There is a very large crane that is scheduled to make the move on the 22nd and the units need to be prepped in order to remove the old units from the roof and place the new units on the roof.   The reason we are opting to not to practice on the 21st in the evening is because we can not be sure that we will have well conditioned and heated air for the pool area. Without heating, the air temperature could drop substantially by the time that are practice starts at 5:30 PM.
This is all very exciting and when we come back in January we should have a brand new HVAC system in place.  While the pool itself will not look any different, hopefully we are able to condition the air more efficiently.  In addition, we are having a pump replaced and a new heat exchanger installed that will help us to keep a more consistent water temperature for the swimmers.  The contractors only have limited time over the break to complete the project so they are starting as soon as they can after the school day. The pool will be closed from December 21 to January 7 to give them time to complete the project and condition the water for swimming. 

In other news, Coach Andrew, who started the season with us, moved home to Ohio to be with his family for month. Sometime after the new year, he will be moving to New Zealand to play professional water polo in the New Zealand league.  We are actively looking for a replacement coach for Andrew and hope to have a new coach in January.  Coach Salman and I have been filling in for Andrew until we can find a replacement  coach. 

I hope you have a nice break and happy holidays,
Corey