Week 3 Preview: Parent Slide Info, Fundraiser Forms Due Mon, Spike Week, Field Day Competition

1/30/23 - 2/4/23

Dear Track & Field parents and guardians:

Happy Sunday! I've spent some time updating my parent email list. Please let me know if you believe you are or are not receiving emails in error.

Parent Meeting Thank-You & Information

I wanted to send a thank-you to all who attended our parent meeting last Thursday. For those who couldn't make it, no worries! I wanted to share my slide presentation to you so that you can see what we talked about. I'm also open to hosting another parent meeting later in the season once athletes who are currently in other winter sports join our team.

Important Fundraiser Information: Forms Due Tomorrow (Monday)

Additionally, for families of athletes who are currently coming to track & field practice: please note that the fundraising forms with potential donor names are due at practice tomorrow (Monday). Please have your athlete bring their form regardless of whether or not it is complete with 30 names, as we need to have a good idea of where we stand before our fundraising event on Tuesday. 30 names is the official goal, but we will be happy with as many names as you can gather (whether that be more or less than 30).

For our fundraising event on Tuesday, we are feeding athletes pizza at 5:30 in the school's cafeteria. At 6:00, we begin the fundraising festivities until 7:00. We ask that your athletes plan to stay the entire time.

I've received a lot of great thoughts and questions regarding our fundraiser and am doing my best to respond as transparently and thoughtfully as I can. If you haven't yet, please check out the fundraising-related slides in my slide presentation from the parent meeting. If you have any additional thoughts or questions after that, please don't hesitate to reach out!

Spike Week Begins This Week!

Spike Week will take place starting Monday, January 30th and go until Monday, February 6th at Dick Pond Athletics in Carol Stream. This is a great opportunity to purchase spikes, trainers, and other apparel at a 10% discount, earn non-expiring $20 store credits for every $200 spent, and get 5% of the cost of all items sold donated to our track program. Please mention that you are with Glenbard West as you go! See store hours and more information here.

Field Day Competition this Saturday, Feb 4th:

On Saturday, February 4th, we will have our first morning practice as an entire team from 8:15 - 9:30. During this practice, athletes will participate in various field "events" such as standing broad jump, medicine ball toss, etc. I don't visualize this as a true competition with spectators per se, more as a fun practice where we can gather data on all of our athletes.

Looking forward to an excellent week! As always, reach out if you need anything at all.