3 March 08
If you are unable to attend the banquet this evening, please stop by Mr. Kirby's office to pick-up your letter and or pin. You do not receive a t-shirt from the Booster Club if you aren't in attendance.
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26 Feb 08
Winter Sports Banquet
Monday, March 3, 6:30 p.m. GHS Commons
BBQ and drinks provided by the Grafton Athletic Booster Club
Invitation is open to all winter JV and Varsity athletes and their families
Responsible for bringing the following:
Freshmen-Finger foods/appetizers
Sophomores-Pasta Dishes
Juniors-Vegetbles or Fruit
Seniors-Desserts
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30 Jan 08
Reminder: Bring everything you need for the swim meet to school on Thursday. Bags may be stowed in the office. Please eat a good lunch and pack healthy snacks for the meet. The meet is expected to last a minimum of 3 hours, be prepared.
Don't forget to give the captains $5.00.
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28 Jan 08
The District Swimming and Diving meet begins with Diving on Wednesday, 30 Jan 08, prelims for swimming are on Thursday and finals for swimming are Friday evening.
The bus will depart from Grafton on Thursday, 31 Jan 08 at 1:00 and travel to Fort Eustis, for 2:00 warm-ups. There will be a bus for those interested in attending the finals session and wanting to avoid the process of getting on FTE. The bus will leave from Grafton at 4:00 for 5:00 warm-ups.
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18 Jan 08
Practice monday is mandatory for the following athletes: Raines, Makowski, Steward, Prewitt, Beckerman, Vaziouracis, C. Goity and Reid, it is optional for the rest of the non-club swimmers.
The remaining practices thru to the district meet are mandatory for all non-club swimmers. The practice schedule is T-Thu, 2-4. The following week, M-W, 2-4.
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15 Jan 08
Last team breakfast of the season, Wednesday morning 6:45 a.m. in the atrium. Please if you come to eat breakfast, make sure you pay for it.
Bus will leave Grafton for Fort Eustis at 7:00 p.m. SHARP!
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9 Jan 08
Our final dual meet of the season is next Wednesday, 16 Jan 08 at Ft. Eustis. Contrary to the time listed on the schedule, we will warm-up at 8:00 and begin the meet at 8:30. This is our final home meet and is when we recognize all graduating seniors. Parents, please make plans to attend as we recognize your son/daughter. There will be 4 teams in the pool at this meet, it is imperative that everyone chip in!
Seniors, please turn in your senior recognition worksheet ASAP. Without this, it will be difficult to recognize your accomplishments at GHS.
The parents are requesting that you send your locker number to them NLT Monday, 14 Jan 08. You can e-mail this to Smbrown2u@aol.com.
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7 Jan 08
The bus for Tuesday's (8th) meet against Tabb will leave from behind Grafton High School promptly at 7:00.
This is one of the two home meets for Grafton, Please, all parents will be asked to assist in some way.
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3 Jan 08
The bus for Saturday's (5th) meet at Fort Eustis will leave from Grafton at 12:15. All are expected to ride the bus unless you have discussed an alternative with a coach. We will need a lot of parental help at this meet, so please consider volunteering.
During the VA hospital visit before Christmas, Mr. Kirby handed out sheet music of Christmas carols. He would like these sheets back. Please return them to his office.
Entries for Kecoughtan have been sent in. The following swimmers are participating in the meet on the 12th of January:
Girls: Bass, Beckerman, Blue, Carter, Cobb, Evansx2, Holloway,
Makowski, Pollock, Ponthieux, Raines, Rodriguez, Salomon, Vogel, Ward
Boys:
Brown, Chen, Gibson, Hartman, King, Marlowe, Mullen, Prewitt, Reid,
Rice, Rinehart, Vaziouracis
Warm-up times will be posted this week.
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21 Dec 07
We will have practice the 27th and 28th of December at the regular time. Please find transportation to and from the YMCA for those days. Also, we will be going to Fuddruckers in the Kiln Creek shopping area following practice on the 27th (4:30ish). Alum. swimmers will be joining us for an early supper!
Wishing you and your family a happy, healthy and joyous holiday season!
The Coaches
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19 Dec 07
Shelby Long left her warm-up at the pool, did anyone pick it up?
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17 Dec 07
Tomorrow, the bus will leave from the back of GHS at 7:15 sharp! Those in band, club swimmers are the only ones exempt from riding the bus to and from the meet tomorrow, 18 Dec 07.
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15 Dec 07
Breakfast Tuesday (18th) morning 6:45 in the Atrium. Please remember to bring $3.00 to cover the cost of food. Wear your team uniform to school that day!
Just a reminder: The school bus must be riden to and from competitions. The only exceptions are club swimmers coming to the competition from practice. This is a rule that all must follow.
Also, you must be in school minimum half day to either practice or compete. If you are absent from school you may not attend practice or competitions.
Regardless of the time we finish our competition, tardiness to school the next day is not excusable. This is school policy, not the athletic department's.
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14 Dec 07
Congratulations boys and girls teams! Great way to open up the swim season with a double win. Scores as follow:
Boys
Grafton 77 vs Warhill 15
Grafton 83 vs New Kent 7
Girls
Grafton 79 vs Warhill 12
Grafton 83 vs New Kent 10
We are getting ready for Lafayette and Jamestown on Tuesday, this is going to be a great meet!
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7 Dec 07
Team breakfast at school Thursday, 13 Dec 6:45 a.m. in the atrium. Please bring $3.00 to cover cost of food and wear team uniform. If you can let the captains know whether you will be attending, they would appreciate it.
The holiday party sign-up sheet will be circulating, please consider signing up to bring a food item that has been assigned to your class. Cost of gift, not to exceed $15.00 and please no gift cards!
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6 Dec 07
Practice Friday, 7 Dec 07 has been cancelled. The apparel order forms are due back to Coach Callender ASAP. Make checks payable to Islander, not GHS
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5 Dec 07
The bus for next Thursday's (13th) meet with Warhill and New Kent will leave from behind Grafton HS at 5:30 SHARP. We will travel to the Hampton VA hospital for the annual holiday party. Swimmers are asked to bring ONE food item. Suggestions include: bananas, oranges, grapes, cheese cubes, crackers, cookies, quick breads etc. The swimmers will then fix the veterans plates of goodies and pass out Christmas gifts (provided by the hospital). This visit counts towards NHS volunteer hours and is a very worthy cause. Following the visit, we will travel by bus to nearby Hampton U. for our 8:00 warm-up.
The policy on bus travel is if you ride the bus to the meet, you ride the bus home from the meet.
On the topic of bus riding. Ms. Hill has waited patiently at the YMCA for swimmers who have told her they need a ride back to school. This has resulted in her coming in the building at 4:15 asking where the swimmers are who said they needed a ride. If you don't need a ride, please tell her before getting off the bus, that way she knows for sure if she needs to return to the YMCA or not.
REMINDER: NO CLUB APPAREL IS TO BE BROUGHT INTO HS MEETS OR WORN DURING COMPETITION. THIS INCLUDES, SWIM BAGS, CAPS, T-SHIRTS, ETC ANYTHING THAT HAS A CLUB NAME EMBROIDERED OR STENCILED ONTO IT IS PROHIBITED. THIS IS A GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL MEET AND SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN WHAT THE SWIMMERS WEAR. ALSO, NO JEWELRY IS TO BE WORN. RINGS, EARRINGS, BRACELETS LANCE BANDS, ETC., MUST BE REMOVED FOR COMPETITION. FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THIS RULE MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION.
The deadline for spirit bag money is Friday, 7 December 2007. As of yesterday, only a very few had paid for their spirit bags, don't miss the boat on this one, get your money in!
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4 Dec 07
Collection notices for spirit bags have been distributed. Please make sure you pay $7.00 (Kristin Andleton is collecting) which covers spirit bags for the dual meet season. Those that don't pay, will not receive spirit bags. The bags are available for pick-up in the main office on meet days.
Islander is handling our shirts, sweatshirts and sweatpants. Forms were passed out at practice yesterday and will be available again today. Please make your checks payable to "Islander".
Preparing for our first meet next week against Warhill and New Kent, two comparatively smaller schools. They will need as many of our available parents as possible to help with the meet. Please take the time to come down on deck and help run this meet quickly and efficiently. ANY wet deck official will be asked to help.
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26 Nov 07
The picture date has been moved to December 4th 2007. If you have the team sweats and team shirt please bring them to the photo session as we may need to share in order to have everyone dressed alike. We will be taking the team picture in either the team shirt or navy Speedo warm-up. Please pick up a photo envelope from the coach or from Mr. Kirby's office. Pictures must be paid for the day they are taken.
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26 Nov 07
Kecoughtan Invitational is right around the corner. This championship format meet is alot of fun. If you are unable to swim in this meet, please let the coaches know ASAP. The meet is morning and afternoon, Saturday, 12 Jan 08. We will let those who have qualified know which events they can swim.
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19 Nov 07
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!
A few changes worth noting.
No practice this Wednesday, practice will resume Monday 26 November 2007.
The 6 December meet against LHS and JHS has been rescheduled for the 18th of December.
The Christmas party originally scheduled for the 14th has been moved to Thursday, 20 December 2007 at the Kohuts.
We will try again to vote for team captains on Monday 26 November. Please try to come by the YMCA and vote...every vote counts!
Don't forget to go by Swim-n-Sport Stop on Warwick Blvd for your team apparel needs.
We hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving - Coaches
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15 Nov 07
The team roster will be posted on Mr. Kirby's door at 9:00, Monday, 19 Nov 07.
Following practice on Monday, the first social event of the season will be at Gus's New York Pizza located in the shopping center across from Kiln Creek. Cost will be $6.27 for students and $8.04 for adults. This includes all you can eat pizza, drink, tax and tip. Parents are welcome to come. Bus transportation will only be from the school to practice.
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9 Nov 07
Even though school is not in session on Monday, 12 November, the first day of practice is still scheduled. There is no transportation that day, it is your responsibility to line up transportation to and from the YMCA
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6 Nov 07
LAST CHANCE FOR PHYSICALS THRU THE SCHOOL ARE MONDAY, 12 NOV 07, 5:30 AT GHS. COST IS $15.00 CASH. I'VE LOOKED THROUGH THE LIST THE AD HAS AND SEE THAT MANY SWIMMERS DO NOT HAVE A PHYSICAL. IF YOU INTEND ON SWIMMING A PHYSICAL MUST BE ON FILE
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5 Nov 07
Since the pre-season meeting, a practice schedule change has been made:
There will be mandatory practice for ALL swimmers on Thursday, 15 November 2007. This is day one of time trials and everyone trying out for the team needs to be in attendance! Club swimmers may leave early to make club team practice.
The team suit is Speedo "Graffiti Jungle"-pink. The suit will be available at Swim-n-Sport Stop on Warwick Blvd. Cost: Girls $55.00 plus tax, Boys $35.00 plus tax. Boys opting for a plain black brief or jammer, cost is $27.00 and $33.00 respecitively.
Please remember to bring all completed forms, YMCA Liability Form, Personal Information Form (minus the physical form) to practice on 12 November 2007.
As stated, those individuals who have not turned in a physical to the Athletic Director are prohibited from practicing.
Remember, bus departs promptly from the back of the school at 1:55. SEE YOU MONDAY!
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Welcome to the Grafton High School Swimming Page. 10/25/07
The 2007-2008 pre-season meeting is Monday, 29 October 2007 in the middle school Kiva. Outline of the upcoming season will be presented followed by a Q&A session.
Students and parents interested in the Swim and Dive teams are strongly encouraged to attend.
Please ensure that you have your completed physical turned in to the AD prior to 12 November 2007.
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