Up front, I apologize for getting the announcement for adult winter swim out so late - it's been a bit crazy. But please sign up soon if you're interested. Additionally, we are basically full for the big Lazers/transitionals for winter swim but we still have a little room for the Littles, so if you're interested in Littles, please sign up ASAP. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to keep your Little in the water over the winter either with us or somewhere else. Littles who stay out of the water all winter tend to regress heavily. We had excellent success last winter moving Littles up on levels or onto transitionals. For the details, please see below.

1. Adult winter swim: if there is enough interest, we will have a lane reserved and workouts prepared for adults to swim while the kids are swimming. As I'm sure you know, our winter swim program is on Saturdays, 5:15-6:15PM, Oct. 10-May 22, with breaks for holidays, etc. The last few years, we've had a lane reserved for grown ups and they've done their own workouts. The sign up is here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C4EA8AD2BA46-64891788-202627.The cost is $315 per person. I do have to have enough interest to justify taking a lane from the kids, so please sign up soon. Don't worry, if we have to cancel the grown up lane, I'll fully refund your fee. But I'd like to keep this going, so please sign up. On the other side of the ledger, there are only 10 slots available.
2. Team and Individual Swimmer Pictures Available: View the gallery: https://my.photoday.com/g/LPLAZERS26; Access code: LPLAZERS26. (Pictures will be available for order until next summer.)
3. And, remember, winter swim registration is open! We start next weekend, so sign up soon. Please see below for details, but a couple of notes: first, make sure you're registering for the right program, Little Lazers vs. Big Lazers/Transitional. If you're not sure, ask Kate, Natalie, or me. Second, we are generally an all electronic payment organization, but if you really need to avoid the transaction fees, we'll take a check. Your registration isn't complete until the check is in hand, and we may have limited space, so electronic is the safest way to reserve your spot.

BIG LAZER/TRANSITIONAL REGISTRATION LINK!

LITTLE LAZER REGISTRATION LINK!

Based on the success of the program last year, we will be returning to the Jewish Community Center (just outside the beltway), Saturdays 5:15-6:15PM beginning October 10th and running through the weekend before the pool opens in May, roughly 24 sessions after accounting for holiday weekends off but not accounting for weather cancelations:

• We will be able to have Little Lazers of all levels, 1-5. Like last year, we will have 2 half-hour Little Lazer sessions. The cost for the half hour session will be $275 per Little Lazer, and if they graduate to the big kid practice, we will be able to accommodate this. Last winter, our swimmers made tremendous progress and everyone moved up levels and several graduated to Transitional or full Lazers. Looking at the cost of Goldfish Academy and other similar programs, our program will cost roughly one-third as much for the same number of lessons; and, honestly, last year's program was much more effective than those schools, so you'll save money and your kids will learn to swim faster.
• Transitional swimmers will practice for an hour and the price will be the same as big kid swimmers ($315 for the first swimmer, $300 for the second, and $285 for each additional swimmer) but they will have access to shallower water than at TSJ and thus will be more comfortable. We had good success last winter graduating transitional level swimmers to the big kid team and anticipate the ability to do as well or better this winter.
• The big kid swimmers will have their own lanes and we were very pleased with the general environment last year.

Thanks!