There is SO MUCH NEW in this email, so please look carefully…especially at sections 5 and 6!

1) Mission Refresh, 2) 2024 Registration – Early-Bird Discount, 3) No price increase for 2024! 4) Swim Lessons, 5) Coaching & Teams, 6) Pool Schedules, 7) FUNDRAISER at Wendy’s on April 30, 8) Fundraiser at Chipotle in July, 9) CIT Applications, 10) Team Parents Requested, 11) HASS Gear, and 12) Please Share!

1) MISSION REFRESH
Do you know the mission of HASS? “HASS was formed in 2016 to encourage the love of swimming and to promote exercise through fun and healthy competition. We offer a fun-filled, summer swim team, which focuses on teaching swimming skills, and HASS partners with several local pools to offer American Red Cross Swim Lessons in the summer.”

Does that resonate with you and your goals for your family? I hope so! We have a great group on the HASS Board of Directors with some great new ideas, and a summer full of fun waiting for your swimmers!

2) 2024 REGISTRATION – SWIM TEAM
We will be offering a 10% “Early Bird” discount on registration again this year! As always, the sibling discount can help, too!

a) You can mail a check with your form to HASS, 20005 Lindenhurst Ct., Hagerstown, MD 21742, or you can mail the form and Venmo the registration fees to @HASS_SWIM. Envelopes should be post-marked by April 30, 2024 to count as “Early-Bird.”
b) You can bring your registration form and your questions to Wendy’s at Garland Groh Blvd on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, from 6-8pm! I will be there with blank forms or to collect your registration. Last day to get the Early-Bird Discount!
c) You can register in-person at the Boonsboro Library on Tuesday, May 7, from 4:30-6:30pm, or at the Williamsport Library on Thursday, May 9, from 5-7pm. We will have forms for you!
d) You can register at a practice, and your swimmer will be able to swim the next day.

1st Swimmer Each Sibling
Early Bird Rate: $110 $99
After May 1, 2024 $120 $108

Registration forms are attached to this email, AND you can find the forms on our website, hagerstownareasummerswimming.org, under the “Registration Forms” tab. Please make checks out to “HASS” and mail to HASS, April Parrott, 20005 Lindenhurst Ct., Hagerstown, MD 21742, or you can find us on Venmo at HASS-SWIM.

3) NO PRICE INCREASE
Everything costs more right now…but not HASS Swim Team and Swim Lessons! We have decided NOT to raise prices on our registration fees this year. See our mission above! We are here to help YOUR family and your neighbors! We know that prices have increased on everything else, so we would like to keep swim team and swim lessons as affordable as possible!

Help us to spread the word, and we hope that you’ll join us at the many fun fundraisers that we have planned!

4) 2024 REGISTRATION – SWIM LESSONS
We will once again offer Red Cross certified swim lessons at two pools: 1) The Westfields Pool – M, W,F beginning 9:30AM, two sessions: June 10-June 28, and July 8-26, and 2) St. James Community Pool – M-F, three sessions: June 10-21, June 24-July 5, and July 8-19. Lessons are in the mornings, after swim team practices. Anyone who participates in lessons receives a $15 discount on swim team sign-ups, and vice versa.

The cost is $55 per session, PLUS a one-time $15 insurance fee per swimmer, per summer. So, the first swim lesson session would cost $70. If that swimmer takes a second or third session, the cost would be $55.

The registration form is the same as the swim team registration form – Just circle “Lessons” at the top!

If you are ready to register, registration forms are attached to this email, AND you can find the forms on our website, hagerstownareasummerswimming.org, under the “Registration Forms” tab. Please make checks out to “HASS” and mail to April Parrott, 20005 Lindenhurst Ct., Hagerstown, MD 21742. You can also register in-person on April 30th, May 7, or May 9, as detailed above in the Swim Team Registration details.

5) COACHING & TEAMS
We are very excited to announce a restructuring to better serve our families! We will be focusing on giving each swimmer attention and instruction, while maintaining a fun and encouraging atmosphere.

Our newer swimmers will have pool time with focused instruction just for them. Coach Neil will also be working with the coaches to make sure that we are systematically teaching the strokes to new and advanced swimmers, while challenging more advanced swimmers! As such, each team will also have a time when only the more advanced swimmers will be in the pool to allow our coaches to help them improve.

We also chose to keep our teams in pools where the swimmers are best able to practice. As such, the “Red Team” has transformed into the Purple or the Green Team! All of our coaches are hand-picked to make sure that your swimmers get a great balance of competitive-swim experience, teaching experience, and a heart to help others learn, be safe, and have fun!

This summer, we will host the Purple Team at St. James Community Pool, coached by Gideon Hall and Kaden Wright, the Green Team at Westfields Pool, coached by Megan Seibert and Jack Krumpe, and the Blue Team at Williamsport Pool, coached by Neilson Parrott and Faith Haupt. We are so thankful that Coaches Claire and Charity will be subbing at the pools when needed and teaching swim lessons! Coach Neil will definitely be “guest coaching,” depending on his schedule after Election Day, May 14th!

If you have any questions about where your family might fit best, please do not hesitate to email me at aprilandcoachneil@hagerstownareasummerswimming.org!

6) SWIM TEAM SCHEDULES
HASS Swim Team will begin on the morning of Friday, June 7th, and regardless of team, all swimmers will be at the St. James Pool: Ages 8 and under from 8-9AM, Ages 9 and up from 9-10AM. Saturday, June 8th, all swimmers will be at the Halfway Pool, Ages 9 and up from 9-10AM, Ages 8 and under from 10-11AM.

Please don’t worry if you cannot make the first few days. Regular practices begin Monday, June 10, 2024! If your family will be on vacation, just let us know and join in when you can! As before, we will have two morning teams and one evening team. Swim Meets will be at the Marty Snook Park Pool (Halfway), as in the past, between 7:30AM and 11:30AM Saturday mornings, beginning in late June. Our season ends at the end of July/early August. Championship Meet Date to be announced!

SWIM TEAM LOCATIONS / TIMES
Purple Team – St. James Community Pool – 10006 Mildred Dr, Hagerstown, MD Mon. – Fri., at St. James, 7:30-9AM older, 8:00-9:30AM younger

Green Team – Westfields Community Pool – 18312 Rockland Dr, Hagerstown, MD, Mon – Fri. at Westfields, 7:30-9AM older, 8:00-9:30AM younger, Tu., Th. at Westfields, 7:30-9AM older, 8:00-9:00 AM younger,

Blue Team – Williamsport Pool – 11 Park Rd, Williamsport, MD 21795, Mon. – Fri. at Williamsport Pool, 7:15-8:45 PM – Evening Practices (Younger swimmers finish earlier)

Saturday Morning Swim Meets, finished by 11:30AM Marty Snook Park Pool, warm-ups at 7:15am

As always, HASS exists to help your family, so you never have to attend any practice or meet that does not work for you, and you can always move around teams! We expect vacations, camps, and VBS to happen!

7) SAVE THE DATE – APRIL 30TH!
Wendy’s on Garland Groh Blvd has agreed to host a fundraiser for us on Tuesday, April 30th…all day!! (Both in-store and drive-through counts!) You can print or show on your phone the flyer attached to this email, mention HASS, and we will earn 20% of the profits! The fundraiser lasts all day – for breakfast, lunch, and dinner – and I will be in the dining room from 6-8pm to answer questions and to collect registrations on the last day for Early Bird Discount pricing! Bring the family out for a Baconator and a Frosty!!

8) SAVE THE DATE – JULY 15TH!
Chipotle Fundraiser, Garland Groh location, on Monday night, July 15, 2024, between 4pm and 8pm! We will pass out flyers once the season begins, but please mark it on your calendars to join in the fun and support HASS!

9) COACH-IN-TRAINING (CIT)
We are so thankful to have so many swimmers who want to help the coaches and the younger swimmers! If your swimmer is interested in becoming an official Coach-in-Training (CIT) for HASS, for any of the teams, we will be asking them to submit an application at the beginning of the swim season (June) to their team coaches. More information on this soon!

10) TEAM PARENTS REQUESTED
Does your family enjoy HASS? Consider becoming a “Team Parent!” We are looking for 2-4 parents from each team who would be designated as their Team Parents to assist the coaches with administrative items, to be a point of reference for new families to ask questions, and to handle distribution of ribbons and other gear. Thank you for your willingness to help!

11) NEW TEAM GEAR
Magnets and Shirts and SwimCaps, yes, please! We are hoping to have some new HASS gear for you to order, and soon! You can always reference our “Team Store” on swimoutlet.com/HASS. Stay tuned!

12) PLEASE SHARE!
If you are on Facebook, please share/repost the Swim Team and Swim Lessons posts from our HASS Facebook Page! Thank you!!

We can’t wait for sunshine, sunscreen, and smiles! See you soon!
April Parrott
Administrative Director
Hagerstown Area Summer Swimming