We are looking to put small “good luck” Sectional snack bags together for all GIRL athletes to enjoy during the Sectional Meet. We would LOVE to have your help with donating a few needed items.

If you are interested in donating, just simply send me (Jennifer) a text (317-443-2830) with your name and the words “I’ll donate.” I will text you back with an item from the list below. Items should be purchased for 36 athletes. We want ALL GIRLS to be part of this celebration!

Your donation needs to be dropped of to the hospitality room no later than Monday, Feb 3 at 5:30pm. Please make sure your donation is placed in the large box labeled “Sectional Donations.” Please also make sure that donations are in a closed sack or package so they will not be mistaken for snacks to eat after swim practice. As always, we couldn’t do this without you! Thanks for your help!

Peanut Butter Crackers for 36 athletes
Granola or Cliff Bars for 36 athletes
(Healthy) Fruit Snacks for 36 athletes
Powerade/Gatorade for 36 athletes
Cheezits/Goldfish for 36 athletes
Individual Applesauce containers for 36 athletes
Lifesavers/Mints for 36 athletes
Packs of gum for 36 athletes

Franklin Swim & Dive,

It’s the first of many championship weeks, and we’re making preparations for a very busy week.  We’ve had a great deal of confusion given the three meets, so here’s the gist!

Tuesday – at Perry Meridian – 5:30 Start
Meet Preview:  We plan on swimming “off” with plenty of opportunities to go around. The theme of the week is embracing hardship and challenges as a point to improve ourselves, so we’ll mostly be looking at putting together a line-up where our athletes can compete against one another in some different ways.

Thursday- Boys only at Center Grove- 5:30 Start
Meet Preview:  We expect to compete, swim fast, and embrace the challenge of competing against a good team and rival.  All boys will swim.

JV Championships – hosted at Lawrence North High School
REPORT TO SCHOOL:  JV Championship athletes to report at 10am / SECT athletes to report for practice at 7:00am
DEPART: 10:30am 
ARRIVE 11:30am to Lawrence North
MEET BEGINS: 1:00MEET ENDS: 3:30
Meet Preview:  Our first big meet to mark your calendars.  We’ll be suiting up, if an athlete has a suit, and we’ll be going ALL IN.  There’s a theme in place for the athletes, and we plan on being the loudest team there.  We’d like you all to sit together and to make lots of noise wearing your blue!  I hope to post the entries on the google classroom by Wednesday, 3:00pm.  Athletes should be expected to show up at the pool at 10:00, while the bus will leave at 10:30.  There will be snacks provided, but athletes can leave the pool at 10:00am, provided that they return by the bus departure time.  

This is just another gentle reminder that Sectional Posters for Girl Athletes ONLY are due to the high school on February 1 at 10:00 am. Sectional posters for male athletes will be due right before their Sectional week…(about 2-3 weeks from now). A few parents have had some questions about these posters. I have uploaded a few examples that might be of help.

Follow these easy steps to find the uploaded examples:
1. Go to the top of the Team Pages website.
2. Click on the tab that says MEDIA.
3. A menu should drop down. Select PHOTOS from the drop down menu.
4. A group of albums should appear. Click on the album titled: Sectional Poster Examples
5. There are a few examples of posters (from parents who had photos available) from both male and female athletes that were created in the past few years. I hope these examples are helpful.

The main thing to remember is that these posters are nothing to worry about. The athletes will LOVE them and enjoy seeing their teammates posters as well. Please refer to the announcement posted a few days ago about sizing of the poster and some other helpful hints.

If you would prefer, I can hang your poster if you place it on top of the lock box (at your own risk) before Feb. 1 OR you can come and hang the poster yourself on Feb 1 at 10:00am in the glass hallway leading to the office.

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate our senior athletes! We all loved cheering for and hearing about the future plans of Lina, Alex, Regan, Lucy, Sarah, Meghan, Bella, Max, David, and Jaden! What a GREAT night!

Thanks also to a fantastic and creative group of senior parents who helped organize the gifts and decorations for our celebratory night!

It’s time to start thinking about Sectional Posters for ALL GIRL ATHLETES!!
Here are some things to know about these posters:
1. All swimmers/divers will have an individual poster made by their parent. This will hang in the school building during Sectional week.
2. The poster should be 14×22 in size. This is about 1/2 of a poster board. Please use this size poster. The custodial staff gets upset with us when the larger posters (due to their weight) fall during the night and cause the security system to trigger. The smaller poster is much easier to manage with 34 teammates.
3. Feel free to take advantage of the FCHSSND Shutterfly website. Directopns for getting on this site were in a few different Team Pages emails. Jodi and Chet have done a fantastic job capturing great photos of all the athletes.
4. Also, include stickers, favorite quotes, inspirational sayings, etc. to decorate your child’s poster. Please let me or an upperclassman parent know if you would like to see a sample poster or need more info.
5. Don’t stress over this. Have fun with it! It’s one of the celebrations of the season that we all look forward to. Your child will love it!

Please have posters to the pool by 10:00am, February 1. I will be there to assist. (We have used packing tape or blue painters tape to hang these in the past. Please do not use duct tape to hang your poster with as it leaves behind residue on the windows.) Many parents like to come that morning and hang their own poster. You may hang yours in the glass hallway leading to the main office on Feb. 1 OR place it on the “Lockbox” table in the storage room (at your own risk) and someone will hang it for you.