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In the News this Month:
Parent Night: Get The Most Out Of Your Lessons Come to the Swim School Parent Night on Monday, March 16, 6:30–7:30pm. Whether you're thinking about joining the Swim School or you're already enrolled, you'll benefit from the informational presentation given by head of the Swim School, Shanni Hendler. She will describe what to expect from your lessons, the school's philosophy, and how your kids can get the most out of each class. Location: Menlo Park Recreation Center, 701 Laurel Street next to Burgess Park. Call 650-330-2232 if you have questions.
Youth Programming Summer Schedule Keep these program dates and times in mind while you do your child’s summer planning and scheduling. Summer Camp As of today all the sessions of Camp Menlo are still available! We apologize for posting last year's camps page on our website that made many of you believe that all the camps are full; rest assured that we still have space available. With that being said, make sure that your child has a space in camp by registering today, as all the camps will definitely sell out. Camp Menlo focuses on water activities. We offer a diversity of water sports while cultivating water skills and building a strong foundation in aquatics for a lifetime of safety, health and enjoyment. We splash summertime magic into every camper's memory! The camp is best suited for children entering kindergarten through those entering 7th grade. The prerequisite is that children must be able to swim twenty five yards, which is one length of the pool. Menlo Swim and Sport is currently accepting registrations on-line for the summer. The camps are one week in length. There will be ten weeks offered, with the first week of camp starting on June 15th. We are happy to announce that we will be offering two camps daily in the summer of 2009. Camp Menlo will run in the morning from 9am – 2pm and in the afternoon from 2pm – 6pm. >more Youth Summer Swim Team Join in on the fastest growing team in the entire West Bay Swim League. The Menlo Mavericks Summer Team will meet from June 15 – August 21, 2009. For Maverick Level I there will be an option of attending eight lessons throughout the week. For Levels II and III, there will be an option of attending eight one hour practices throughout the week. For Levels II and III there will be five practices during the weekday, Monday through Friday from 8:30 – 9:30am and three evening practices on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 6:00pm – 7:00pm. The Menlo Mavericks is our family-based summer swim team that exposes kids to friendly competition and the camaraderie of a team. The Mavericks swim team offers a fun and safe learning environment for children and teens who wish to develop their swimming and racing skills. >more
February Can-Do Fitness Challenge The Menlo Masters, along with Menlo Swim and Sport would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's Menlo Master's Can-Do Challenge for February's American Heart Month. Your time and hard work produced thousands of cans of food and hundreds of dollars for the Menlo Park Senior Center's Brown Bag Lunch Program. There were five swimmers who swam more than 200,000 yards, there were over thirty swimmers who swam more than 100,000 yards and one hundred and twenty-five swimmers who swam 50,000 or more yards. Way to go – what an inspiration and achievement! This year our goal was to collect over 6,000 cans for the Brown Bag Lunch Program.
The Mavens water polo team will be hosting an open scrimmage on Friday, March 13, 2009 from 7:00 – 8:00pm. The scrimmage is open to adult men and women of all abilities. Each participant will need a USA Water Polo membership in order to play in the open scrimmages. If you go to the USA Water Polo website www.usawaterpolo.org , you can sign up for a three month membership, please bring proof of registration to the scrimmage. Alternately, you can sign on for a free one-week trial membership on the pool deck with the coach the night of the event. The drop-in fee is $5.00 which is to be paid to the coach. >more
Menlo Swim and Sport is happy to announce the third annual Freestyle swim clinic held by world-class Masters swim coaches, Karlyn Pipes-Nielsen and Eric Nielson. The one day clinic will be held on Friday, August 21, 2009 from 5-8:00pm. The clinic will include 90-120 minutes of water time for stroke progression and out of water form work and classroom instruction. The clinic will also include nutrition information, recovery suggestions and training ideas, along with time for your questions for Karlyn and Eric. Sign up today, the clinic is limited to 24 swimmers and is sure to be a sell out. >more
Saint Patrick’s Day Green Velvet Cupcakes Here is a quick, easy, fun and tasty treat for your and your little leprechauns to do after school or after a swim practice. This recipe is sure to bring you good luck and smiling faces from your kids and their friends. Cupcakes
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Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place 10 paper liners into the cups of a muffin pan. In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat together the oil, sugar, egg, vinegar, vanilla and green food coloring until combined. In a smaller bowl, stir together the flour and baking soda. Add to the egg mixture, in two or three additions alternately with the buttermilk, beating well. Spoon the batter into the 10 paper liners, divide evenly. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick poked into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. Remove from pan and let cool thoroughly. Meanwhile, make the icing. In a medium bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter until creamy. Add the icing sugar gradually, in 3 or 4 additions, beating very well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Add the milk or cream, 1 tbsp. at a time, beating well, until the icing is creamy and spreadable -- the more you beat this, the better it will be. Add the food coloring, beating it in gradually until the icing is tinted the way you like it. Decorate cupcakes with green sprinkles or colored sugar.
You have received this newsletter because you have participated in or inquired about programs with Menlo Swim and Sport, including Team Sheeper and Menlo Masters. Let us know what you think.
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MENLO MASTERS TRIATHLON Team Sheeper is happy to announce our new Level One Triathlon Team. The new team will be led and mentored by Ken Wilner, a brand new and wonderful addition to our coaching staff. Ken brings a great deal of athletic and coaching history to our team along with his current and thriving private practice in his field of Physical Therapy. Level One will have the goal of nurturing individuals who are new to the sport of triathlon or who are just interested in combining multiple sports into a fitness lifestyle. Level One will meet twice each week, on Wednesday evening and Saturday morning, beginning in early March 2009. If you are interested in the sport of triathlon please attend our Level One informational meeting on March 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm. >more
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