Welcome to the 2020 Dive Team!

Please read this message carefully as it details practice sign-ups and set-up. Practices will begin Monday, June 15^th. We are using this first week as a trial and will make tweaks accordingly. Please bear with us as we try to give our divers the best experience possible while meeting all health and safety requirements. Dive team expects all families to adhere to all COVID-19 guidelines as detailed in the Cardinal Hill Phase 2 Reopening Plan. Full details can be found on the Cardinal Hill website www.chsrc.com

This summer we will have 4 practices a day, 6 days a week, Monday-Saturday. Practice times are: 8:00-8:45am, 9:00-9:45am, 10:00-10:45am, and 11:00-11:45am. For the first week of practices, we will have 4 divers per board (8 divers per practice slot). Assuming things move smoothly, we will increase the divers per practice the following week to 10.

We will be using Sign-up Genius, and at this time each diver may sign up for 3 dive practice slots per week. To assure that all practice spots are filled each day, we are not assigning practices- parents/divers will be able to select their preferred dive practices each week. We cannot guarantee: your child will get their preferred practice slots, your child will get to dive with siblings/friends, or your child will have the same dive times each week. It is my goal to post the sign-up schedule around the same time each week so all families have equal opportunity to sign-up for preferred slots.

If your child will not be able to attend their selected practice, we kindly ask that you remove their name from the Sign-up Genius (even if it is last minute). All practice slots still open as of 5pm the day prior are available to any diver, even if your diver is already signed up for 3 practices.

A few notes:

-To allow for the maximum number of swim/dive team participants, parents are not permitted to enter the facility during practice. Parents may wait in cars or outside the pool gates if desired.

-Divers will be required to follow all rules including social distancing rules. All divers must maintain 10 feet of distance between others.

-If a diver is unable or unwilling to follow the team rules, including social distancing rules, divers may be asked to withdraw from the team.

-We encourage all divers to arrive at Cardinal Hill in their swimwear and avoid changing in the locker rooms. Please bring a towel, but refrain from bringing shammies or dive bags. For those new to dive, please note goggles are not permitted while diving for safety reasons.

-The Dive Team Rep will not be at the pool every day and will therefore not be sending out weather related pool closure emails. It is the parents’ responsibility to monitor the weather. For weather updates you can follow Cardinal Hill on Twitter @CardinalHillSR or our dive specific account @chsrdive

-Practices cancelled due to weather will not be made up.

We hope your child loves dive team. However, if for any reason your child(ren) decide they no longer wish to participate, please let us know so that we can recalculate our numbers. Our goal is to get everyone on the boards at much as possible each week!

We will be using Sign-Up Genius for our practice schedule.Please remember each diver may initially sign-up for THREE practice slots. If spots are still available at 5pm the day prior to any practice, your diver may sign up, even if they already have already signed up for 3 practice slots. Here is the link for WEEK #1: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4CAEAF23A13-dive2

It is my goal to have each subsequent practice schedule posted on Fridays in the late afternoon. The next practice schedule will include two weeks (WEEK #2 and WEEK #3).

Hope everyone enjoys the first week of practice!

Best, Michelle