Coaches News!

Monarchs,

I just wanted to update all of the Monarch Families of the news the coaches told the gymnast today. As of the week of July 11th 2011 coach Laura will not be permanently coaching the Monarchs. She has struggled with the decision to leave for the past few months and unfortunately her career isn't allowing her the commitment that is required for this team. We are going to make the transition as smooth as possible on the girls. Kaitlin is going to coach every Saturday practice this summer starting June 11th while Laura continues weekday practices. Coach Anna Battoclette, Blue Ash's former head coach will be joining our Monarch family. She will be coming in one practice a week starting next week to work with Laura to get to know the girls and our gym better. This again was super hard on all of us but is better for the girls in the long run. We love Laura and we wish her the best of luck starting her life. She will continue to sub in the gym and will be around to support us. We wanted the girls to know first so this was the best way I could think of to get the news to all of the families.

Thanks for your support,
Coach Kristin

Hello Monarchs,

Well it's be awhile and I have some very exciting news! The 2011 PCY Annual end of the year Banquet is right around the corner. Literally, May 6th 6:00pm in the Y Lodge. Invitations are in the family folders with more specific details. Please save the date, this Banquet means a lot to the girls and it's too much fun to miss out on. The great part about the Banquet is the girls stay with us coaches in the gym all night long:) Pick up from the sleep over the next morning is 8:00am, unless they stay to help with classes;) Listed below are a few items to sign up for so the girls have some snacks and a quick breakfast in the morning. The movie for the night will be Tangled. Any questions regarding the Banquet/Overnight you know what to do!!

Beverages

1) Milk – ½ gallon only needed

2) OJ - - 1 gallon only needed

Snacks- 6 total

Breakfast food – bagels, fruit, donuts

*If you bring bagels please remember to bring cream cheese.

If you want to bring something that's not listed for breakfast then feel free, these are just some suggestions. Please just email me the item(s) and I will post them to keep everyone informed of what we still need.

Thanks for all your support throughout the season, let us come together to celebrate.

~Coach Kristin

Up Coming Events

Monarchs,
I want to start by saying Thank you to all of you and your families for doing such a great job with our home meet. It's one of the most successful meets we have hosted. I've received such great feed back from our Executive Director and class participants that came to support us. I know that girls had a great time so it was totally worth all of the hard work. Everyone really came together and created such a positive experience.
Back to business, everyone should have received districts information in their family folders on Friday and it's also posted on the our website if you need to find the information. This is our last meet for some of the gymnast so we are trying to get them prepared and staying focused. This is the meet that we work so hard for all year long. The girls are going to go into Championships with a positive attitude and no holding back. Good luck Girls:)
This Saturday March 12th at 12:30-2:00pm we're holding a Free Vault Clinic coached by Denise Brunck and Rebekah Grossman. The focus is only going to be on Vault. I encourage everyone to come and benefit from this Free vault practice. While the girls will be working hard in the gym I'm holding the Parent Nationals meeting right outside my office at the same time. If your gymnast(s) is a level 5 or higher and has received the nationals score you are strongly encouraged to come and listen what Nationals is all about. Please let me know if you can or can't make it.
Zones information will be shared whenever it gets to me. Please book hotels now and then cancel if need be.
Please keep the Cleghorn family in your prayers, they are going through some hard ships right now and could really use the extra thoughts and prayers.

Any questions please do not hesitate to call or email me.

Thanks for everything you do,
Kristin

Gym Updates

Monarchs
We have a meets 1/30/11, 2/12/11 and our home meet, 2/19/11. The first two schedules are posted on the website and our home meet will be going out this week. Please don't forget about the decorating party we have scheduled next Saturday morning 2/5/11 from 9am-12 in both Multi-purpose room and the Aquatic Club room.
In the gym the girls are working hard preparing for future meets, and as coaches we try our best to let you the parents and gymnast know how the progress is and how hard everyone is working. Their just isn't enough time in the day to talk to every parent after every practice. If you the parents aren't in the gym to help with the equipment then it gets even more challenging. So, what us coaches have decided and came up with is, sending out progress reports about every 2 weeks. Communication is key to success and we feel this will help let the parents know what's going on. We feel that this will be a great tool and the girls will be able to share with the family how they are doing in the gym. The report will have 3 categories; Work Ethic, Attitude and Progress. We feel these are 3 of the most important qualities to have to be a successful gymnast and a great teammate. The progress reports will be in the family folders today after practice. When a new progress report is ready there will be a email sent out informing the parents. Please don't forget to ask your gymnast to share it with you:)

Thanks for all you do,
Coach Kristin

Updates

Monarch Families,
Now that the Holidays are over and mid January is approaching we have a ton to stay on top of when it comes to our home meet February 19th. Please get with the parents you need to in order to accomplish yet another great home meet. It will come sooner than we think. Before the home meet we have 2 away meets. First is Darke County, January 30th. It's the Sunday meet so please let me know right away if you will NOT be attending. As of right now it's going to be a 3 session meet. Level 4's will be first session and they're trying for level 5 and 6 second session, which leaves optionals and prep-ops third. Their gym is super cold this time of year so please dress accordingly. February 12th is the Miami County meet, it's in Piqua so be prepared to drive. I will be in New York that weekend starting from Friday 2/13/11-Tuesday 2/15/11. I know it's not the ideal time to be taking a vacation but sometimes you don't get to choose. I will have my cell phone on me at all times and emailing frequently.
Sarah Voit is our Featured gymnast so congratulations to her. She has been working really hard in the gym and the hard work has shown and most certainly paid off. Great Job Sarah.
Parents please please please write your daughter(s) a note if they're going to be late getting into the gym. Even if they're a minute they have been asked for a note. You can also call or text one of us three coaches. This has been an issue for weeks now so that is why it's being brought up.

Thanks so much for all of the effort and dedication from everyone!
~Coach Kristin

Great Job to level 4's and 5's for both taking 2nd place as a team at Counrtyside! 1,2,3...PC

Coaches Blog

Monarchs,
Welcome back into the gym! I hope everyone enjoyed their Holiday and spending time with the family. There is a ton happening in the gym so please check the Monarch calendar frequently.
Team Pictures:
Friday December 3, 2010
Please send the girls into the gym in their COMPETITION LEOTARD along with "meet hair". Pictures will be at the beginning of practice so we want them prepared. Don't forget to pack a practice leo, right after the team and individual pictures practice will be going on and we want them into another leo. Any other questions regarding forms and due dates please talk to Lora Alberto.
Teammate Secret-Santa were drawn in the gym on Monday. If your gymnast forgets who she has please just come to me and I will inform you. Please remind the gymnast that this is a secret and the fun is lost the other person finds out! Shhh! It's a secret. Christmas party December 10th. Level reps are needed to volunteer for set up.

We welcomed Anna Battoclette into our gym for this entire week. She was the former coach for Blue Ash and is super excited to be in our gym filling in for Laura while she is in Disney World.

Please keep Hannah and the Chai family in your prayers. Hannah just went under surgery but is having a great recovery. We will be welcoming them back next week.

Parent Board Meeting this Friday December 3rd, 2010. All is welcomed.

We still need Home Meet themes, keep thinking!!!






~Kristin

Coaches Blog

Great Job Monarchs!
We are finished with the first three meets of the season:) PCY kicked butt and now it's time to get back to the basics. I just wanted to say how happy and proud we were to see Coach Denise at Kettering as "Judge" Denise. She did a wonderful job judging her first meet and we can't wait to show off our routines to her again. She was proud of us too:)
We can't slow down now, meets are done for a moment but we still have a full schedule! The calendar is updated so please stay connected with the activities through the Monarch calendar. It will save you from missing out on some great information. Reminder that emails need to go out to Debbie Janakiefski and Jeanette Birkenhauer asap regarding the Spirit wear! This is a very urgent matter and I want to apologize for all of the mess ups. This is a new company and he wasn't quite prepared for our order. Hopefully 3rd times a charm and thank you to those who have already taken care of the matter.
I just wanted to give a quick thanks to our Fund-raising chairs for organized Larosas for us. That was a great fast, and delicious way to raise a buck. We have many more fundraisers coming our way to lets keep our eyes pealed.
Christmas party is around the corner which means the parent level representatives need to come together and help organize the menu and events. I have the Aquatic club room reserved:)
In the gym the girls are thinking of ideas for our home meet theme. This is going to be a big one this year so we really need all hands on deck. For all of the new families we have all been there and we will walk you through everything step by step.
Congratulations to our two Featured Gymnasts: Emily Engel and Kamille Austin. Awesome job ladies, keep up the good work. :)
~Coach Kristin