January 2, 2008

Team Gymnasts and Parents:

June is shaping up to be a very busy month. With our year-end show, Olympic Trials, and the optional level gymnasts attending USAIGC Nationals in Florida, we felt that it was impossible to squeeze in team camp as well! But, because we feel that team camp provides such a great opportunity for skill development and also motivates the gymnasts in such a positive way that we did not want to miss it.

So, we have schedule camp for the week of July 14th. This will be exactly half way through summer schedule and should be great timing to give them an extra push as they work on their skills for the upcoming season. It will also allow the second half of the summer practice to continue developing these skills.

Because of our new location, we will structure camp a little differently this year. Camp will run as follows:

          Tuesday, July 15th, Wednesday, July 16th and Thursday, July 17th 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

          Friday, July 18th 11:00 am to 6:00 pm camp; 6:00 “show and tell” for parents; 7:00 sleepover

Saturday, July 19th we would like to schedule a fun team-building day somewhere like Caledonia or Cowans Gap. We will be discussing this further and letting everyone know soon. We will probably be looking for parents to help with transportation.

We have tried very hard to come up with a time that hopefully will allow as many gymnasts to attend as possible. We are getting you the information early, because we feel that this concentrated time working on perfecting and learning new skills is very important for the gymnasts’ training.

Even though we don’t have the pool on a daily basis, we have already begun thinking of great crafts and fun games to go along with all the hard work!

The cost for camp this year is $240.00.  A non-refundable deposit of $120.00 is due by Saturday, April 28, 2007. The balance of $120.00 must be paid in full by the first day of camp.

We will not have our regularly scheduled team practices the week of camp.  If your daughter participates in camp, your tuition for July will be prorated, otherwise full tuition is expected.

We look forward to seeing you at camp!

The WSGD Staff