Volleyball Updates

Dear Families,

This is our last week of our official schedule!  I can't believe how fast time has gone this season!  We have a busy week ahead of us with two home matches and an away match on Thursday.  Just a reminder that Tuesday is SENIOR NIGHT!  So, let's pack the stands for our three special seniors!  Also, I have updated the team calendar for the Varsity team with our tournament date and practice schedule for the upcoming weeks!  Please be sure to check the online team calendar and schedule any appointments accordingly, as we hope to have our full team for the remainder of our practices!

Our tournament date is set, but we will wait to see our opponent and site of the match.  For more information about the tournament and brackets go to www.cdab.org.

Also, our banquet has been set!  It will be October 21 at 6:00pm at the Irion's house.  I'd like to give a special thanks to the Irion family for hosting.  I'm sure Polly will follow up with any needed details!  Thanks to all of you for your support, help during the matches, and enthusiasm for our volleyball teams!

-Coach R

Special DIG PINK Event on Saturday, Sept. 27

Players and Families:

On Saturday, September 27 at 10:00am, Columbus Academy will host CSG and Worthington Christian.  This tri-meet will also include a special Dig Pink event to kick off National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to support breast cancer patients and their families.  (Learn more about Dig Pink at http://www.side-out.org/digpink/.)

We have several fun PINK activities planned for this event:

• Special T-shirts for the players
• “Pinked Out” nets
• “Pinked Out” gym
• Invite the CA middle school volleyball teams to attend the games and the event
• Honor breast cancer survivors who are in attendance
• Host a simple brunch for all players and their families

We are inviting each of our CA volleyball families to help support the event by contributing to the brunch.  The brunch will be simple – bagels and cream cheese, pastries, fruit, veggies and dip, and coffee.  The sign up process for food is always difficult.  To make it easier, I’ve just assigned each family to a suggested item.  There will be tables set up in the hallway where you can place your items when you arrive.

2 dozen bagels and cream cheese OR 2 dozen pastries

Gunawardena

Hamilton

Tibbles

Hansell

Acker

Fumi

Lopresti

Fruit or Fruit Tray

Krolak

Irion

Amonor

McClain

Dragin

Veggies and Dip

Davis

Smith

Anders

Sterkowicz

Dubenion

Plates, Napkins, Silverware, Tablecloths, Coffee

Clavijo

Player T-shirts have already been ordered.  If any of you would also like to order a special T-shirt please go to http://www.shopdigpink.com.

I’m looking forward to this fun event and hope to see you all there!

Go Vikes!

Polly

Polly.Clavijo@gmail.com

614-832-1834

Away Game Locations and Addresses

Several of you asked about addresses for away games.  You can find location information, including address, map, and directions, from the Athletics - Schedules link on the Academy webpage:

http://schedules.schedulestar.com/Columbus-Academy-Gahanna-OH/day

Thanks to April Tibbles, here is a list of the remaining away locations and addresses:

9/11 at West Jefferson

NOTE: JV game is at 6:00p, Varsity is 7:00p

West Jefferson High School

1 Roughrider Dr

West Jefferson, OH 43162 ‎

9/16 at London

London High School

336 Elm St.

London, OH 43140

10/2 at Grandview Heights

Grandview Heights High School

1587 W. 3^rd Ave.

Columbus, OH  43212

10/9 at Madison-Plains

Madison-Plains High School

800 Linson Rd

London, OH  43140

New and Updated Info on CA VB Blog

The season is about to be in full swing!  Looking forward to our first game this Tuesday 8/26 at Bexley.

I’ve posted several updates and some new information on the Blog:

•          Volunteers – Games (updated)
•          Volunteers – Special Events (updated)
•          2014 Contact List (updated)
•          Scorebook Instructions (new)
•          Libero Tracking Instructions (new)

Volunteer Schedules

There are still several openings in the game day Volunteer schedule, especially for JV games.  PLEASE review the schedule and let me know any additional slots you can fill.  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9prPI8oI0VPVFdYX01OWEVINFk/edit

If every family volunteers for 5 slots during the season we will be covered.

Senior Night

We still need 1 or 2 additional volunteers to help with Senior Night on Oct. 7.

Scorebook and Libero Tracking Training

I’ll give scorebook and Libero tracking training during the Tue., Aug. 26 and Tue., Sep. 2 games (both JV and Varsity).  I’ve also posted on the blog new links to Scorebook and Libero Tracking Instructions.  (Left side under the RELATED LINKS section.)  These are great for a quick refresher before a game.

I hope to see you all Tuesday.

Go Vikes!

Polly

Polly.Clavijo@gmail.com

Prelim Volunteer Schedules now online!

Preliminary volunteer schedules and a parent contact list are now available online on the blog site (http://columbusacademyvolleyball.blogspot.com/).

New links under the 2014 CALENDARS heading (on the left side):

• Volunteers - Games
• Volunteers - Snacks
• Volunteers - Special Events

New link under the RELATED LINKS heading:

• 2014 Contact List

What a fabulous group of parents!  We only need a few more game day volunteers to complete the schedule.  For those of you who have not yet volunteered, please review the Volunteers - Game schedule then email me the games and jobs you can fill.

We also need 1 or 2 more non-Senior parent volunteers for Senior Night on Oct. 7.  Please email me if you can help with that special event.

Thanks for your great support!
Polly
polly.clavijo@gmail.com

We are playing at 6699 East Livingston Avenue Reynoldsburg

Picture Day

Dear Families,

I have updated the calendar for practices on Monday and Tuesday of next week.  Monday we will practice from 2:45-4:30.  We realize some students may be late due to school meetings.  Tuesday will be picture day.  We are asking that your child is in the gym by 4:00.  Pictures begin at 4:30.  Players need to wear their uniform and black spandex.  They will need black spandex for the remainder of the year during our games.

Also, please do not forget about our parent meeting this Thursday at 7:30.  Please bring your calendar so you may sign up to volunteer at our games.

Thanks for your help this season!

-Coach Roehrenbeck

CA VB Team Parent Intro Communication

Hello CA VB Parents and Players:

Hard to believe it’s already time to start the 2014 volleyball season!  My daughter, Ana, will be one of the seniors on the team this year.  I will be your team parent rep for the 2014 season.  Many of you know me from last year.  I look forward to meeting the rest of you.

Players – you have some very important tasks:  practice hard, play well together, and have fun!

Parents – we also have some very important tasks.  It’s our job to help the team run smoothly and to coordinate many of the fun events for the year.  To get us started, we’ll have a team Parent Meeting on this coming Thursday, Aug. 14^th from 7:30-8:30pm in the CA gym.  Please plan to attend this important meeting. 

One of our most important responsibilities is to keep score at each match.  On Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 5:30, I will give a hands-on scorekeeping training session during the scrimmage at Reynoldsburg.  Please attend if you’ve never kept score before or if you’d like a refresher.  I will also try to schedule a couple additional training sessions during upcoming practices.

I’m looking forward to a great season and to working with all of you!   Watch this BlogSpot for other updates and important information throughout the season.

 

Go Vikes!

Polly Clavijo (Ana ’15)

Cell: 614-832-1834
Email: polly.clavijo@gmail.com
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/pclavijo