<h1>Camp Show!</h1>
I would like to thank every camper for a terrific summer! Everyone has shown great improvement in the pool!  I'll leave you with one last swimming joke:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Q: Why did the vegetarians stop swimming? </strong>
<strong>A: They didn't like meets!</strong> </span>

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Have a great school year! </span>

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">Swimming Lauren</span> </span>

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<h1>Where the Wild Things Are</h1>
This week in the pool we discover who the real wild campers are- at least in the pool! While the ducks and penguins did typical swim lessons (see Carnival Week for a summary of a the pool week),  the dragons, gophers, gators, sharks, and big dogs all competed in Wild Thing Pool competitions! All campers participated in the event below and the competition was fierce. The "wild winners" are as followed:

<strong>Dragons</strong>
Front float: Steph 1:13 minutes

Back float: Molly 1:30 minutes

Treading: Steph 1:12 minutes

Bobbing: Steph 78 bobs

Freestyle endurance:  Molly and Steph 5 minutes

Breaststroke: Steph, Molly, Marlena, Delaina, Luca 6 minutes

<strong>Gopher</strong>

Front float: Sam 1:54 minutes

Back float: Grace 2:52 minutes

Treading: Sam 2:12 minutes

Bobbing: Grace 105 times

Freestyle endurance: Sarah 4:30 minutes

Breaststroke endurance: Sam and Grace 5:00 minutes

Under-water endurence: Ella 1 3/4 laps

<strong>Gator</strong>
Back float: Benny 3:11 minutes

Front float: Steven 1:58 minutes

Treading: Steven 1:55 minutes

Money madness: Hannah 16 coins, Ella $1.15

Bobbing: Steven 155 times

Freestyle endurance: James and Luke 5 mins

Breaststroke: Nick, Aidan, Steven, Luke, Benny 8:13  minutes

<strong>Sharks</strong>

Front float: Zacch 0:54 minutes

Back float: Zacch 1:51 minutes

Treading: Pat 2:41 minutes

Freestyle endurance: Hunter and Jake 3 minutes

Bobbing: Jake 128 times

Breaststroke endurance: Hunter, Pat, Zach 8:30 minutes

Underwater endurance: Pat 2 laps

<strong>Big dog</strong>

Front float: Autumn 1:54 minutes

Back float: Sarah and Autumn 5:00 minutes

Bobbing: Sarah 162 times

Treading:  Sarah 3:29 minutes

Breaststroke endurance: Grace, Sarah, Michael, Pat 6 minutes

Underwater endurance: Grace 2 laps

Swimming Joke of the Week:
<p align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Q. Why did the girl have problems swimming?</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">A. She didn’t have boy-ancy! (Buoyancy)</span></p>

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<h1>Carnival Week!</h1>
<h3>The ducks worked on:</h3>
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	<li>Pool rules and safety</li>
	<li>Bobbing up to 10 times</li>
	<li>"Spiderman crawl" around the pool</li>
	<li>"Ice-cream scoop" arms (freestyle)</li>
	<li>Back floats, some independently for up to 30 seconds!</li>
	<li>"Superman" floats (front floats)</li>
	<li>Tickle-t-pushes (elementary backstroke)</li>
	<li>Jumping independently into the pool</li>
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<h3>The penguins worked on:</h3>
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	<li>20 bobs</li>
	<li>Blast off glides and kicks with streamline arms</li>
	<li>Red light, green light kicking game</li>
	<li>Independent front and back kicks with kick board</li>
	<li>Independent front and back floats</li>
	<li>Free style with rotary breathing</li>
	<li>Breaststroke arms</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Tickle-t-push (elementary backstroke)</li>
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<h3>The dragons worked on:</h3>
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<ul>
	<li>20 bobs</li>
	<li>Independent Blast off glides and kicks  with streamline arms</li>
	<li>Independent front and back kicks with kick board</li>
	<li>Red light, green light kicking game</li>
	<li>Front and back floats</li>
	<li>Free style</li>
	<li>Breaststroke, kick (whip kick) and arms</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Tickle-t-push (elementary backstroke)</li>
	<li>Backstoke</li>
</ul>
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<h3>The gophers worked on:</h3>
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	<li>Kingfisher, a swimming game that builds swimmers endurance and speed</li>
	<li>Front and back floats up to 1 min</li>
	<li>Independent streamline glides</li>
	<li>Freestyle with rotary breathing</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke arms and kick</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Butterfly kick</li>
	<li>Swimming 100s (4 laps) without stopping!</li>
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<h3>The gators worked on:</h3>
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	<li>Freestyle with rotary breathing</li>
	<li>Streamline off the wall</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke</li>
	<li>Butterfly kick</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Waterpolo</li>
	<li>Pool Baseball</li>
	<li>Kingfisher, a swimming game that builds swimmers endurance and speed</li>
</ul>
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<h3>The all sports worked on:</h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Freestyle</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke</li>
	<li>Butterfly kick</li>
	<li>Flip turns</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Building swimming endurance, swimming 100s</li>
	<li>Pool baseball</li>
	<li>Waterpolo</li>
	<li>Kingfisher, a swimming game that builds swimmers endurance and speed</li>
</ul>
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<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">Swimming joke of the week:</span></h3>
<h3 align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Q: Where do ghosts like to go swimming? </span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;">A: Lake Eerie</span></h3>
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<h1><span style="color: #008000;">Green Earth Week!</span></h1>
<h3>The ducks worked on:</h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Pool rules and safety</li>
	<li>Putting their face in the water</li>
	<li>Bobbing</li>
	<li>Spiderman walks around the pool</li>
	<li>"Ice-cream scoop" arms</li>
	<li>Back floats, some independently for up to 30 seconds!</li>
	<li>Tickle-t-pushes</li>
	<li>Jumping independently into the pool</li>
</ul>
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<h3>The penguins worked on:</h3>
<ul>
	<li>20 bobs</li>
	<li> Blast off glides and kicks (streamline)</li>
	<li>Independent front and back kicks with kick board</li>
	<li>Independent Front and back floats</li>
	<li>Free style</li>
	<li>Breaststroke kick (whip kick) and arms</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Tickle-t-push</li>
	<li>Independently jumping into the pool (hula hoop game)</li>
</ul>
<h3>The dragons worked on:</h3>
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<ul>
	<li>20 bobs</li>
	<li>Independent Blast off glides and kicks (streamline)</li>
	<li>Independent front and back kicks with kick board</li>
	<li>Front and back floats, up to 30 seconds</li>
	<li>Free style</li>
	<li>Breaststroke kick (whip kick) and arms</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Tickle-t-push</li>
	<li>Independently jumping into the pool (hula hoop game)</li>
</ul>
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<h3>The gophers worked on:</h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Front and back floats up to 1 min</li>
	<li>Independent streamline glides</li>
	<li>Freestyle with rotary breathing</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke arms and kick</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Building up endurance, swimming 50s!</li>
</ul>
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<h3>The eagle/gators worked on:</h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Freestyle with rotary breathing</li>
	<li>Streamline off the wall</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke</li>
	<li>Butterfly kick</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Waterpolo</li>
	<li>Building swimming endurance, swimming 100s!</li>
</ul>
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<h3>The all sports worked on:</h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Freestyle</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke</li>
	<li>Flip turns</li>
	<li>Underwater swimming</li>
	<li>Building swimming endurance, swimming 100s</li>
	<li>Human basketball</li>
	<li>Waterpolo</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Swimming joke of the week:</h2>
<p align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Q. Why did the teacher jump into the water?</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">A. She wanted to test the water!</span></p>

<h1><span style="color: #0000ff;">Blue</span> and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Gold</span> Week!</h1>
<h4>Blue and gold week continued to the pool!</h4>
On Monday and Tuesday swim lessons were a blast in the pool! The ducks, penguins, dragons, and gophers were introduced to the red-light green-light kicking game and continued to perfect their freestyle and elementary backstroke. The gators, big dogs, and sharks focused on freestyle and the beginning elements of a flip turn, as well as the butterfly kick.

Wednesday was a very fun day in the pool! The ducks, penguins, dragons, and gophers participated in multiple relay races to earn points for their teams. Gators and all sports learned the rules of and played water polo. On Thursday, all campers participated in Money Mania! Campers swam to the bottom of the pool to collect as many coins as they could to earn points! The week ended with a splash and a cannonball contest!

Lauren
<h2>Swimming joke of the week:</h2>
<p align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Q. What is a polar bear's favorite stroke?</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">A. Blubber-fly!</span></p>
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<h1><em><strong>The first week in the pool was fantastic! </strong></em></h1>
<h3><span style="color: #ff0000;">The panda/ducks worked on: </span></h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Pool rules and safety</li>
	<li>Blowing bubbles</li>
	<li>Putting their face in the water</li>
	<li>Spiderman walks around the pool</li>
	<li>"Ice-cream scoop" arms</li>
	<li>Back floats</li>
	<li>Tickle-t-pushes</li>
	<li>Jumping independently into the pool</li>
</ul>
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<h3><span style="color: #ff6600;">The dragons worked on: </span></h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Pool rules</li>
	<li>15 bobs</li>
	<li>Blast off glides and kicks (streamline)</li>
	<li>Independent front and back kicks with kick board</li>
	<li>Front and Back floats</li>
	<li>Free style</li>
	<li>Tickle-t-push</li>
	<li>Independently jumping into the pool (hula hoop game)</li>
</ul>
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<h3><span style="color: #339966;">The gophers worked on: </span></h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Pool safety</li>
	<li>Bobbing</li>
	<li>Front and back floats</li>
	<li>Independent streamline glides</li>
	<li>Freestyle with rotary breathing</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke arms</li>
</ul>
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<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">The eagle/gators worked on: </span></h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Pool safety</li>
	<li>Front and back floats</li>
	<li>Freestyle with rotary breathing</li>
	<li>Streamline off the wall</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke</li>
	<li>Relay Races</li>
</ul>
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<h3><span style="color: #800080;">The all sports worked on: </span></h3>
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<ul>
	<li>Pool safety</li>
	<li>Freestyle drills</li>
	<li>Backstroke</li>
	<li>Breaststroke</li>
	<li>Flip turns</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Swimming joke of the week:</h2>
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<h6 align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Q. Why can male elephants swim whenever they want?</span></h6>
<h6 align="left"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">A. They always have trunks with them!</span></h6>
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