DP Special Olympics

If you are planning on going out tonight, please be safe.     Also, take it easy on the candy.      We have a big weekend ahead of us.    As you know, this Saturday we will be playing in our Volleyball Classifications Tournament.  Game times are 9:30 & 10:30 for Attack (unified team) and 10:00 & 10:30 for the Servers.     For the parents who are planning on going, I have attached a map of St. John’s that will show you where you can park. 

St. John’s School is located at the corner of Buffalo Speedway and Westheimer. 

Parking for the event will  NOT be at Lamar High School – see attached map for parking locations within St. John’s School.

Important buses will drop off inside Gate 10-which is off of West Alabama just east of Buffalo Speedway (see map).  Buses will then go back to Buffalo Speedway turn left and then turn into Gate 11 to park.   

All other vehicles will park inside of Gate 6, 7, 12 once full drop off passengers then go park inside Gate 11 (see attached map).

st2-johns-campus-map.pdf

Today I went by the bowling alley to take pictures of our bowlers.    We have 5 very good bowlers.     Everyone seemed to be really enjoying themselves and bowling up a storm!      Our bowlers are Brendan, Berto, Krystal, Jorge and Nick.    Don’t forget to check out the pictures in the gallery to see our bowlers.

Our volleyball teams played the PALS tonight.     We always enjoy having them come out to play us every year.    They are a great bunch of kids and really make us step up our game.    However, they did beat us but the games were very close.   Hopefully they will give us a rematch soon.  A big thank you also to our partners on the unified team.    We are so glad you are taking the time to be part of our team.

 Thank you Pals!

We missed a few of our athletes tonight at practice.    Chris, Michael and Lisa were in College Station playing softball.   We were happy, though, that a couple of new players came out tonight to practice with us.    Thanks for coming Jamie and Brooke.    We sure hope you will come back.    At the end of practice we recognized Ryan, our Athlete of the Year with a collage of pictures taken at the Houston Area Banquet.    One thing we did forget though was to sing Happy Birthday to Coach Burgess.    She will be celebrating her birthday on Saturday.    Ok everyone, don’t forget we are going to sing to her at Tuesday’s practice.     So, we will see everyone Tuesday!     The Deer Park Pals are going to be there to scrimmage us.       One more thing, during skills practice Derek served 10 in a row.    Way to go Derek! 

Important dates to remember.   Mark your calendars!

Nov. 3 - Volleyball Classifications - St. John’s Academy

Nov. 17 - Area Volleyball Tournament - TBA

Dec. 1 - Area Bowling Tournament - TBA

Check back later for more details and maps!

We are ready to roll!   We will hold registration on Tuesday, October 2nd and Thursday, October 4th at DPJH from 4:00-6:00.  Parents will bring all forms and athletes will be issued practice uniforms and given a calendar of events for October and November.      Practice times will be Tues./Thursday (skills athletes from 5:45-6:15) and then (the team athletes from 6:30-7:30).   Bowlers will meet on Tues./Thursday at Armadilla Lanes from 4:00-5:00!     We are looking forward to seeing all our athletes.     It is going to be a GREAT YEAR!