How to thrive as a Columbia parent
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- Category: Club News
- Published: Saturday, 19 November 2016 08:29
It's pretty easy to be "in the know" as a Columbia parent. Everything we do is posted to our website. We believe in being as open and transparent as possible. We don't hide behind password protected sites or secret emails. (Frankly, we always wonder why some clubs feel differently.) Our practices are always open to parents and families, and we believe our communications should be done in the open as well.
To stay up on what is happening, there are two places you should look for information:
First check our website's front page OFTEN (every day) because we post new information there constantly. (We push a stream of notifications to facebook, twitter, etc. to let you know something is new, but the best thing is to go look often.)
Second, check our schedule page all the way to the bottom! That's where you'll find our calendar. You can even subscribe to the calendar to have it show up on your phone's calendar app. We post all team meetings, practices, etc. to the calendar. (The next several upcoming events will also show right near the bottom of our front page as well.) To get more information about an event (like a practice location), just click the event title in the calendar. One note: if the calendar and the Tournament Schedule list ever disagree, the Tournament Schedule is always correct.
While this is always a busy week for our club with tryouts, forming new teams, and all the paperwork of preparing for a new season, today we stop and remember all those who have served our nation's armed forces. Their service has kept our county the kind of place where we have the luxury of club volleyball. A big thank you to all our former players and coaches who have served.
One of the things that makes our club so successful is our amazing parents. We appreciate all the driving, watching, cheering, feeding, finding that lost water bottle, ball chasing, and spectacular kid raising each of you do. Our coaches look forward to seeing you again with each new season. Columbia often feels like family because of the multi-year relationships we all develop between staff, players, and parents. Thank you for everything you do! Go Columbia!