The Word – 2/24/2016
Hi everyone! Thanks again for your hard work this past week- remember this upcoming weekend is the end to our multi-week madness!
Multi-Week Programs
If you are in a multi-week program please remember you will need to fill out a report card for your students to evaluate their progress over the past 6 weeks. We are planning a fun game for the weekend too!
Return Students Party
Thanks to everyone who helped out last Saturday for our western party- the costumes and chili were great! Our chili cook off winner was Karl J! Best cowboy and cowgirl went to Rachel J and Dylan B-P!
We’ve already passed 4,000 return students so we are already looking into planning our second party–keep the theme ideas coming party people!
Evening Lessons
This upcoming weekend is our last weekend for offering adult group lessons at 4pm for Friday’s and Sunday’s! Saturday’s will remain on a week-to-week basis. That being said–if any ski coaches would like to help out for one last Sunday 4:00-6:00pm lesson that would be awesome. Let us know if you can!
Training Update
Level 1 candidates Dryland training this weekend a Come prepared (bring your books) to test your Professional and Technical knowledge — We will also go over any logistical questions you may have. Check out the instructor website Level 1 Certification Process Page for details. We are in week 7 of an 8 week program so you should be 87% through your exam preparations. If you aren’t you will have a lot of work to do in preparation for the exam next month. 2 ski exam options are the Saturday March 19th or Saturday March 26th and the snowboard exam will be Saturday March 26th. Sign up in RTP, group sizes are limited. If you can’t make those dates let me know right away and we may be able to change them. Steve.frink@stevenspass.com
PSIA Reimbursement
Don’t forget when you reach 250 development credits you are eligible for your PSIA reimbursement for the season up to $250 in either textbooks and manuals, PSIA event fees, even annual dues. (Remember: 1 work hour = 1 development credit and 1 training hour = 2 development credits!)
Letter from Tim Merriam
A quick update from Tim- he sent this message to share with you all!
Letter from Tim Merriam
Stevens Pass Ski School a Thank you all for the great Get Well card. Rusty and Candice delivered it Wednesday evening. It’s been nice to have my friends from the school and elsewhere call, email and text but that card is special.
I don’t know how much of the story you know, but leading the Early Up group on Saturday I took a very hard fall as I was approaching the exit from WallStreet I’m not sure what happened or how it happened but as several of us exited, I went down on my face and rolled over. (That’s a bit of an understatement, but you get the idea.) The tally of damage so far is a broken transfer process on C3 vertebra, and a broken-into-3-pieces C2 vertebra, broken right cheek bone, one loose tooth, multiple chipped teeth, gash in the mouth, several facial abrasions and contusions, numerous head abrasions from the interior of my helmet (Yes, I was wearing!), sunglass impact contusion between the eyes, but no concussion. Thanks Smith MIPS helmet
I know, you’re thinking how the hell did all that damage happen. Anybody who might have seen the crash, I’d like to chat. I can’?t figure it out either. (Personally, I think Dale was hiding in the trees and came out and skied over me while I was down.) Some of the weird stuff was that my sunglasses are fine and my googles, which were on my helmet, are fine but my helmet with the Kyrod core material shows distortion of the interior material structure.
The good news is I am on the mend with screws holding the worst of it together. The bad news is my skiing is done for the year. I enjoyed skiing with you all this year, I hope the snow keeps falling, your exam aspirations are realized, and I look forward to skiing with you ALL again next year because I am coming back.
I’m wearing a cervical collar (think dog cone) so I cannot drive for the next 2-4 months so feel free to stop by and see me! (7118 NE 167th Street, Kenmore) Or check to see if Janet and I are in Chelan and drop in over there (1455 Lakeshore Dr., Manson).
Thanks again, I really enjoyed the card,
Tim
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“Kennan is awesome instructor. His explanations are very clear and informative. He showed me tips on my problems and it worked. ” (Customer: Anastasia)
“Krishnan was phenomenal!!!” (Customer: Aref)
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“Randy was excellent. He was humble and patient with us, and knew how to give specific feedback that improved our skill. i would take further lessons from him.” (Customer: Calvin)
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