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INFORMATION FOR THE 2&3 DAY PROGRAM:

Location:	Oak Hill
Time:	3:30-4:30
Technique:	dry land
Wax Recommendation:	N/A 🙂
Upcoming Event/Race:	Family hike up Holt’s Ledge, Sunday, November 15, meet at 10:00 Dartmouth Skiway Parking Lot. Come one, come all!

NOTES: WELCOME: Welcome to the Ford Sayre Nordic 2&3 Day Program! We’ve been loving bumping into families around town and hearing how excited everyone is to get started. We are too! Woohoo! This first email is always a bit long, so bear with us… EMAILS/POSTS: Before every practice, you’ll receive an email in this format – a table like the one above with location, time, ski technique (classic or skate), wax reco, and upcoming race/event. It should show up on your phone looking the same way. All emails/posts, current and past, are posted and archived on the site so you can go back and reference them at any time. We also encourage you to dig into the site to answer your questions. Check out the menu at the left side of the Nordic>BKL 2&3 Day page. You’ll be able to find lots of answers to your questions there. FIRST PRACTICE: Some tips for a successful first day

• Practice starts at 3:30 and is only one hour long since we lose our sunlight at 4:30. We do our best to begin on time, so try to arrive early so your child can gear up and find his/her grade level group. We will have signs posted to make it easy.
• Wear non-cotton layers, wool socks and running shoes (no winter boots), hat, light gloves if it is cold. See our What To Wear When you Ski page for more information.
• Parking! Our lot gets crowded and Dartmouth requires that we use a particular parking design to allow ambulances or firetrucks to come in if necessary . Please park on each side of the lot as far in toward the cabin as you possibly can. Try to leave no spaces between cars. We will have cones in the center section and folks to help you park there, too. Drive slowly in the evening light! Carpooling helps reduce traffic, too!
• New parents, come say hello to me, Ashley, in the parking lot. I’d love to meet you! I’ll be near the tiger.
• Parents, if you wear sturdy shoes when you pick up your children on Thursday, and if you have time, you can come up the hill and say hello at the end of practice to the coaches. They are wonderful and want to meet you!
• We love that many RMS kids like to walk to practice – this is a great part of skiing at Oak Hill – so close! For the first day only, to show the kids the ropes, Cindy Glueck will meet a group at the flag pole at RMS at 3:10. Children should quickly change into practice garb at RMS after school and then come out to meet Cindy. Please let her know if she should expect your child. cindy.glueck@gmail.com

CANCELATION POLICY: We rarely cancel practice. However, if school is cancelled, we cancel. If practice is cancelled on a day when school is in session (ie:no snow, bad ice, dangerous conditions), the decision will be made before noon and will be posted on our page. The notice should come to you as an email, but you should always check the site if you aren’t sure since the site will be real time. Cancellations will also be phoned in to local schools before noon. Please make a plan with your child for days when practice is cancelled. They should have a plan B. NEW FAMILIES NIGHT HANDOUTS: Thank you to those who joined us for our New Families Night on November 4th. A brief handout from the night is posted on the Information for Parents page of our nordic site. If you are a new family, please make sure to read through these materials and let us know if you have any questions! WE ARE HERE FOR YOU: Reach out to us! We’re always here to field your questions and receive your comments. Let us know if we can help!  Ashley & Peter, BKL@fordsayre.org, (802) 649-2159 Cheers and see you Thursday.  Continue reading →

The Ford Sayre Ski Sale is today from 12 noon to 2 pm at the Richmond Middle School in Hanover.  There are great deals for new and used ski equipment and clothing, both for downhill and cross-country skiing.

This is a great way to outfit your family for the winter sports season.

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A note from the 2&3 Day Nordic Program:

NEW FAMILIES NIGHT:

This Wednesday, November 4, from 6:00-6:45 at the Black Rec Center in Hanover. Please come upstairs to the back conference room. (The One Day Program will be having its session from 5:30-6:15 in the main gym) This event  is highly encouraged for new families or for any families that have questions about the program.

ANNUAL FS NORDIC HIKE:

Don’t miss our first family outing. On Sunday, November 15, at 10:00am, we will meet in the parking lot at the Dartmouth Ski Way for our hike up to Holt’s Ledge. 7/8 skiers will join the JNT (FS high school-aged skiers) part-way up and have a chance to hike with them while all other ages and parents will hike up the main trail together. We will ALL meet at the top for snacks and group fun. Come join us!

FS NORDIC CLOTHING (all hail Kathy Sabadosa, our Fashion Guru!):

 

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A message from the 2&3 Day Nordic Program:

REGISTRATION:

Closes tomorrow. This is the last note on that topic. Our numbers are high, so late registrations are by the discretion of the Program Heads, only. Go here.

DARTMOUTH TRAILS PASSES:

2&3 Day skiers are required to have a Dartmouth trails pass. Buy yours before November 7, and get the early-bird rate. Go to our website here to print the form and learn more.

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A Note from the 2&3 Day Nordic BKL Program:

The brisk air is a good reminder that skiing is near…

REGISTRATION:

Registration closes Oct 31. Go here.

NENSA Peak Weekend Challenge:

From NENSA (New England Nordic Ski Association): “We’re bringing back the tradition of the autumn NENSA hike, but with a twist… Let’s see how many of us we can get to the top of mountains across the northeast in one weekend! This is a FUNdraiser for NENSA’s Skis for Kids program. A $5 donation gets you registered and into the running for some fun prizes. All you need to do is get out, go up, & post your summit photo to our Facebook page.” While Ford Sayre is not organizing anything specific, call your friends, get a hike organized and get out onto the beautiful trails to support NENSA’s lease program that benefits so many of our families. Go here to learn more.

VOLUNTEER AT THE FS SKI SALE:

Bravo to the 9 JNT and 8th grade skiers who have already signed up to volunteer to help at the ski sale. If you have an experienced 7/8 skier who has been with the program for a number of years, we are counting on your child to volunteer. Go here to add your name to our sign-up sheet.

 

 

 

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