August 21st — Whats Happening at the Pool

Hello swimmers,

As you are probably seeing as you look outside, smoke season has begun. Hopefully it passes soon, but I have a feeling this is going to be an off and on again problem until closing for us. As we make our way through the last few weeks of our season, I want to remind everyone of how we will be making decisions about closing due to smoke.

If the AQI enters into the upper range of unhealthy for sensitive groups, we will begin to consider closing pool operations. That means as it enters into the 140’s we will begin to consider closing based on who is available to work. If the AQI goes above 150, pushing us into the “unhealthy for all” we will close pool operations.

If we have to close, we will likely be closed for the remainder of the day. There may be exceptions to this, and reopening may happen. Reopening on the same day in which we close will depend upon the air quality and the availability and ability of our staff to find transportation back to the pool.

As we move forward, if bad air quality is predicted, we will be making proactive decisions based on this schedule as much as we can:

Early Morning Lap Swim: Email communication with decision will be made and sent out at 9pm (the previous night)

Aerobics & Water Polo: Email communication with decision will be made and sent out at 7am

Swim Lessons: Email communication with decision will be made and sent out at 9am

Opening at 1pm: Email communication with decision will be made and sent out at 12pm

If the air quality takes a quick turn and pushes above 150, we will be closing immediately.

We now have a PurpleAir quality sensor at the pool so we will be using the readings from our sensor to make our decisions. Those readings are uploaded to our website wedgwoodpool.com (found on the right side just below the calendar). The readings are also uploaded to the “Air Quality” app, using the PurpleAir AQI tab in the app (found on the bottom of the screen). You can see our dot right next to the pool on the map there. Readings are uploaded every 10 minutes.

Our staff and your health and safety are at the center of our decisions to closed due to poor air quality. Thank you for being flexible and understanding as we deal with this changing environment we find ourselves in.

Now for some more uplifting information about our pool, the great community it is and the fun things we get to do here.

Water aerobics: One more week to get your movement in with our wonderful instructors. They have enjoyed it as much as you all have! The schedule this week goes like this:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM

Tuesday and Thursday – 12:05 PM – 12:50 PM

Swim-A-Thon Raising Money for No More Under:

Still time to sign up! If you have a friend who would like to support the cause, feel free to invite them to join us in raising money and swimming for No More Under. Share this flyer with them so they can participate in whatever capacity they might like!

Labor Day Games: Labor Day Games will be running from 2:00 – 4:00 PM with the Annual ping pong tournament back in action! Come down and celebrate the end of summer season at Wedgwood and the beginning of the school year with us.

Water Polo: We will be hosting two more nights of games this summer. Thursday 8/24 we will be hosting games against Blue Ridge with the deep end closing at 4:30pm (shallow end stays open until 9pm)

We will also be hosting the league championships on Thursday 8/31. This will be a fun afternoon/evening of top notch water polo being played by the top teams in the league. We will be closing the deep end at 3:30pm on 8/31 to accommodate all of the games that will be played.

Applications for Summer 2024 Season Now Posted!

I know it is still this summer, but it is time to start looking ahead to next summer! We are looking to add a group of new guards to our wonderful staff for next summer. If you are interested or know of someone who might be, please follow the instructions below to find the application.

Click this Link:

2024 Wedgwood Lifeguard/Swim Instructor Application

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Go to wedgwwoodpool.com

Click the ‘jobs’ tab on our website to find the application

Fill out the application and submit

The application is due on December, 1^st 2023

The application window is open now so turn it in at any time before then. We will be conducting a few interviews before the end of this summer season, and another round in December. Hiring decisions will be made in the spring. ***There is NO preferential hiring based on when you turn in your application or when your interview is*** Please take your time with these applications, an application that shows us who you are is more important than speediness.

Wedgwood truly is a special community and a great place to work so share this around to those who might be interested. We are looking forward to reading your applications!

Pool Hours For The Week Of August 21st – August 27^th

Monday August 21^st