Swimming Lessons Schedule & Descriptions

2024 Schedule of Classes

Morning Swim Classes (Monday - Friday)

Session	Classes	Date	Available Times
Session I	Sunfish, Starfish, Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV, Level V, Level VI	June 10 - 21	10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Session II	Sunfish,Starfish, Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV, Level V, Level VI (9 a.m.: Level 1 - IV)	July 8 - 19	9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Sesssion III	Sunfish, Starfish, Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV, Level V	July 29 - Aug 9	10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

Evening Swim Classes

Session	Classes	Date	Available Times
Session I	Sunfish, Starfish, Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV	June 3 - July 3 (M/W)	6:00 p.m.
Session II	Sunfish, Starfish, Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV	July 8 - August 7 (M/W)	6:00 p.m.
Session III	Sunfish,Starfish, Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV, Level V	July 9 - August 8 (T/Th)	6:00 p.m.

(Preschool - Level 1: 30 minute classes, Level 2 - Level 6: 45 minute classes)

Parent & Child Swim Classes

Saturday, June 1 - August 3 10:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Parent and children learn together through two fun-filled levels to increase children's comfort in the water and build a foundation of basic aquatic and water safety skills.

Tadpole (Infants) - Level I

Designed for ages 6 - 18 months with no previous water experience. Provides experiences and activities for parents and infant.

Guppy (Toddlers) - Level 2

Designed for toddlers age 18 - 36 months with no previous or limited water experience. Builds on skills learned in Level 1 and provides experiences and activities for parent and child.

Preschool Swim Classes

Designed to teach fundamental water safety and aquatic skills to 4 and 5 year olds.

Sunfish - Preschool Level I

Help participants begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices in and around water.

Skills to be learned:

Enter and exit water using ladder, steps or side
Blow bubbles through mouth and nose
Submerge mouth, nose and eyes
Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
Front and back glides and recover to a vertical position
Back float and recover to a vertical position
Roll from front to back and back to front
Tread with arm and hand actions
Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back
Combined arm and leg actions on front and back

Starfish - Preschool Level II

Increase proficiency and build on the basics learned in Sunfish while reinforcing water safety concepts and skills and introducing additional water safety topics.

Skills to be learned:

Enter water by jumping in
Fully submerge and hold breath
Bobbing
Front, jellyfish and tuck floats
Recover from front or back float or glide to a vertical position
Back float and glide
Change direction of travel while swimming on front or back
Tread water using arm or leg actions
Combined arm and leg actions on front and back
Finning arm action on back

Learn-to-Swim Classes (Levels 1 - 6)

Six progressive levels help swimmers of varying ages and abilities develop their water safety, survival and swim skills.

Level I – Introduction to Water Skills

Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help them gain basic aquatic skills while helping them develop positive attitudes and safe practices around water.

Skills to be learned:

Enter and exit water using ladder, steps or side
Blow bubbles through mouth and nose
Bobbing
Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
Front and back glides and floats
Recover to vertical position
Roll from front to back and back to front
Tread water using arm and hand actions
Alternating and simultaneous leg actions on front and back
Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back
Combined arm and leg actions on front and back

Performance Standards:
The child must have completed the Starfish level or have skills equivalent to the to the requirements of the Starfish Level.

Level II – Fundamental Aquatic Skills

It is designed to develop the child’s true locomotion skills while building on the basic aquatic skills and water safety concepts learned in Level I.

Skills to be learned:

Enter and exit water by stepping or jumping from the side
Fully submerge and hold breath
Bobbing
Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects
Front, jellyfish and tuck floats
Front and back glides and floats
Recover from a vertical position
Roll from front to back and back to front
Change direction of travel while swimming on front or back
Tread water using arm or leg actions
Combined arm and leg actions on front and back
Finning arm action

Performance Standards:
The child must have completed Level I or have the skills equivalent to the requirements of Level I.

Level III – Stroke Development

For students who are ready to build on the skills achieved in Level II. It is designed to help participants achieve basic water competency in a pool environment.

Skills to be learned:

Enter water by jumping from the side
Headfirst entries from the side in sitting and kneeling positions
Bobbing while moving toward safety
Rotary breathing
Survival float
Back float
Change from vertical to horizontal position on front and back
Tread water
Flutter, scissor, dolphin and breaststroke kicks on front
Front crawl and elementary backstroke

Performance Standards:
The child must have completed Level II or have the skills equivalent to the requirements of Level II.

Level IV – Stroke Improvement

To improve participants' proficiency in performing the swimming strokes that were introduced in Level III. It is designed to develop the student’s endurance by swimming familiar strokes and to introduce the breaststroke and sidestroke.

Skills to be learned:

Headfirst entries from the side in compact and stride positions
Swim underwater
Feet-first surface dive
Survival swimming
Front crawl and backstroke open turns
Tread water using 2 different kicks
Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly
Flutter and dolphin kicks on back

Performance Standards:
The child must have completed Level III or have the skills equivalent to the requirements of Level III.

Level V – Stroke Refinement

Help participants refine their performance of all six swimming strokes (i.e. front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke).

Skills to be learned:

Shallow-angle dive from the side then glide and begin a front stroke
Tuck and pike surface dive, submerge completely
Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming
Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly
Sculling

Performance Standards:
The child must have completed Level IV or have the skills equivalent to the requirements of Level IV.

Level VI – Swimming and Skill Proficiency

For students who have completed Levels I-V. It is designed to refine strokes so students swim with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Teaches participants how to prevent aquatic emergencies in various aquatic environments and to introduce and practice self-rescue techniques.

Skills to be learned:

Butterfly stroke
Personal water safety
Fitness swimming
Lifeguard readiness

Performance Standards:
The child must have completed Level V or have the skills equivalent to the requirements of Level V.