swim lessons
Lessons are offered at an additional cost of $25 per week and spots are very limited to ensure quality. Register well in advance to guarantee your spot!
overview of swim lessons curriculum
Students will be tested on their first day of lessons to determine their swim level. Each skill level has a list of topics to master.Level 1:Introduction to Water Skills
Purpose: Helps students feel comfortable in the water.
Participants learn to:
• Enter and exit water safely
• Submerge mouth, nose and eyes
• Exhale underwater through mouth and nose
• Open eyes underwater, pick up submerged object
• Change direction while walking or paddling
• Roll over from front to back and back to front with support
• Explore floating on front and back with support
• Explore swimming on front and back using arm and leg actions with support
Level 2: Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Purpose: Gives students success with fundamental skills.
Participants learn to:
• Enjoy water by stepping or jumping from the side
• Exit water safely using ladder or side
• Submerge entire head
• Blow bubbles submerging head in a rhythmic pattern (bobbing)
• Open eyes underwater, pick up submerges object (shallow water)
• Float on front and back
• Perform front and back glide
• Change direction of travel paddling on front or back
• Roll over from front to back, back to front
• Tread water using arm and leg motions (chest deep)
• Swim on front, back and side using combined arm and leg actions
Level 3: Stroke Development
Purpose: Builds on the skills in Level 2 through additional guided practice.
Participants learn to:
• Jump into deep water from side
• Dive from kneeling or standing position
• Submerge and retrieve an object in chest deep water
• Bob with the head fully submerged
• Rotary breathing in horizontal position
• Perform front and back glide using 2 different kicks
• Float on front and back in deep water
• Change from horizontal to vertical position on front and back
• Treat water using hand and leg movements
• Perform front and back crawl
• Butterfly- Kick and body motion
Level 4: Stroke Improvement
Purpose: Develops confidence in skills learned and improve other aquatic skills.
Participants learn:
• Swim underwater
• Perform open turns on front and back
• Tread water using sculling arm motions and different kicks
• Front Crawl, Back Crawl, Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Elementary Backstroke
• Swim on side using scissors-like kick
• Perform compact jump into water from a height while using a noodle or kickboard.
Level 5: Stroke Refinement
Purpose: Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.
Participants learn:
• Glide 2 body lengths and begin any stroke
• Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn
• Front and Back Crawl
• Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Elementary Backstroke
• Tread water using 2 different kicks
Staff will make every attempt to hold lessons if weather permits. On questionable weather days, the Staff will be at the pool to monitor weather conditions hourly and hold lessons when possible. Obvious severe weather will cancel the lessons.
Instructors cannot effectively conduct a class if time is dealing with a disruptive participant. Any swimmer who displays disruptive conduct will be removed from class, either temporarily or permanently. No refunds will be issued. Should water conditions provide an unsafe facility to conduct lessons for the day, lessons will be cancelled. This does apply to weather and/or water temperatures. Participants with any contagious or communicable conditions, fever, rash, or open wounds or sores will not be allowed to participant in the program. Please do not allow children to swim with diarrhea