Grange Pool Swim Lessons
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Three sessions of group swim lessons are planned at Addison Pool on weekday mornings. Monday-Friday, the first week; Monday-Thursday the second week of each session. Each class is 25 minutes.
Session 1: June 24 - July 3, 2024 (no class July 4)
Session 2: July 8-July 18, 2024
Session 3: July 22-August 1, 2024
Registration for swim lessons will begin June 17th 8:00 a.m. for session 1 only. Registration for other sessions will begin as listed below:
Session 2: Registration begins at 8:00 p.m. on July 3
Session 3: Registration begins at 8:00 p.m. on July 18
Please limit your registration to one class/child at a time.
If you are unsure of which level your child belongs in, please attend to one of the children's swim lesson screening times on June 10th or 12th.. Registration is required but no charge. Go to the Children's Swim Lesson Placement section on MyRec.
If your child is enrolled in the wrong level, every effort will be made to transfer your child to the appropriate level on a space available basis. There is no guarantee.
Once the session begins, registration for that session will no longer be available.
All participants arrive and leave in their bathing suits. All participants are to wear mask except when in the water. (Parent/Guardian in the Infant & Tots classes must wear mask while in the water) While is class, Instructors will wear mask and keep the students as close to 6 foot distance as possible.
Mask are optional and patrons are encouraged to maintain 6 foot social distance.
Infant/Toddler: Ages 6 months-3 years with a parent/guardian in the water
Tots: Ages 3 and 4 years with parents; parents work with their children to learn breath control, submerging in the water, buoyancy /floating on the water; and moving through the water on front and back.
Learn to Swim Program for Level 1-6
Please review the information to decide where best to place your child. The new program features an inclusive approach to teaching swimming and water safety together. Level 1 children must be at least 5 years old. To move to the next level students must successfully complete the exit skills for each level before progressing to the next level. All levels include water safety discussions and skills. To enroll for a level, your child must meet the following criteria:
Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills
At least 5 years old with little or no prior water experience.
Level 2: Fundamentals of Aquatics
Students should be comfortable in and under the water; to be able to float on front and back; and to perform elementary front and back strokes for at least 2 body lengths with or without support.
Level 3: Stroke Development
Students should be able to independently enter; to submerge and blow bubbles; to tread water 15 seconds and to move through the water using simultaneous and alternating leg and arm actions for at least 5 body lengths.
Level 4: Stroke Improvement
Students should be able to survival float; to tread water 30 seconds; to swim front crawl and elementary backstrokes for 15 yards; to perform the dolphin kick for 5 body lengths; to scissors kick for 10 yards; and to do a head first entry into the water.
Level 5: Stroke Refinement
Students should be able to swim front crawl and elementary backstroke for 25 yards each; to swim the side stroke, the breast stroke and the butterfly stroke each for 15 yards; to tread water 2 minutes; to change direction doing an open turn at the wall; to do a foot first surface dive.
Level 6: Fitness Swimming
Students should be able to swim both front crawl and elementary backstroke for 50 yards; to swim the back crawl, breaststroke, side stroke and butterfly each for 25 yards; to tread water 5 minutes; to flip turn using both front and back strokes; to dive from pool side and to do tuck and pike surface dives and to scull on the back.
Both groups will focus on stroke development as well.
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