AQUATICS

In FY 21/22, a lot of exciting things happened with the aquatics program. Rhodes Pool was freshened up with new plaster over the winter, and a local artist added a new colorful mural to the wall behind the FlowRider “surf machine” which has brightened up the backdrop for people surfing in the desert.

In gearing up for summer staff recruitment, our referral incentive program really paid off. We hired 96 new employees that were referred to us by a current staff member. In the spring of 2022, 186 new lifeguards received certification training through 5 different training sessions. After all the training, hiring and onboarding was completed, aquatics had a total of 282 part-time and seasonal employees, including cashiers, pool managers, and new and returning lifeguards. To increase our ability to teach swim lessons we offered 3 classes to certify swim lesson instructors which helped us gain 77 new instructors.

Having full staffing allowed us to open all nine pools for public swim and expand some of our program areas. In the summer of 2022, an additional dive-in movie was added for all to enjoy, one in May and another in June. Both dive-in movie events sold out with over 400 attendees at each! The Aquatic staff provided over 4,800 swim lessons during the summer, filling them at 91% capacity. Finally, the swimming, diving, artistic swimming and water polo teams had almost 2,800 participants this year.