Aquatics

All programs and activities will follow current health safety protocols.

All programs and activities will follow current health safety protocols.

Pee Wee Paddler V

(4-6 yrs.) Prerequisite: Pee Wee Paddler IV or equivalent skill proficiency. Class emphasizes helping students improve their swimming stroke mechanics and increase endurance. Skills include swimming front crawl and elementary backstroke 25 yards, back crawl 15 yards, breaststroke 10 yards, standing dives in deep water and treading water for 20 seconds. 4AA 3--30 minute lessons--$45

5--30 minute lessons--$75

6--30 minute lessons--$91

Pee Wee Paddler VI

(4-7 yrs.) Prerequisite: Pee Wee Paddler V or equivalent skill proficiency. Class emphasizes improving swimming stroke proficiency and endurance. Skills include swimming front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke and breaststroke 25 yards, butterfly stroke 10 yards. and treading water for 30 seconds.

4AA 3--30 minute lessons--$45

4AD 6--30 minute lessons--$91

4AE 7--30 minute lessons--$106

4AF 8--30 minute lessons--$121

4AH 10--30 minute lessons--$150

4AND 6--30 minute lessons--$141

4ANE 7--30 minute lessons--$164

4ANF 8--30 minute lessons--$187

Swimming I for Children

(6-12 yrs.) Prerequisite: Children must be able to function in a group setting. Class emphasizes helping participants gain basic swimming and water safety skills and overcome fear of water. Skills include entering and exiting water safely, blowing bubbles through mouth and nose. With assistance students learn to float on front and back, glide on front and back, roll over from front to back and back to front and swim at least two body lengths on front and back using arms and legs.

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All programs and activities will follow current health safety protocols.

4AL 4--45 minute lessons--$63

4AM 5--45 minute lessons--$77

4AN 6--45 minute lessons--$91

4AO 7--45 minute lessons--$107

4AP 8--45 minute lessons--$124

4AQ 9--45 minute lessons--$140

4AR 10--45 minute lessons--$154

4APD 6--45 minute lessons--$150

4APE 7--45 minute lessons--$176

4APF 8--45 minute lessons--$201

4API 11--45 minute lessons--$283

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Swimming II for Children

(6-12 yrs.) Prerequisite: Swimming I or equivalent skill proficiency. Class emphasizes increasing confidence and ability to perform skills with and without assistance or use of flotation devices. Skills include: jumping in chest deep water, blowing bubbles with face submerged under water, floating on front and back, gliding on front and back at least two body lengths, rolling over from front to back and back to front, swimming on front and back at least three body lengths using arms and legs and treading water.

4AB6 8--45 minute lessons--$109 4AK 3--45 minute lessons--$46 4AL 4--45 minute lessons--$63

5--45 minute lessons--$77 4AN 6--45 minute lessons--$91

4AO 7--45 minute lessons--$107

8--45 minute lessons--$124

9--45 minute lessons--$140 4AS 11--45 minute lessons--$170

4APD 6--45 minute lessons--$150

4APE 7--45 minute lessons--$176

4APF 8--45 minute lessons--$201 4API 11--45 minute lessons--$283

THE 4 S’S OF WATER SAFETY

SUPERVISION Children should be directly supervised by an adult, even in the presence lifeguards. Non swimmers should be within reach of the supervising adult at all times.

SECURE Secure your private pool with a locking fence. SWIM Learn how to swim well. The Park Authority offers a wide variety of swimming and water safety classes.

SAFE Swim in safe areas only. Ideally, swim only in places supervised by a lifeguard.