Learn to Swim Program
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All of our classes are conducted with exceptional professionalism. Our instructors are all Water Safety Instructor certified by the American Red Cross. Also, all of our instructors have an extensive background in competitive swimming. Our staff is comprised of United States Swimming coaches, national caliber swimmers, and great teachers. All of our group lessons are supervised by a senior swimming instructor.
Our program allows and recommends that parents view all classes. Our main emphasis is on making our students very proficient swimmers as they progress through the program. |
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2011 Swim Lesson Schedule and Fees
Annual Registration Fee: $30
2 week session fee: $110/members, $140/non-members
CHILDREN'S BEGINNER LESSONS
Child to Instructor ratio: 3-4 : 1
Most beginners can start here and progress through five levels to become water safe and more efficient in swimming while learning various strokes. Children are evaluated on the first lesson and placed into proper groups. Our groups are determined by a combination of age and ability.
Spring Break Swim Lessons
April 2 - 5, 10am - 10:30am or 10:35am - 11:05am
April 9 - 12, 10am - 10:30am or 10:35am - 11:05am
No more than 4 per class.
$80 members or $105 non-members, four 30-minute classes
Two-Week Learn-to-Swim Program:
Monday through Thursday with Friday being the rain date.
May 28 (Memorial Day AM lessons only - June 7
June 11 - June 21
June 25 - July 5 (no lessons Thursday, July 4
July 9 - July 19
July 23 - August 2
Post Season Session, August 6 - 16(after school: 5pm or 5:35pm)
Session Times:
10am, 10:35am, 11:10am, 5pm, 5:35pm, 6:10pm
All session are 30-minutes
Eamil Aquatics Department for more information or questions
Francos 2012 Summer Swim School provides five levels of instruction to swimmers, all taught by trained instructors and supervised by experienced swimming professionals. In addition to learning stroke technique and swimming skills, swimmers will be taught water safety in each of the five levels.
Ducks - Level 1 (age 3+)
Swimmers will become acclimated to the water. They will learn to put their faces in the water, open their eyes underwater, and engage in supervised independent water exploration. Swimmers will be introduced to floating on their backs and stomachs.
Penguins - Level 2
Swimmers will learn the basics in gliding on their stomachs, floating on their backs, and rolling from their backs to their stomachs. They will learn to hold their breaths underwater for ten seconds and safely jump from the side of the pool. Swimmers will be introduced to the fundamentals of arm stroking and kicking.
Frogs -Level 3
Swimmers will learn to glide on their stomachs while kicking, to push off the wall on their backs and kick on their backs, and to swim underwater. They will become more proficient with the freestyle style stroke, and they will learn how to breathe on their left and right sides. The back crawl will be introduced.
Seals - Level 4
Swimmers will improve their balance, streamlining ability, stroking technique, and breathing ability so that they may be able to swim the freestyle stroke the width of the pool. Swimmers will be taught to dive from the kneeling position, to survival float, and to tread water. Instruction will continue for learning the back crawl. The elementary backstroke will be introduced.
Dolphins - Level 5
Swimmers will continue to improve their freestyle technique so that they may be able to swim the length of the pool. Swimmers will become more comfortable with the back crawl and elementary backstroke, and they will be introduced to the breaststroke and butterfly strokes. The skills of treading water and survival floating will be perfected. Swimmers will be taught the standing dive.
WATERBABIESsessions begin Monday - Wednesday, May 30th - June 1st
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$110/member, $140/non-member |
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9:30am Mondays, 6:45pm Tuesdays, 9:30am Wednesdays
8-week sessions, you choose the day!
Waterbabies has 6 - 8 students per teacher. Waterbabies is the first step of our swim lesson program and is targeted to the "under 3" age group and allows for children to get accustomed to the water with their parent.
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