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SWIMMING LESSONS
Roosevelt Community Pool offers year-round lessons for children as young as
six months of age through adult. All instructors are certified through the American Red
Cross - the most trusted name in aquatics. School-year sessions meet once a week for
four weeks. Sunday evenings, weekday evenings and Saturday morning lessons are
offered; view exact schedules online at www.discovercommunityed.com.
PARENT/TOT
Ages six months to five years
Four-day sessions - 40 minute lessons: $45
Parent/Tot classes are designed to familiarize young children to the water and prepare
them to learn to swim in the American Red Cross Preschool Aquatics courses. This class is
designed to help you teach your little one how to be comfortable in the water and teach
safe swimming techniques to parents or caregivers. Parent or caregiver must accompany
each child into the water and participate in each class.
PRESCHOOL
Ages three and four
Four-day sessions - 40 minute lessons: $65
Preschool classes are designed to orient preschool-age children to the aquatic
environment and to help them acquire rudimentary levels of basic aquatic skills.
YOUTH
Ages five years and up
Four-day sessions - 65 minute lessons: $75
Youth classes are designed for children five years and older to progress from acquiring
introductory skills to refining strokes in preparation for swim team participation.
Level 1: Intro. to Water Skills - Helps pa rticipants feel comfortable in the water.
No prerequisite.
Level 2: Fundamental Aquatics Skills - Learn fundamental swimming skills: float without
support and to recover to a vertical position. Prerequisite: Completion of Level 1
or demonstration of Level 1 certification requirements.
Level 3: Stroke Development - Learn stroke development and build swimming skills and
technique in deeper water. Prerequisite: Completion of Level 2 or successful
demonstration of Level 2 certification requirements.
Level 4: Stroke Improvement - Improve swimming skills and develop confidence in
strokes learned previously in deeper water. Prerequisite: Completion of Level 3
or demonstration of Level 3 certification requirements.
Level 5: Stroke Refinement - Develop further swimming coordination and refine
swimming skills. Prerequisite: Completion of Level 4 or demonstration of Level 4
certification requirements.
Level 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency - Refines strokes to swim with ease for 500
yards. Level 6 features menu options to prepare participants for advanced water
activities in the future. Prerequisite: Completion of Level 5 or demonstration of
Level 5 certification requirements.
Session 1: Oct. 1-28 Session 3: Nov. 27-Dec. 21
Session 2: Oct. 29-Nov. 22 Session 4: Jan. 2-29
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