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CHILDREN'S SWIM LESSONS
American Red Cross Children's Swim Lessons
Swim Lessons will be held for children in grades 1-12 with beginner through advanced swimming abilities. Children are required to wear a bathing cap, which can be purchased at the pool for $3 (or at a retailer of your choice). We require that children are at least 42" tall at mouth level so that they will be able to stand on the bottom of the pool during instruction time.
Lessons begin Saturday, March 10, 2012.
Each class has many skill requirements and it will take students some time to learn and master all the skills in any given class. If you are unsure of which class is right for your child, we suggest reading the lists of skills under each class carefully and pick the lower class. It's easier on the child to be moved up than to be moved down. The pool staff will make any adjustments needed to make sure your child is in the right class on the first day. If your child has had little or no experience in the water choose our Get Ready to Swim Class.
REGISTRATION -- JANUARY 12, 2012
Walk in registrations will be accepted from Acton-Boxborough residents ONLY beginning on THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 at 8:00 a.m. at the Community Education Office located at the Administration Building, 15 Charter Road. All other registrations, including mail-in, phone and non-resident, will be accepted on a space available basis beginning January 13th.
Note: This Walk-In Registration is for Children's Red Cross Swimming Lessons. You may sign up for Get Ready to Swim or any adult swim classes as of January 3 at 8:00 a.m.
PLEASE NOTE: To promote a maximal learning environment, we are requesting that parents drop their children at the pool for lesson time and pick them up at its conclusion. Parents will be allowed to remain at the pool on the first and last day of classes only. If you have a special consideration concerning this policy, please email Erin at ebettez@mail.ab.mec.edu. Thanks for your cooperation. Please walk your child into the pool area for each class.
Here are the skills required for each level:
LEVEL 1- INTRO TO WATER SKILLS
Enter & exit water safely
Submerge face
Bobbing
Blow bubbles
Pick up submerged object
Front float
Back float
Changing directions
Combined stroke on front
Combined stroke on back
LEVEL 2 - FUNDAMENTAL AQUATIC SKILLS
Jump from side
Submerge head
Bobbing
Pick up submerged object
Front float face in
Jelly fish float
Tuck float
Back Float
Back float w/glide
Change directions
Tread water
Combined stroke on front
Finning on back
Combined stroke on back
LEVEL 3 - STROKE DEVELOPMENT
Jump into deep water
Kneeling dive
Bobbing toward safety
Rotary breathing
Survival float
Back float
Tread water
Front crawl
Dolphin kick
Elementary back stroke
Scissors Kick
Changing directions in deep water
LEVEL 4 -STROKE IMPROVEMENT
Dive from side
Survival swimming
Back float
Open turns front & back
Front crawl - 25 yards
Breaststroke - 15 yards
Butterfly - 15 yards
Back crawl - 15 yards
Elementary back - 25 yards
Sidestroke -15 yards
Feet first surface dive
Treading water (2 kicks)
LEVEL 5 - STROKE REFINEMENT
Tuck & pike surface dives
Flip turns front & back
Front crawl - 50 yards
Back crawl - 50 yards
Butterfly - 25 yards
Breaststroke - 25 yards
Elementary Back stroke - 25 yards
Sidestroke - 25 yards
Shallow angle dive
Front flip while swimming
Back stroke flip turn
LEVEL 6
Front crawl -100 yards
Back Crawl - 100 yards
Breaststroke - 50 yards
Elm. Back - 50 yards
Side stroke - 50 yards
Butterfly - 50 yards
Open Turns
Flip Turns
Classes will be held for 8 weeks at the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School pool. In the case that we need to cancel a class for any reason that class will be made up. We can not accommodate make-up classes if you miss a class. Please indicate the class day, the class time and the swimming level when registering.
Class Schedule
Fall Session 2 Dates: 12/10, 12/17, 1/7, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25
Spring Session Dates: March 10, March 17, March 24, March 31, April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19
LEVEL 1, 2, 3 #SW1
Saturday
8 weeks
Beg. 3/10
Times: 9:00-9:45 a.m.; 9:50-10:35 a.m.; 10:45-11:30 a.m.
HS Pool
$66
LEVEL 4 #SW4
Saturday
8 weeks
Beg. 3/10
Times: 9:00-9:45 a.m.; 9:50-10:35 a.m.; 10:45-11:30 a.m.
HS Pool
$66
LEVEL 5 #SW5
Saturday
8 weeks
Beg. 3/10
Times: 9:00-9:45 a.m.; 10:45-11:30 a.m.
HS Pool
$66
LEVEL 6 #SW6
Saturday
8 weeks
Beg. 3/10
9:50-10:35 a.m.
HS Pool
$66