Learn to Swim Course Descriptions
Learning swimming and aquatic skills is often very physically demanding. Each level of the American Red Cross program requires a participant to comfortably and effectively perform all the listed skills before moving into the next level. As the levels go up, so do the number and complexity of the required skills for students to learn. To have the time to successfully learn all skills, some students may need to repeat any particular level two or three times. If you have any questions about your child’s progress or need assistance in registering for the best skill level for your child, please contact the Aquatic Coordinator.

The fee for all parent and child through Level Six Swim Courses is $38. Not all courses are available each session time. Please check schedule for specific course sessions and times. Class sizes are limited, so please register early. Additional course costs may be applied for Level Six: Lifeguard Readiness Classes due to course material costs.

Level One: Introduction to Water Skills
The purpose of this course is to help students feel comfortable in the water and enjoy the water safely. Level One participants learn to:

Enter and exit water safely Submerge mouth, nose, and eyes Exhale and open eyes underwater Roll over from front to back and back to front with support

Explore floating on front and back with support Explore swimming on front and back using arm and leg actions with support and use of a life jacket

Level Two: Fundamental Aquatic Skills
The purpose of this course is to give students success with fundamental skills. Level Two participants learn to:

Float without support and to recover to a vertical position True beginning of locomotion skills

Continue to explore simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions of the front and back to lay the foundations for future strokes

Level Three: Stroke Development
The purpose of this course is to build on the skills from Level Two by providing additional guided practice. Level Three participants learn to:

Learn the survival float, the elementary backstroke and to coordinate the front crawl. Introduce to the scissors kick and the dolphin kick and build on the foundations of treading water

Learn rules for headfirst entries and begin to learn to enter the water headfirst from the side of the pool

Level Four: Stroke Improvement
The purpose of this course is to develop confidence in the strokes learned and improves other aquatic skills. Level Four participants learn to perform the following:

Improve their skills and increase their endurance by swimming familiar strokes for greater distances Continue to build upon the scissors kick and the dolpin kick by adding arms for the sidestroke and butterfly.

Back crawl and breast stroke are introduced Basics of turning at a wall

Level Five: Stroke Refinement
The purpose of this course is to provide further coordination and refinement of strokes. Level Five participants learn to perform the following:

Refine their performance of all strokes and increase their distances

Flip turns on the front and back are introduced

Level Six: Swimming & Skill Proficiency
The purpose of this course is to define the strokes so students swim them with ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances. Level Six is designed with menu options that focus on preparing students with a variety of activities. Options include:

Personal Water Safety Lifeguard Readiness

Fundamentals of Diving and Fitness Swimmer

Parent & Child Aquatics
This course is developed for children from six months to five years of age and their parents. Parent and Child Aquatics builds swimming readiness by emphasizing fun in the water.

Preschool
This course is developed for children from ages three to five years of age. This class teaches a child the foundation for learning to swim. They will learn the ready position, floating, kicking, blowing bubbles, and rhythmic breathing.


Teen
This class is designed for older youth new to swimming. Ages 10 -16.