District 214 Community Education

This class focuses on water adjustment, float, and breathing all while building water confidence in new swimmers. Each swimmer will progress through our robust curriculum individualized to their own skill level. We maintain a 3:1 swimmer to instructor ratio at our lower levels and 4:1 ratio in our last 3 levels. Through our program:

• Swimmers will develop comfort with water on their face, submersion, and moving through the water on their own.
• Swimmers will learn to rise and float on both their fronts and backs and will eventually incorporate kicking and movement.
• Swimmers will be introduced to breathing techniques while maintaining the float position and breathing comfortably and without ease.
• Swimmers will master strong propulsion for recreation and pre-competitive swimming.
• Swimmers will learn basic water safety and the dos/don’ts of recreational swimming.

Upon completion of our seven-level program your swimmer will be able to complete 50 yards of freestyle with technical proficiency, 25 yards of backstroke with technical proficiency, 25 yards of breaststroke with technical proficiency, and 12.5 yards of butterfly with technical proficiency. Each level incorporates a series of primary and secondary skills that ready our swimmers for the next level. A full list of those primary skills can be found here.

**Please note we do not offer makeup classes. In the event of bad weather that prohibits us from entering the water, we will run safety talks and dryland activities that promote proper swim techniques in a safe location. We will also work on other secondary skills listed on your child's progress report during this time.