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Day Camp and Aquatic Staff work together to transition campers to their lesson. Sign up for one week - or sign up for all of the weeks. We follow our Swim School curriculum. Swim School can be a great compliment to our Interpark Swim Team. If your child is on swim team - we can make sure their swim lesson is adjusted to be taught at a swim team level. Swimming lessons are on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday of this week. There are never swim lessons on Wednesdays due to Day Camp field trips. No swim lessons on Fridays. 5-12yrs – Swim School Swim School is 40 minutes. A 40-minute swim lesson will also help increase and promote positive conditioning of your child’s endurance for other sports and activities outside of the pool. Swim School is a group environment to motivate your child. Our first level begins with correct face and body position, floats, and opening eyes underwater without goggles. Your child will then progress through levels where all the swim strokes are introduced and eventually work towards treading in deep water (an essential life skill), dives, and flip turns (if desired). The instructor typically plays a game using swim school skills or we have fun jumping off the diving boards for the last 5 minutes. Swim School is the perfect time for your child to push past any fears they may have going of the diving board for the first time. We have an instructor in the water to boost confidence. This is an amenity not possible during open swim. Swimming Lesson Code of Conduct – please read to make sure our program is the right fit for your family. To participate in group swimming lessons your child needs to be able to stay with their group and follow directions from all aquatic staff (instructors and lifeguards). When our swim lesson instructors are working on a skill with a child – the instructor can be up to 15 yards away from the other children in the group. Our beginner swimmers who cannot swim without assistance need to have the muscle tone and strength to do the following when it is not their turn with their instructor: 1. Sit on the ledge of the pool 2. Stand on the in-water riser 3. Stay put, above water, in their spot in our “zero-depth”, in-water bench area, or stairs that lead into the pool. When a child moves from their spot and either jumps or slips underwater, we have lifeguards on duty; however, lifeguards are scanning a zone of protection, and have 30 seconds to respond to a swimmer who is underwater or in distress. When a child walks or swims away from the group, this puts every child in the group in danger. When an instructor has to take extra time to retrieve the child who has swam away, it also takes class instruction time away from everyone. If your child does not have the strength or muscle tone to stay above water when it is not their turn, is requiring excessive one-on-one attention from the instructor, or is disruptive to the other children, we will offer you a prorated refund and remove your child from the class. We will discuss other options for swim lessons to keep your child swimming safely. We do take water safety very serious and we appreciate that these policies we have in place for in-water instruction are very well received by the majority of parents. If you are unsure about your child’s ability to stay above water when it is not their turn, we do offer one-on-one private swim lesson instruction and/or coaching – with no other children in your child’s session. The last day to request a refund for this class is June 22.
