Red Cross Certified Learn to Swim Program

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American Red Cross Learn to Swim Program

The American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program combines the best in swim instruction with a strong emphasis on drowning prevention and water safety.

Courses are available for a variety of ages and skill levels to encourage healthy, lifelong recreational habits and to help keep your family safe.

Parent and Child Aquatics (ages 6 months to 3 years)
Preschool Aquatics (ages 3 to 5 years)
Learn-to-Swim Levels 1-6 (ages 5-18)

Group Lessons
March-May

TU/TH
Fee: $50/$40 City Residents
Eight 30-minute lessons with Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructors

Summer Group Swim Lessons
June-July

Two Week Sessions begin 6/6, 6/20, 7/5 and 7/18 Registration ends Friday prior to class start.

Fee: $50/$40 City Residents
Eight 30-minute lessons with Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructors

Private Swim Lessons for Children and Adults

September-April
Fee: $65/$55 City Residents
Four 1-on-1 30-minute lessons with a Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructor

Red Cross Learn to Swim Level Descriptions

Parent and Child Aquatics

Developed for children 6 months to 3 years of age. Parents and children participate in guided practice sessions that help children learn the elementary skills. Once the child can perform basic skills without parent assistance, and are 4 years of age they will progress to the Preschool Program

Preschool Aquatics

Three fun age appropriate levels teach basic aquatics safety and survival skills to increase children’s comfort level in and around the water. For children ages 3-5 years
(3 year olds must have completed the Parent and Child Aquatics program and have instructor approval)

Preschool Level 1
Orients children to the aquatic environment and helps them gain basic aquatic skills.

Preschool Level 2
Helps children gain greater independence in their skills and develop more comfort in and around the water.

Preschool Level 3
Helps children start to gain basic swimming propulsive skills to be comfortable in and around the water.

Learn To Swim Levels 1-6 (Participants ages 5 to 18)

Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills
This class helps participants feel comfortable in the water.

Level 2: Fundamental Aquatics Skills
This level focuses on students’ success with fundamental skills. Students learn to float without support and recover to a vertical position independently. Students explore arm and leg movements for beginning locomotion skills.

Level 3: Stroke Development
Students build on skills with practice in deeper water. Learn to rotary breathing for front crawl and elementary backstroke. They learn the flutter, dolphin and scissors kicks along with treading water.

Level 4: Stroke Improvement
Student skills for front and back crawl are improved upon. Endurance in these strokes is developed. Students continue adding skills to learn the elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke, and butterfly. The basics of turning at the wall are taught in this level.

Level 5: Stroke Refinement
Participants refine their performance of the strokes. Endurance is enhanced to increase distances of each stroke swum. Flip turns and speed turns are taught appropriately.

Level 6: Swimming and Skill Proficiency
Students work on refinement of strokes and coordination. Students can swim with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. The students have a choice of additional material they would like to learn:

Fitness Swimmer
Personal Water Safety