Our Spring Youth Swim Lessons are available for online registration beginning March 5th!
Session Dates: April 8th – June 3rd
Register Online!
Which class is right for my child?…
View class descriptions here!
Still not sure? Don’t worry, we’ll help match your child or determine if a private lesson may work better! Contact aquatics coordinator Madi, at madison.barry@ascension.org for more information.
Parent & Child 1 & 2
Ages 6-24 months Familiarize children with the water and teach swimming readiness skills. Provide safety information for parents and teach techniques they can use to orient their children to the water
Preschool Aquatics
Level 1 Ages 4-6
Beginner skills for children ages 4-6. Familiarize children to the aquatic environment and help them acquire rudimentary basic aquatic skills. Help participants begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices in and around the water.
Level 2 Ages 4-6
Intermediate skills for children ages 4-6. Build on and improve skills learned in Preschool Aquatics Level 1 and increase knowledge of water safety topics introduced in Preschool Aquatics
Level 3 Ages 4-6
Advanced skills for children who have completed all Preschool 1 & 2 skills and are swimming independently.
American Red Cross Learn-To-Swim Program (ages 6 & up)
Classes must be taken in order. If your child has prior swim experience, we can help place them in the right level.
Level 1 – Introduction to Water Skills
Our beginning level for children 6 and over. This class will teach children to swim 15 feet on their front and back, introduce glides and floats and get children comfortable putting their face in the water.
Level 2 – Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Children should be able to confidently swim 15 feet
on their front and back and be comfortable with their
face in the water prior to registering for Level II.
Children will begin to develop swim strokes and
increase endurance.
Level 3 – Stroke Development
Children should be able to swim 25 feet and have learned the basics of front and back crawl prior to
enrolling. This level introduces rotary breathing and perfects the front crawl. Breaststroke kick, dolphin
kick, and elementary back are also introduced.
Level 4 – Stroke Improvement
Level 4 continues the process of perfecting all swim strokes, increases endurance, and introduces all
swim turns and sidestroke.
Level 5 – Stroke Refinement
Level 5 focuses on increasing swim endurance and refining all strokes.
