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American Red Cross Learn to Swim Criteria

 

The Glastonbury Parks and Recreation Department follows the nationally

recognized American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim program for ages 5 and up. This program offers 6 comprehensive course

levels that will teach your child how to

swim skillfully and safely. All levels will

include basic water skills and stroke technique as well as introducing a wide

range of personal safety skills.

  • Infant/Toddler - Age 6 months to 3. Parent must participate with child.

  • Tots - Age 3 & 4. Parent must participate with child.

  • Levels 1-6 are for children ages 5 and up.

  • Level 1 - Introduction to Water Skill -  This class is appropriate if your child has little or no experience in the water. The purpose of this class is to help students feel comfortable in the water.

  • Level 2 - Fundamentals of Aquatic Skills - This class is appropriate if your child can submerge underwater while blowing bubbles with mouth and nose, float on front and back and swim using arms pulling and legs kicking at the same time.

  • Level 3 - Stroke Development - This class is appropriate if your child can submerge completely underwater,  jump from poolside into deep water, glide using front and back floats, tread water, swim combined front and back stroke and swim on side.

  • Level 4 - Stroke Improvement - This class is appropriate if your child can perform front crawlstroke, back crawlstroke, do rotary breathing while horizontal, dive headfirst from kneeling or standing, do butterfly kick with butterfly body motion.

  • Level 5 - Stroke Refinement - This class is appropriate if your child can perform elementary backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, front and back crawlstrokes, perform both deep and shallow dives, surface dive foot-first,  perform scissors kick on the side and open turns on front and back.

  • Level 6 - Swimming Skill Proficiency - This class is appropriate if your child can tread water using different leg kicks, perform front and back crawlstrokes, elementary backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, sidestroke, perform standing dive, surface dive, and perform open turns and flip turns to change direction at the side of the pool.

 

 

Swim Lesson Program

Lessons follow the nationally recognized American Red Cross Learn-To-Swim program for ages 5 and up. Skills that will be taught in each of the levels are listed on the previous page.  The prerequisite for each level is successful demonstration of the skills from the preceding level.

 

Swim Lesson Registration

The last number of each code denotes the session. Example 102241 is session 1 at Grange in the morning. 102242 is session 2 at the Grange in the morning. Charts to the right list activity codes for the1st session. When registering by mail, indicate the code based on the session you are registering for.

  • So that we may accommodate as many children as possible, limit registration to one  session/child. During walk-in registration, you may sign up for more sessions on a space available basis.

  • If your child is enrolled in the wrong level, every effort  will be made to transfer your child into the appropriate level on a space available basis.

  • Starting on the day the session begins, on-line registration will no longer be available for that session. You must enroll at the Parks and Recreation Main Office on a space available basis.

Swim Lessons Summer

High School AM

Session 1          102281-(Letter Sequence)

Session 2          102282-(Letter Sequence)

Session 3          102283-(Letter Sequence)

Session 4          102284-(Letter Sequence)

High School AM Swim Lessons
Classes listed below all indicate 1st Session
Level
9:00A
9:30A
10:00A
10:30P
11:00A
11:30A
Infant/  Toddler
 
 
102281-IA
 
 
 
Tots
 
102281-KA
 
 
 
102281-KB
Level 1
102281-AA
 
 
 
102281-AB
 
Level 2
 
102281-BA
 
102281-BB
 
102281-BC
Level 3
102281-CA
102281-CB
 
102281-CC
102281-CD
102281-CE
Level 4
102281-DA
 
102281-DB
 
 
 
Level 5
102281-EA
 
102281-EB
 
102281-EC
 
Level 6
 
 
 
102281-FB
 
102281-FC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High School PM

Session 1          102291-(Letter Sequence)

Session 2          102292-(Letter Sequence)

Session 3          102293-(Letter Sequence)

Session 4          102294-(Letter Sequence)

High School PM Swim Lessons
Classes listed below all indicate 1st Session
Level
5:30P
6:00P
6:30P
7:00P
Infant/  Toddler
 
102291-IA
 
 
Tots
102291-KA
 
 
102291-KB
Level 1
102291-AA
 
102291-AB
102291-AC
Level 2
102291-BA
 
102291-BB
102291-BC
Level 3
102291-CA
102291-CB
102291-CC
 
Level 4
102291-DA
102291-DB
 
102291-DC
Level 5
102291-EA
102291-EB
 
 
Level 6
 
102291-FA
 
102291-FB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Addison

Session 1          102101-(Letter Sequence)

Session 2          102102-(Letter Sequence)

Session 3          102103-(Letter Sequence)

Session 4          102104-(Letter Sequence)

Addison Pool Swim Lessons
Classes listed below all indicate 1st Session
Level
9:30A
10:00A
10:30A
11:00A
11:30A
Tots
 
102101-KA
102101-KB
 
102101-KC
Level 1
 
102101-AA
102101-AB
 
 
Level 2
102101-BA
 
102101-BB
 
102101-BC
Level 3
102101-CA
102101-CB
 
 
102101-CC
Level 4
102101-DA
102101-DB
 
102101-DC
102101-DD
Level 5
102101-EA
 
 
102101-EB
 
Level 6
 
 
 
102101-FB
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grange AM

Session 1          102241-(Letter Sequence)

Session 2          102242-(Letter Sequence)

Session 3          102243-(Letter Sequence)

Grange AM Swim Lessons
Classes listed below all indicate 1st Session (No 4th Session)
Level
10:00A
10:30A
11:00A
11:30A
Infant/  Toddler
 
 
 
102241-IA
Tots
 
 
102241-KA
 
Level 1
102241-AA
102241-AB
 
 
Level 2
 
102241-BA
102241-BB
 
Level 3
102241-CA
 
 
102241-CB
Level 4
 
 
102241-DB
 
Level 5
 
102241-EA
 
 
Level 6
102241-FA
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEE:                 $20/child

MEETS:             Monday-Thursday (Classes are 25 minutes)

LOCATION:        Grange, Addison or GHS Pool

SESSION 1:       June 23-July 3 (No Class 7/4)

SESSION 2:       July 7-17

SESSION 3:       July 21-31

SESSION 4:       August 4-14

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