General
| Q:: What do parents do during a typical swim lesson? |
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a. Check in at the front desk.
b. Encourage child to use the toilet before lessons.
c. Get child changed into a swim suit and/or swim pants.
d. Wait in the viewing room for your child’s class time and then proceed to the deck and your child’s class location.
f. You may watch the class from the deck or wait in the viewing room Please do not leave the facility during lessons.
i. You may rinse off your child under the on-deck shower. .
j. Use a changing room (not a bathroom) for getting back into street clothes..
k. Stop by the front desk so your child can get a sticker to celebrate his/her developing swim skills.
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| Q:: What are the benefits of swimming? |
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- Swimming is FUN!
- Swimming is a great sport and exercise activity. In youth, swimming promotes the physical development of motor pathways, flexibility and muscular development. Also, as an activity swimming improves the cardiovascular system and overall coordination.
- Swimmers also learn to set goals and work to achieve them. In each class, we review, we practice and we introduce new skills. Every student works to achieve new skills so they may receive their next ribbon and move forward to the next level.
- Swimming also creates a great relationship with the water. This can lead to comfort and confidence in many other water related activities.
- Swimming can provide a lifetime of fitness.
- Your child can make new friends!
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| Q:: What do you do to make sure the water is clean and safe? |
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Our pools are monitored continually and fed chemicals electronically the very moment a change in chlorine or pH is indicated. Pool test results are recorded in a log book and kept for 2 years.
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| Q:: What temperature do you keep the pool water? |
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Everything we do is with your child’s comfort in mind. Our pools are kept at a comfortable 90 – 93 degrees. A warm water environment promotes learning.
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U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Fatal drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1-14 years. Majority of drownings and near-drownings occur in residential swimming pools and in open water sites.
- Children under the age of 5 and adolescents between the ages if 15-24 have the highest drowning rates.
