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Please sign your child up for only ONE set of lessons per session. We want to ensure that there is room for everyone who wants to take lessons.
Peirce Island Outdoor Pool is an excellent pool for teaching lessons. The water is eighteen inches deep in the shallow end and six and one-half feet deep in the pool's deep end. The pool is divided into sections by depth, which allows all swimmers to touch the bottom comfortably. Lessons are offered twice weekly for four weeks (Monday/Wednesday, Tuesday/Thursday, or Wednesday/Friday). They are taught for one-half hour each (five time slots each morning), starting at 9:30 am and ending at noon. 

Lessons are taught by certified American Red Cross (ARC) Water Safety Instructors (WSI). As a result, swimmers must be at least five (5) years old (prior to the class beginning) to enter the Learn-to-Swim program's numbered levels. Children younger than five will be placed in the Parent/Child program (approximately one-year-old to age three) or Preschool program (three or four years old), which are described below. There are no exceptions to these age requirements.
  • SIGN UPS DATES: 
    Session 1: May 5 resident | May 19 nonresident
    Session 2: June 30 resident | July 2 nonresident

Advanced Preschool
For swimmers three or four years old who are comfortable in the water and are ready to learn to swim. Swimmers will begin to learn breath control and floating on their front and back. Also, kicking on the front and back will be a major emphasis on Advanced Preschool. Swimmer will be introduced to the arm action of the front crawl and back crawl to begin coordination of these strokes, treading water, and safety skills. The goal of Advanced Preschool is to prepare swimmers to start in Level Two of the Learn to Swim Program. In some instances, swimmers can move to Level Three of the LTS program upon turning five years old.
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M/W 10:00 Advanced Preschool 
3y - 4y N/A  

Peirce Island Outdoor Pool 		$5.00 Res, $70.00 Non-Res
2 seat(s) available
 
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T/R 10:30 Advanced Preschool 
3y - 4y N/A  

Peirce Island Outdoor Pool 		$5.00 Res, $70.00 Non-Res
2 seat(s) available

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