Swimming is an important life skill – both for safety reasons and for enjoyment. Our private and semiprivate lessons allow for personal attention to help children master and enjoy this skill.
- Eight-week series, starting with a swim analysis followed by seven weeks of swim instruction. Students must commit to the full series. Lessons are 30 minutes.
- Students in semiprivate lessons must be from the same family or at the same level as the other students.
- Participants’ parents must be Wellness Center members.
- Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor at times convenient for the student and the instructor, typically after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Saturday mornings.
- Family changing rooms are available; however, locker rooms are not.
- Students receive a report card at the end of each session.
- Swim instructors are lifeguard certified and are experienced with youth swim lessons.
Cost:
- $210 for private lesson package and $140 per child for semiprivate lesson.
Register at the Wellness Center front desk or call 920-320-4600.
Swim Levels
Children must pass a level before moving on to the next.
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Level 1: Water Basics (ages 5 and up)
Level 1
Perfect for beginners, children learn the basics of swimming, focusing on foundational skills and acclimating to the water. Skills taught include floating unsupported, putting the face underwater, safety skills and kicking.
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Level 2: Primary Skills (Ages 5 and Up)
Level 2
Level 2 builds upon the skills learned in Level 1, and add breathing, turning over, paddling on their front and kicking on their back for the length of the pool. Children are required to have passed Level 1 or have been evaluated by the swim instructor to begin this level.
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Level 3: Swim Stroke Instruction (Ages 5 and Up)
Level 3
Children will learn the basic swim strokes needed to become a proficient swimmer, including front crawl, backstroke and treading water.
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Level 4: Stroke Development (Ages 5 and Up)
Level 4
Children continue to work on stroke development and begin to learn some advanced strokes, such as side stroke and breaststroke. Level 4 prepares children for endurance swimming and reinforces safety practices to allow them to have more independence in the water.