District 196 Community Education

If you are unable to find a class to meet your needs, please call us at 952-431-8777 as we can sometimes make adjustments to accommodate your requests.Learn to enjoy the water safely with your child for ages 6 to 36 months accompanied by a parent or guardian in the water.Safety topics: Basic water safety, Healthy swimming, Safe water entry, Helping yourself and others in an emergency, Use of lifejackets, Safe weather conditions for swimming, and Waterpark safety.Course format: Classes run 30 minutes with ten parent/child pairs per instructor.Registration tip: Children, at the age of 3, may register for Preschool 1 to be in a class without a parent or Preschool 1 with Parent if the parent or guardian would like to accompany the child in the class.

Join the REVolution for competitive swimming! Coaches focus on skill development and conditioning creating an ideal experience for first-time competitive swimmers as well as experienced swimmers. Register according to the number of practices attending per week. Meets are scheduled throughout the season during practice times. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Red Cross Level 4 or equivalent skills.

If you are unable to find a class to meet your needs, please call us at 952-431-8777 as we can sometimes make adjustments to accommodate your requests.Preschoolers learn to enjoy water safely and perform basic skills with the comfort of a parent or guardian in the water.Skills performed with flotation include: Enter and exit the water safely Submerge and explore underwater Glide and recover on front and back Float on back Roll over front to back, back to front Swim on front and back, 5 yd. Safety topics: Basic water safety, healthy swimming, safe water entry, helping yourself and others in an emergency, use of lifejackets, safe weather conditions for swimming and waterpark safety.Course format: Classes run 30 minutes with 10 parent/child pairs per instructor.Registration tip: Upon completion of required skills, children ages 3 to 5 should register for Preschool 2. Children ages 5 and up should register for Learn to Swim Level 1.