District 196 Community Education

If the class you are registering for is full, please register for the waitlist. The waitlist allows us to better serve you. We will work to move you into the class as staffing allows and notify you upon placement. 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.

Become certified in American Red Cross Lifeguarding for pools and waterparks, First Aid and CPR/AED for the Professional Lifeguard. Attendance is mandatory. Age Prerequisite: 15 years of age by the last day of the class. Skill Prerequisites: Continuous endurance swim: front crawl and/or breaststroke for 300 yd. Timed skill sequence: 20 yd. swim, retrieval of a 10 lb. object from 7 ro 10 ft. deep, swim 20 yd. carrying the object and exit the water within 1 min 40 sec. Tread water: 2 min using legs only. A Waterfront Module will be offered for an additional fee for. Call 952-431-8777 for more information or to register.