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Swimming LessonsAmerican Red
Cross Swimming
Lessons

Listed below are the fundamentals taught in each level and some of the requirements to pass. Levels 1-6 are American Red Cross Swimming lessons.

Preschool Level:

This is a class for preschool children (ages 4-6) who are independent enough to participate in a swimming class without a parent but are not advanced enough for the large pool. Water adjustment skills are taught in the wading pool with a goal to progress to the larger pool.


Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills

  • Basic water safety rules
  • Using a life jacket
  • Submerging mouth, nose and eyes
  • Opening eyes underwater & picking up submerged object
  • Swimming on front and back using arm and leg actions
  • Recognizing a swimmer in distress and getting help
  • Exhaling underwater
  • Floating on front and back


Level 2: Fundamentals Aquatic Skills

  • Moving in the water while wearing a life jacket
  • Submerging entire head
  • Front and back glide
  • Treading water using arm and leg motions
  • Recognizing a swimmer in distress and getting help
  • Bobbing in water
  • Jellyfish float
  • Swimming using combined stroke on front and back


Level 3: Stroke Development

  • Reaching assist
  • Submerging and retrieving an object
  • Front and back glide
  • Front and back crawl
  • Kneeling or standing dive (shallow dive progression)
  • Rotary breathing in horizontal position
  • Survival float, back float
  • Butterfly-kick and body motion


Level 4: Stroke Improvement

  • Safe diving rules
  • Dive from stride position or shallow dive
  • Survival float, back float
  • Elementary backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly
  • Throwing assist
  • Feet-first surface dive
  • Front and back crawl


Level 5: Stroke Refinement

  • Survival swimming
  • Standing dive (Diving progression)
  • Open turns on front and back
  • Front and back crawl
  • Performing rescue breathing
  • Tuck surface dive and pike surface dive
  • Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn
  • Elementary backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, sidestroke
  • Level 6: Fundamentals of Diving/Fitness Swimmer/Personal Water Safety/Lifeguard Readiness
    This course is an expansion of skills learned in Level 5.

Swimming Lessons

The Fargo Park District offers American Red Cross Swimming Lessons during the spring season for ages 5-14 and for ages 4-14 in the summer season. Outdoor lessons are only available during the summer session. Participants must be 5 years old to begin in level 1.

Registration: For all levels of swimming lessons, you must register in advance.

Click here for specific levels of swimming lessons and codes.

Learn more about how to register.

To register, the following procedure will be used:

1. Anyone may register immediately for any ONE session of swimming lessons.

2. To sign up for an additional session, you must wait until the session that you are currently in has ended, allowing you to register for the next appropriate level. This will also allow everyone the opportunity to register and participate in at least one session.

3. Find the code corresponding to the pool, level, session and time you want and write it on the registration form found in the middle of this brochure.

4. Registrations will be taken on a first come, first serve basis until the classes are full or if classes haven't filled, registrations will be taken until Noon the Friday prior to the lessons starting.

Fee: Indoor Lessons - $39.60
Outdoor Lessons - $28.40

All lessons will have a six to one student to teacher ratio. All Spring indoor sessions are typically scheduled for ten sessions and meet twice a week (Mondays and Tuesdays) for five weeks. Summer indoor and outdoor sessions are typically scheduled for ten lessons (Monday-Friday). Due to possible inclement weather, make-ups may be needed for outdoor lessons. The make-ups would be scheduled for the week after the normal session would end.

 

  • Spring Indoor Lessons (South High)

 
  • Summer Outdoor Lessons (Northside Rec)
  • Summer Indoor Lessons (North High)

 
  • Summer Outdoor Lessons (Southwest Rec)
  • Summer Indoor Lessons (South High)

 
  • Summer Outdoor Lessons (Madison Pool)

 

 
  • Summer Outdoor Lessons (Island Park)

Click here for specific levels of swimming lessons and codes.

Learn more about how to register.