American Red Cross 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.

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.

 

Click here for specific information and codes for the programs listed on this page.

Learn how to register.

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 will further develop skills learned in level 5.

Life Guard Certification

American Red Cross Certified Life Guard Courses are available in the Spring.

Life Guard Challenge

A Life Guard Challenge course will be offered in Spring for individuals who are currently American Red Cross Certified and wish to extend their certification for three years.

Water Safety Instructor Course

An American Red Cross certified water safety instructor course is available in the Spring.

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. Click here to for pools, levels, sessions, times and registration deadlines.

• All lessons will have a six to one student to teacher ratio.
• Spring indoor sessions are scheduled for ten sessions and meet twice a week (Mondays and Tuesdays) for five weeks.
• Summer indoor and outdoor sessions are ten lessons for two weeks.

Due to possible inclement weather, make-ups may be needed for outdoor lessons. The make-ups would be scheduled for the week after the scheduled session ends.

The pools will be open and outdoor lessons held when the air temperature is 62 degrees F and above. In case of inclement weather, call 298-6915.

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