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Program Highlight: Parent Tot
Each baby is accompanied by an adult in the water. Did you know lessons are free for babies up to 5 months old? Some restrictions apply.
AVAC Swim School® offers once per week classes for 30-minutes, year-round. Once you have registered your child for his/her swim class, you will attend the same class each week (Mondays from 10 - 10:30, for example). Students 3 & older are placed in small group classes with a 4:1 student to teacher ratio.
$137.50 per month, per student.
To get a more detailed look at our level progression please see programs below.
Learn To Swim Classes
Starfish
Our introductory parent-tot class, geared towards babies 4-18 months old, focusing on comfort in the water, basic swimming skills and water safety.
Polliwog
Our parent-tot class geared for our older toddlers focusing on basic swimming skills, water safety, and independent movement.
Guppy
The beginning of your child's transition into independent water exploration.
Sea Horse
Your child will be working on increasing their breath control and will begin the process of being able to roll from their back to their stomach.
Jellyfish
An introduction to correct head/body positioning through proper glides for about 10ft and continual work on circle swims in the deep end.
Octopus
Your child will be learning the proper kicking technique while using the same prone glide position they learned in the Jellyfish level.
Sea Turtle
Once the foundation of kicks has been established Sea Turtles start working on learning proper arm strokes and must complete 4 proper arm strokes with tagging.
Otter
Otters will be increasing their endurance by doing 6 proper arm strokes.
Porpoise
Our porpoise’s focus on learning 1-2-bubbles-breathe with proper side breathing and beginning to learn backstroke.
Sea Lion
Sea Lion’s continue to work on a more advanced technique of 1-2-bubbles breathe and backstroke.
Marlin
Marlins work on becoming masters of freestyle and backstroke.
Orca
In the Orca level your swimmer will work towards mastering breaststroke.
Flying Fish
In the Flying Fish level your swimmer will work towards mastering butterfly.
Flying Fish 2
Our Flying Fish 2 class is designed to focus on technique while exposing your child to more endurance work.
Hammerhead
The Hammerhead level is our last level and is geared primarily toward endurance with a portion of the class focused on technique.
Pre Comp
Pre-Comp is offered for swimmers Flying Fish and above to prepare swimmers for a competitive swim team.