Anoka-Hennepin Community Education

There are 2 options for registration: both are a “Register Now, Pay Later” option where you will register for $0 today and be automatically charged the remaining five days before the class starts. Please select either the class price or the price for families who have qualified for the Anoka-Hennepin Schools Free/Reduced Lunch program. Please wear a swimsuit to class and bring a towel with you. You will need to shower before class. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, the locker rooms will have limited changing/showering availability. If possible, students should come with their swimsuit on. In accordance with guidance from the state of Minnesota, a parent/guardian must accompany the child into the pool during class. Purpose: To orient preschool-age children to the aquatic environment and to help them acquire rudimentary levels of basic aquatic skills. Prerequisites: Preschool Level 1: No skill prerequisites. Learning Objectives: Enter and exit water using ladder, steps or side. Blow bubbles through mouth and nose. Submerge mouth, nose and eyes. Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects. Front and back glides and recover to a vertical position. Back float and recover to a vertical position. Roll from front to back and back to front. Tread with arm and hand actions. Alternating and simultaneous leg actions on front and back. Alternating and simultaneous arm actions on front and back. Experience wearing a life jacket in the water. Learn how to stay safe, including recognizing and emergency and knowing how to call for help. Learn how to stay safe in, on and around the water, including the use of a life jacket, recognizing lifeguards and sun safety. Certification Requirements: Demonstrate competency in all required skills and activities, including in-water skills. Successfully complete the following exit skills assessment (can be done with support): Enter independently, using either the ladder, steps or side, travel at least 5 yards, submerge to mouth and blow bubbles for at least 3 seconds then safely exit the water. (Children can walk, move along the gutter or "swim.") While in shallow water, glide on front at least 2 body lengths, then roll to back and float on back for 3 seconds then recover to a vertical position.

This Spring we have the following policies in place: Anyone staying in the facility (whether swimming or not) needs to be a registered participant (due to facility capacity ratios and a required reservation system). Everyone entering the facility must wear a face covering. Face coverings are required in the locker rooms, pool lobby, and on deck when not in the water. Please come ready to swim. You may remove outer clothing in the locker room before swimming. Individual lockers are not available. You may bring your items on the pool deck with you. You are responsible for anything of value. All swimmers must take a shower before entering the water. Anyone under the age of seven must have an adult swimming with them within arms reach. Please social distance from others not in your group. Currently you must social distance 9 feet away from other groups in the pool area. You may bring your own balls, noodles, Coast Guard Approved Personal Flotation Devices, etc to the facility. Inflatables are not allowed. We do have noodles and pool rings you may check out of the pool office. They are cleaned with disinfectant between uses. Limited changing is available in the locker rooms. You must social distance in the locker room.

This program is for participants in 6th-12th grades. The prerequisite for this program is: participants must be able to swim 50 continuous yards of freestyle and backstroke, 25 yards of breaststroke or passed Level 4. The following guidelines will need to be followed in order to participate in the program: The participant may enter the pool facility five minutes prior to class. All participants must maintain social distancing and masks are required when not in the pool. There will be limited locker room usage. Individual lockers are not available. Participants are encouraged to bring a bag for their clothes to bring out on the pool deck. The participant should come dressed to swim if possible. The participant is allowed goggles, swim cap, towel, warm-ups, flip-flops/sandals and a plastic water bottle (must be a screw top). Do not share equipment. Please bring the following: googles, kickboard*, and pull buoy*. If you do not have these*, they can be checked out to you for the program duration. Googles and swim caps are available for purchase. The participant must leave five minutes after the class ends. This is a drop off and pick up only - no parent(s) observation from hallway, pool deck or bleachers. If the participant is not feeling well, PLEASE do not come to class. This program is done on a monthly basis. You must register for each month independently to be registered. This includes: Monday & Wednesday Evenings swim practice with coaching - no practice on during the Anoka-Hennepin Spring Break Saturday Optional Swim with workout - Drop-in any time between 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. to complete the posted workout. No partial or pro-rated fees for absences/ vacations/ etc.