Buffalo Hanover Montrose Community Education

Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help gain basic aquatic skills. Begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices around water.

Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help gain basic aquatic skills. Begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices around water.

Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help gain basic aquatic skills. Begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices around water.

Build on basic aquatic skills, water safety and concepts learned in Level 1

In level 2 students will learn the fundamental skills. Those skills include continues floating on front and back using combined strokes, front and back glides, swimming on side, and treading water using arm and leg motions. Skills are taught in shallow water.

Build on basic aquatic skills, water safety and concepts learned in Level 1 and Level 2

Build on basic aquatic skills, water safety and concepts learned in Level 1 and Level 2

Improve participants proficiency in performing the swimming strokes that were introduced in Level 3. Skills include swimming front crawl 25 yards, breaststroke, back crawl and butterfly 15 yards,

Level 4 will Improve participants’ proficiency in performing the swimming strokes that were introduced in Level 3.

Level 5 participants will refine their performance of all six swimming strokes (i.e., front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke).

Level 5 participants will refine their performance of all six swimming strokes (i.e., front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke).

Lifeguarding Course r.17The primary purpose of the American Red Cross Lifeguarding course is to provide entry-level lifeguard participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel take over. This program offers a choice of Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED courses to meet the various training needs of a diverse audience.Prerequisites Candidates must:1. Be at least 15 years old on or before the final scheduled session of the course.2. Swim 300 yards, continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both, but swimming on the back or side is not allowed. Swim goggles may be used.3. Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs. Candidates should place their hands under the armpits.4. Complete a timed event within 1 minute, 40 seconds: Starting in the water, swim 20 yards. Swim goggles are not allowed. Surface dive, feet-first or headfirst, to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to get a breath. Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.

Parent and child learn together to increase a child's comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control. fun filled and introduce water safety.

Parent and child learn together to increase a child's comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control. fun filled and introduce water safety.

Parent and child learn together to increase a child's comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control. Fun filled and introduce water safety.

Parents and child learn together to increase a child comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control, change body position in the water, learn how to play safely, experience wearing a life jacket, expectation for adult supervision, submerge in a rhythmic pattern.

Parents and child learn together to increase a child comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control, change body position in the water, learn how to play safely, experience wearing a life jacket, expectation for adult supervision, submerge in a rhythmic pattern.

Parents and child learn together to increase a child comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control, change body position in the water, learn how to play safely, experience wearing a life jacket, expectation for adult supervision, submerge in a rhythmic pattern.

Parents and child learn together to increase a child comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control, change body position in the water, learn how to play safely, experience wearing a life jacket, expectation for adult supervision, submerge in a rhythmic pattern.