PARTICIPANTS: Girls and Boys must be 7 years of age and be able to stand in 3'6" deep water. 

INSTRUCTORS: Wheaton College has offered Red Cross swimming lessons to the community since the summer of 1982.  All swim lessons instructors are varsity college swimmers, varsity high school swimmers, experienced college students, or graduate students.

OFFERINGS: Classes are offered after school in September and April.  Classes run for forty minute periods with an approximate instructor-to-student ratio of 1:5.   Classes are arranged by ability level, though age and gender are taken into consideration when assigning children to specific groups.  Ripples, Currents, and some Waves classes take place in the shallow end of the pool.  some waves, and all Breakers, Surf and Tidalwave classes take place in the deep end. 
 

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