Rose Bowl Aquatics Center
American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Program

School Age Level Swim Classes
Course Descriptions & Level Requirements
6 to 13 years of Age

School Age Level I - Turtle

Water Exploration Entry Level Requirement:
Little or no swimming experience or has previously been enrolled Preschool Level I
This level is designed to help students feel comfortable in the water safely. Children will learn how to enter and exit the pool safely, hold their breath, blow bubbles, and put their face in the water. They will learn to experience buoyancy with comfort. Proper kicking and body position is introduced. They will learn how to float, glide and swim unassisted.




School Age Level II - Octopus

Primary Skills Entry Level Requirement:
Child must be able to glide 5 feet unassisted with face in the water.

This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills. As they build their confidence, children will learn front flutter kick, how to travel through the water with a basic Paddle stroke and how to come up for a breath rhythmically.  They will learn how to float on their back unassisted.

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Program Information

Swim Sessions

Swim Times

Registration Procedures

Entry Level Requirements

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NOTE:  No children of opposite sex over 3 years old are allowed in the main locker rooms. Please use the adjacent restrooms for dressing young children who require assistance, when a same sex caregiver is not present.

School Age Level III - Manta Ray

Stroke Readiness Entry Level Requirement:
Child must be able to Paddle stroke 15 yards unassisted with face in the water & repeatedly blow bubbles and come up for a breath
Retrieve toy from 5 foot depth

This level marks the introduction of true strokes. Children will learn the components of Freestyle, Backstroke and rotary breathing. Treading water and recovery to a swimming position is mastered. Complete independence is achieved.

School Age III - Endurance

Entry Level Requirement:
Child must be able to swim 15 yards unassisted with basic Freestyle and Backstroke

This level is designed to develop the endurance needed for level IV.

School Age Level IV - Crocodile

Stroke Development Entry Level Requirement:
Child must be able to swim 50 yards Freestyle and Backstroke with proper form
Tread water & swim back to the side unassisted
The objective of this level is to develop coordination, confidence and endurance in swimming Freestyle and Backstroke. Breaststroke and the basics of turning at the wall are introduced.

School Age Level V - Killer Whale

Stroke Refinement Entry Level Requirement:
Child must be able to swim 100 yards Freestyle and Backstroke with proper form
Swim 50 yards Breaststroke
Tread water and retrieve toy from 5 foot depth

The objective of this level is to achieve proper timing, technique, and refinement in Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke. Children will learn flip turns and racing dives. Butterfly is introduced.

School Age Level VI - Great White Shark

Skill Proficiency Entry Level Requirement:
Child must be able to swim 100 yards Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke with proper form.
Swim 25 yards Butterfly.

The objective of this level is to polish strokes so students swim them with more ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances. Considerable endurance is achieved in this level. Butterfly is mastered. This level prepares the swimmer for Swim Team.