Click on a section below to learn about the different levels offered at Julie's Swim School.

Parent-Tot Swim

Join your child in the water for a wonderful positive aquatic experience. We introduce your young ones to the wonder of water through songs, games, and basic skill building play. Swim diapers required if not completely potty trained.

(Ages 6 months – 3 years)

Sunfish 1

This class helps students feel comfortable and safe in water. Skills taught include breath holding, supported front and back float, entering water independently, the water while blowing bubbles and swimming. Students with water experience may move through this level very quickly.

Sunfish 2

This class is for children who are more comfortable in the water. They are taught to flutter kick, float and front crawl coordination with breathing, unassisted back float, beginning back stroke flutter kicks, water safety, and orientation to deep water. The goal of this level is for students to swim across the pool without assistance.

Sunfish 2+

This class is for children who are very comfortable in the water, who can swim unassisted, and have no tears. They are taught to roll from front to back and back to front. Independently jumping in and swimming back to the wall is also learned. They will become stronger and more coordinated.

Advanced Sunfish

This class is for children who can swim unassisted but do not know how to take breaths. They are very comfortable in the water. The goals for this class is to be able to swim across the width of the pool taking breaths without assistance. This is a group taught class with some individual attention as well.

Turtle 1

This class builds from previous Sunfish 2 level. Skills taught include coordination front crawl and back crawl, front crawl with breaths, front and back glide, back float, retrieving objects and water safety. This class will build on endurance. The goal of this level is for children to swim across the width of the pool taking proper breaths.

Turtle 2

This class is for the advanced preschool swimmer. Children develop confidence and endurance in the front crawl with proper breathing, and back crawl, elementary back stroke, front and back glides, floating skills and water safety. They will learn to retrieve objects from deep water as well as treading water. The goal of this level is for children to swim across the length of the pool taking proper breaths.

Stroke Class 1

Students review and refine the key strokes so students may swim at ease, efficiency, and endurance. Skills taught include coordinating strokes, surface dives, deep water treading and water safety. Children will be swimming laps.

Stroke Class 2

This class is more aggressive than Stroke Class 1.

Water Safety Class

This class is to teach water safety and survival skills. Your child will learn assists, escapes, neck and diving injury, boating safety, clothes floatation, treading water. This class includes lectures, skits and performing each skill taught in and out of water.

Children must be able to swim one length of the pool unassisted.