Linn-Mar's SwimAmerica Swimming Lessons

New Linn-Mar Aquatic Center Lessons Website

The Linn-Mar Aquatic Center swimming lessons program has moved to a new website! Please follow the link above to the new site. All of the spring swimming lesson offerings are listed there. In order to help make sure that you have can secure your spots in the spring lessons, please visit the listed link above to set up your account prior to registration.

Linn-Mar is a licensed provider of SwimAmerica swimming lessons. All instruction is done using SwimAmerica teaching philosophy and SwimAmerica lesson curriculum. 

There are two critically important features in SwimAmerica swimming lessons. First, SwimAmeica lessons are technique oriented. Students are taught to swim with expert technique from the very first day in the water. The second feature of SwimAmerica lessons is that each lesson is goal-directed. All learning is individually based allowing each student to learn at their own pace. 

Instruction during lessons is done under the direct on-deck supervision of a certified SwimAmerica Lessons Supervisor. The individual instructors are also certified SwimAmerica instructors who have completed SwimAmeica classroom studies, passed a SwimAmeica written instructor test and completed time working as a SwimAmerica student teacher. Additionally, since each SwimAmeica instructor at the Linn-Mar Aquatic Center is an employee of the Linn-Mar Community School District, each has been screened with background checks completed.

With the lesson program at Linn-Mar's Aquatic Center, there are three stages of lessons: Preschool, Beginner, and Advanced.

Click here for the skills taught during Preschool lessons. Click here for the skills taught during the Beginner and Advanced lessons.

If you have questions, please contact Parker Craw at parker.craw@linnmar.k12.ia.us or at 319-892-4800.

These lessons are specifically designed to teach water safety skills and improved swimming skills to students with special needs.

Instructors are trained to integrate strategies so that students learn to relax in the water and improve their swimming abilities. Instructors work with the parents and/or caregiver when teaching these lessons. 

The staff at Linn-Mar assigned to teach the swim classes for students with special needs are trained and certified Swim Angelfish Adaptive Swim Program instructors, as well as SwimAmerica certified instructors. These instructors are very experienced swim teachers and have all taught many lessons with the district. 

With Swim Angelfish, the district is able to provide children of all abilities and special needs the lifelong skill of being comfortable and safe in the water. With Swim Angelfish, the district is able to offer lessons that are targeted, but not necessarily limited to students with: attention difficulties, anxiety, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), sensory challenge, physical disabilities and coordination difficulties. These programs include aquatic therapy and Swim Whispers swim lessons. 

If you would like to know more about Swim Angelfish, please visit their website by clicking here.

Students who have fevers, upset stomachs, or are ill should not attend lessons. Students should be fever-free for 24 hours and also have gone 24 hours without throwing up prior to the start of a lesson.

For students who are ill and cannot attend lessons, refunds will be issued when written notification is provided to Bobby Kelley prior to a student's absence. Refunds will be equal to the pro-rated amount of the registration fee for the day(s) missed, less 10 percent for processing and transaction fees. Notification must be sent to Parker Craw by email at parker.craw@linnmar.k12.ia.us.

Refund Policy for Cancelling an entire Session's Registration

The deadline for cancelling an entire session of lessons is seven days prior to the start of the session. Refunds of a session’s registration fee will not be issued if requests are received after the deadline for cancelling a session.

Refunds of registration fees for cancelled sessions will be issued, provided written notification is sent to Parker Craw prior to the deadline for cancelling a session's registration. Please note that 10 percent of a session's registration fee will be deducted from the refund for processing and transaction fees. Cancellation requests must be received in writing to Parker Craw by email at parker.craw@linnmar.k12.ia.us.