Orono Community Education

If you are a new family to Orono Community Education’s swimming lessons, we encourage you to schedule a swimming pre-assessment to determine the best level for your swimmer.
Pre-assessments take place at the Orono pool. Instructors will guide your swimmer through a set of skills in a 15-minute period.

Summer pre-assessments will take place in early March. 

LEVEL 5 - Stroke Refinement  

Course Content: Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.

Skills covered include: shallow angle dive from the side, surface dives, front and back flip turns, front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly, standard scull, and age-appropriate water safety topics.

Exit skills: Perform a shallow-angle dive into deep water, swim front crawl for 50 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary and swim elementary backstroke for 50 yards. Swim breaststroke for 5 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary and swim back crawl for 25 yards.

Sign up for Level 5 if:
• Comfortable in deep water
• Swims at least 25 yards of the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl and elementary backstroke
• Swims 15 yards coordinated of the following strokes: breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly

LEVEL 6 - Swimming and Skill Proficiency

Course Content: Students will learn to swim with ease and efficiency, and gain the ability to swim smoothly over greater distances.

Skills covered include: shallow angle dive from the side, surface dives, front and back flip turns, front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly, standard scull, and age-appropriate water safety topics.

Exit skills: Perform a shallow-angle dive into deep water, swim front crawl for 50 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary and swim elementary backstroke for 50 yards. Swim breaststroke for 5 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary and swim back crawl for 25 yards.

Sign up for Level 6 if:
• Comfortable in deep water
• Swims at least 25 yards of the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl and elementary backstroke
• Swims 15 yards coordinated of the following strokes: breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly

Curriculum and levels are based on the Red Cross' Learn-to-Swim Program. For questions about what level your child should register for, refer to our descriptions.

• Locker rooms will be available for use.