Creative arts, fitness, health & wellness, cooking, special interest and more!
Swimming lessons, open swim, aquatic fitness programs, Metro Marlins swim team & more!
Orono Early Learning's Discovery Kids is a Full-Day Educationally Focused Childcare program. Discovery Kids is designed for children ages 16 months to 5 years.
Offerings in sports, art, science & technology, special interest and more!
Create delicious new dishes!
Stained glass, fused glass, painting and more!
Spend the day exploring destinations around the metro area!
Get your body moving!
Rejuvenate your mind, body and soul.
A variety of classes including photography, retirement planning, virtual road trips and more!
30 total hours of classroom driver's training required by the State of Minnesota.
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.
Please limit registration to one swim camp per child for Summer.
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.
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.
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