Re-Opening Classes & Safety Plans

To our Swim Families,

As our 2020 Summer season comes to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to all of our swim families who have returned to swim lessons! We are so grateful for your enthusiastic support, flexibility and willingness to comply with all of the new safety procedures we have put in place. We appreciate that you have recognized the importance of your children learning how to swim and the benefits that your children receive from such a healthy, fun activity.

We will not be going back to the class schedule we had before we shut down in March. We are continuing with our current class schedule and are adding additional classes to accommodate families as we move into the school year. Full details can be found below, but if you need to change your class time due to your new school schedule, please email us at info@propelswimacadey.com; classes fill up quickly at the end of the summer!

We will still be keeping all of our safety procedures in place including reduced class sizes, staggered class times to reduce the number of swimmers starting/ending at the same time, and empty space between each class in the pool.

Take advantage of the smaller class sizes and our multi-lesson discount by signing your swimmer up for 2 or more classes per week!

Seahorse/Pufferfish/Octopus/Spotted Eagle Ray Swimmers: Available to book online. As of now, the maximum class size will be 3 swimmers. This is subject to change pending government guidelines. Make-ups will be available. Sibling and Multi-Lesson Discounts are available.
Price: $103.96/month – adjusted for the actual number of lessons received.

Parent/Child Classes: Available to book online. As of now, the maximum Parent/Child class size will be 4 Parent/Child pairs. This is subject to change pending government guidelines. Classes will utilize a larger area of the pool than normal to allow for social distancing. In addition, each Parent/Child pair will have their own changing space to change their child before and after class. For now, only 1 parent will be allowed per child in class. Make-ups are available. Sibling and Multi-Lesson Discounts are available.
Price: $103.96/month – adjusted for the actual number of lessons received.

Stroke School: We will be offering classes in our Narwhal and Orca Whale levels beginning in September. Space will be limited to book your spot now! Make-ups are available. Sibling and Multi-Lesson Discounts are available.
Price: $103.96/month – adjusted for the actual number of lessons received.

Swim Team Prep: Available to book online. Our Fall Swim Team Prep Session is for swimmers who are 7.5 years and older and who are at or above the Spotted Eagle Ray level. This group will be run like a traditional swim practice, with a coach on the pool deck. There will be a maximum of 4 swimmers per lane. This is subject to change pending government guidelines. Practice times are Thursdays and Sundays and will run for 8 weeks. Sibling and Multi-Lesson Discounts do not apply.
Session Cost: $225

Adult Swim: Our next Adult Swim Session starts at the end of August! We will be offering classes in our Introduction to Swimming, Beginner, and Advanced Beginner class levels! The maximum class size will be 4 swimmers. Adult Swim Classes will utilize a larger area of the pool than normal to allow everyone to have plenty of space. No make-ups are available and no spot in these classes will be made available for another swimmer to book a make-up in. Family and Multi-Lesson Discounts are available.

Self-Formed Group Lessons: Available upon request for 3 swimmers from the same family or friends who have been quarantining together. We will accommodate your request if the swimmers are within 1 skill level of each other. These ‘private group lessons’ will not have their max class size increased at any time. No make-ups are available and no spot in these classes will be made available for another swimmer to book a make-up in. Sibling and Multi-Lesson Discounts are available.
Price: $103.96/month – adjusted for the actual number of lessons received.

Semi-Private Lessons: Available upon request for 2 swimmers from the same family or friends who have been quarantining together. We will accommodate your request if the swimmers are within 1 skill level of each other. These lessons will not have their max class size increased. No make-ups are available and no spot in these classes will be made available for another swimmer to book a make-up in. Sibling and Multi-Lesson Discounts are available.
Price: $37.50/swimmer/class

Private Lessons: Available to book online or by request for 1 swimmer. Private lessons will not have their max class size increased. No make-ups are available for Private Lessons. Sibling and Multi-Lesson Discounts are available.
Price: $65/swimmer/class

For details on other procedural changes we are making during this time, scroll down to our 6/1/2020 announcement!

To register for classes, go to our Online Schedule and log in!

We are SO EXCITED to see everyone back at the pool!

Cleanliness:

• Properly maintained and chlorinated pools: We are swimming in tens of thousands of gallons of liquid disinfectant! The CDC states that pools are one of the safest places to be, with no transmissions reported through pool use. In addition to our regular manual chemical testing, we use top-of-the-line computerized chemical controllers to ensure that our water is ALWAYS kept at the proper chlorination levels. In addition, we have a UV Water Purification system on every pool. These are even better at killing viruses than chlorine! Click here for the latest updates from the CDC on swimming pools safety (opens a new window).

• Regular Sanitization in the pool area: Any pool areas and equipment in use will be sanitized daily using a Wyshi-Washi chemical disinfectant sprayer. This is the same safe, powerful sanitizer that we have always used to sanitize our pool areas and equipment.
• Additional cleaning protocols: All frequently touched areas will be sanitized at regular intervals throughout the day using CDC-approved cleaning products.
• Limited contact with surfaces: Where possible, doors will be held by a team member wearing a face mask or shield.
• Nightly cleaning: We have always done this, but it is worth mentioning that our changing areas, lobby, and viewing rooms are thoroughly cleaned on a daily basis.

Reducing the number of people in the facility at the same time:

• New Class Schedule: We are in the process of creating a brand new Summer Session class schedule designed to spread lessons throughout the day in order to limit the number of people in the facility. This adjusted schedule will reduce the number of people coming and going at any given moment by about 75%!
• Wrap ‘n’ Go Policy: All swimmers will arrive and leave in their swim attire. The changing rooms and showers will be closed. This will reduce the amount of time each swimmer/parent is in the building. After their lesson, wrap your swimmer in their towel and head to the car!
• Parent/Child Class participants will each have a designated changing area on the pool deck. These changing areas will be at least 6ft. apart and we will have 10 minutes in between Parent/Child classes to allow parents time to change and exit the building before the next group begins their class.
• One parent/caregiver: We will require swimmers to only be accompanied by 1 parent/guardian at swim lessons. This does not apply to families who choose to wait in their vehicle. These parents will still need to walk their swimmer to the entry door and pick them up at the exit door. Children may not walk to or from a vehicle unaccompanied.

Limiting unnecessary contact between people in the facility:

• Smaller Class Sizes and space between each class: Our swim lanes for our Learn To Swim classes (Pool 1 and 2) are 8ft. wide each, allowing 3 swimmers to easily participate in a regular swim class while maintaining a reasonable distance from one another. Parent/Child Classes will be held in a larger area than normal to allow each pair more space. Instructor contact will be optional in these classes. Swim Team-style practices held in the Big Pool will have a reduced number of swimmers per lane and a coach on the pool deck.

• Staggered Class Times: Class start/end times will be staggered every 10 minutes to reduce the number of swimmers arriving or leaving the facility.
• Adapted Teaching Practices: We have reviewed every activity in our curriculum and will be training our instructors to leave out or adapt any activity that unnecessarily puts swimmers or their instructors in close contact. For example, there will be no group bubble-blowing!
• Option to form your own group class: If you have swimmers within your own family or within a friend group that you would like to take a class together, let us know! Swimmers must be within one class level of each other in order for this to be possible. Send us a message today so that we can work with you to form your group!
• Designated Entry and Exit Points: this will greatly reduce instances of people coming into close contact with one another.
• Parent Viewing: Our viewing rooms will be re-formatted to allow for adequate social distancing. This will reduce the number of parents that can fit in the viewing rooms. We will require parents of children age 5 and below to sit in the viewing room in case their child needs to use the bathroom etc. We will ask that all other parents wait in the car or watch from outside the exterior windows.
• Floor markings to guide swimmers and parents through our facility with as little ‘cross-traffic’ as possible!
• Additional staff placed on the pool deck and at entry and exit points to ensure compliance with our safety requirements.

As is the case with everybody, this is our first time doing this! We greatly appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or questions that you have. Please take 1 minute to fill out our Re-Opening Survey!

We continue to be so grateful for your kind emails, generosity and support and truly can’t wait to see everyone at the pool!

The Propel Swim Family