Gladstone Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts
Indoor Swim Lesson Registration only available in-person at the Gladstone Community Center or over the phone at (816)423-4200. Outdoor Swim Lesson Registration available online, in-person at the Gladstone Community Center or over the phone at (816)423-4200.
MONDAY / WEDNESDAY EVENING LESSONS | ||||||
| Session 2025.MW.6 (8 Lesson Session) | ||||||
| Session Dates: August 4 - August 27 | ||||||
| Lessons are 45 minutes in length unless noted otherwise. | ||||||
| Registration Dates | ||||||
| Members: July 23, 2025 ($49) Non-Members: July 25, 2025 ($70) | ||||||
| TIME | ||||||
| 5:00 - 5:45 P.M. | ||||||
| 5:15 - 5:45 P.M. | ||||||
| 5:55 - 6:40 P.M. | ||||||
| 6:45 - 7:30 P.M. | ||||||
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Indicates: Level is being offered * Indicates: Level is 30-minutes in duration | ||||||
| Future Monday / Wednesday Evening Lesson Sessions | ||||||
| Register Online | ||||||
SATURDAY MORNING LESSONS | ||||||
| Session 2025.S.4 (8 Lesson Session) | ||||||
| Session Dates: August 2 - September 20 | ||||||
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Lessons are 40 minutes in length unless noted otherwise.
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| Registration Dates | ||||||
| Members: July 19, 2025 ($49) Non-Members: July 21, 2025 ($70) |
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| TIME | ||||||
| 9:00 - 9:40 A.M. | ||||||
| 9:45 - 10:25 A.M. | ||||||
| 10:30 - 11:10 A.M. | ||||||
| 11:15 - 11:55 A.M. | ||||||
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Indicates: Level is being offered * Indicates: Level is 30-minutes in duration | ||||||
| Future Saturday Morning Lesson Sessions | ||||||
| Register Online | ||||||
Suggested for: Children under the age of 3. Parents participate in the water.
Purpose: To provide water orientation for both parent and child through numerous water adjustment activities emphasizing fun and water safety.
Description: Designed for children 6 months to 2 years of age, this program builds swimming readiness by emphasizing fun in the water. Parents and children participate in eight 30-minute lessons that help participants become comfortable and safe in the water. Elementary skills, including water entry, bubble blowing, front kicking, back floating, underwater exploration, and eventual submersion will be introduced.
Suggested for: Children between the ages of 3 and 5 of all skill levels or 5 to 7 year olds that are too frightened of the water to learn basic swimming techniques.
Purpose: Participants learn through games that incorporate basic water skills.
Description: Class is limited to six students with a 30-minute time limit. Skills introduced include: entering and exiting water independently/submerging face/blowing bubbles/front and back float glide with support/flutter kicking/intro to life jackets
(Age 5+)
Suggested for: Beginner swimmers that are comfortable in the water but cannot yet swim effectively.
Purpose: To orient participants to the aquatic environment and teach them elementary skills that can be built on as they progress through the Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Program.
Prerequisite: Participants must be a minimum of 5 years old.
Description:Skills participant will learn and must successfully demonstrate to advance include: submerging face for 3 seconds/blowing bubbles/opening eyes underwater and picking up an object/10 chest-deep bobs/front and back float with support-5 seconds/combined stroke on front and back with support-5 feet
(Age 5+)
Suggested for: Beginner swimmers that can float and swim short distances on their own.
Purpose: To build on the fundamental aquatic locomotion, safety and rescue skills presented in Level I.
Prerequisite: A Learn-to-Swim Level I certificate or demonstrated competency in Level I skills.
Description: Skills participant will learn and must successfully demonstrate to advance include: holding breath and submerging entire head-10 seconds/opening eyes underwater and picking up submerged object/front and back glide-2 body lengths/changing direction of travel with paddling, front and back unsupported/flutter kicking on front and back with arm actions, unsupported-15 feet/stroke on front and back using kick and alternating arms-15 feet/turning over from front to back and back to front unsupported/basic rescue skills
(Age 6+)
Suggested for: Intermediate swimmers that are capable of swimming the length of a pool and are comfortable in deep water, but may not have great technique with different swimming strokes.
Purpose: To build on the aquatic locomotion, safety, and rescue skills presented in Level II.
Prerequisite: A Learn-to-Swim Level II certificate or demonstrated competency in Level II skills.
Description: Skills participants will learn and must successfully demonstrate to advance include: jumping into deep water from the side/head-first entry into deep water, sitting or kneeling position/submerging and retrieving object in chest-deep water-3 times/front and back glide 2 body lengths/changing from vertical to horizontal in deep water, front and back/treading water-30 seconds/front and back crawl with rhythmic breathing pattern-15 yards/butterfly kick and body motion-15 feet/general and personal water safety
(Age 7+)
Suggested for: Strong swimmers that are capable of swimming multiple lengths of the pool without tiring and have basic knowledge and skills with multiple swimming strokes.
Purpose: To develop confidence and competency in the aquatic locomotion, safety and rescue skills presented in the Red Cross Learn-to-Swim program thus far.
Prerequisite: A Learn-to-Swim Level III certificate or demonstrated competency in Level III skills.
Description: Skills participants will learn and must successfully demonstrate to pass include: diving in from side into deep water, compact or stride position/swimming underwater-3 body lengths/feet first surface dive-submerging completely/survival float in the deep end-1 minute/open turns on front and back-gliding at least 2 body lengths before stroking/treading water-1 minute using 3 variations of kicks/front and back crawl-25 yards/breaststroke, butterfly, elementary backstroke-15 yards/swimming on side with scissor kick-15 yards/general and personal water safety, and basic rescue skills
(Age 7+)
Suggested for: Strong swimmers capable of swimming all four competitive strokes with relative ease.
Purpose: To coordinate and refine the key strokes presented thus far in the Red Cross Learn-to-Swim program and to open turns, feet-first surface dive and springboard diving.
Prerequisite: A Learn-to-Swim Level IV certificate or demonstrated competency in Level IV skills.
Description: Skills participants will learn and must successfully demonstrate to pass include: shallow dive from the side of the pool/shallow dive, glide 2 body lengths and begin any front stroke/swimming underwater-15 yards/tuck and pike surface dives/back float in the deep end-2 minutes/front and back flip turns/tread water using 2 different kicks-2 minutes/front and back crawl-50 yards/butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke-25 yards/survival swimming/rescue breathing.
(Age 7+)
Suggested for: Strong swimmers that wish to perfect their knowledge and skill of the competitive strokes and exercise under instructor supervision.
Purpose: To refine strokes so participants swim them with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness and over greater distances.
Prerequisite: A Learn-to-Swim Level V certificate or demonstrated competency in Level V skills.
Description: Skills participants will learn and must successfully demonstrate to advance include: Increased endurance for the following strokes: Front crawl (100 yards), Back crawl (100 yards), Elementary backstroke (100 yards), Butterfly (50 yards), Sidestroke (50 yards). Participant must demonstrate the following turns while swimming: Front crawl open turn, Backstroke open turn, Sidestroke turn, Front flip turn, Backstroke flip turn, Breaststroke flip turn, Breaststroke turn, and Butterfly turn.