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HOURS OF OPERATION

Open Daily
12:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Thursday Extended Hours
12:30 - 8:00 p.m.
starting July 3, 2008

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Aquatic Center

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Season Passes | Punch Passes | Daily Admissions | Special Activities | Swimming Lessons

Season Passes

  • Family: $140.00 for up to a family of four, plus $25 for each additional individual
  • Individual: $70.00

Punch Passes

  • 15-Visit Pass: $37.50

Daily Admissions

  • Adult: $3.75
  • Student (K-12): $2.75
  • Pre-School: $1.00 or free with adult admission
  • Group Rate: $2.50 per person

Special Activities

  • Open until 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays
  • Pool Rental: (any day except Thursday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.) $80.00 per hour with seven (7)-day advance notice for staffing purposes

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Swimming Lessonsswimming lessons (17887 bytes)

Cost: $35.00 per 2-week session
(Monday-Thursday, with Friday as a rain make-up day)

Dates:

  • Session 1 - Finished for 2008
  • Session 2 - July 7-18, 2008
  • Session 3 - July 28-August 8, 2008

Times: Call 660-646-6107 for more information!

You Have Several Classes to Choose From...

Parent/Tot (6 months to 3 years)
Note: May be taken more than once

  • Orientation to the water and learning basic skills
  • Each child must be accompanied by an adult into the water
  • Swim pants/diaper required
  • Safety and fun in the water will be the emphasis, along with parental interaction

Water Explorer (3-5 years)
Note: May be taken more than once

Prerequisite

  • Ability to listen and follow instructions
  • Willingness to explore aquatic environment without parental assistance
  • Little or no fear of chest-deep water
  • Willingness to submerge face in the water

Skills to be Taught

  • Basic front and back floating to help a child become comfortable in the water
  • Learn how to trust instructors and follow basic direction
  • Games to help children enjoy an aquatic environment

Beginner Level I (5-7 years) We have a great pool... click image for a closer view (photo by Butch Shaffer) (10663 bytes)

Prerequisite

  • Successful passage of Water Explorer
  • Ability to listen to and follow instructions
  • No fear of water

Skills to be Taught

  • Holding breath while fully submerging face for 3 seconds
  • Bubble blowing
  • Supported front and back floating
  • Supported front and back kicking
  • Opening eyes under water

Beginner Level II

Prerequisite

  • Successful passage of Level I
  • Must be comfortable with water
  • Perform a supported front and back float

Skills to be Taught

  • 10 bobs (chest to chin)
  • Hold breath while fully submerging face for 5 seconds
  • Unsupported back and face float for 5 seconds
  • Flutter kick on front and back
  • Submerge and retrieve objects under shallow water
  • Front and back crawl with kick for 5 yards

Beginner Level III

Prerequisite

  • Successful passage of Level II
  • Float on back
  • Fully submerge head

Skills to be Taught

  • Retrieve objects underwater with eyes open or with goggles
  • Rotary breathing from both sides
  • Kneeling or compact dive from pool side
  • Glide (float) on back and face with push off
  • Front and back crawl with kick for 10 yards
  • Learn to tread water

Intermediate Level IVFinal day of swim lessons 09 02 02 (16847 bytes)

Prerequisite

  • Successful passage of Level III
  • Swim unassisted using front crawl stroke for 10 yards
  • Show ability to tread water
  • Ability to jump into deep water

Skills to be Taught

  • Deep water bobbing
  • Standing dive from pool side
  • Front and back crawl for 15 yards
  • Breaststroke with ship kick for 5 yards
  • Sidestroke with scissor kick for 5 yards
  • Tread water for 2 minutes
  • Deep water orientation

Intermediate Level V

Prerequisite

  • Successful passage of Level IV
  • Front and back crawl for 15 yards
  • Standing dive from side of pool
  • Tread water for 2 minutes
  • Successfully demonstrate breaststroke and sidestroke with kicks for 5 yards

Skills to be Taught

  • Breaststroke with whip kick for 15 yards
  • Sidestroke with scissor kick for 15 yards
  • Long shallow dive from side of pool
  • Front and back crawl for 25 yards each
  • Butterfly with dolphin kick for 5 yards
  • Beginning diving board orientation with standing dive

Skill Level VI

Prerequisite

  • Successful passage of Level V
  • Front and back crawl for 25 yards each
  • Successfully demonstrate breaststroke and sidestroke with kicks for 15 yards
  • Successfully demonstrate standing dive from boards

Skills to be Taught

  • Front and back crawl 50 yards each
  • Breaststroke with whip kick for 25 yards
  • Sidestroke with scissor kick for 25 yards
  • Butterfly with dolphin kick for 15 yards
  • Pike/tuck surface dives from diving board

Skill Level VII

Prerequisite

  • Successful passage of Level VI
  • Successfully demonstrate crawl, breast, side and butterfly strokes
  • Successfully demonstrate pike/tuck surface dives

Skills to be Taught

  • Dives from diving board
  • Approach stroke
  • Breaststroke and sidestroke for 25 yards
  • Butterfly stroke for 15 yards
  • Front crawl for 100 yards
  • Continuous swimming for 250 yards

Junior Life Guarding (13-14 years old)

Prerequisite

  • Successful passage of Level VII
  • Successfully demonstrate diving off board
  • Tread water in deep end for 2 minutes

Skills to be Taught

  • This course will explore the fundamental skills needed to be a professional lifeguard. Participants will learn water and land rescue technique and improve swimming endurance as it applies to a rescue. Water safety is the primary goal, and the course serves as an introductory course to the Ellis & Associates training provided for our on-duty lifeguards. It also emphasizes good work skills and responsibility in making sure that swimmers are kept safe.

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Ron Krammes, Director
1503 Walnut Street, Chillicothe, MO 64601
Office Phone: 660-646-4424
Office Fax: 660-646-2107
E-Mail: rkrammes@chillicothecity.org

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