What are the educational purposes of school swimming lessons? A thorough explanation of the background behind why they are necessary!

Why are there swimming lessons at school?To put it simply, school swimming lessons have a unique and clear purpose that is completely different from private swimming schools.While swimming schools aim ...

Back to School, Back to the Pool: British Swim School Encourages Families to “Jump On In” and Continue Swim Lessons Year-Round

As families gear up for back-to-school season and settle into their fall routines, British Swim School, North America’s ...
WTVD

As pools open back up for the summer, instructors urge swim lessons for all

Drowning kills more children ages 1-4, than anything else, aside from birth defects, according to the CDC. RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Outside, it's a crisp, 40-degree Friday morning, but inside the Hilton ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

‘Swim lessons save lives’: Southern Nevada event teaches pool safety

A group of 5- and 6-year-olds used all their strength and skills to splash their beloved swim instructor, Cheryl Waites, as she laughed and teased the kids to splash harder. Waites was one of the ...
Medical Xpress

Swimming lessons often discourage kids from just having fun in the pool, says study

Learning to swim is not just potentially life-saving: it also provides a full-body workout that promotes cardiovascular and lung health. While in high-income countries most children learn to swim, few ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Fewer Black, low-income kids learn to swim. A Cincinnati doctor is trying to change that

Uvonne Walker and her 74-year-old mother, Brenda Sharpe, aren't swimmers. It's on Walker's bucket list to learn, she said, but she's not sure when or if that will happen. "I don't get in it," Walker ...