Wilburton Park & Recreation (P&R) will offer FREE swimming lessons this year to children ages two years old and up to include even non-swimming adults. The lessons will be taught in the pool at Eastern Oklahoma State College (EOSC). Lessons will be taught first 2 weeks of June. Classes will be organized by age. 2 to 6 year-olds will have instruction only for the first week of June.
Classes for Toddlers will be divided into age groups with 2 & 3 year old classes at 2pm. 4 Year-olds class will begin at 2:30. 5 year-olds class begins at 3pm and 6 year-olds begins at 3:30pm. A parent or responsible adult must accompany each child in the water for Toddler Classes: all children must be potty trained. The last day of class will be devoted to report cards on swimmer's skills learned.
The 7 year old and older students will begin June 1 and continue thru June 14 with inexperienced 7 & 8 year old swimmer classes meeting from 4 to 4:30, followed by the experienced 7 & 8 year-olds class meeting 4:30 to 5:00pm.
Class time for 9 year-olds and older inexperienced swimmers is 5 to 5:30pm followed by the experienced swimmers class from 5:30 - 6pm. If any adults show up to learn to swim, they will be helped from 6 - 6:30pm. The last day of class will be devoted to report cards on swimmer's skills learned.
TO REGISTER: Just show up a few minutes early before the scheduled swimmers class time. NOTE: Class times are subject to change depending on number of students showing up for each class. Call the P&R Director at 918-465-5361 for further information.
