Thursday, July 24, 2008

Swimmers Advance!



We're at it again! We keep growing. This week the teams are:

Jelly Fish ( Children who still have trouble putting their heads under the water)

CJ, Caroline, Zoe, Corey

Sun Fish ( Head dunkers who are still too young to swim in deep water )

Isaac, Nathan, Devin, India, Zoey, Alyssa, Paige, Donovan, Luke, Reese, Emma,

Whales ( Children who really swim in deep water but have not gone off the board)

Phoebe, Sam, Stoggy, Cole, Skylar, William, David, Kanin, Javeon, Brady, Jay

Sharks ( Children who can swim and go off the board)

Andrew, Austin R, Alex s. Dax, Hadley, Michaela, Aiden, Briauna, Dawson, Hannah, brycek, Alex H, Jackson, Alexis, Jack H, Morgan, Jack S., Austin W, Wyatt, Adyson, Nikolai, Logan, Spencer, Mara, Nicholas, Madison, Addie,

I'm afraid that's closing in on it for the summer. I took some of the Sun Fish over to the Whale swimming teaching section, but they aren't ready. Maybe next year. Of the Whales, most of them are still to skittish to go off the board. Not sure about Skylar - she's been on vacation. David is coming close - hope he does it by the end of the summer. Kanin is "in" the pool, but still won't put his head under. Brady is close and so is Cole. I'd still like to see four more sharks.

We'll be swimming on Friday this week. Two extra days of swimming might just be the ticket some of the kids need to make that little decision about a three foot jump. It's a bit daunting when you look down and know that you'll be sailing through the air and then splash in that DEEP water and then you have to be able to make it to the side. It's not for everyone.

1 comment:

Kristen said...

I will have to say that this has been an excellent summer for Drew. He has grown up a lot and he is so proud of himself for learning to swim with out the aid of his special suit the suit was a sort of wet suit that had floatation devices in it. It enabled him to swim go off of the diving board. It was the best thing we found to help him learn to swim. We could not have given him as many chances to learn to swim as The Garden School has and I appreciate the opportunities he has been given this summer. He is also excited for David to join him in the Sharks. He has told me, David is going to do it today. It has become a topic at our house. We are rooting for David. :) Thanks for everything! It has been a lovely summer!