Group Lessons on Sundays at Hawken Upper School

Group Swim lessons are held throughout the year for ages 6 months and older. Registration begins two weeks prior to the beginning of each monthly session. Learn stroke development, basic water safety and how to help in an emergency. Students progress through levels at their own pace.
Class cost for 4 weeks or class is $96. paid each month you choose to sign up. No Auto payments.

Price of class is based on length of class time. Please let your instructor know if you plan to miss a lesson. There are no class make-ups. To ensure quality and cost effective programming, the aquatic department reserves the right to combine, add, or cancel classes as necessary.


Parent and Child Aquatics are not offer at this pool due to the temperature. Fredrick Douglass in Cleveland will offer group for infants and toddlers. Classes are expected to start in January


Preschool Levels

For children 3 to 5 years old who are ready to be without parent/guardian in the pool with them. General Youth Level 1 and Youth Level 2 skills are presented, with individual abilities considered.

Youth Level 1

Water Adjustment for children 6 years and up (without parents). Enter and exit in shallow end, move comfortably through water, submerge face (3 seconds), and float with support on front and back.

Youth Level 2

Independent float on front and back, open eyes under water and retrieve objects, rhythmic breathing or bobbing, kick on front and back, roll from back to front/front to back, front and back crawl arm action, combined stroke front and back. Ages 6 years and up.

Youth Level 3

The objective is continued improvement on the front crawl and elementary backstroke and to learn the butterfly kick, scissor kick, & breaststroke kick. Rotary breathing and survival floats are also included in this level.

Youth Level 4

The objective is for students to improve the front crawl and to learn the back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, and butterfly.

Youth Level 5

The objective is to continually build upon the front crawl and elementary backstroke for better endurance and stroke mechanics, as well as improvement on the back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke and sidestroke. Swimming turns and surface dives are introduced in this level. Ages 6 years and up.

Youth Level 6

The objective is to refine the strokes so participants swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Ages 6 years and up.



SwimTeam Prep is a youth non-competitive swim program that meets 1 hour per week. Specially designed for youth 6 years old & up who are interested in developing their competitive swimming skills. Swimmers will work on stroke technique, speed endurance, proper stretching, sports nutrition, etc. Emphasis will be placed on stroke refinement, starts, turns, warm-up, supplemental exercises, and fun. Swimmers must be able to pass Red Cross Youth Level 4 in order to participate.

Stroke Improvement Clinic

Class each month will focus on a different swim stroke. Adults only. Cost is $29 a week.