Aquatics
Cordova Recreation and Park District offers an assortment of fun, active and educational classes at a variety parks and facilities within our district.
To see a complete list of the current season’s swim lesson schedule and to register on-line please click here
For information about our summer swim teams, please visit either the Cordova Cordettes website for synchronized swim or the Cordova Blue Marlins website for competitive swim (click here for the Marlins' 2013 Handbook).
Public, Family and Lap Swimming
Admission and General Infomration
$2 per visit, all ages
$15 for a 10 visit punch card
*Admission fee is for all who enter the pool, not just for swimmers.
Cordova Community Pool
Located at 2197 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova (916) 369-9840
Public Swim Hours Excluding Holiday Hours
Monday-Friday: May 30 - August 9 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Saturday-Sunday: June 1 - August 11 2:30PM - 6:30PM
Holiday Public Swim Hours
Memorial Day Weekend: May 25-27 1:00PM - 5:00PM
CLOSED July 3 & 4
Family Swim Hours
Fridays: June 7 - August 9 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Lap Swim Hours
Monday-Thursday: June 3 - August 8 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Lincoln Village Pool
Located at 3480 Routier Road, Sacramento (916) 363-0634
Public Swim Hours Excluding Holiday Hours
Monday-Friday: June 10 - August 30 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Saturday-Sunday: June 8 - September 1 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Holiday Public Swim Hours
Independence Day: July 4 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Labor Day: September 2 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Rosemont High School Pool
Located at 9594 Kiefer Boulevard, Rancho Cordova
Public Swim Hours Excluding Holiday Hours
Monday-Thursday: June 17 - August 8 1:00PM - 3:15PM
Holiday Public Swim Hours
CLOSED July 4
Lap Swim Hours
Monday-Thursday: June 17 - July 18 6:00PM - 6:45PM
Swim Lesson Schedule and Description of Levels
Summer 2013 Swim Lesson Schedule
Adults
Learn to swim, refine your skills or let us help you get over your fear of the water. The adult lessons are for ages 13 & older who want help with their swimming. The class is structured to meet each individual's need.
Preschool level swim lessons (formerly known as Guppies) are broken up into 2 levels. Children work with our instructors and aides, to learn the basics to swimming. The level is broken up for faster advancement through the basic levels.
Tadpoles (formerly Guppies I)
Focus on water orientation and floating. Through structured activities and games, children are guided to floating on their front and back while adding some propulsive action. When the child can move independently for 5 yards and move from a front to back float with some assistance, they will be ready to move on to the second part, Guppies.
Guppies
Introduction to swimming level 2. More independence and swimming motions are taught. The majority of the class is taught in the shallow water, they children do experience swimming in water above their heads.
Sea Turtles (formerly known as Sea Horses)
Students will work in the 3-1/2 feet water depth. They become completely independent from the instructor while swimming on their front and back. Once the child can swim 10 yards, without assistance, on their front and back, and float for 10 seconds, they will be on their way to becoming Sea Otter. There are a lot of basic skills in this level and it may take a few sessions for a child to master enough to move on. The basics are important to the success in other levels, so we spend a lot of time working on them.
Sea Otters (formerly known as Jelly Fish)
The skills they refine are the front and back crawl strokes, elementary backstroke and treading water. They start learning the side and butterfly strokes. After swimming 15 yards with good breathing and stroke techniques, they can move on to the Stingray class.
Stingrays (formerly known as Sea Lions)
Swimmers refine their strokes, adding more distance and turns. The sidestroke is learned along with more self help and rescue skills. They will need to swim longer distances of the pool on their front and back, using the strokes they have learned, before they can swim in the Dolphins class.
Dolphins (endurance and stroke refinement, formerly Sharks)
Swimmers practice and refine all of the skills they have learned in precious classes, increasing their endurance. To move up to the Sharks class, they will swim 1-2 laps of each stroke.
Sharks (continuation of Dolphins)
In addition to working on their strokes and endurance, the swimmers spend more time on self-rescue, skills and games that they can use for many years to come. Completion of the Cordova Recreation and Park District’s swim lesson program ends swimming 20 laps and doing the survival float for 5 minutes.
Shrimps
Children work with their parent on basic skills, moving on their front and back, working towards independence from the parent to working with one of our instructors in a structured class. Many of the skills are the same as those taught in the Guppies class, but the parent helps ease the fear of being in the water. When the child is comfortable in the water without constant support of the parent, they are ready to be a Guppy.
The class location can be found in the session code; if there is a "C" it is at the Cordova Pool. Shrimp and Starfish classes are combined at Lincoln Village Pool.
Starfish
Children work with their parent in the water, becoming comfortable in the pool, blowing bubbles, singing songs, playing games and practicing skills on their front & back as a preparation for swim lessons during their preschool years.
STARFISH/SHRIMP(Parent and Me classes)
We combine both the Starfish and Shrimp classes at the Lincoln Village Pool, which is ideal for the younger swimmers because of our beach entry. The parent and children work together to feel comfortable in the water and following a structured class.
In the Starfish level children 9 to about 18 months work on blowing bubbles, singing songs, playing games and practicing skills on their front & back.
The Shrimp level is for children 18 to 48 months working on the above skills, but are also working towards independence from the parent to working with one of our instructors in a structured class. Many of the skills are the same as those taught in the Guppies class, but the parent helps ease the fear of being in the water. When the child is comfortable in the water without constant support of the parent, they are ready to be a Guppy.
Registration
Please note: Register early; pre-registration helps us track the number of participants in a class. If the minimum number of students is not met, there is the chance a class will be cancelled.
How to Register
Internet Registration
Visa & Mastercard payments only
Walk-in Registration
Cordova Community Center 2197 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova
Weekday hours from 8am - 5pm
Visa, Mastercard, cash or check
CRPD Registration Form
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