Stillwater Community Education

Advantage Educational Programs, in cooperation with Stillwater Area Community Education, will provide students an opportunity to prepare for the ACT national exam through their In-School ACT Prep Course, Virtual ACT Prep Course, or their Online ACT Prep Course. All three courses are designed for students who want to maximize their ACT score, as well as students who feel uneasy about their test-taking skills or are unsatisfied with results from a previous exam. For questions/information, contact Advantage at 612-222-5108. Virtual ACT Prep Course This course is designed for students who prefer to prep for the ACT in a virtual classroom. Four, three-hour classes are taught live via zoom by an Advantage instructor. Internet connection and a computer or tablet is required.

This course is designed to assist a parent with their child’s adjustment to the water. The fun-filled activities increase children’s comfort in the water and build a foundation of basic aquatic skills. Safety issues and concerns will be discussed. We must have 1:1 adult to child ratio for this class, therefore an adult must be in the water with each child in all classes. Ages 6 months to 3 years

Preschool aquatics will teach basic aquatics skills, which children continue to build upon into the Learn-to-Swim levels. The instructors will encourage children to develop good attitudes and safe practices around the water. They will work on locomotion skills in the water and on using simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions. Before moving to the Learn–to-Swim program, students should have more independence in the water. Designed for ages 3-5.

Please use the following prerequisites to determine the placement for your child. Level 1 - Introduction to Water Skills Requirements: NONE. The objective of Level 1 is to help students feel comfortable in the water and enjoy the water safely. Skills Taught: Elementary aquatic skills; development of good attitudes and safe practices around water; safety rules; buddy system; demonstration of buoyancy; and willingness to try new things and overcome fears. Recommended for ages 5-10

Please use the following prerequisites to determine the placement for your child. Level 2 - Fundamental Aquatic Skills Requirements: Enter water unassisted, move forward 5 yards, bob 5 times. Front float with support with face in water for 5 seconds, roll onto back and back float with support. Skills Taught: Success with fundamental skills; simultaneous and alternating arm and leg action on the front and back; retrieval of submerged objects, floats and glides, and self-help and basic rescue skills. Recommended for ages 5-10.

Please use the following prerequisites to determine the placement for your child. Level 3 - Stroke Development Requirements: Enter chest deep water, front float 5 seconds, roll over to back float 5 seconds and stand up. Swim front crawl for 15 feet. Skills Taught: Coordinate the front crawl and back crawl, elementary backstroke; introduction to elements of butterfly and side stroke; increased treading water time; rules and skills for headfirst entry; and additional safety skills. Recommended for ages 5-12.

Please use the following prerequisites to determine the placement for your child. Level 4 - Stroke Improvement Requirements: Jump into water, swim front crawl 15 yards, tread water 30 seconds and then swim back crawl for 15 yards. Skills Taught: Developing confidence in the front and back crawl learned in previous levels; improve skills and increase endurance; build on butterfly; introduce elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke; and basics of turning at walls, survival swimming and various techniques for treading water. Recommended for ages 5-12.

This class will combine students in both Level 5 and 6 working together with the same instructor. Please use the following prerequisites to determine the placement for your child. Level 5 - Stroke Refinement Requirements: Jump into water, swim front crawl 25 yards, back float for 1 minute, and swim elementary backstroke 15 yards. Swim breaststroke 15 yards, tread water 1 minute back crawl 25 yards. Skills Taught: Coordination and refinement of strokes, front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke; increase distances; and flip turns. Level 6 - Swimming and Skill Proficiency/Pre-Swim Team: Prerequisites include: Shallow dive, swim front crawl for 50 yards, back float for 1 minute, swim elementary backstroke 50 yards, swim breaststroke 25 yards, tread water for 5 minutes, swim back crawl 25 yards, front and backstroke flip turns and water safety elements.Skills Taught: Refine strokes so participants can swim them with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances; they are able to swim continuously while using appropriate breathing techniques and turns for each stroke Level 6 - Personal Water Safety Skills: Participants will be able to swim all strokes proficiently, demonstrating effectiveness and efficiency, introduction to other aquatic activities, which prepares students to participate in other advanced aquatic courses and activities such as Water Safety Aide and Lifeguarding.

Upper elementary and middle school students are welcomed to Defy Gravity this summer in a week-long theatre camp where young artists sing, dance, and act their way into the untold stories of witches and wizards. Create spellbinding scenes, you'll bring the characters you love to life in a magical final performance. Which witch will you be? A short showcase will take place at the end of the last day of class.

If students are signed up for both a morning and afternoon Breeze class, they may register for a supervised lunch for an additional $10 per week. This fee is used to cover the cost of staff supervision. Please send a nut free lunch and drink with your child.

Soak up the summer sun at Minnesota's largest outdoor water park located in Coon Rapids. Have a blast on the water slides, relax in the lazy river or get wacky in the wave pool. Bring along appropriate swimwear and optional money for concessions. Bring a bag lunch and a beverage, as we will eat when we arrive before heading into the park. Bus Pick Up: SMS 9:15, OMS 9:30 Returns: OMS 4:15, SMS 4:30