Swimming

We swim every day (weather permitting). We will walk the children to Buhr Pool. Swimming is from 1:50pm to 3:50pm.

Water Safety
Each child has a swim buddy and a clothes pin labeled with his/her name. There are two strings at the pool to help us keep track of the children at all times; one, "In the water," and one, "Out of water." When a child goes into the water he/she must place his/her clothespin on the "In string." While in the water each swimmer must be with or in close proximity to his/her swim buddy. Every 15 minutes there is a quick "buddy check" when swimmers will stop play, swim to the edge of the pool with their buddy, and wait while the counselors do a head count. Children are required to wear colored T-shirts, provided by CDC, while swimming. This helps us to quickly see which children in the pool are ours.

What to bring
Campers should bring a swim suit and labeled towel daily. Wet towels, swim suits, and other wet clothing should be taken home every night.

Sun protection at the pool
Before the children leave for the pool, they all get sun screen and a CDC t-shirt. After swimming for about 1 hour all the children get out of the pool and have sun screen re-applied to their faces.