Hennepin Park District to host 3 swimming lesson sessions

The Hennepin Park District will have three sessions of Red Cross swimming lessons this summer.

Each session will be two weeks long. There will be six levels of swimming ability. Level 1 is the beginning class and participants must be at least 5 years old by Sept. 1 and 42 inches tall to join this class. The morning sessions will run 40-minute classes, Monday through Friday. The night session will run 50-minute classes Monday through Thursday.

The first session is from June 17 to 28, and the second session is from July 8 to 19. The times for both are 9 to 9:40 a.m., 9:50 to 10:30 a.m., and 10:40 to 11:20 a.m.

The third is the night session, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The times are 5 to 5:50 p.m. and 6 to 6:50 p.m.

Registration for these sessions will start 3 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at the Hennepin Pool, 326 Milan St. Registration will be open during normal pool hours after May 9. The lessons cost $35 a child. Hennepin and Hennepin Township residents will pay for all lessons for each session. Granville, Granville Township, Mark and McNabb residents will pay $35 a child for one session. Standard and Magnolia residents will pay $17.50 a session.

Session capacities will be limited to 24 students per time slot. The park district allows one session per student. Second session sign-ups are allowed three days before the start date of the session.

For information, contact the Hennepin Pool at 815-925-7319 or hennepinparkdistrict@mchsi.com.