📋 Step 1: Family and School Details
School and location
Front desk phone
Child and class level
Usual class day and time
Where holiday closures are posted
How the school will contact us
🗓️ Step 2: Confirm Class Dates
Fill in each class from the week before to the week after Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 26).
🔁 Step 3: Make-Up Plan
Closed class Ask if it is made up, credited or missed.
Credit length Ask how long make-up credits last and write the deadline below.
Booking Ask whether make-ups must be booked in advance.
Level Ask whether a make-up must be in the same level or location.
Travel Tell the school about planned absences before you go.
Write it down Record every missed class and make-up date in the tracker.
Tip: take a screenshot of the holiday calendar or save the email that confirms your dates.
💪 Step 4: Keep Skills Fresh
Short and playful Five to ten minutes of supervised water play is plenty.
Bath-time bubbles Practice blowing bubbles and calm breaths before water splashes the face.
Arm’s reach Keep a young child within arm’s reach of an adult in any water.
Pool trip Choose a pool with lifeguards that welcomes children, if you go.
Ask the instructor Ask which skills to practice and which to leave for class.
Be kind Praise effort and avoid comparing your child with others.
🛡️ Step 5: Gatherings and Travel Water Safety
Water watcher Name an adult to watch children near water and swap at set times.
No distractions The water watcher puts the phone away and does not drink alcohol or multitask.
Close and latch Keep gates and doors to pools and hot tubs closed and latched.
Empty containers Empty tubs, buckets and wading pools after use.
Ask the host Ask about pool fences, rules and where children may go.
Know the number Know how to reach 911 or your local emergency number.
Children are never alone in or near water. A lesson does not replace adult supervision, and lessons do not make a child drown-proof, at any age. If a child is in trouble in the water, get help and call 911 or your local emergency number.
📝 Step 6: Notes and Return-Week Plan
First class back (date)
What to tell the instructor
Skills to practice before then
Make-up deadlines
Questions for the school
Gathering water watcher schedule
