Our Program’s 1st Swim lesson for students

Coach Welch conducted our first Swimming for All, Swimming for Life swimming lesson this past Wednesday at the Guma Sakman Beach. The participants were a mix of middle and high school students from different schools around the island. They enjoyed their first swim lesson and are looking forward to the next class. Great job Coach Welch!

Coach Welch is an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor who is certified to provide Learn to Swim, Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, and Adult Swim classes along with many other water safety presentations.

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More Classes Coming Soon

The Swimming for All, Swimming for Life program has 9 other Water Safety Instructors who are currently recruiting participants and planning for their first swim classes that are anticipated to start at the beginning of May. At this time we have coaches that will provide lessons to the following schools:

Dandan Early Head Start Center – Coach John McGuire

Koblerville Elementary School (Starting in May) – Coach Bonny Cruz and Coach Joe Etpison

Garapan Elementary School – Coach Terra Allen

Kagman Elementary School – Coach Valrick Welch

San Vicente Elementary School (Starting in the summer) – Coach Nick Gross

William S. Reyes Elementary School – Coach Francis Mendiola

Dandan Middle School – Coach John McGuire

Fransisco M Sablan Middle School (Starting in May) – Coach Jeremiah Benavente

Hopwood Middle School (Starting in May) – Coach Jeremiah Benavente

Saipan Southern High School (Starting in May)- Coach Roy Adsit

Marianas High School (Starting in May) – Coach Jacoby Winkfield

If your child’s school is not listed, don’t worry we plan on offering a summer swim camp that will be open to students from all schools within the CNMI Public School System. In addition, we have 20 more swim coaches in training that will be taking the WSI certification course this summer.

Rota and Tinian, please sit tight. We will be training 2 coaches for your islands next school year. If you are interested in becoming a coach for your island please email jeremiah@swimcnmi.com or nick.gross@cnmipss.org for more information.

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to us on our “Contact Us” page.