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PROGRAM INFORMATION

2008 SPRING SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

Activity#
Activity
Days
Times
Dates
Cost
Sw1 Swimming: Levels
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Sat
10:30-11:10am 3/29-5/3 $50
Sw2 Swimming: Levels
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Sat
11:15-11:55am 3/29-5/3 $50
Sw3 Swimming: Levels
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Sat
noon-12:40p 3/29-5/3 $50
Sw4 Private Swim Lessons: Available by appointment only at a cost of $75 for five half hour sessions. Please indicate day & time preferences when completing registration form. An instructor will then be assigned to your child and will contact you after March 29 to set up the private lessons. Questions? Call 432-1431.
Explanation of Levels: (Please call 432-1431 with any questions concerning levels)
1. Water Exploration. Help students feel relaxed and enjoy water safely. Work on breath control, floating and kicking.
2. Primary Skills Achieve success with fundamental skills such as floating without support; recovering to vertical position.
3. Stroke Readiness. Practice Level 2 skills; coordinate crawl strokes; introduce elementary backstroke, tread water; diving.
4. Stroke Development. Develop confidence and endurance with familiar strokes; introduce new strokes and turns.
5. Stroke Refinement. Coordination and refinement of key strokes. Work on butterfly, open turns and surface dives.
6. Skill Proficiency. Polish strokes so students swim them with more ease, efficiency, power, and smoothness over greater distances. Students develop considerable endurance by the end of this course.
Please Note: Minimum age for swim instruction is four; Parents must choose only one level when registering their child.
Da5 Creative Movement (ages 3-4)
Sat
10:15-11:00am 3/29-5/3 $50
Da6 Traditional Ballet (min age 5)
Sat
10:15-11:00am 3/29-5/3 $50
Da7 Hip Hop for Kids (min age 8)
Sat
10:15-11:00am 3/29-5/3 $50
Yoga

Karmic Kids Yoga (min age 5)

Sat
10:15-11:00am 3/29-5/3 $50

Creative Movement: Improvisational movement with and without music, encouraging creativity.
Ballet: Students will learn positions of the body as well as barre technique.
Hip Hop: Children will learn the latest hip hop and funk grooves to the hit music they love, as well as the foundations of jazz every dancer needs to know.
Karmic Kids Yoga: See class description in Program Information section.
What to wear: Comfortable clothes that do not restrict movement like t-shirts, sports pants, leggings. Please wear sneakers or jazz sneakers.


Yale's children's classes are co-educational and pen to all youngsters who meet the minimum age requirements. Please note that dates, times and fee schedules vary according to the activity. All classes are held in Payne Whitney Gymnasium. For more information on the YALE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, please call 432-1431.
 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Advance registration only. Registrations are processed on a first come, first served basis. Complete the registration form on the next page and mail with your check made payable to "Yale University" to: Larry Matthews, Yale University, Department of Athletics. P.O. Box 208216, New Haven, CT 06520-8216. You may also register in person at Ray Tompkins House, Room 103, 20 Tower Parkway, New Haven between 8:45 a.m. -- 4:45 p.m. Monday - Friday. All registration forms must be received in our office by Monday, March 24, 2008 at 4:45 p.m.

CLASS NOTIFICATION
7Once you have submitted your class registration form, you will not receive further notice from this office. Your child should simply attend the class(es) you have registered for. However, if the class you have registered for reaches capacity, you will be contacted prior to the first class meeting.

CLASS CANCELLATION
INFORMATION

Occasionally inclement weather requires that we cancel a class. In such situations, an announcement will be made on radio station WELI (960 AM) and WKCI (101.3 FM) as early as possible.



FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
The Department of Athletics has established a financial assistance program to help families meet the costs of the Children's Program. Requests can be made by a parent, guardian, or interested party; a financial assistance application form must be used. To obtain a form, please come to The Sport and Recreation Office, Room 105, Ray Tompkins House, 20 Tower Parkway, New Haven, or call 432-1431 and one will be mailed to you.
A completed class registration form must accompany all assistance requests. A special committee will review all requests, and all information will be kept confidential. Please note that assistance is provided separately for fall, winter and spring terms.
The Sport and Recreation Office must receive assistance applications for the fall term by 4:45 p.m. on Monday, March 24, 2008.

REFUNDS, etc.
Refunds due to medical conditions and/or other unique situations are provided. Please call 432-1431 for a complete explanation of the program's refund policies. No refund requests will be honored four weeks after the first day of the session. Please note, a $20 fee will be assessed on all returned checks.


Download Program Information in PDF

YALE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM REGISTRATION DATA
Please Print:
Last Name: _________________________________________
Child's First Name: ______________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________
City: __________________________ Zip:_____________________________
Age___________ Birthdate_____________
Phone (home & work)________________________ (Home)/_____________________ (Work)
Activity Number(s) ____________________ Swimming Level ________
Amount of Payment $ ___________ Check___ Cash_____
Parent/Guardian Signature_________________________________ Date _______________________ · Please print Parent Please Print Parent Name:__________________________________________
Please detach and mail with your check payable to:
"Yale University" to: Larry Matthews, P.O. Box 208216, New Haven, CT 06520-8216
If registering for swimming classes, you must list both Activity Number and one Swimming Level for your child. All registrations are processed on a first come, first served basis. We suggest you register early as space is limited. Please Note registration deadlines.

 
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