Youth Levels
- For children 6-12 years old
- Levels 1-3 are 30 minutes long and have a 1:4-6 instructor to student ratio
- Levels 4-5 are 45 minutes long and have a 1:4-6 instructor to student ratio
Youth Level 1
Youth Level 1 is designed to orient participants to the aquatic environment and to help them gain basic aquatic skills. In addition, participants start learning about how to be safe around water.
Youth Level 2
Youth Level 2 builds on the basic aquatic skills and water safety skills and concepts learned in Level 1. Participants begin to perform skills at a slightly more advanced level and begin gaining rudimentary propulsive skills on both the front and the back. This level marks the beginning of independent aquatic locomotion skills.
Youth Level 3
Youth Level 3 builds on the skills learned in Levels 1 and 2. Participants learn to swim the front crawl and elementary backstroke at rudimentary proficiency levels, and are introduced to the scissors and dolphin kicks. Participants learn the survival float and increase the time duration for treading water. Participants also learn the rules for headfirst entries and begin to learn to enter the water headfirst from a seated position at poolside (if the water is 9 feet deep or deeper). On successful completion of Level 3, participants have achieved basic water competency in a pool environment.
Youth Level 4
Youth Level 4 seeks to improve participants’ proficiency in performing the swimming strokes that were introduced in Level 3. Participants perform these strokes with increased proficiency and are able to swim them for greater distances. In addition, participants learn the arm actions that accompany the scissors kick and breaststroke kick in order to begin performing the sidestroke and breaststroke at rudimentary proficiency levels. Participants also learn the back crawl and butterfly at rudimentary proficiency levels, in addition to the basics of performing a simple open turn at a wall.
Youth Level 5
Learn-to-Swim Level 5 focuses on helping participants refine their performance of all six swimming strokes (front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke). Participants perform these strokes with increased proficiency and are able to swim them for greater distances. Participants also learn to perform flip turns on the front and back, and are introduced to diving.
Requests for group swim lesson refunds must be submitted in writing to uncaquatics@unc.edu no less than 2 weeks prior to the first day of swim lessons.
Fall 2026 Sessions
*We will not have Saturday session group lessons during the Fall, as the pools are closed during UNC home football game days. We will offer Saturday group lessons again in Spring 2027.
Registration for our Fall Group Swim Lessons will have staggered start and end dates.
- Session 1 registration will open on August 1.
- M/W registrations close on August 19.
- Session 2 registration will open on August 31.
- M/W registrations close on September 23.
- Session 3 Registration will open on October 5.
- M/W registrations will close on October 21
Monday and Wednesday Evenings – 8 Classes
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Prices:
- Youth 1-3 Prices (30 min lessons):
- 4 classes – $35 for members and $40 for non-members
- 8 classes – $75 for members and $80 for non-members
- Youth 4-5 Prices (45 min lessons):
- 4 classes – $50 for members and $55 for non-members
- 8 classes – $85 for members and $90 for non-members
All UNC Aquatics programs are open to UNC faculty, staff, students and their families, and the Chapel Hill/Carrboro community. If you are a member of the university community, you can use your ONYEN to login and register. If you are a member of the university and would like to register your child or dependent, you can add them to your account by visiting stayactive.unc.edu, logging in with your ONYEN, clicking on your profile picture in the top right corner and updating your profile by clicking ADD FAMILY MEMBER at the bottom.
If you do not have an ONYEN, please follow these steps to create an account:
- Log into stayactive.unc.edu
- Click on “Sign In” in the top right corner
- Click on “Sign Up” at the bottom of the pop up box
- Once you have created an account, go to the profile by selecting the username in the top right corner.
- Scroll down to “Add Family Member”
- Add the First Name and Last Name of the person participating in the class and click NEXT
- A Date of Birth for the participant is required to register for Aquatics programs.
- You are now ready to register for your desired program!
If you run into any issues, feel free to reach out to uncaquatics@unc.edu or (919)962-0768 for assistance.
