Summer Swimmers

06/15/2025

Placements are tomorrow!!!

NOTE: For some reason, the address listed causes some GPS systems to take you behind Tobey's, but we will behind the Branch Mills Grange!

Swim lessons for Palermo residents will be held at the Branch Mills Grange from June 16 to June 27!

We hope to see you for placement day on June 16, some time between 12:30 and 2:30. Come ready to swim!

06/02/2025

NOTE: For some reason, the address listed causes some GPS systems to take you behind Tobey's, but we will behind the Branch Mills Grange!

Swim lessons for Palermo residents will be held at the Branch Mills Grange from June 16 to June 27!

We hope to see you for placement day on June 16, some time between 12:30 and 2:30. Come ready to swim!

07/16/2024

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06/01/2024

Edit: apparently the address listed on our flyer causes some GPS systems to take you behind Tobey's, but we will behind the Branch Mills Grange!

Great news everyone! After a bit of a scare involving having a location this year, we can officially announce our NEW location!

Swim lessons for Palermo residents will be held at the Branch Mills Grange from June 17 to June 28!

We hope to see you for placement day on June 17, some time between 12:30 and 2:50. Come ready to swim!

06/19/2023

Hello Palermo!!
Today is swim placement day for our 2023 Summer Swimmers swim lesson program!

Bring your kids to the Sheepscott boat launch between 12:30 and 3:30 for a quick swim placement to determine their level, to fill our paperwork, and to get any questions you may have answered.

See you soon!

05/11/2023

Summer Swimmers is returning to Palermo for 2023! I have also emailed a copy of this to the school, though I have not heard back from them about whether or not they will be sharing it with the students again. Please spread the word!

The text below is the same as in the attached flyer.
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Sign Up on Monday, June 19
Sheepscot, Lake Boat Landing
Swim Lessons and illness: Swim students showing potential symptoms of COVID-19 or other severe illnesses will not be able to participate in lessons. Instructors reserve the right to remove sick children from lessons until their symptoms improve.

Lessons: Students grades pre K-8 are invited to participate, and all swimming levels are welcome. Swim lessons will be appropriate for ALL abilities. More advanced swimmers will work on proficiency in the six major strokes while newer swimmers will learn the basics they need to build up to stroke swimming. Lessons will be conducted according to the Red Cross Learn to Swim standards. Kat Newcombe (Certified Red Cross Water Safety Instructor and lifeguard) will be conducting swim lessons with the assistance of Darlene Newcombe.
Sign-up and Swim Placement: Monday, 6/19
Arrive any time between 12:30 and 3:30. Individual swim placements will take less than 10 minutes, but you will have paperwork to fill out. Placements will be performed in the order of arrival.
Be ready to get in the water! Students will be assessed individually on their in-water skills.
A celebration of each student’s achievements will be on Friday, 6/30. Please bring some snacks to help celebrate. Achievement cards will be given to all participants so they can track their progress.
Please plan on committing to the full two weeks of lessons.
When: After assessments, swim lessons will be weekdays, starting Tuesday 6/20 and ending with the celebration on Friday, 6/30.
Schedule: Students will be placed in groups after
Monday’s swimming placement (6/19). Participants will be notified of class times that evening.
We anticipate starting the lower swim levels at 12:30 and finishing with the higher swim levels by 3:30.
However, times are not set and will vary depending on the number of participants and their skill levels.
To Bring: Come in your bathing suit, have sunscreen applied, and bring a towel and hairties! Water shoes and goggles are optional, though not recommended for some students. Ask the instructors at sign-ups!
Other: Parent/guardian must be on site during lessons. For any questions, please text Kat
Newcombe-Lang at (207) 446-4532, call Darlene Newcombe at (207) 549-4532, or email Kat at [email protected].
*page:
www.facebook.com/mysummerswimmer

06/27/2022

Hi all! I've received a couple of questions about Palermo lessons today due to the weather.
Currently, swim lessons ARE STILL HAPPENING.

As with every year, we only have the 10 days booked for Palermo's lessons, so we try not to lose any of them to the weather (unless it becomes unsafe, of course).

We will post here if lessons are cancelled and try to text everyone as well.

Lessons might be a little shorter, but your swimmers will likely find the water much warmer than the air today. Be sure to bring lots of fluffy towels!

06/20/2022

PLEASE READ!
It was brought to our attention that our flyer was not made available at the school this year as it had been in the past. If you or someone you know missed sign-ups today, please message this page or text Kat at 207-446-4532. It's definitely not too late to sign up!

Here until 3:30!

06/05/2022

Summer Swimmers is back in Palermo! Sign ups are Monday, June 20! See you there!

07/08/2021

Edit: anyone who missed getting their certificate can send us aessage, and we will mail them to you! See you next year!

Tomorrow is party day!!!
We are inviting all of our participants to arrive at 9:30 for a fun swim party. We aim for this to 1-1.5 hours (over by 11).

You are welcome to bring snacks to share (individually wrapped is idea given our covid guidelines).

We will have skills checklists for each student so they can see how they did!