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Swimming for all: Cleveland kids learn to float, breathe at the pool
Chris Benninger Chris Benninger

Swimming for all: Cleveland kids learn to float, breathe at the pool

Roosevelt Leftwich | Fox 8 News

CLEVELAND (WJW) — There are times in life when you just have to take the plunge.

With a few exceptions most of these fourth graders at Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Garfield Elementary School have had little-to-no experience in a pool.

But after four weeks of lessons about breathing, floating and making good safe choices around any body of water, they now all find being in the water no big thing and that actually it’s pretty darn fun…

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Taking the Classroom to the Pool: Cleveland State University and AquaMissions Partner to Provide Water Safety Education for Cleveland Schools
Chris Benninger Chris Benninger

Taking the Classroom to the Pool: Cleveland State University and AquaMissions Partner to Provide Water Safety Education for Cleveland Schools

CLEVELAND — As the school bells ring and students return to their classrooms, Cleveland State University (CSU) and AquaMissions are taking education to an unexpected place—the pool. This new partnership aims to teach 2,500 Cleveland Metropolitan Schools’ 4th graders essential water safety skills and swim instruction at CSU's state-of-the-art aquatics center, integrating critical life skills into their curriculum. AquaMissions is a local nonprofit dedicated to saving and changing lives through water safety and swim instruction…

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