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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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AquaMissions aims to teach lifesaving water safety to kids in Cleveland
Chris Benninger Chris Benninger

AquaMissions aims to teach lifesaving water safety to kids in Cleveland

Lindsay Buckingham | WKYC Studios

CLEVELAND — In the waters of Cleveland State University’s pool, a new wave of opportunity is making a splash for students from Scranton Elementary School.

For many of these fourth graders, this isn’t just a swim lesson—it’s their first real introduction to the water…

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