Cost & Application Process
Applications must be completed online once registration opens. The available spots in each class will be filled first come, first serve, and the remaining applicants will be placed on a waiting list in the order the applications were received. All applicants who are registered for the class will receive e-mail confirmation by Monday, September 21. All remaining applicants will be placed on a waiting list. Only the first five applicants on the waiting list for each session will receive an e-mail notification that they are on the waiting list.
The e-mail confirming registration will contain a confirmation number that must be used when submitting a payment. Registrants will then have one week to submit payment either by *mail, or **in person at Ratner Athletics Center front desk.
Cost is $60 each child. All checks should be made payable to The University of Chicago.
Refund and Make-Up Policy
University of Chicago Community Swim School has a no-refund policy and does not offer make-up lessons for missed classes. Participants are responsible for determining whether or not they will be able to attend classes prior to registration.
Location
Swimming lessons will be held in the shallow section of the Myers-McLoraine Pool. Advanced groups may utilize the deep water portions of the pool as well.
Locker Rooms
Children over the age of 6 may not change in an opposite-sex locker room. Parents needing to accompany their children during changing may use the Family Changing Rooms on the first floor of the Ratner Athletics Center. Parents may then escort their children into the pool through the emergency entrance in the main hallway.
Access to Facility for Non-Members
Ratner Athletic Center non-members are not eligible to use the Ratner Center facilities, including the pool, during lessons. A parent/guardian must escort their child into the facility (no drop-offs) and be present at all times during the swim lesson. Participants in the classes, escorted by parent/guardian, will be allowed to change into their swimwear in the locker rooms. Strollers are not allowed in the facility or locker room areas and must stay in the Ratner Athletic Center rotunda. Once participants are in their swimming suits and ready to participate in classes, parents/guardians are asked to sit in the stands in the balcony on the second floor of the Ratner Athletics Center. All pool and facility rules are in effect during lessons
Questions/Concerns
Please address all questions and concerns to:
Ellen Bator
Assistant Swim Coach & Assistant Aquatics Director
University of Chicago
5530 S. Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-3863
ebator@uchicago.edu
*Mail checks to :
Attn: Ellen Bator
5530 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Please be aware that the checks must be received by the one week deadline.
**To pay in person at the Ratner Athletics center you must bring the confirmation number from the confirmation email. You can pay by check, cash or credit card at the front desk anytime the facility is open. |
