Every child deserves a chance to learn to love the water. Learning to swim with American Red Cross swim lessons offered through District 196 Community Education is the place to start. Our caring and dedicated instructors are Red Cross trained and certified to help your child enjoy developing swimming and water safety skills. Be Water Smart safety topics include basic water safety, healthy swimming, safe water entry, helping yourself and others in an emergency, use of lifejackets, safe weather conditions for swimming and waterpark safety.