Swimming Lessons

All swimming lessons are taught as 10 consecutive 30-minute lessons over a 2-week period. We no longer offer 1-week partial sessions.

1. You must register for the full 2-week class and pay the full fee.
2. Registrations cannot be split across multiple sessions.
3. We will no longer accept requests to pay for just one week. Your child may attend just one week of a 2-week session, but you must pay for the full 2-week session.

Cancellation Policy

If Bayside is unable to provide lessons due to suspension of the swim lesson program for any reason, we will do one of the following:

• If the suspension occurs before the start of a session, you will receive a full refund of the fees you paid for each lesson in that session.
• If the suspension occurs after the start of the session, you will receive a prorated refund for the classes not yet delivered, based on what you paid.

If your child is unable to attend lessons for any reason and you wish to receive a refund, you must notify us of your desire to cancel ONLY by sending an email to the Swim Lesson Administrator or by speaking in-person to the Aquatics Director. DO NOT LEAVE PHONE MESSAGES. Requests made to any other staff or left via voice message will not be honored. For cancellations meeting these requirements, refunds will be based on the following:

• If you notify us within 72 hours of your original registration, we will issue a full refund of the fees paid for each cancelled lesson.
• If you notify us before 12-noon on the Friday prior to the first day of class, you can:
  • Change the lesson to a different session or time. Your full payment (including the $25 non-refundable fee) will be applied to the new class. (Space in the desired class must be available online and you may be subject to a change fee.)
  • Cancel the lesson. We will issue a refund, less a $25 non-refundable fee.
• If you notify us after 12-noon on the Friday prior to the first day of class, you forfeit all payments made for the class (except for valid medical/emergency reasons). For valid reasons, we may issue a refund prorated at $8 per day for the number of classes remaining in the session at the time we receive your cancellation request.

If your payment has not yet been transferred from PayPal, we will do our best to issue the refund within 48 hours via PayPal back to your original form of payment. If we can no longer issue a refund via PayPal, we will mail you a check (in which case, please allow several weeks for receipt of your refund).

COVID-19 Information

We will continue to adhere to all Whatcom County Health Department and CDC guidelines, which state:

If your child was exposed to someone who has COVID-19—defined as “less than 6 feet away from an infected person (laboratory-confirmed or clinical diagnosis) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period”—they should get tested 5 days after exposure. Even if they don't develop symptoms, they should stay home and quarantine for at least 5 days.

If your child has tested positive for COVID-19, if they have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic (no symptoms), they should isolate for at least 5 days after symptom onset or first positive test (and after fever ends for 24 hours without use of fever-reducing medication) and symptoms are improving. Assuming they are symptom-free, they can participate in swim lessons 10 days after a positive test or initial onset of symptoms.

All swim instructors and staff are fully vaccinated.

Persons on the pool deck during swimming lessons are encouraged to wear a mask.

DO NOT wear masks while in the pool because as soon as they get wet it becomes difficult to breathe through them.

Since COVID-19 is primarily transmitted through the air, since chlorine is effective against coronavirus, and since the chlorine used in pool water continuously outgases, it is extremely unlikely that the virus can spread among persons while in an outdoor pool.