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Junior Lifeguard Training: Sign-up Now

Mira Costa's water polo and swim team members are teaching classes to help kids qualify for Junior Lifeguards program. Sign up now. Limited space available.

Space is limited in programs designed to help potential and returning Junior Lifeguards pass their entrance tests.

Junior Lifeguards "is designed to instruct youth (ages 9 through 17) in beach and ocean skills. The five-week program provides instruction in water safety, swimming, body surfing, surfing, physical conditioning, competition skills, first aid, lifesaving, rescue techniques, CPR and the use of professional lifesaving equipment," according to a County of Los Angeles Fire Department website.

Junior Lifeguard participants must either pass a swim test to join the program for the first time or pass a conditioning workout if they are a returning guard.

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Under the supervision of coach Jon Reichardt, the training classes will be taught by Mira Costa High School swim team and water polo students. Each session costs $100 per enrollee. Participants may sign up for either or both sessions. 

One session is April 16-May 4, Monday/Wednesday/Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., the other May 7-May 25, same days from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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The programs are a fundraiser for the Mustangs Aquatics Boosters.

Junior Lifeguards will be held from Monday, July 2 through Friday, August 3, every day Monday through Friday. There is a morning session, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and afternoon session, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Some areas do not offer an afternoon session, according to a County of Los Angeles Fire Department website.

The swim test for new guards will be held at Mira Costa High on May 5 from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. There also will be a swim test at the Culver City Plunge on May 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Palisades Charter High School on June 3 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Test time is determined by age. Swimmers ages 16-17 who test at 500 yards in under 7 minutes, 15 seconds qualify to move forward as "cadets," who are eligible for lifeguard training.


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