Makakilo Elementary School #
September 26, 2022
Kapolei, Oʻahu — Seventy 2nd grade students from Makakilo Elementary School started the Hawaii Aquatics Academy’s Aquatic Safety Education Program today. Over the next ten weeks, the students will participate in aquatic safety classroom lessons at their school and weekly pool lessons at the Makakilo Community Pool. The classroom lessons introduce aquatic safety knowledge topics, such as the identification of local hazards, life jacket use, risk management, and personal limits. The pool lessons develop survival swim skills, such as safe entries, safe exits, floating, treading, orienting, and swimming on their front, back, and side.