Personalized Progress

Ages 4 and up

The Aquatics Department celebrates developing the lifelong skill of water confidence and competence. Our YMCA Swim Instructors are dedicated to making swimming lessons safe, fun, and educational. Working in a 1 on 1 setting with an instructor provides a supportive and personalized environment to achieve your goals. Along the way, you will develop the necessary skills to move on to group lessons or independent swimming.

To start the private lesson process, you can fill out a request form and send it to swim.lessons@hrymca.org or bring it to the Welcome Center yourself. After the Aquatics Department has given your request a thorough review, you’ll be able to buy lesson credits from the Welcome Center. You can do this either in person or over the phone.

Lesson credits can be used online to schedule thirty-minute sessions with any of our amazing instructors.

Lesson Rates

Members: One Credit – $45  |  Four Credits – $150

Non-members: One Credit – $60  |  Four Credits – $200

January Instructor Availability – Generally

Jack McGaraghan – Flexible outside of group swim lesson times

Jenny Nicoll – Tuesday 9:00, 9:30

Barbara Lamay – M/Th 7:00, Saturday 12:00, 12:35, 1:10

Emmie Wozniak – Monday 2:30, 3:15, 7:00, 7:30, Wednesday 2:30-5:00, Thursday 7:00, 7:30

Dorothy VanDeCarr – Weekdays 8:30-11:00 am, 4:00-6:00 pm

Please contact our Aquatics Coordinator, Jack McGaraghan, at swim.lessons@hrymca.org or (413) 584-7086 Ext 126 with any questions.