How to get on our email list

All correspondence is best by emailing alohaswimming@gmail.com Email and in writing helps us avoid errors in scheduling matters

Please get on our email list by emailing alohaswimming@gmail.com Tell us your children’s names, ages and swim levels and write your name on this email

How To Register

1. Full payment is required with 3 forms in HARD COPY to register.
2. Open, read and sign the Registration/Liability form. This is how you choose your days and times and instructor.
3. Open, read and sign the entire policy form for detailed info that you are obligated to abide by and help you make informed decisions.
4. Open, read and sign the pool rules form.
5. For appropriate class placement we need The registration form filled in correctly and thoroughly with any other info you need us to know noted on the form.
6. It is best to register early but not more than 3.5 weeks in advance of each new session.
7. To renew another session, use the renewal form.
8. Our busiest times are, April through October M to Th 230-630pm. Try sign up early in the season to avoid the crowds.

Registration Due dates

We accept registrations no more than 3.5 weeks before each session starts. No registrations accepted before that please.

Late registrations, less than 7 before the session starts, get left over times or placed on a waiting list and must pay by cash only.

You will NOT get a tentative schedule to review, but will be emailed a final schedule.

Where to Register

1. All 3 forms are required in HARD COPY are required 1 time each new year
2. Full payment is required with the forms
3. The renewal form is required when you continue to the next session
4. Mail or bring in the forms and full payment to:
   (DPAC) Dana Point Aquatics aka Aloha Swimming
   34232 Camino Capistrano
   Dana Point, CA 92624
5. Registrations and payments may be put in the Black mailbox on the pool deck or the US mailbox on the curb in front of the business anytime as it is a lock box.
6. In Person. Please make an appointment if you would like to come in to bring your registration form and payment. Gates are locked when no classes are going on and we don't want to miss you.

How classes are formed:

When registration forms and payments are being turned in, we match students by age, ability, days and time range and instructor that you requested. This is a time consuming process but it gives you control over the days, times and instructor you want or need. We try to keep siblings in back to back classes or around the same time.

If we cannot accommodate your request you will be given options of other days, or other times or other sessions. If you forward it to another session you will be first on the waitlist.

We will never keep your payment if we cannot find you a spot in the session, days or timeframe you requested as long as you follow the Cancellation, Refund and Makeup deadline on the policy form.

There is a fee or no refund for late Cancellations depending on if and when we were notified. (We spend many days and hours making the schedule work for everyone and late cancellations create problems or unfilled classes. It would be impossible to refund you unless we find another student to fill your spot. A partial refund is possible depending on how many classes it takes us to fill your spot).

Tentative and final schedule emailed

1. Everyone is placed on the waitlist in order that we receive your registration and payment.
2. 2 weeks before the start of each session we begin the scheduling process. We work hard to place you on the days M W or T TH and the time range you wrote on your registration form. We cannot guarantee exact times.
3. 1 week before the session starts you will be emailed a tentative schedule to review and approve. Please respond to changes you need within 48 hours so we have time to revise and notify others of changes. If we do not get a response we will assume that this schedule is approved. There is a $25 fee to make schedule changes after the 48 hour deadline.
4. The week before each session starts, we get lots of late registrations so we wait to send the final schedule. Often late sign ups help us fill classes, so please be patient with the process.
5. The tentative schedule will probably/possibly be modified before the final schedule is emailed. You will be notified if the change is too large so we can get your new approval.
6. If you signed up and did not receive a tentative schedule 1 week before, email us immediately.
7. The final schedule will be emailed Friday or Saturday before the session starts. It will be too late to make any changes at this time. (Please review the cancellation, refund or makeup policy on the policy form for info)
8. The first day of class we evaluate the students to make sure they are in appropriate classes. Make sure you write in your child’s correct swim level on the registration form. If you signed up for the wrong level you might be obligated to move to another spot. And might be charged a $25 administrative fee to adjust the schedule. You will be notified by email if we need to make changes.

Waitlist

1. Everyone is placed on the waitlist in order that we receive your registration and payment.
2. It is rare when we cannot get everyone fitted into the teachers schedule however, if your registration packet is low on the waitlist and we cannot accommodate the days and time range you requested you will be notified by email and offer you options.
3. Sometimes we have late cancellations and can work you in late in the process or can roll your registration to the next session. You will be first on the waitlist if this occurs.
4. If you cannot roll it into a future session we will give you a full refund.

Renewals

1. Once you have secured a spot you can keep it as many sessions as you like.
2. Have priority of day or time changes if you turn in your renewal form and payment 14 days prior to the start of the following session.
3. It is ok to skip a session/s for breaks, vacation etc. Just turn in your renewal form and payment when you are ready to start again.
4. Please include the renewal form with your payment and note any changes on the top of the form by writing CHANGE . Renewals have priority of days and times as long payments are turned in 2 weeks prior to the start of the new session.
5. Late payments may lose your preferred days or times or possibly a spot in the schedule.
6. Renewals will be placed on the same days, time range and instructor preference unless we cannot find matching partners and you will be given options in the new session schedule.

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Illness/Covid Precaution Policy ABSOLUTELY NO ILLNESS of swimmers/parents/siblings/spectators on the pool deck or pool at anytime This includes Fever, Runny noses, Coughs, Sneezing, Contagious Diseases, Open sores, Diarrhea, etc. and any recent exposures. Email us the night before or morning of each of their absent days and we will gladly give a makeup/s when they are 100% better. Please review the absence makeup policy on how to schedule makeup/s. Face shields may be required for parents in parent and tot classes. Teachers wear face shields while teaching within 5ft of children. 1 parent per student allowed in the water for parent and tot classes. Ear infections Can be common if you do not take precautions after each swim. Bacteria can grow if you do not dry the excess water. You can buy swim ear drops or make your own. 50/50 vinegar and rubbing alcohol.