Laurie, Kathy and I are excited to announce the release on the recently Updated Swimming and Water Safety program. The new program was released on February 27, 2009! There have been some great changes made to the program this year and we can’t wait to start teaching the new curriculum. All Water Safety Instructors are required to update by December 31^st 2009 to keep their certification current. When signing up for Water Safety Instructor Group Orientations, pick between "basic" and "complete."

We are also excited to say that our very own Kathy Ray was on the sounding board with American National Red Cross to help re-write the program. Yea Kathy! We are so proud to have you on our team! We at the St. Louis Area Chapter are proud of our Aquatics program and it is awesome to say that one of our team was so influential in the process of updating the program.