*Three year old candidates will be considered on an individual basis
**Winter Session Registration coming soon! The session will run for 12 weeks from Jan 6 - Mar 26. Fall session students DO NOT need to re-register online. They have the option to continue to the next session and are given priority.**
THIS SCHEDULE WILL BE UPDATED AS INSTRUCTORS BECOME AVAILABLE
Class times IN BOLD are available to be scheduled.
Please use the days / times in this chart as your guide when you email your preferences to the Swim School Manager at swimschool@tideswimming.com
SWIMMERS WILL ONLY BE SCHEDULED INTO CLASSES AFTER REGISTRATION FEES HAVE BEEN PAID
PLEASE REGISTER BEFORE YOU REQUEST A CLASS DAY AND TIME
Minimum of 2 students required for Level 1 - 4 classes
Minimum of 3 students required for Intro to Competitive Swimming 1 & 2
Class | Location | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Saturday | Sunday |
LEVELS 1 - 4 Small group instruction (swimmers attend 1 class per week) |
HILLTOP | 2:40-3:10pm (Level 1: 3:15-3:45pm 7:45-8:15pm |
Instructor Vacancy |
Instructor Vacancy |
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LEVELS 1 - 4 Small group instruction (swimmers attend 1 class per week) |
MT TRASHMORE |
Instructor Vacancy |
3:30-4:00pm (Level 2: |
4:50-5:20pm (Level 1:
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4:05-4:35pm (Level 1:
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9:40-10:10am (Level 3/4: 2 openings - teenage swimmers) 10:15-10:45am 10:50-11:20am
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Intro to Comp Swimming 1 (swimmers attend 2 practices per week) |
HILLTOP |
7:30-8:15pm |
7:30-8:15pm |
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Intro to Comp Swimming 2 |
HILLTOP |
7:30-8:15pm |
7:30-8:15pm |
(possible clinic) |
"Children who learn how to swim at a young age are reaching many developmental milestones earlier than the norm...Lead researcher Professor Robyn Jorgensen says the study shows young children who participate in early-years swimming achieve a wide range of skills earlier than the normal population."
Bryn DePaul
Coach Bryn began her competitive swimming career at four years old. Since then, she has competed on several USA Swimming and high school teams and was a swimmer on TIDE from 2015-2018. She has qualified and competed in the Virginia Senior Championship Meet multiple times. Bryn graduated from Hickory High School in 2018, exceeding a 4.0 GPA throughout all four years of school and ranking within the top 5% of her class. In high school, she was inducted into the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, and was a member of the Friends of Rachel Anti-Bullying Initiative. Bryn is currently a sophomore studying in the International Honors Joint Degree Programme at the College of William and Mary and the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. She is majoring in Classical Studies, with a concentration in Ancient History and Archaeology. Bryn made the William and Mary Dean's List for both semesters of freshman year! She will be studying at the University of St Andrews for the 2019-2020 academic year. Coach Bryn loves working with TIDE's young swimmers and sharing her passion for the sport!
Jennie Leigh DePaul
Coach Jennie began swimming competitively at age 6. During the course of her competitive journey, she obtained and still holds several records on USA Swimming teams. Jennie qualified for the Eastern Zone Competition many times and represented Virginia Swimming twice on the Virginia Zone Team. During her swimming career, Jennie placed 3rd and 4th in breaststroke and individual medley in the state of Virginia, and as a fifteen-year-old placed 3rd, 9th, and 10th in breaststroke and individual medley at NASA Junior Nationals.
Academic achievement is also very important to Jennie. She holds the rare distinction of having achieved straight A’s throughout all seven years of Middle School and High School. She was one of the first graduates of the Virtual Virginia full-time pilot program in High School. She is currently a student in the International Honors Joint Degree Programme at The College of William and Mary and the University of St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland, majoring in Classical Studies with a concentration in Latin and Greek. Jennie joined Tide Swim School as an instructor in March 2017 after swimming for two years in Tide Swimming’s senior groups and loves her job! She will be in Scotland during the 2018-2019 academic year.
Lyla Chandiramani
Coach Lyla joined the Swim School staff in September 2019. She began swimming when she was four years old and swam for the Virginia Beach Rec league until she reached middle school and joined TIDE. Lyla continued swimming with TIDE in high school, which helped her to be accepted as a member of her high school varsity swim team. Coach Lyla has continued her love for the sport in college. She is currently a sophomore at Old Dominion University and swims with the ODU club team. She also still swims for TIDE in the masters program. Lyla's event of choice is sprints and the 100 meter breaststroke. In her free time she rows with the ODU club rowing team and loves to volunteer at Operation Smile. Lyla's swimming experience is what inspires her to offer children the same opportunities that she had in the sport.
Tori McAnally
Coach Tori joined the TIDE staff in Chesapeake in September 2017. Tori was born and raised in Massachusetts. Her swimming career began at age six after a family vacation at Disney. She started swimming on a summer league team and then joined the Merrimack Valley Pirates. Coach Tori swam throughout high school, competing with both her school and club teams. After high school graduation, she enrolled at a community college and competed for an additional year. Once her older sister had children of her own, Tori discovered her passion of wanting to work with children. In 2011 she worked as a substitute teacher, and in 2014 she started coaching swimming, serving as an assistant coach for the Age Group program at Phoenix Swimming. "I coach because I love watching swimmers reach their own individual goals."
Jason Rodriguez
Coach Jason joined TIDE swimming in January 2017. Beautiful Virginia Beach has been his home for the last eighteen years after graduating from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to coaching, Jason is also an active US Masters competitive swimmer for TIDE, where he primarily specializes in middle and long distance freestyle events, as well as long distance open-water races. When not swimming, he loves to surf and spend time out on the water.
Choose Level 1 (Water Adjustment)
Choose Level 2 (Introduction to Strokes) if your swimmer
Choose Level 3 (Stroke Development) if your swimmer
Choose Level 4 (Stroke Refinement) if your swimmer
Choose Introduction to Competitive Swimming 1 (ICS 1) if your swimmer
Choose Introduction to Competitive Swimming 2 (ICS 2) if your swimmer