With two pools, a cool, deep water pool and a warm, shallow depth pool, YWCA Flying Fish offers swim lessons, swim team, water polo, masters swimming, aqua aerobics, and lap swimming. Flying Fish Swim School teaches 1,200 children to swim each year, and the Flying Fish Swim Team is one of the largest in Illinois, with 500 swimmers ranging in age from 6-18.
YWCA actively reaches out to children in the community who don’t know how to swim and provides scholarships to ensure equitable access to swim lessons and swim team for all kids. As a lead partner in Evanston Swims!, YWCA also provides free swim instruction to second graders in Evanston Public Schools.