Swim lessons family season pool passes, aqua-size, water power-walking, synchronized swimming, swim teams, teen night bashes and much more are being offered this season by the St. Charles Aquatic Centers.
According to Cathy Dedecker. “Blanchette Aquatic Center has three separate pools.The main activity pool has two slides and also a drop slide. We have a mushroom fountain that has a drop slide for the kids. It also has two different size lily pad walks for children of different heights. We have a kiddie pool equipped especially for the younger ones. It also has an outer slide and a water playground. There is also a lap pool where we have general swimming and where we give swim lessons.”
Opening day for the Aquatic Centers was May 28th. The normal hours are 11am to 7pm except for Saturdays which will be 11am to 6pm so that they can accommodate birthday parties and other special events.
We are also going to have three teen splash nights at Blanchette and Wapplehorst pools,” she said.”This is something new that we are trying. We are going to have DJs, games, water activities for the children from 6 to 9. At Blanchette Aquatic Center the teen nights will be on June 11, July 9, August 13 for youth 11 to 14. The admission is $8 per person. That includes admission, a value meal, fun, games, food and prizes. At Wapplehorst Aquatic Center the teen splash nights will be on June 25, July 23, and August 20th also from 6 to 9 for youth 11 to 14 and again the fee is $8.”
St. Charles residents can obtain a pool VIP card at City hall. This allows all city residents to swim at the Aquatic centers at a greatly reduced rate. According to Cathy, “Some special benefits of this card include: you can swim any time at the McNair Aquatic Center for only $3 for adults and $2 for children; and after 4pm the rates drop even lower to $2 for adults and only $1 for children. Both Blanchette and Wapelhorst have reduced rates after 4pm. The fee is $3 for adults and $2 for children. Residents can also take advantage of our Family nights every Wednesday and Friday at al l three aquatic centers. The rates are only $2.50 for either children or adults. Wapelhorst stays open until 8pm on Family nights which begin on Friday, June 10th.”
Wapplehorst Aquatic Center has a five story speed slide for the daring, a water rapids ride, an underground water slide that takes you to a third level, a children’s playground with a large red bucket that tips over every minute, a lot of gizmos and gadgets to play with like water guns and water features. Wapplehorst also has an open flume slide that you can go down in an inner tube. There is a large body of water called the activity pool and there are a couple of lanes open for lap swimming and a general area where kids can just play in the water.
The McNair Aquatic Center has one large body of water. There is a large speed slide that dumps into a splash pool. It also has a lily pad walk, two different sizes to accommodate various size children. It also has a kids water playground and an otter slide for the little children to go down.
Cathy says, “Don your swim suit and get set to get wet!”
For additional information you can contact Cathy Dedecker at 949-3372
