Adding a swimming course to our school would open new opportunities.
Many believe that adding a swimming class would be profitable for our school.
“It expands the chances of kids doing extracurriculars,” Nirvana, junior said. “More people would be interested so then more people would want to try out. I think if our school had a swim team we would gain more recognition which would lead to more competition for us. I think that many students would most likely join the swim team if we had one, especially with summer coming up.”
“I think it could be beneficial and fun for some people,” Kenarie Glass-Alvarado, sophomore said. “It would depend on the amount of people taking the swim class to determine if there would be a swim team. Again it would depend on how well the team members are at the sport if it were to give us more recognition. I think that a decent amount of people would join because it’s something different and gives students new things to try at school.”
Others believe it would be fun and good for exercise if we had a swimming course.
“I think many kids would love the idea of having a swim class,” Alyssa Oakes, freshman said. “A lot of muscle is involved in swimming which would bring our school ranking up because it would show that our students are healthy and in shape. I think if we did have a swim team then many students would join because they might not have the opportunity to swim during the summer.”
“I think that our school should have a swimming class because it can calm you, help your muscles, while improving swimming skills,” Jaiden Lipford, senior said. “Most of our sports have teams so I would assume the same for swimming. A swim team would give us more recognition because a lot of people like the sport as well as swimming in general. Overall, it would be something new for the school.”
Some disagree with the thought of our school having a swim course.
“I don’t think our school should have a swimming course; there might be some students that have thalassophobia (fear of large bodies of water) and would have a difficult time learning how to swim,” Larry Ramey, sophomore said. “If we did have a swimming course then a swim team would be in order, allowing other students to try a new sport or hobby, this would also allow students to gain more experience in the water incase future employment paths require diving or swimming. Obviously a swimming pool designed for a high school wouldn’t be cheap, meaning not very many schools would have a swimming course, that might bring attention to our school as well as our ratings. I do believe many would join the swim team due to most families not having a pool or a swimming opportunity near them, this would allow many kids to explore the chance of swimming.”
