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The Piranha House Program is designed for children 7-13 years old (6 year olds aging up to 7 by the end of the year will be considered for membership) who may not be ready for Team or may not be ready to commit to a full year with the Piranhas. House Swimmers must have advanced basic swimming skills, be able to complete at least 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke without assistance and have familiarity with butterfly and breaststroke. The group will learn drills and proper technique for all four competitive strokes, and the emphasis during practice will be on fun and learning. There is usually one House group that contains two training groups. House will consist of swimmers 7-13 years old. Four sessions of House will be offered throughout the year, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Schedules are listed below.

Swimmers enrolled in the Fall House will have priority for the Winter and the Winter House will have priority for the Spring and so on. Returning House swimmers should register on their respective registration date or run the risk of losing their spot. Once a session's respective registration is complete, House will be open to new swimmers.There is limited space in all our House programs.

In a given year, a swimmer who participated in the Spring and/or Summer House session does not have to be evaluated for THAT YEAR'S Fall or Winter House session. All other new swimmers who wish to be evaluated for Fall or Winter House swimming must participate in the Fall Evaluation Stroke Clinic and new swimmers who wish to be evaluated for Spring or Summer House must participate in the Spring Evaluation Stroke Clinic. Notification of placement will be via email no later than one day after completion of the clinic for the Fall and Spring. Registration for all House session can be done at the front desk.

House swimmers who are full Darien YMCA members will be allowed to compete in YMCA dual meets. 'YMCA dual meets' are held throughout the year at Darien and other YMCAs in the area. A sign up sheet for meets will be located on the Piranha bulletin board in the lobby of the YMCA and all YMCA dual meets are also listed on the Piranha homepage. There are usually no meets for 13 year olds and there will be no meets scheduled during the Summer House session.

(please note there is a different fee for Summer House due to the shorter session)

Fall House Schedule - 2011
September 13th - November 22nd
Spring/Summer House swimmers returning for Fall House should register on their respective registration date. After the last day of priority registration, Fall House will open to new swimmers. New swimmers who wish to be evaluated for Fall or Winter House must participate in the Fall Evaluation Stroke Clinic.

(No Classes: 10/14, 11/4)

Winter House Schedule - 2011
November 29th - February 23th
Fall House swimmers returning for Winter House should register on their respective registration date. After November 10th (starting 11/11), Winter House will open to new swimmers. New swimmers should contact Jason Cochran for an evaluation, 203.655.822 x306.

(No classes: 12/10 & 12/24)

Spring House Schedule - 2012 
April 9th - June 15th
Winter House swimmers will have from February 27-March 11th to sign-up for Spring House after March 11th, Fall House swimmers will have the opportunity to sign up from March 12-March 18th.  Starting March 19th wait list swimmers will have the opportunity to sign up.  This year we are not planning a Spring Clinic to evaluate swimmers.  Right now we will not know until mid-March if we will have room to warrant a Spring Clinic.  Winter-only Piranhas who swam on the team in 2011-12 and participate in the Spring or Summer House session will be guaranteed placement on the Team for the 2012-13 season. 

(No class: 5/28)

Summer House Schedule - 2012 - TENTATIVE
June 18th - July 26th
There will be no meets scheduled during the Summer House session. Summer House swimmers who wish continue with the House program in the Fall or Winter will not be required to participate in the 2012 Fall Stroke Clinic. If a swimmer wishes to be evaluated for Team, he/she will need to be evaluated through the 2012 Fall Stroke Clinic. All Winter-only Piranhas who swam on the Team in the winter of 2011-12 and participate in the Summer House program are guaranteed placement on the Team for the 2012-13 season.

(No class: 7/20)