Open on Sundays! (Effective August 29!) FALL SCHEDULE UPDATE TAKES EFFECT MONDAY, AUGUST 23rd!Now Open Sundays! (Effective August 29)Dear Valued Customer, Effective August 23 we will be updating the pool to our Fall Schedule to accommodate the Mount Rainier High School Girls and Boys Seasons through mid-February. Below is a summary of the largest changes. For more detailed information visit our website.UPDATED SCHEDULE: See schedule (effective August 23rd) below.NOW OPEN SUNDAYS: Effective Sunday, August 29, the Mount Rainier Pool will be open from 11:00am-1:00pm for Family Swim, Water Walking and Lap Swim. APPOINTED LAP SWIMMING TIMES: For those of you who still want your own space, we will continue to have appointment only time from 8:00-9:00am. Patrons can make reservations up to two-business days before. IMPORTANT! MASK MANDATE: All patrons, must wear a mask outside the water! Patrons are not required to wear a mask in the water, but please limit interactions with other households. Chairs will be left by your lanes in the deep end and the side of the pool in the shallow end to store your masks while you are in the water. We also only limit one patron per shower stall and ask you to keep at least six feet of distance. (Note-These directions may change, as we should get updated guidance by the State Department of Health, Water Recreation Facilities next week. We will send out an update if anything changes.) We appreciate you helping us provide a safe and healthy environment! MRHS SWIM TEAMSJust a reminder that the Mount Rainier High School Girls and Boys teams will be utilizing the pool Monday through Friday from 3:00-5:30pm. They will also have swim meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays which will require us to shutdown the entire pool for those dates listed below between 3:00pm and 6:00pm. Dates for swim meets are September 7, September 21, September 28, October 7, December 9, January 6, January 11 and January 18. We are happy to host both teams! WATER EXERCISEWater exercise will continue to be the following times. With Covid-19 restrictions lifted there no longer is the need to have multiple morning classes.
"The only change is that insurance memberships will now be accepted for all classes." Please continue to drop off your user water bells into the bin, so staff can better clean and disinfect them after each usage. FALL SWIM LESSONSWe are reintroducing evening lessons starting in October! The lessons will be Monday and Wednesdays from 5:00-7:00pm. Finally, we will add new Adult Swim classes with 30 minutes of lessons and another 30-minutes of practices. These lessons will be on Monday and Wednesday from 7:00-8:00pm. Click here to view our swim lesson page. SAVE THE DATEBelow is a list of upcoming event dates. Dates are subject to change due to Covid-19 protocols.
AUGUST 15-22 CLOSUREThe Mount Rainier Pool is currently closed the week of August 15-22 to perform some deep cleaning of the facility and perform some preventative maintenance. There are no major projects scheduled and we plan to re-open on Monday, August 23 at 5:30am. This is a regular process for many public facilities to ensure quality programming and safety to their communities. CONTACTDo you have more questions or would like to speak to someone in person? Our Aquatics Manager, Lauryne Thurmond, is here to help. You can call her directly at (206) 824-4722 or email her at lauryne.thurmond@desmoinespool.org. We hope to have more information on other programming coming in the future as conditions change! Thank you for following these communications. |