Six-year-old Nicholas Nocella jumps into the pool as his fellow students, from left, Seville Tran-Harrison, 6, Amy Vytopilova, 7, and her brother Jan Vytopil, 6, look on Tuesday during a swimming lesson at the Cape Ann YMCA in Gloucester.
MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times Five-year-old Brayden Francis of Gloucester looks nervously across the pool as instructor Jamie Mayer offers words of encouragement during a swimming lesson Tuesday at the Cape Ann YMCA in Gloucester. Moments after the photo was taken, Brayden succeeded in swimming the entire length of the pool for the first time without a flotation device.
MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times Swim students, from left, Michael Nocella, 8, his brother Nicholas Nocella, 6, Seville Tran-Harrison, 6, and Jan Vytopil, 6, all of Gloucester get ready to dive into the water during a swimming lesson Tuesday at the Cape Ann YMCA in Gloucester.
Seven-year-old Tyler Weed of Gloucester makes his way across the pool during a swimming class Tuesday at the Cape Ann YMCA in Gloucester.
Six-year-old Nicholas Nocella of Gloucester jumps into the pool Wednesday during a swimming class at the Cape Ann YMCA in Gloucester.
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Each week, more than 200 children take swimming lessons at the Cape Ann YMCA in Gloucester.
Besides classes for children, the Y offers lessons for people ages 6 months through adulthood in its 6-lane, 25 yard pool.
The lessons incorporate personal safety, self-rescue, boating safety and swimming skills.
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