Summer Sessions
Summer Session 1- 2025
June 9th - July 2nd
Monday-Friday from 9am-2pm.
Held at Black Miners Bar Swim Beach.
Camping Trip to Santa Cruz: June 24th-27th 2025. Parent/guardian supervision required.
Summer Session 2- 2025
July 7th - July 31st
Monday-Friday from 9am-2pm.
Held at Black Miners Bar Swim Beach.
Camping Trip to Santa Cruz: July 22nd-25th 2025. Parent/guardian supervision required.
Please note: We have done our best to accomodate local school district schedules. We will NOT be offering a discount for school conflicts.
Registration will open on April 5th, 2025 at 8am on ReserveCalifornia.com
Tryouts
2025 general tryouts will be held May 7th and 8th at 5pm.
Tryouts will be held at Black Miners Bar Swim Beach. Your child must be registered in a session PRIOR to attending tryouts.
All NEW Junior Guards are required to complete a tryout prior to the start of the session they are enrolled in. Please see our tryouts page for more details.
Parent Meetings & Uniform Sales- TBD
Parent Meeting is strongly encouraged for ALL families. Participants are allowed to attend as well.
Special Events
Camping trip to New Brighton (Santa Cruz):
2025 Dates:
Session 1: June 24th-27th
Session 2: July 22nd-July 25th
To allow for travel we will not have JGs on Tuesday and Friday during Santa Cruz week. All families attending the trip will be required to fill out a camping contract prior to the trip. More information will be available by email to registered participants as we get closer.
In accordance with the Folsom Lake Junior Lifeguard Handbook, all JGs must be accompanied on the camping trip by an adult. You will need to be in attendance with your child or make accommodations for your child to attend with another family if you wish for them to participate. Folsom Lake Junior Lifeguard staff does not take responsibility for children outside of regular program hours. The trip is intended to give JGs an educated experience with the ocean environment, attendance is highly encouraged. There will not be an alternate program at Black Miners Bar while we are in Santa Cruz! No refunds or discounts will be given if your participant does not attend the camping trip.
Shared tent group camping sites will be provided with the cost of tuition. We will not be providing accommodations for RVs/Trailers. If you wish to bring an RV or trailer, you can make your own arrangements using ReserveCalifornia. Some families also opt to make their own off-site reservations.
Rafting Day (regularly scheduled day)
2025 Dates:
Session 1: TBD
Session 2: TBD
Drop Off/Pick Up will be at American River Raft Rentals: 11257 S Bridge St, Gold River, CA 95670
- Sunscreen, food, and water (all must fit in a single gallon sized ziplock bag with participants name on it).
- Arrive wearing their boardshorts, and rashguard (NO T-SHIRT), and closed toes shoes (NO CROCS).
*Please leave backpacks, phones, and towels at home we will not have storage to keep them dry.
Typical Day as a Junior Lifeguard
The day begins in groups at 9am with a warm up led by our instructors and youth assistants. Warm up includes stretching, sit ups and push-ups to build core strength followed by a workout consisting of varied running and swimming distances. When the daily workout is complete, junior lifeguards will return to the junior lifeguard area and prepare for the LESSON AND ACTIVITY of the day.
Lesson topics include beach and lake safety, first aid/CPR, conservation of the environment, and proper use of lifeguard equipment and emergency procedures. When the lesson ends junior lifeguards are given a period of free time for lunch and activities. During this time junior lifeguards can use the equipment, including paddle boards, kayaks, balls, cones, assistant instructor tubes, etc. All of this is provided by the California State Parks and kept in the Folsom Lake junior lifeguard arena under close supervision by the lifeguards.
Activities often include water polo, soccer, capture the flag, dodge ball, different beach competition games, and relays to help build physical fitness and prepare the junior lifeguards for becoming future State Parks lifeguards.
At the end of the day junior lifeguards will pack up their stuff and preform a beach clean-up as needed. A quick review of the day’s lesson topic will be performed to finish off a typical Junior Guard day.
Students will be released at 2:00 pm sharp for parent pick up.
Particpants are expected to participate in all events and should understand that exercise is a key component of our program.