Education & Classes in Mustang

Determined to keep their students interested and engaged, the instructors of Wine and Palette hold classes at myriad locations throughout the city. Each class focuses on a different art piece, be it a painting of a stained-glass window, a multihued owl, or an autumn farm scene. Additionally, each artist brings their own outlook and skills to the class, helping students learn specific brush strokes and how to touch up their daily driver so it looks just like the sheriff’s squad car.

At The Scuba Shack, the staff’s family-oriented lessons encourage divers to take social rather than solo ventures into the blue beyond. Each instructor carries an impressive résumé of underwater travels—the head trainer has been diving for more than 20 years and others have logged more than 1,000 dives. Captaining PADI-certification courses and specialty seminars—which cover topics such as night diving, photography, and fish identification—they take groups on open-water excursions to area lakes and Clear Spring Scuba Park. They prioritize educating their charges with safe and enjoyable teachings, rather than monotonous quizzes on whether the bends is a serious health issue or a 1980s punk band. With trips to dive sites in Fiji and Mexico, they introduce divers to the visual wonder of reefs and aquatic wildlife throughout the world.

Aqua-Tots Swim School's instructors train swimmers in the art of buoyancy through an array of services, specializing in teaching youngsters aged 6 months–14 years in small groups. The instructors boast at least two years of teaching experience, have all completed 32 hours in the company’s Lessons for Life training program, and have aced the water-safety instructor exam with flying colors.

Children are placed in one of eight class levels—from level one Tadpoles for kids aged 6–18 months, which acquaints infants with the pool, to level eight Stingrays for more experienced children who want to refine their strokes to one day sting a jellyfish. In each class, no more than four students train under the watchful eye of their instructor in the 90-degree indoor pool. In addition to the children’s program, the instructors also lead adult swim classes and train patrons for both swim competitions and first aid.