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How to Enroll

STEP 1: Set-Up / Update Your Account	Beginning January 14, 2026 New User: set up your NBJG account here Existing User: login to update your account information Returning 2025 NBJG Program Parcipants: Your child's session, morning vs. afternoon, will automatically be the same as what they had in 2025. Any new siblings added to your account this year, will have the same session their sibling had in 2025 unless otherwise requested.
STEP 2: Reserve a Swim Test Time	Beginning February 2, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. Swim test reservations are required and are made through your NBJG account.
STEP 3: Swim Test Tryout	When: March 7, 14, 21, & 22. Reservations required. All participants must annually tryout and pass the NBJG swim test. Be sure to bring all required documents to the test. Review the swim test requirements
STEP 4: Uniform Order	JG staff will change child's account to "swim pass" within four business days of them passing the swim test. Once this is done, review the uniform size chart and log in to input inform items for your child.
STEP 5: Process Payment	When: See table below Log-in to your NBJG Account during your registration window. Add your JG's session to your cart (accessed from the Payment tab on your child's account). Click View Cart and then proceed with processing payment. Any returning 2025 morning-session families who do not pay during their registration window, will lose their morning session.

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2026 Registration Payment Group	Opens at 8:00 a.m. (PT)	Closes at 11:00 p.m. (PT)
Newport Beach Resident: Returning 2025 JG Family	March 30, 2026	April 14, 2026
Newport Beach Resident: New JG Family	March 31, 2026	April 14, 2026
Non-Resident: Returning 2025 JG Family	April 1, 2026	April 14, 2026
Non-Resident: New JG Family	April 2, 2026	April 14, 2026