Questions from families

An instructor comes to your pool, meets the swimmer on the steps and gets in the water. We see how the swimmer moves, talk about what you would like, and choose a level together.

A level is a group of skills, such as floating or kicking. The instructor decides when a swimmer moves up, and every swimmer moves at their own pace.

A lesson is thirty minutes in the water. A session is six weeks, with one or two lessons a week.

A pool with a gate and fence that stay closed, a shady spot, and an adult from your family on the deck for the whole lesson. Your family follows its own local pool rules, and we don't inspect pools.

A swim shirt is welcome. Bring a towel for each swimmer, goggles if the swimmer likes them, and a cap or a hair tie for long hair.

From the deck, in the shade. An instructor is in the water with every swimmer, and an adult from your family stays on the deck for the whole lesson.

Tell us as early as you can. We make up a missed lesson on another evening in the session, space allowing, and we do the same when weather or illness gets in the way.

On very hot evenings we start later. Lightning or strong wind ends a lesson, we text you, and we make it up.

Yes. Adults take private lessons at their own pool, from the shallow end to smoother laps, in the same evening hours.

Tuition depends on the level, whether a lesson is private or semi-private, and how many lessons a week a swimmer takes. Our current figures are on the enrollment page.