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Kids Swim

Ages 5–12

$85/month

4:1 or less

Quarterly Lessons

Skill-based lessons that build water safety, stronger strokes, endurance, confidence, and steady progress.

Improves stroke technique and endurance

Builds water safety and confidence

Encourages independence and responsibility

Supports lifelong swimming skills

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Progression is based on demonstrated skill mastery, not just age. Age recommendations are general guidance.

Tuition $85/month

Ratio 4:1 or less Swimmer to Instructor

Schedule Quarterly

Age 5–12 Years

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$20

Annual registration · per child

For group lessons, billed when your child first starts and on the anniversary of their start date each year. Private and semi-private lessons have no annual registration fee.

30 minutes

Once per week · 12 lessons per quarter

Group swimmers attend one 30-minute lesson each week, with 12 lessons included in each quarter.

Water Safety

Develops skills for safer movement, recovery, and confidence in the water.

Stronger Strokes

Progresses through front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, and sidestroke.

Endurance

Builds swimming stamina and the ability to stay active safely in the water.

Confidence

Builds confidence as swimmers master skills and progress through each level.

Technique

Develops stronger mechanics, stroke efficiency, turns, and coordination.

Flexible Quarterly Lessons

Swim lessons that can work around family life.

Our quarterly lesson curriculum gives families more freedom to plan swim lessons around school, sports, summer schedules, vacations, and other activities. Swimmers can participate for a quarter, take time away when needed, and return in another quarter to continue building their skills.

Level 1

Ducks

Foundational skills comparable to Preschool Level 1.

Builds water comfort and foundational skills through safe entry, breath control, assisted floats, kicking, gliding, and rolling.

Requirements

Comfortable being away from parents
Demonstrates ability to take turns

Skills

Water acclimation
Safe entry and exit
Basic breath control with bubbles and/or hums
Comfortable submerging face for 3 seconds
Assisted front and back float
Assisted flutter kicks on front and back
Assisted front and back glides
Assisted rolls
Demonstrates understanding of cueing

Level 2

Turtles

Builds on the foundational skills from Level 1.

Develops independent gliding and floating while connecting swimming movements and beginning elementary backstroke skills.

Requirements

Demonstrates safe entry and exit
Comfortable submerging face for 3 seconds
Comfortable in assisted back float

Skills

Independent glide with submerged face, 2–3 body lengths
Assisted swim-to-float transition
Independent front float, 5 seconds
Independent back float, 5 seconds
Assisted paddle arms, 2–3 body lengths
Assisted elementary backstroke
Mastered standing-to-floating position
Assisted jump, surface, roll, float
Assisted retrieval of rings

Level 3

Seahorses

Develops independent swimming, floating, rolling, beginning strokes, and essential water-recovery skills.

Requirements

Independent glide with face submerged, 2–3 body lengths
Independent front and back float, 5 seconds

Skills

Independent front and back glide with kicks, 2–3 body lengths
Independent rolls
Mastered front float
Mastered back float
Beginner elementary backstroke
Independently swims with paddle arms, 2–3 body lengths
Beginner front crawl without breathing
Beginner back crawl
Retrieves rings off pool floor
Mastered swim, roll, float, roll, swim sequence
Jump into water, tread for 5 seconds, turn around, swim to wall, and exit independently

Major Milestone

Water Competency Achieved

Swimmers entering Level 4 have demonstrated age-appropriate water competency by recovering from an unexpected entry into the water using the swim, roll, float, roll sequence and safely returning to the wall.

Level 4

Alligators

Typically ages 7+

Develops stronger stroke technique, side breathing, water competency, treading, and introductory breaststroke and dolphin kick.

Requirements

Proficient swim, roll, float, roll, swim sequence
Jump into water, tread for 5 seconds, turn around, swim to wall, and exit independently

Skills

Beginner front crawl with side breathing
Confident back crawl
Confident elementary backstroke — needed to pass level
Introduction to breaststroke
Introduction to dolphin kick
Tread water for 15 seconds

Optional challenge: American Red Cross Water Competency Sequence — jump into water, tread for 1 minute, turn in a full circle, level off, swim 25 yards on the front or back, and exit the pool.

Level 5

Dolphins

Typically ages 7+

Builds stroke efficiency and endurance while adding breaststroke, butterfly, treading, scissors kick, and open turns.

Requirements

Front crawl with side breathing
Tread water
Confident back crawl

Skills

Confident front crawl with side breathing
Proficient back crawl
Proficient elementary backstroke
Beginner breaststroke
Beginner butterfly
Scissors kick
Tread water for 30 seconds
Swim halfway, tread for 30 seconds, swim to wall, and exit
Open turns

Level 6

Sharks

Typically ages 7+

Advanced stroke development, endurance, continuous swimming, stroke transitions, treading, and turn technique.

Requirements

Confident front crawl with side breathing
Proficient back crawl
Breaststroke with proper form
Confident butterfly

Skills

Proficient front crawl
Proficient back crawl
Proficient breaststroke
Proficient butterfly
Proficient sidestroke
Front crawl stamina: 5-minute continuous swim at a comfortable pace
Transition between strokes during continuous swimming
Tread water for 2 minutes
Flip turns
Combine laps with open turns and flip turns in any stroke combination

Progression is based on demonstrated skill mastery, not just age. Individual readiness, confidence, and consistency may affect how quickly a swimmer progresses.

Understanding the curriculum

Skill Definitions

A quick guide to the terms used throughout our swim curriculum.

Comfortable: Willing without fear.
Demonstrates: Can perform the skill.
Mastered: Performs consistently without assistance.
Cueing: Responds appropriately to instructor directions and waits their turn.
Assisted: Performed with the help of an instructor or flotation device.
Beginner: Understands mechanics and travels independently; technique may still be developing.
Confident: Consistent and efficient.
Proficient: Strong technique, endurance, and minimal corrections.

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