About Us
- As Salem’s only stand-alone swim school, we are fully dedicated to helping create strong and confident swimmers.
- The classes are 30 minute swim lessons, once a week, that encourage growth and confidence for swimmers as young as 2 months old.
- Our compassionate and experienced instructors provide a safe and comfortable learning environment.
- The indoor pool is 89-90º – ensuring year-round ease for our swimmers.
- We provide a separated viewing area that keeps spectators safe and our students engaged.
The Salem Swim School Philosophy
- Our swim lesson program is centered around a highly effective skill & safety progression for each level.
- Our goal is to cultivate confident and successful swimmers in a positive and safe environment!
- We believe that every child should learn how to be safe and skilled in and around water.
- We feel that we have the great honor and privilege of teaching children a skill that can save their life.
- Our goal is to keep building each week with simple steps that lead to long term success.
- We know that a consistent swimmer who shows up each week and gives their best effort will be successful in learning how to safely swim.
Our Core Values
- We listen and understand.
- We treat each other with love, kindness, and respect.
- We give our best effort every single time.
- We are open to always learning something new.
- We are on the same team. We are a family.
Our Classes
Lesson Process & Testing of Skills
- You will always check in at the front desk on the iPad and grab your swimmer’s lesson wristband. Please arrive as ready as possible for your lessons – meaning the swimmer is wearing swim gear, goggles are on, swim diaper and Happy Nappy on (if necessary). Please use the restroom in the lobby BEFORE lessons; we keep the restrooms on deck available for swimmers and instructors DURING lessons. No glass is allowed on the pool deck.
- Once you have checked in on the front desk iPad and your swimmer has their lesson wristband, you will head over to the pool building and enter through the first door on the right. Have a seat in the chairs and wait for your class time to begin. Your swimmer can start lining up at the gate a few minutes before their lesson begins. The Deck Lead will open the gate when it is safe to do so and help guide them to their correct lesson station. Please have your swimmer leave their lesson wristband on.
- Please stay in the “Spectator Waiting Area” while your swimmer is in the pool. Please stay off of the stairs and fence. Avoid opening the safety gate to let yourself onto the pool deck; this ensures that our students stay engaged, our deck is clear for staff, and that siblings are protected from the risk of falling in the pool or general injury. When the class is over, the Deck Lead will let the swimmers out through the exit gate near the changing rooms; this is where you will meet your swimmer at the end of class. Please be quick and courteous about getting ready to leave.
- Each class will have a designated class skill chart with all enrolled student’s names listed on the laminated card. This is where we track student’s skills and specific notes regarding your swimmer.
- We evaluate our students based upon our “Lesson Station of the Week” process. We typically have 4-6 lesson stations set up so students are evaluated at minimum every 4-6 weeks.