My kids have gone through lessons with several area swim schools, but I find Maine Aquatics the…read morebest value and quality, given by high schoolers themselves. It's based on seasonal schedules, and you pick the evening that works best for your schedule Mon, Wed or Thursday. Lessons are 30min at either 6pm or 6:30pm. The one area of improvement would be communication response with their email, but other than that, I highly recommend! My kids have progressed tremendously and their confidence has grown significantly. Note-you pay the full season in cash the first evening so come prepared.

So far, we've had a positive experience with the Maine Township Aquatics swim program…read more The pool is nice, which is located at Maine East High School. There's ample parking which is very convenient . Their prices are very competitive to other local programs, which I've compared to. The instructors seem positive, encouraging, and praise students for their efforts. Would highly recommend this program for young swimmers.

We've tried a few places and we settled here. My goal was to get my son to go underwater and now he…read moredoes. But...with goggles, because they require them to wear that here. Going to a pool without goggles - well, that's another story. At least he is learning techniques to swim. I like the fact they have an app where you can check in, change classes, and see his progress - if something is entered. He was in Bold Blue 1 for quite a long time and it kept showing he had not fulfilled the requirements, nor has done any of them. Then one day...boom, it was all done and he moved up to Bold Blue 2. So one week passes, no progress, week 2 and nothing. Week 3 - one task fulfilled. I don't understand how and when it is monitored. BUT...we go weekly. We sit in the bright room and watch our little boy swim for half an hour. He's happy. We're happy.

When my daughter initially started swimming classes here, everything went well, but things took a…read moreturn later on. The school repeatedly canceled classes without explanation and promised to send us make-up vouchers, which we never received. They charged a significant amount for each class but canceled whenever they chose. We paid over hundred dollars a month for 4 sessions, but they canceled so frequently. It's a waste of money and complete waste of our time too, as we'd show up only to find out the class was canceled without any prior notice. I strongly recommend AVOIDING this place if you don't want to waste both your time and money! We called customer service multiple times and they never pick up their phone. AVOID AT ALL COST.

As a parent of a former Student here at Goldfish I feel bad for not leaving a review sooner. The…read morerecent news of chemical exposure may seem like a random unlucky event, but it is not. This was a result of poor leadership and training that I recognized when my daughter was a student there. After about 1.5 years of trying to make it work and not realizing there were other options, we removed her. When our daughter attended, we encountered numerous instances of untrained and unconfident teachers (in the baby class and then eventually the first toddler level. There was no plan in place or communication for when to move children up levels. At one point we had an instructor who did not talk or give instruction, we essentially were paying for open pool time. When we complained or asked to speak with upper management, we were offered to switch our class time and that they were working on it, while the teacher remained teaching that same class. She clearly was not prepared and teaching in the ONE class level where parents are present. Over time we started to realize, everything was being run by high school kids. They have one head manager who you don't see much of. Even before the chemical leak. which left at least 22 people ill, we pulled our daughter and moved to Blue Gems swim, which is ACTUALLY locally owned and ownership is present on a regular basis. There are other options! You don't have to accept THEIR standards. When I see the responses to other negative reviews related to the chemical spill it infuriates me, they don't take any responsibility for something that should NEVER HAPPEN. What happened is not normal and this location should shut down. The kicker here is the owners claim to be a local business, except for that the chain originates out of Michigan and they live in ARIZONA. You'll see the Owner, Dana Christ, post videos on facebook about swim or raising kids from the desert in the dead of winter. What you won't see is any sort of statement or ownership for what happened. They are disconnected from reality and are the ones responding to negative reviews. They will look up my name and see YES I did have a daughter swim at their swim school and YES we stopped going. They may even say "The safety of our families and team members is always our top priority" but that's clearly false as they allowed a passive infrastructure for years that finally caught up to them in a very public way. SHUT DOWN YOUR BUSINESS

DO NOT TRUST THIS PLACE with your children. They caused chemical burns and inhalation injuries…read morerequiring hospitalization for multiple children. They do not use proper chemicals for cleaning and are risking peoples lives, not just those in the pool but families breathing in air.

I've been a patron here for about two years. Miss Kelly is awesome. The instructors are very nice…read moreand patient with the children. The changing cabanas are always clean. I like that they are so flexible with the make up classes. My kid always looks forward to the sticker reward after a swim session. My family loves British!

Great for adult lessons. Scheduling is easy, pool is the perfect length to learn and great depth…read morefor treading. Instructors are extremely supportive and help you progress in each class. I had a great experience learning to swim with Coach Meghan who was patient and encouraging.

Our son has been swimming with the Sharks for over 6 years and still enjoys it. Through intense…read morepractices and tough love, the coaches provide not only technical and developmental swimming skills but confidence, inspiration, and motivation! We are proud to be a part of the Sharksswimclub community! ‍‍‍‍

Love Sharks swim club! All the coaches are great - I really appreciate their honest opinion on…read morewhere my daughter is skills-wise. I have asked several times if I should buy extra lessons to supplement her team practice (total opportunity to upsell me and charge me more! Ha!) but I always get an honest and fair answer. Perfect combination of great national level swimmers to look to and beginners to help. The small size means individualized attention too. Come try out!

Although the instructor at this location seems very personable and invested in teaching kids to…read moreboth love and be motivated to swim, the BSS management at this location is terrible! After a swim assessment, I followed up with THEM to figure out a lesson time, only to be told they could not accommodate us. Now we are in a situation where our other option only has a wait-list!

Ms. Cherise has been amazing with my kids. She pushes them a little more every week and they've…read moreprogressed so much with her. They love going to swim class!

They talk about how they always keep their pool temperature so warm. However, our kids were…read moresubjected to frigid pool temps on three occasions. They were so cold I had to pull all out of the pool within 10 minutes of starting lessons due to the shivering they were experiencing. Enough was enough so I canceled. Now I'm being told it was a known issue but parents and swimmers were not told of it prior to entering the pool. They are still charging me for the coming month despite freezing my kids without proper warning of a known issue. Beware of their contracts and know they hide issues letting your kids be the ones to have to freeze.

I'm very impressed at the level of safety, professionalism, and training at this swim school…read more Safety is the number one priority to me for swimming. The teachers, though seemingly pretty young, have been trained well to follow procedures to make sure each child is safe. I've been told what some of the safety procedures are and have witnessed the teachers being very attentive to each child while in the water. The kids have a little platform in the water at the side of the pool where they wait for their turn. And in the younger classes, there is another platform they can stand on at the other "side" of the pool. For younger classes, the other "side" is only a few feet away. The teachers here are also trained to assist children who are uneasy/crying/shy. Multiple times when my child didn't want to go in the water, another teacher came up to us right away to help him get in and feel comfortable. They are trained with kids too and know how to be initiative to kindly take them out of my hands to get in the water. There seems to always be more staff than just teachers and the life guard, so there's always someone to help in times like this. I love the flexibility here. You get 12 makeup classes for the year, and you can let them know even one minute before class that you can't make it. Then they give you a virtual token to makeup the class at any other time you were free. We've been doing a lot of makeups, and because of this the teachers change, but my kids don't seem to mind because there's a system of things they do in their lesson that they are already familiar with. They also offer events for members on some nights for free swim and other activities. And they also offer family swim days at certain times of the week. Free for members on some of these days or a small fee for other days. My 7 year old learned how to swim in about 5 months here. We had a few weeks we missed and had a few breaks in between too. He's now swimming with his head underwater by himself for the whole width of the pool. Thanks Goldfish!

Coach Anna at Chicago Blue Dolphins is the best. It's a great accomplishment learning to swim in my…read moreseventies. Everyone there makes me feel at home. Please go there to learn to swim or improve your skills.

We started taking private classes with coach Abby few months ago. My 4 year old kid loves it and…read moreshe is so comfortable in the water now. In just 3 months she went from being scared of water to actually swimming !