My five-year-old daughter has been taking lessons from Pools since she before age two. Her progress has been remarkable, and it's because Pool is a great teacher. She demonstrates what she wants to see, corrects with humor and clarity, and is my daughter's biggest cheerleader when she accomplishes new goals. Even when my daughter went through a spell of nerves and crying, Pools was comforting and affirming enough to get her back into the water each time. My two-year-old son started this year. He can be stubborn and strong-willed and frankly showed very little interest in getting in the pool with a teacher, but Pools wasn't fooled! She was patient with him and undeterred by his tears, helping him through abbreviated lessons with an impressive sense of calm. Pools is the best we could have hoped for, and we look forward to seeing her each season.

Ms. Pools did an outstanding job working with three of my grandchildren. She recognized each of their individual strengths which helped develop assurance and confidence in the water.

We had a wonderful experience with Pools teaching our two children (2 &4) to swim. She spent the time and care to understand their level and work through what they needed in the lessons. I would highly recommend Pools- her experience cannot be matched and we were very happy with her!

Pools is a highly experienced swim instructor and LOVED by our two children. They have been taking lessons from her on and off for many years. Our son has special needs and she is terrific with him and he loves swimming with her. In addition to having fun, they have learned important swimming skills. Would highly recommend!

From the very first lesson our two children ever took with Pools, we knew right away that we would not have to look for another swim teacher ever again. Pools was our third (or forth?) swim instructor that our son and daughter had ever worked with, and hands down she was/is the best.

This is the second summer that Pools has worked her magic on these 3 swimmers! It's always fascinating to watch her work with each child whose abilities vary and give them the confidence to push themselves, practice water safety/survival, and most importantly, to relax and have fun! Yet again, Pools has helped them make tremendous steps (...or strokes) and given them something to look forward to for more summers to come!

This was our first summer doing lessons with Pools for our children and it won’t be our last. Pools was able to connect with each child immediately but also had the ability to keep them focused and disciplined throughout every lesson. Our 3 yo twins are both swimming independently this summer and we owe a large part of that to the time they spent with Pools. Their improvement after lessons far exceeded the expectations we had when we made the decision to use Pools for lessons. We can’t wait to see what next summer will bring!

My 2 grandsons took lessons from Pools this summer. Pools was great at meeting each child where they were and helping them improve. The oldest made great strides in perfecting the strokes he previously knew, learned a lot about speed and worked on endurance. The youngest, who refused to put in his face at the beginning of summer is now confidentally swimming in the deep end of the pool (without his floatation device) and voluntarily going under water, having a great time! Both boys learned about water safety and have put these safety lessons into practice in their daily play. We are very impressed. Thank you, Pools! See you next summer...

Pools worked with my nearly 4 year old son this summer and I truly cannot believe how much progress he made in only four lessons. He went from being reliant on his puddle jumper, to being able to jump in off the edge of the pool and flip over onto his back and paddle to the ladder. He was able to tread water enough to keep his head above water and tread to the edge of the pool. Her approach with my son was perfect, it is obvious that Pools has a lot of experience with young kids. We are looking forward to working with Pools again next summer!

Pools is great, very knowledgeable and worked very well with multiple age groups! A pleasure to work with. 🙂