Infant Survival Swim Lessons School
Infant Survival Swim Lessons School
PhD Swim School is a local water survival program in Durham, NC, designed to teach independent swimming and self-rescue skills to infants, toddlers and young children.
Classes we offer
Infant and Children Survival Swim Lessons
For children crawling through age 8 who cannot swim and float independently.
Maintenance
These are swim classes that continue to build on previous survival skills. Maintenance classes are structured to teach skills that are age-appropriate and build on motor coordination.
Take the Swim Assessment to find the correct class type.
What Makes Our Swim Lessons Unique?
Our survival students learn how to save themselves in an aquatic accident with confidence. Our maintenance swim students learn to swim faster, and more competently than any other swim school in the area.
With PhD Swim School, You Will Have A Competent Swimmer In Weeks
We teach the whole spectrum of swimming levels from infant survival to competitive swimming. Our teachers are extensively trained. We are the only swim school in the Triangle that is Durham Living Wage certified. We are a local, women-owned, company that is committed to sustainable business practices, local and global social justice, and serving our community in and out of the water.
Swim Levels
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Swim Lessons Pricing
There is a one-time, per family, $50 non-refundable registration fee.
Survival
21 private lessons; REQUIRED for beginners... 15 minute per class
- $500 per session per student
- Ages: crawling infant through age 8
- Student-to-Teacher Ratio: 1:1
- Class duration: 3 times a week per session for 15 min per class
Maintenance- 15 minute classes
15 minute class after completion of survival classes
- $180 per session per student
- Ages: Only available to graduates of Survival or children who can swim 15 feet with their face in the water and float for 1 minute unassisted
- Student-to-Teacher Ratio: 1:1
- Class duration: 15 min per class
Maintenance- 30 minute classes
30 minute class after completion of survival classes
- $330 per session per student
- Ages: Only available to graduates of Survival or children who can swim 15 feet with their face in the water and float for 1 minute unassisted
- Student-to-Teacher Ratio: 1:1
- Class duration: 30 min per class
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Success Stories
I want to thank you for all you and PhD swim have done for our kids. They love swimming because of their experiences at PhD. If we weren’t moving out of state, we’d still be seeing you every Wednesday! Thanks for all you do. We’ll miss PhD and hope to keep the girls swimming in our new area!
I am writing to express my sincere appreciation for the excellent work done by Coach Gigi as a swim instructor for my 4-year-old daughter.. I commend Coach Gigi for her dedication, patience, and expertise in teaching my daughter.
I wanted to let you know that last year our son swam for Woodcroft in the summer, and this year for the ymca at Hope Valley Farms. He had an amazing season, capped off with a gold medal for 6 and under backstroke, and a 5th place finish in freestyle! I’m thankful for the strong foundation he built at PhD Swim School! I am a true believer in Survival Swim.
Please know how grateful we are for all you've done for our family! The swim skills both of my kids have are insane and it is 100% thanks to you. We always get all sorts of compliments from neighbors and even lifeguards. And it's meant the world to me in terms of my anxiety levels at the pool.
Our kids are super swimmers and we're so grateful and glad they've been a part of PhD Swim. I never worry about them in water and that's a beautiful gift for a parent. Our goal has never been competitive year-round swim but rather a strong water confidence and ability in any kind of water be it pool, lake or ocean. To that end, the kids have thrived in surf camp at the ocean, overnight camp at the lake, as well as the fun of summer swim team where they do fairly well in the races (thanks to you instilling good stroke technique) despite not being year round competitive swimmers...and I, know I owe a debt of gratitude to you for that!
We have enrolled in the next stage at PhD Swim and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Thank you and a HUGE thank-you to Rachel for what you do. I know Sophia can survive in a dangerous situation, which was what was most important to me, but I also know she learned a ton in such a supportive environment along the way. I’d also like to commend you and all your staff on your cleanliness and covid protocols. I will absolutely be recommending everyone to you,
My daughter has taken classes here consistently since 2018, taking her first class, Survival, when she was 3. She has turned into a confident swimmer and has always looked forward to her weekly class.
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Experience the PhD Swim School Difference
Swimming is a crucial life skill, and at PhD Swim School in Durham, NC, we take this responsibility very seriously. Our unique approach to swimming lessons ensures rapid learning while fostering a love for water in your child. Here are some reasons why enrolling your child in our program is one of the best decisions you can make:
- Fast and Effective Learning: : We pride ourselves on our students learning to swim faster and more competently than any other swim school in the area. Our swim school for children is designed to teach kids to survive an aquatic accident, making the most efficient use of your time and money for swim lessons.
- Wide Range of Programs: We cater to all swimming abilities, from teaching infant survival swim skills to training competitive swimmers. No matter your child's current ability, we have a program that will meet their needs.
- Highly Trained Instructors: We feel our instructors are the most comprehensively trained Swim Instructors in the Triangle.
Our Policies
- Tuition is due and will be processed on the 16th before classes start.
- $25.00 late fee for each student for non payment on the 16th.
- PhD Swim School reserves the right to refuse services and/or deactivate your Family Portal Account if payment is not received.
- Tuition and registration fees are non-refundable after the 1st of the month prior to your upcoming session.
- We do not refund for missed classes for any reason.
- Make-up lessons are not scheduled due to the high demand for our classes.
- Student absences include vacations, illnesses, recitals, forgetting to come, and unforeseen circumstances.
- Students also may not swap with other absent students in order to maintain teacher consistency.
- Sessions are 7 weeks long for instruction and the 8th week of the session will be used to schedule makeups for all affected students if lessons are canceled due to inclement weather, pool closing, or instructor emergency. Refunds will not be issued.
- Maintenance classes auto-enroll every session until a drop class is submitted via the parent portal.
- You must drop your class via the parent portal by the 1st of the month prior to your upcoming session to withdraw your child.
- Any and all administrative or registration fees are non-refundable.
- We do not refund fees or tuition after the start of the session for any reason.
- Thunder and lightning do not cancel lessons.
- Make-up classes occur only on account of facility closure, weather emergency determined by the directors or instructor illness.
- In the event of a weather emergency (i.e., snowstorm, hurricane), a notification of weather related class cancellations will be email and a text blast will be sent to your contact information on record.
General FAQ'S
- Students in the Survival Program under age 3 must NOT eat 2 hours before their lesson.
- Students in the Survival Program 4 hours before their lesson, avoid whole fruits (especially with skin), meats, dairy products.
- All students may have rice cereal, applesauce, bananas, toast, breast milk, and nut protein four hours before their lesson.
- Students may swallow excess air during their lesson and we want to avoid spitting up in the pool. It does not harm the student, but the pool must be closed if such an incident occurs.
- Sure! No more than 2 students can share a 30 minute class.
- Each student must have graduated from Survival.
- Both students will be charged for 15 minute tuition.
- Your child should wear a swimsuit. One piece bathing suits, tankinis, swim trunks are preferred instead of baggy shorts, string bikinis.
- Bring at least one towel.
- A change of dry clothes.
- A bag for wet clothes and disposal diapers.
- You may bring goggles to your stroke classes, or we have some available. ( Survival students- goggles are not allowed).
- Students 3 and under (even if they are potty trained) must wear two swim non disposable swim diapers at every lesson.
- If a fecal incident occurs in the pool, the entire pool must be closed and all lessons canceled.
- A fee will apply if a fecal contamination incident is caused by your child when you were not following the double diaper policy.
- Tuition is due and will be processed on the 16th before classes start.
- $25.00 late fee for each student for non-payment on the 16th.
- PhD Swim School reserves the right to refuse services and/or deactivate your Family Portal Account if payment is not received.
