Private Swim Lessons · Kids of All Ages
Your child's next favorite 30 minutes of summer.
One-on-one swim lessons at Millbridge Pool, taught at your child's own pace — so they finish the summer loving the water, not just tolerating it.
Questions? Text 917-902-8188
Swimming Since Age 7
Competitive swim team through high school.
CPR Certified
Ready for any moment in the water.
Background Checked
Cleared to work with kids.
Personalized Plan
Goals built around your swimmer.
Prizes for Goals Met
Little rewards along the way.
End-of-Summer Certificate
A keepsake for every swimmer.
About Sarah
Swimming since age 7. Teaching kids ever since.
I've been swimming since I was 7 years old and competed on swim teams all the way through high school.
I'm CPR Certified and background-checked to work with children — I currently lead the 6-months-to-4-years group at my church's children's ministry and complete yearly training required for that role.
Our Approach
Mastery-based. Trust-first. No rushing.
Every child starts with a first-day assessment, not a guess. From there, they follow a personalized, mastery-based skill checklist — they don't move to the next level until every skill in their current level is genuinely solid, whether that takes one class or several.
Building trust matters as much as any skill on this checklist. My top priority for every child is that they finish the summer loving the water, not fearing it — a bad experience early on creates a fear that's far harder to undo than it would have been to prevent in the first place. I always work at a child's own pace and never force a skill through tears or panic. That doesn't mean I hold back, though — when I can see a child is genuinely ready and capable, I'll encourage them past a little hesitation. Encouraging a capable, reluctant child forward is coaching. Pushing a scared child past real distress is not, and I won't do the second one.
Our levels and skill checklists are aligned with the American Red Cross's published Learn-to-Swim (ages 5+) and Preschool Aquatics (ages 3–5) curricula — the same benchmarks used industry-wide, adapted for a private lesson setting.
What to Expect
Simple, from first splash to certificate.
Real first-day assessment
No guessing where your child starts — we find out together, in the water.
Track progress, lesson to lesson
You get a printed skill checklist so you can see exactly what's been mastered.
End-of-summer certificate
Reflecting exactly what your child achieved — nothing overstated.
Lessons are 30 minutes, one-on-one or back-to-back for siblings, at Millbridge Pool in Waxhaw. We can schedule weekly or bi-weekly depending on what fits your family.
Pricing
Straightforward, per session.
1 Child
$40 / 30 min
One-on-one lesson time, fully personalized.
2 Siblings
$70 / 30 min each
Back-to-back sessions — easy on your schedule.
Each Additional Sibling
$25 / 30 min each
Added on to the same back-to-back block.
Let's get your swimmer in the water.
Book your spot online in a couple of clicks — or see exactly what your child would learn first.
Questions? Call or text 917-902-8188