At Barron Swim School, we developed our program to create the best environment for children to learn to swim by attending a regular weekly class. While we understand there are times when missing class is necessary, here are the reasons regular attendance is so important and what to do when you have to miss a […]

We often get questions about ear infections, why they occur, and what to do for them. Here is a brief article, which will help with these issues. Many people believe that pool water enters the ear and causes an ear infection. That is not the case. The eardrum provides a physical barrier to anything entering […]

When we think back to all the time we spent in pools as children, one of the things we remember is the itchy dry skin and sickly green hue of our hair from all the pool chemicals. Our parents always made us shower head to toe with special shampoo made to strip chlorine from your […]

Every student at Barron Swim School enjoys receiving their different colored wristbands to identify where they go for their class. Did you know these wristbands also help us keep the kids and the pool area safe? Here are a couple ways in which the colored wristbands keep our children in a safe environment. THEY SERVE […]

I think many of us have heard that swimming is a sport in which you can participate throughout your entire lifetime. Did you know that swimming also teaches many life lessons that can be used outside of the pool? I know all of you are just beginning your swimming journey, but I felt that it […]

You may have noticed a week ago that kids in Elite Junior II, Advanced, and both team groups were swimming a lot to start their lesson and/or practice. We were doing timed swims with these groups. We wanted to take this opportunity to explain why this is such an important skill and why we believe […]

Many of you already have plenty of fall and school year activities. With this comes the fact many of your lives get a lot busier. We also realize some tough decisions must be made as to what and how much you and your children can do. Before deciding to drop from the program, with the […]

We wanted to take this opportunity to update you on some exciting news. We have made some changes to our curriculum, skills, and posters. Over the last year, we have spent a great deal of time examining what we teach and how we teach it. In July, the department leaders along with president of the […]

Are floaties safe to rely on? The simple answer to this question is no. We would like to take this opportunity to explain why floaties are not safe to rely on as a means of supervising or protecting your child in the water. Many experts in the swimming industry including Barron Swim School, believe swimming […]