Tuition pricing for 2026 new student sessions will be $925 per session for one student. Session lengths are dependent on the students individual needs but on average last between 7 to 8 weeks.

Lessons are scheduled for 4 days a week for 7-8 weeks. A non-refundable, non-transferable $260 deposit is due at the time of session selection to secure your spot.

The remaining tuition balance is due on day 1 of lessons. Payment plans for tuition balances are available for families with siblings and/or those who need it. Please inquire with your instructor about options to spread payments out before and during a session.

There is a one-time registration fee of $105/child which goes directly to ISR- this is separate from tuition and does NOT go to your instructor. The registration fee covers a comprehensive medical background check that you complete online when you register your child. ISR’s staff of nurses review all the information in full to ensure your child can safely participate in lessons. One example that might prevent your child from being trained by ISR is a history of seizures. Registration links will be sent out approx 4 weeks prior to the start of lessons at which time you will pay the fee.

Maintenance lessons are suggested for most students at a cadence of 1-3 lessons per week dependent upon your child’s confidence and ability level. Refresher Lessons- 1-3 weeks of daily lessons every 3-6 months- are another option but are limited in availability. Maintenance lessons are the primary offering for returning students.

Tuition pricing for refresher student sessions will be $390 for 3 weeks per student. Session lengths are dependent on the students individual needs, if additional lessons are needed after 3 weeks it will be charged at a weekly rate of $130.

Maintenance lessons will be $30 per lesson. Packages are also available for a discounted rates as follows: 10 lessons for $260 or 20 lessons for $500.

While maintenance/refreshers are fully optional, not making a plan with your instructor or not participating in the instructor-suggested follow up will make it more difficult to get back on the schedule in future sessions due to the high demand for lessons.

The ISR Registration fee for returning students is $40 per calendar year.

Great question! ISR has been researched and developed for 55+ years. It’s nationally recognized as the safest swim program for infants and children. Your children will learn life saving skills that traditional lessons do not provide. If you are looking for a swim class that focuses on socialization and play rather than safety and survival, you might consider traditional swim lessons.

• ISR teaches your children to SWIM. There are no other programs in SOMD that will offer any sort of guarantee about what your child will learn. Many parents come to us after spending hundreds of dollars on traditional “swim” programs frustrated because their child doesn’t have any discernible skills after weeks, months, or even years of lessons.

• You do not need to enroll your children into swim lessons summer after summer, year after year. Once they learn these skills, they have them forever. With maintenance and refresher lessons, they will retain their skills indefinitely. You end up spending more money over time on traditional lessons that are taught by former high school swimmers or college students trying to make some spending money over the summer. Speaking of teaching credentials…

• Every ISR instructor undergoes 8 weeks of intense training. Hands on, in the pool with an ISR Master Instructor and students, learning the ISR method. For 8 weeks, we are in the pool 5x per week for several hours a day, for a minimum of 60 hours with ACTUAL students. In addition, we receive extensive hours of academic training in anatomy, physiology, child psychology, behavior and development, sensorimotor learning, and how each relates to the aquatic environment. Every instructor also maintains CPR and First Aid certifications, as well as annual recertification and testing to maintain our ISR certification and skills.

Lastly, if you add up what you’d spend in a traditional swim program for a few weeks during the summer – where he or she leaves the class with little to no skills – and then multiply that by every summer until he or she is 6 years old, this program costs significantly less and the value is infinitely greater.

Working out a payment plan is a great option for families who may be a bit overwhelmed at the cost, particularly with siblings enrolled. Please inquire with your instructor about options to spread payments out a bit before and during a session.

Lessons missed by the family for illness, vacation, late start date, etc. will not be made up or credited because lessons are priced by the session rather than priced by the lesson or the week.

It's important to note that our ~7 week timeline for sessions is an average time. Some kids need less to master the skills and some need more! If a child needs more time to finish with reliable skills due to missed lessons that are excused (illness, extenuating circumstances, etc.) more time will be carved out for them in a subsequent session and tuition will be waived or discounted. If a child finishes in less time and the parent & instructor agree that the child can shift to a Maintenance schedule before the end of 7 weeks, it's just less time the family needs to devote to getting them there daily for their initial learning.

Lessons WILL be made up or credited if the instructor needs to cancel lessons for any reason- illness, pool issues, etc.