The Water Log
FAQ: Where do I wait while my child is in the pool?
A common question we get at the Carmel Swim Academy… where do I watch my child’s swim lesson? When you have a swimmer in the water for lessons, you are welcome to watch their class from either our elevated mezzanine viewing area or the accessible windows in the lobby on the first floor. Read on for more!
September 2026 Staff Spotlight: Penny Carter
This month, we’d like to introduce you to Penny Carter! Penny wears many hats at Carmel Swim Academy: she serves as a deck supervisor, she lifeguards, and she teaches swim lessons! We asked her a few questions so you could get to know her better.
Just Keep Swimming! Benefits of Year-Round Lessons
While many people associate swim lessons with warm weather and outdoor pools, Carmel Swim Academy provides programming all year! Your child can benefit greatly from year-round participation in swimming lessons. Read on for three important reasons to stay in the water and how to register for our next session of lessons.
Launching in September: Consistent Five Week Sessions
Carmel Swim Academy is delighted to share an update to our group swim lesson sessions: all sessions will now run on a consistent, five-week calendar. Why are we making this change? To make life easier for YOU and your family! You can now have consistent expectations for planning, experience a regular cadence for registration, and clear and consistent pricing from one session to the next. Read on for more details and to see all of our upcoming session dates for the year ahead.
CSA FAQs: Recording a Future Absence
We know your family does more than swim lessons! That’s why we ensure you can have easy access to makeup tokens when you need to miss a Carmel Swim Academy class. Sometimes, you know in advance that you’ll need to miss a class, whether it be for a trip, appointment, performance, etc. If you know ahead of time, you can record a future absence right in the customer portal! That helps us open that spot for another swimmer to use a makeup token, or even for a swimmer to test out CSA with a drop-in class. Here are the steps to record a future absence.
August 2026 Staff Spotlight: Sara Gorgey
This month, we’d like to introduce you to Sara Gorgey! Sara is one of our Carmel Swim Academy lifeguards. We asked her a few questions so you could get to know her better.
CSA Curriculum: Diving into our Levels + Names
You know Carmel Swim Academy offers the best swim lessons in central Indiana, but you might not be sure which swim class is the right one for your swimmer. Every swim school has their own specific system when it comes to naming their levels, and we wanted to break CSA’s down for you right here so you know exactly where to make your splash!
CSA Skill Highlight: Backstroke Progression
Carmel Swim Academy’s proprietary swim lesson curriculum focuses on water safety through the four swimming strokes. In addition to giving you confidence that your swimmer is learning proper technique, they are also learning the proper names for the skills they’re learning: this empowers you to fully know what your swimmer is capable of. Today, we’re taking a closer look at how learning backstroke progresses through our curriculum.
CSA FAQs: Why are class openings limited?
One question we frequently get at the Carmel Swim Academy occurs before registration for a session begins. Our customer portal is a great tool for our families to utilize for scheduling swim lessons, requesting and applying makeup tokens, making payments, and more, but there is a system default that occasionally confuses people. We wanted to take a moment to demystify this question!
CSA Skill Highlight: Front Float/Glide/Kick Progression
Carmel Swim Academy’s proprietary swim lesson curriculum focuses on water safety through the four swimming strokes. In addition to giving you confidence that your swimmer is learning proper technique, they are also learning the proper names for the skills they’re learning: this empowers you to fully know what your swimmer is capable of. Today, we’re taking a closer look at the building blocks of freestyle – floating, gliding, kicking, and how it progresses through our curriculum.
