The Water Log
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.
July 2026 Staff Spotlight: Emma Kistler
This month, we’d like to introduce you to Emma Kistler! Emma is one of our Carmel Swim Academy instructors. We asked her a few questions so you could get to know her better.
CSA FAQs: Using Filters to Optimize Your Registration
One thing we pride ourselves on at Carmel Swim Academy is providing a large selection of swim lesson class options for your family. While this is ultimately excellent in providing flexible choices that align with your individual scheduling needs, it can mean that there is an overwhelming amount of classes you see when you try to sign up! We want to help make this easier for you by ensuring you know how to use one of our most valuable registration site features: FILTERS. Read on to see the different ways you can layer filters to find the perfect class for your swimmers.
CSA Skill Highlight: Back 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 backstroke – floating, gliding, kicking, and how it progresses through our curriculum for our three and four-year-old swimmers.
June 2026 Staff Spotlight: Josia Dixon
This month, we’d like to introduce you to Josia Dixon! Josia is one of our Carmel Swim Academy instructors. We asked her a few questions so you could get to know her better.
CSA FAQs: What happens if we need to miss a class?
Carmel Swim Academy works hard to ensure our programming aligns with your family’s busy schedule. That’s one reason why we do session-based enrollment, offer classes throughout the day, and offer once-a-week or daily options. But what happens if you need to miss a class due to travel, illness, or another obligation? CSA’s makeup policy brings flexibility and control to each of our swim lesson families. Read on to learn more about the framework of our makeup policy and how to utilize makeup tokens.
CSA Summer Jams
It’s almost time for one of our favorite program formats at the Carmel Swim Academy: Summer Jams! Summer Jams are CSA’s signature swim lessons presented in a condensed format. Your swimmer receives the same outstanding instruction through our proprietary curriculum, but over the course of a few days rather than a month.
