About Us

Foss Swim School® is a talented and energetic group of professionals dedicated to your child's interest in swimming. Co-owners, Jon and Susan Foss, and their collection of outstanding staff, have redefined the "swim lesson" experience over the past 10 years for thousands of Minnesota children by providing a unique, creative, animated, challenging, and remarkably "Foss" style of teaching that keeps children smiling, swimming, and safe! What is different about the Foss Swim School® program? Our staff and program are dedicated to developing your child into a masterful, confident, and happy lifelong swimmer. Learning to swim at Foss is fun and successful when you make it a consistent priority in your child's week. Similar to piano or any acquired talent, learning to swim is a progression of skills that takes time to coordinate with you child's age, attitude, and ability. Our program is designed to encourage year-round swimming. Warm Water, Warms Kids! No blue lips here! Our pools are all heated to a comfortable 92 degrees. Each pool is designed for teaching with shallow depths, stairs for the little swimmers, and chairs on deck for parents to watch poolside! Quality Instructors Get Results! Over the past 10 years, Foss Swim School® has proven that our consistency in quality instruction is our highest priority and the best indicator for getting results in the pool! Foss instructors are chosen and motivated by their commitment to enthusiastically "be there" for your child each week! They look forward to seeing you there too! Do all of your instructors teach the same skills and techniques? Yes, our instructors are all over 18 years of age and complete an interactive training program written and facilitated by Jon Foss and his team of trainers. Jon has used his own personal experience as an All American swimmer and his career coaching 9 championship competitive teams to create a teaching program unlike any other learn-to-swim program. Jon personally meets and trains with all of his instructors on water safety, stroke curriculum, child development, motivational techniques, games, and customer service. What is a confident swimmer? Most parents have unrealistic perceptions about their child's swimming skills. Isolated demonstration of a skill or "loves playing in the water" does not exemplify the endurance and confidence it takes to sustain a stroke over distance. A healthy love and respect for the water is essential, but the most assuring confirmation of your child's ability is to see them swimming an uninterrupted, masterful, and confident 400 yards. Now, that's a big smile that will last their whole lifetime.