Goldfish Swim School - Dayton

"Our family has had a great experience at Goldfish Swim School! The staff is what makes this place amazing! Everyone is so nice and you can tell they care about your kids and their water safety/education."

"This school and it's instructors have always received high praises from me ..until today. After my daughter's class, she advised me her instructor, whom she never had before, told her during class that she "didn't care" that she was tired. I personally went to a Goldfish representative, possibliy the owner, and expressed my concerns about the interaction as I felt comments like that are not encouraging to young swimmers. The representative stated the children are required to race and if they left it up to the children, none of them would race. She then stated if racing is not something a child was interested in, then perhaps swimming is not for them and that is a separate conversation for a parent to have with their child. She then started to question if my child had asthma because of the way she was breathing during her swim class...I think any parent would advise of this condition before starting a swim class. After listening to all of that, I centered the conversation back on what this instructor said to my child. Her response was "she is a high schooler and would never talk to kids that way I guarantee it"... apparently the owner listens to all of her conversations with students the entire time she is teaching. I did not agree with what she said and at no point did she even offer to look into my concerns and we basically ended the conversation with no resolution. Very disappointed in the lack of concern the representative had. We will continue at this point to attend Goldfish but the minute my daughter wants to drop out, I will not be encouraging her to stick it out."

"My grandson and I started classes when he was 18 months. I was scared to death. However after a short time and the amazing instructors, we have had an awesome experience. He is now in the independent class and loves going to class every week. I highly recommend Goldfish as a first choice for your little swimmers."

"I would honestly put 0 stars if that was an option. We started in 2018, before the pandemic. We really had a good experience with Goldfish Swim School back then. The main owner was really competent, and always tried to please the customers. I had enrolled my two daughters in May of 2023 once again (after the pandemic was over), and I told them that from June 1st to July 4th that we were going to be out of the country, so my two daughters were going to miss those classes, and that I wanted to do makeup classes for what we missed as soon as we got back for every Wednesday. They said that we could do makeup lessons when we got back for every Wednesday until August 15th. Fast forward to now, last week the school was closed due to maintenance. Today, they told me that all slots for students today were full, and they cancelled my makeup lesson without informing me, and I already paid for all 3 months back in May. This is extremely unprofessional, and I have never experienced such bad service before at this location, especially since we live more than 20 minutes away from Goldfish Swim School. Once I have completed whatever I have paid for, I’m gonna have to think about re-enrolling my kids."

"We have loved our time at Goldfish. My daughter has taken lessons here for several years. From the time we started the teachers have been engaging, energetic and fun! My daughter has her ribbon collection in her bedroom and is always very excited to tell family and friends about them. Recently we had her birthday party at Goldfish and I was very impressed by the involvement of the staff and how easy they made everything for me!"