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Waves Swim School is a progressive and holistic swim school based in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina. Waves Swim School specializes in private swim lessons and offers courses in swimming pools in Columbia, Irmo, Chapin, and Lexington, SC. Waves uses backyard and community pools for instruction throughout the Columbia, SC area. Our fully certified instructors have over 50 years of combined experience with all ages and experience levels.

All instructors are personally trained by Greg, the owner in his approach to swimming instruction. Whether you are training for triathalons, want your 8 year old to get more competitive in his/her strokes, or have an infant that you want to learn safety techniques around the water; Waves Swim School can provide instruction tailored to each individual person's needs. Waves Swim School exists to change lives and to provide lifelong skills.


School / Office Address: 1104 Javelin Ct
Columbia
South Carolina
USA
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Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to 2023-07-30 were from:

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ID Tech Camps, North Carolina
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iD Tech Camps provides immersive technology summer camp programs for kids and teens in North Carolina. iD Tech Camps offers weeklong day camps and overnight camps for kids & teens ages 7-17. In addition, 2-week long overnight programs are available from iD Tech Programming Academy for teens ages 13-18. These technology education programs are held at 80 elite universities throughout the nation, including North Carolina State University in Raleigh NC, and UNC Chapel Hill in Orange County NC.

Get inspired by energetic, tech-savvy instructors, and build critical 21st century STEM (Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering) skills. Make your own game at the game design camps. Learn programming in C++ or Java at the programming camps and robotics camps. Get creative at the web design camps and digital arts camps.

ID Tech Camps guarantees small class sizes (student-instructor ratio of 8:1) and uses professional, brand-name products at each summer camp. Students are provided with a computer for the duration, and are instructed by a qualified and experienced adult-only staff.

“I loved how there seemed to be infinite possibilities to what we could do. They helped us, but at the same time, they let us make almost anything we wanted!”
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Summer Tech Camps for Kids & Teens ages 7-18:

iD Tech Camp:
- Weeklong Day Camps for Kids & Teens: ages 7-17

- Weeklong Overnight Camps for Kids & Teens: ages 10-17

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- 2-week, pre-college programs for ages 13-18

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AquaSkills Swim Lessons, Manhattan
Courses / Programs
Based in Lower Manhattan, New York City, AquaSkills is a private swim school that offers a wide range of swimming lessons to adults and children (ages 4+) of all levels. We conduct private and semi-private classes in exclusive heated pools throughout Manhattan. AquaSkills is the premiere place to learn to swim with customized attention given to each student.

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- Kids' swim classes- ages 4+
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- Beginner swim classes (for adults)
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- Breathing Techniques
- Overcoming Fear of Water (Aqua phobia)
- Level 1-6 Learn to Swim
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International Summer School for Teens in Scotland & London UK
Courses / Programs
• Swing into action or shoot straight for an ace in summer 2024!

• Situated on the campus of University of Stirling in Central Scotland (just 40 minutes north-west of the capital city, Edinburgh), International Summer School for Teens provides exclusive Golf, Soccer Football, Tennis, and Sports Leadership summer camps for UK & international students ages 12-17.

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Camp Chatuga, Mountain Rest SC
Courses / Programs
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina, one hour west of Greenville, Camp Chatuga is a traditional summer camp for boys and girls in Grades 1 through 11. We provide 1-4 week camp options where campers choose their own daily activities from over 20 available choices.

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South Carolina State Museum - Summer Camps
Courses / Programs
Located in downtown Columbia SC, the South Carolina State Museum provides a wide range of entertaining and educational summer camps for children. In partnership with Engineering for Kids, the museum offers a variety of 1-week day camps that focus on combining engineering and science with fun for all campers.

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1-Week Engineering-Based Summer Camps
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Little Otter Swim School, Charlotte
Courses / Programs
Little Otter Swim School in Charlotte provides families with an alternative to “typical” swim lessons. We proudly provide year-round, small group instruction to children in our warm indoor swimming pool where parents can watch their child’s progress from the comfortable viewing gallery.

Our instructors are experienced caring professionals who have a passion for teaching swimming and water safety. Our state of the art pool sanitation system lets your child swim in a sparkling-clean pool without the chlorine effects of red eyes, itchy skin, green hair or sensitivity to chlorine in the air. We teach children in a manner that is respectful of their physical, social, emotional and cognitive development.
Year-round swim classes for children:

- Parent & Baby Classes (6 months to 18 months)

- Parent & Toddler Classes (19 to 36 months)

- Semi-Private Instruction

- Beginner and Intermediate Classes (3-6 years +)

- Advanced Swim Lessons (5-8 years +)