Our staff is trained to teach water safety lessons based on a developmentally appropriate curriculum for swimmers 6 months through adult. Our training program is 20 hours of classroom work and 40 hours of in-water training. Each candidate must pass a written exam and a practical exam in order to be assigned classes. Our staff is provided on going training to enhance and develop their teaching skills. All staff is trained to respond to pool emergencies, first aid, CPR and pool safety. To really understand our history, we have to go back beyond the building of our facility.

In 1984, Dave Farrar and Margie Rhodes started a SCUBA store with the focus of traveling and named it Gypsy Divers. In 2001, they finished the building we currently are in, Gypsy Divers Aquatic Center, and decided to start offering swim lessons. With the pool kept at 88 for the comfort of the divers, it was the perfect pool to offer water safety classes and help people of various ages conquer their fear and learn to swim!

In 2019, they decided to retire and sold their business to one of their managers, Billy Harloff, who had been an instrumental part of the building since 2011. With our Swim Director, Jackie Sheffield, they have not only kept up the high quality and joy Dave and Margie had started, but have grown beyond what we could have imagined. So, in 2021, we rebranded ourselves!