Our Program
Our progression allows every child to advance at their own pace while continually building upon previously learned skills.
Every lesson has a purpose. Every level prepares students for the next. Rather than simply teaching children how to swim, we develop water safety, confidence, strength, independence, and a lifelong love and respect for the water.
At RLS Swim Academy, we’re not just teaching swim lessons—we’re helping children grow into safe, confident swimmers for life.
- ❤️ Initial ISR (Self-Rescue)
- 🔄 ISR Maintenance
- ♿ Adaptive Aquatic Lessons
- 👶 Mommy & Me Swim → Water exploration, parent participation, comfort, and fun.
- 💦 Introduction to Water → Independent water comfort and basic foundational skills.
- 🛟 Foundation of Swimming → Building the skills needed for independent swimming.
- 🏊 Progress Building → Strengthening swim-float-swim skills, confidence, technique, and endurance.
- 🌊 Next Level → Advanced swimming, front crawl, backstroke, treading water, and increased endurance.
- 🏅 Stroke Advancement → Refining competitive strokes, endurance, diving, turns, and advanced technique.
Initial Lessons
Initial ISR® Lessons Infant & Pre-School
Updated schedule and investment beginning 2027:
- Requirements: 6 Months – 6 Years
- Duration: 10 minutes
- Frequency: Daily, M-TH
- Session: 6 Weeks
- Location: RLS Swim Academy Facility (New Location Coming Soon!)
- Class Size: 1-on-1
- Investment: $125/week
Description: (6-24 Months) Lessons for infants at least 6 months of age and beyond to learn the fundamental skill of rolling onto their backs to float, rest, breathe, and maintain this life-saving position until help arrives.
(2-6 Years) Lessons for toddlers two and older, preschoolers, and young children focus on teaching the swim-float-swim survival sequence. Children learn the foundation of swimming with their heads down, roll onto their backs to float, rest, and breathe, and then flip over to swim again. Combining these skills allows a child to reach the side of the pool or edge of the water, where they can either crawl out or float until they can be rescued.
Introduction to Water (Coming 2027)
- Requirements: 12 Months – 6 Years
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Frequency: Once a week, offered M – TH (varying)
- Session: 6 Weeks
- Location: RLS Swim Academy Facility
- Class Size: Group Lessons (4 Students)
Description: Our Introduction to Water lessons are designed for children beginning their floating & swimming journey. These classes focus on helping students become comfortable and confident in the water while introducing foundational swimming skills in a fun, encouraging environment. Students will learn water entry and exit, breath control, face submersion, assisted floating, kicking, body positioning, and basic movement through the water. These lessons establish the confidence and skills needed for future independent swimming success.
Foundation of Swimming (Coming 2027)
- Requirements: 2 – 6 Years
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Frequency: Once a week, offered M – TH (varying)
- Session: 6 Weeks
- Location: RLS Swim Academy Facility
- Class Size: Group Lessons (4 Students)
Description: Our Foundation of Swimming lessons are designed for students who are ready to develop the essential building blocks of independent swimming. Lessons focus on head and body position and orientation, breath control, floating position, kicking, coordinated arm movements, and increasing independent movement through the water. Students build strength, coordination, water confidence, and safe swimming habits while preparing for more advanced swim instruction.
Enhancement Lessons
Progress Building
- Description: For students to strengthen & enhance their learned swim, float, swim skills and confidence.
- Requirements: Completion of Initial ISR Session and/or Traditional Swimming Lessons Courses
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Frequency: Once weekly, offered M – TH (varying)
- Session: 6 Weeks
- Location: RLS Swim Academy Facility
- Class Size: Group (4 Students)
Description: Our Progress Building lessons are designed for students who have learned the foundational swim-float-swim sequence and are ready to strengthen and refine those skills. These lessons focus on increasing confidence, consistency, technique, endurance, and swimming distance while reinforcing safe swimming habits. Students continue building efficiency in their movements and develop the strength and confidence necessary to become more capable, independent swimmers as they prepare to advance into our Next Level program.
Adaptive Aquatics
- Description: Individualized one-on-one swim lessons designed specifically for children and individuals with diverse physical, cognitive, developmental, sensory, or emotional needs.
- Requirements: N/A
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Frequency: Offered Once Weekly
- Session: 6 Weeks
- Location: RLS Swim Academy Facility
- Class Size: 1-on-1
Description: Our Adaptive Aquatic Lessons are individualized one-on-one swim lessons designed specifically for children and individuals with diverse physical, cognitive, developmental, sensory, or emotional needs. We proudly support swimmers with diagnoses including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, sensory processing differences, developmental delays, anxiety, and other unique learning needs.
Every lesson is customized to meet each swimmer where they are, using teaching strategies that match their communication style, sensory preferences, physical abilities, and learning pace. Whether the goal is increasing water safety, learning self-rescue skills, building swimming ability, improving strength and coordination, or simply becoming comfortable in the water, our instructors provide a patient, supportive, and encouraging environment that celebrates every success.
We believe every child deserves the opportunity to experience the joy, confidence, independence, and life-saving benefits that swimming provides. Our adaptive lessons focus on developing water safety first while helping each swimmer build confidence, functional swimming skills, and a lifelong love of the water at a pace that is right for them.
Advanced Lessons
Next-Level/Intro to Strokes
- Description: For students with an independent swim, float, swim looking to enhance and advance their swimming skill & learn intro to strokes.
- Requirements: Completion of Initial ISR Session + Confident Swimmer
- Duration: 15-minutes
- Frequency: Once Weekly
- Session: 6 Weeks
- Location: RLS Swim Academy Facility
- Class Size: 1-on-1
Description: Following Initial Lessons (Initial ISR® or 6+), and/or completion of full traditional swimming lessons course, our Next Level lessons are designed for students who can independently perform the swim-float-swim sequence for approximately 15 feet or more and are ready to begin advancing beyond survival swimming into more efficient recreational swimming. These lessons emphasize improved technique, increased swimming distance and endurance, and introduce foundational stroke development including front crawl (freestyle), backstroke, and treading water. Students continue developing strength, confidence, and water safety while preparing for Stroke Advancement.
Stroke Development
- Description: For students with an independent swim, float, swim and intro to stroke swim, looking to enhance and advance their swimming skills with in-depth stroke skill learning.
- Requirements: Completion of Next-Level/Intro to Strokes and/or Traditional Swimming Lessons Course
- Duration: 15-minutes
- Frequency: Once Weekly
- Session: 6 Weeks
- Location: RLS Swim Academy Facility
- Class Size: 1-on-1
Description: Following Initial lessons (Initial ISR® or 6+) or Next-Level sessions, these lessons are for students who already have front stroke, backstroke, and treading water fundamentals and are ready to develop/refine and enhance their stroke skills fully. If the child cannot swim with these techniques, they should attend Next-Level first. Along with the development and/or refinement of front crawl/freestyle, and backstroke, these lessons will work towards increasing distance and swimming stamina and efficiency. Our Stroke Advancement lessons are designed for students who have mastered the foundational skills of front crawl, backstroke, and treading water and are ready to further refine their technique. Lessons focus on improving stroke efficiency, endurance, breathing patterns, body position, stamina, and overall swimming performance. Students also learn more advanced skills such as diving, efficient turns, and increased swimming distances as appropriate for their age and ability. By refining proper stroke mechanics, swimmers conserve energy, improve endurance, increase safety in the water, and develop the skills necessary for recreational, competitive, or lifelong swimming.
RLS Swim Academy Founder & CEO
Alyssa Mohs, a Sartell native and mother of four, is the owner of RLS Swim Academy (formerly ISR Sartell Swim). Motivated by the alarming reality that drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1–4, Alyssa discovered Infant Swimming Resource® (ISR) and became a certified instructor to help prevent these tragedies through life-saving swim instruction. She has been a Certified ISR Instructor and teaching lessons since 2022.
Investment Policies
Initial ISR Lessons:
$125/week (beginning in 2027)
- When lessons begin, you will be invoiced every Friday for the following week’s lessons. Payment is due before each week’s lesson starts. You can pay for your child’s lesson on Friday or Monday before the lesson begins.
- You may also choose to pay in full.
- A non-refundable deposit is due at the time of registration.
- This payment holds your time slot and is non-refundable.
Private Lesson Sessions: (Progress Building, Next Level, Stroke Advancement)
- Lesson fees are paid in full at the time of registration.
- A one-time non-refundable registration/member fee is due at the time of registration.
- Your payment holds your session time slot and is non-refundable.
Group Lessons: (Coming 2027)
- Lesson fees are paid in full at the time of registration.
- A one-time non-refundable registration/member fee is due at the time of registration.
- Your payment holds your session time slot and is non-refundable.
Adaptive Aquatic Lessons (Coming 2027)
Individualized one-on-one swim lessons designed specifically for children and individuals with diverse physical, cognitive, developmental, sensory, or emotional needs.
- Lesson fees are paid in full at the time of registration.
- A one-time non-refundable registration/member fee is due at the time of registration.
- Your payment holds your session time slot and is non-refundable.
After completing any swimming Session, regular use of swim skills and/or ongoing swimming lessons are expected in order for your child to maintain and/or enhance their learned skills. As with anything, learned skills cannot be maintained to their highest potential if they’re not used. Your child’s body is growing in size and muscle often and it’s important their swim exposure and practice is ongoing.
Even if your child has had swimming lessons, no child is drown-proof and there is absolutely no substitute for adult supervision.
Availability
RLS Swim Academy is dedicated to fostering a love and respect for water – teaching to prevent drowning, one child at a time. We’re incredibly passionate about drowning prevention and always thrilled to see families in our community taking an active step toward water safety through these life-saving lessons. We’re committed to ensuring that each child is equipped with the skills, knowledge, and understanding to stay safe in and around water. We are currently fully booked for 2026 but are preparing for BIG NEWS coming for 2027. Stay Tuned!