Shanni’s Swim Stars

Sadly, this swim school is CLOSED. I recently received the following email from Shanni, the director and owner of the Shanni’s Swim Stars:
«Dear Families,
I appreciate all the support and well wishes over the past 4 months. I have been working tirelessly to find a bay area home for our swim school. Up until mid February, the possibility of leasing a redwood city pool was quite positive. Unfortunately, that deal fell through and I once again fond myself with no options.
I feel that I have exhausted all prospects in continuing the school in this location. In April, I’ll be moving to Texas to seek new opportunities in the aquatics field. I wish you all luck for the future, and trust that you will find a quality school. I have no doubt that your kids will continue to progress and become amazing swimmers.
Thanks again for all that you have done for me and my school. I leave California with fond memories and experiences.
Sincerely yours,
Shanni Hendler»
Shanni ran a quality swim school and it was disappointing when she lost her pool at Wallin’s Dive Center. I wish Shanni well.

What a great program! We enrolled my non-​swimming 3 year old daughter this past August. Granted, she has always loved being in the water, but now she can actually swim on her own with only fins on! She’s confident, happy, and if she had her way, she would go to class twice a week or more. The school is also great b/​c they’re pretty good about allowing make-​ups when you can’t make your usual class, and all the teachers seem to love the kids and make something that could be scary/​dangerous very safe and tons of fun. The teachers communicate via email with parents about each child’s progress, and they listen to parents when you tell them your child’s own quirks, too. I think we’ll be sending our daughter here for many years to come!

My 13-​month old loves the water and her swim classes with Shanni’s Swim Stars are definitely some of her favorite 30 minutes in a day. We’ve been there for a few months now and have met a number of instructors via makeup classes and training of new instructors, and each has been equally sweet and patient with the youngest swimmers. My daughter’s usual teacher is Patricia and she is really a sweetheart. It’s a bit crowded during the popular weekend classes, but I think it helps make swim time a fun experience for my daughter. So convenient and reasonably priced. Definitely recommend!

After much research locating swim courses that did not cost an arm and a leg, I found Shanni’s swim school and perused the informative website. After contacting Shanni (who is great at responding to inquiries in a timely manner), she took time to assess my child’s current swimming ability to determine an appropriate class. It has been five months and both my children participate in a weekly class and are LOVING it. I noticed an improvement with my children in confidence as well as swimming ability within the first few weeks.

We LOVE it here! Shanni is WONDERFUL with my 5 and 3 year old. She pays attention to technique and moves the kids along! My kids are very comfortable with her and love coming to swim lessons. I feel the entire 30 minutes is used wisely and my kids get a lot of practice. We left another swim school-​so unhappy there and now we are SO HAPPY with Shanni!
Also LOVE that she will do make ups if you are sick or out of town-​not many swim schools do that! She is also flexible and accommodating. She is easy to reach and will get back to you promptly! Easy to sign up for lessons!

We’ve started going to Shanni’s Swim Stars in the beginning of June. Our 4 year old hated putting her face in the water. We had an experience in another swim school with a very aggressive instructor and for months after that she didn’t want to go swimming. Shanni was honest with us and explained what we can expect from lessons. She told us that until she builds trust and confidence with our daughter we could continue to see resistance towards lessons. We were expecting this to take a long time, what we found was that within weeks our daughter was becoming more and more confidant and proud of herself after lessons. We went from never wanting to go swimming to waking up in the morning and asking if she gets to go to the pool today.

Shanni is a fabulous instructor. We started swimming with her at Menlo Swim and Sport when my daughter was 6 months old. My daughter is now almost 2 and swimming on her own. Shanni makes it fun and safe. I recommend her school to everyone.