KIDS’ CORNER Making a Splash: New Swimming School Opens in Paris, Ontario

With Stephen L FROM A CHILD’S PERSPECTIVE

If you aren’t aware, Brave Waves Swim School is one of Brant’s very own personalized swim classes for the public; residents all around Brant are welcome This very program has been in the works for the past few years, helping people of all ages learn how to swim, including neurodiverse and disabled children. And since 2011, they have been doing just that, and it has grown to be a very popular choice for families to take these classes at Brave Waves, as they have been voted Best Swim School in Brant five years in a row. Now that’s very impressive! Although, to further expand their swimming school and reach new communities, they had to add an additional location to their belt. And so they did, as in late Fall of last year, they started construction on their indoor swimming facility here, in Paris! And a little over half a year later, the facility finally opened on the 27th of June, this year! For the past few months, if you have been to the Tim Hortons Plaza on the new side of town, you may have driven past the big indoor commercial vacant lot next to the Home

The new state-of-the-art indoor swim school opened in Paris recently. Paris’ Stephen L takes readers inside the facility.

Hardware Well, chances are that the same vacant plot that you’ve driven past is the new facility!

This facility was both a win for the sisters who founded this school, and the community who inhabits the area of Paris, as it will now be a year-round location because it’s indoors! That means that not only will it be open during the summer, but during fall, winter, and spring as well! The Paris facility also has a modern, sleek inside finish to it, with an awesome spin on the generic indoor pool showers with a tunnel called ‘Niagara Falls. There’s a beautiful elevated canoe on entry in the lobby, both general and private change areas so that you don’t need to wear your bathing suit underneath your clothes once you come in, and an overall awesome finish to the main pool!

But the positivity doesn’t end there, because there have also been some very positive reviews about Brave Waves.

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