For more than 40 years, SWSS has been teaching swim lessons and water safety for infants, kids, and adults of all skill levels. This family-owned and operated swim school started modestly in Steve Wallen’s backyard pool in Folsom where they taught for over 20 years. In 2008, Steve and his son Kaleb, who was just graduating as a student athlete in swimming from UC Davis, decided to go into business together and open an indoor, year-round swim school in El Dorado Hills. This investment in the business would allow them to meet demands and offer year-round swim instruction to their students. Their expansion was an instant success due to their hard work and amazing reputation in the area. In 2018, they decided to further expand their business and open a second location in Roseville. As part of this growth, they brought on one of their longtime swim instructors, Mel Amatulli, as a third partner to help grow the business and further their mission of teaching the life skill of swimming in the community. Together this team has grown this once backyard business into one of the most popular and respected swim schools in the area, teaching over 50,000 students to swim, including generations of families in the Sacramento area. As Mr. Steve would say, “Never, never, never give up!”