GOLDFISH SWIM SCHOOL SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR NEW MINNESOTA LOCATION 

Goldfish Swim School

Nation’s leading swim school franchise to open in Lakeville in spring 2024 

TROY, Mich. (June 19, 2023) – Goldfish Swim School Franchising, LLC has signed an agreement to grow the brand in Minnesota, with the state’s fourth school. The newest location will be located in Lakeville at 20198 Heritage Drive and is slated to open in the spring of 2024. 

Goldfish Swim School provides swim lessons and water safety instruction to infants and children aged four months to 12 years in a safe, child-friendly environment using a research-based philosophy called The Science of SwimPlay®. 

Locally owned by Dave and Sarah Handley, the new school in Lakeville’s Heritage Commons Shopping Center will be the couple’s third Goldfish location. The other two are located in Oakdale and Eagan. Last year, the Eagan team was honored at the Goldfish Owners Celebration as Rookie of the Year due to their passion about Goldfish’s mission and determination to eliminate youth water tragedies while ensuring all children experience the joy of safe swimming.

“As the owner/operator of two Goldfish Swim School locations and as a parent, I strongly believe in the importance of water safety and children being comfortable in, near, and around water,” said Handley. “Our schools are a welcoming environment where kids can splash, laugh, play and have fun while learning life-saving skills, and we look forward to bringing the newest Twin Cities-area location to Lakeville. Lakeville is well known for community dedication to competitive youth sports and we’re very excited to help bring the best possible swim education to our community.” 

Handley is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served as a crewmember aboard the USS Albany submarine. He and his wife, co-owner Sarah Handley, who is a former D1 swimmer, share a passion for youth sports and water safety as the parents of three kids who are involved in competitive swimming, ice hockey, track and softball.

“Sarah and Dave are the ideal franchisees to expand the Goldfish Swim School brand in the Twin Cities area, as they have demonstrated so much passion and commitment to kids and water safety with their first two schools,” said Chris McCuiston, CEO and co-founder of Goldfish Swim School. “The new Lakeville Goldfish Swim School will meet an important need in the community, and we look forward to opening our fourth Minnesota location.” 

For more information on Goldfish Swim School and its franchising opportunities, please visit https://www.goldfishswimschool.com/franchise-opportunities/ or call 248-801-1850. 

About Goldfish Swim School 

Founded in 2006 by husband-and-wife team Chris and Jenny McCuiston, Troy, Michigan-based Goldfish Swim School provides swim lessons and water safety instruction to infants and children aged four months to 12 years. Classes are led by specially trained instructors in a safe, child-friendly environment using a research-based philosophy called The Science of SwimPlay®. Since opening its first franchised location in 2009, the brand has grown to more than 140 schools in over 30 states, with an additional 150+ in development. Goldfish is ranked No. 69 overall in Entrepreneur’s 2023 Franchise 500® and has been recognized as the No. 1 franchise for teaching children’s swimming lessons for seven consecutive years, was named to Franchise Times’ Top 500 for 2022 and is rated as a Top Franchise by Franchise Business Review for 2023. Goldfish Swim School is currently in the process of expanding franchise opportunities throughout North America. For information on franchising, go to www.goldfishswimschool.com/franchising-opportunities. 