South Mountain YMCA — Local services in Maplewood

All three of my children attend the South Mountain YMCA, and it’s a fantastic child care center. They started in the infant rooms, then into the preschool and then summer camps, aftercare and even sports like basketball and enrichment programs, such as science, cooking and ballet. My youngest is still at the preschool, and it’s such a warm, supportive environment. She’s made huge strides with her letters, counting and social skills this year, and I have no doubt she’ll be ready for K next year. It offers full-time care for my kids with few closures, which has allowed me to continue working full-time. I also appreciate that the Y gives back to our community by organizing family events in town and through charitable giving. After nearly a decade here, yes, I highly and completely recommend the South Mountain YMCA...

The Y has been such a wonderful place for all four of our children to grow up. In addition to learning so much (academically and socially), they have received so much love from their amazing caregivers, whom we consider family. From infant to waddler to toddler to preschool classrooms at the ECLC, as well as enrichment programs, summer camp, and elementary school aftercare, our kids have been supported in every way by the Y. We could not recommend...

We used the YMCA aftercare services and our five year old child was bullied on several occasions. The program director said he would address the issue, but declined to address the issue. Things got so bad that children were pushing my child on the floor on the bus ride from school to aftercare. I was greatly disappointed with the services provide by the YMCA. Keep your children safe and send them to the JCC...