Member Testimonials
I love how interactive the staff is with my daughter and all the children. How they are assertive when needed and help them with their homework. Making it easier for a single parent to have less to deal with when I pick my daughter up from after care. I also like the flexibility that students can still participate in after school sports and clubs and still be returned to aftercare for the remainder of the day. I am overall pleased with the YMCA of Montclair aftercare program. I also especially want to shout out Ms. Kim & her aftercare crew for all their hard work at Fairview School in Bloomfield aftercare program.
Sincerely,
Chasity (First name removed's mom)
All of the caregivers for DLC aftercare are wonderful!
The staff are so caring and really appreciate all they do. Also love all the creative projects they do.
We love this service and will continue using it whenever available. I love the variety of activities my child can participate in, the counselors are all lovely, and we always have a good experience. I would like continued variation in the activities, the "cooking" activities my daughter did were a great experience and I'd love to see those more.
Monday Healthy you, the children are cooking. The staff is great no issues.
You guys are great, the kids have a blast
The staff and learning at the ELC are amazing. They care deeply for my children and have prepared them well for learning in the future.
My daughter has a wonderful time at aftercare and is sad when she misses it!
My daughter has a great time in before and aftercare. The teachers always greet her with a smile and they really get to know her.
I absolutely love How caring and wonderful everyone is in before and aftercare. They truly care for the children and they will be making sure everyone gets snack and has a good time making sure they get enough outside time even on cooler days bundling them up and if it’s too cold or getting too dark to be outside there always offer fun things in the gym or boardgames. My daughter has an absolute blast. We are big fans of supervisor Markell McCormick and her crew at Watchung school! Everyone is just wonderful! This is such a peace of mind for working parents! Thank you!!
Staff and members are really nice, love how vibrant the Y is with so much going on.
Varied workout - I’ve been filling these out for years, not much changes…
No light weight medicine balls in boxing room.
No access to functional training room - there’s equipment in there that is needed, especially the manual treadmill…
I love the Y - but these simple requests are never addressed.
Fabulous staff and facilities! New member in the last few months and can’t wait to try some classes! I’m in love with the pool.
Cleanliness
Safety
This really is a vital program for our family and should be expanded across all schools. The misalignment between work hours and school hours is a stark reality for many working parents. Without access to this program, the burden of finding consistent before and aftercare would be immense. While this program works for our family, I know it’s not always an affordable option for many parents so a subsidy or sliding scale fee could open this up to more families of various socioeconomic backgrounds.
Convenient (for me, at least), carefully maintained and kept clean, friendly staff, great hours, inexpensive, and good communication about events, schedule changes, etc.
Friendly staff, clean facilites, regular maintenance of wet areas, the POOLS!, the workout areas…the Park St. Y is my favorite gym!
It’s very clean and the people that go there and work there are very friendly
Great experience with activities and lovely staff
The friendly and helpful staff, wide variety of services and amenities for instance gym, steam room, sauna, swimming pool, swim lessons opportunities, yoga classes, body sculpting classes, to name a few, makes the Montclair YMCA a really fun place to be.
The overall experience was great, just wish you would extend the membership... Taking a swimming class in the fall & winter isn't ideal. Therefore I will have to rejoin( membership) in the spring & pay as if I'm new membership.
The whole experience was fantastic. The ability for my daughter to try so many adventure and arts and craft activities in the middle of nature and in great company is what made the difference for her and my husband. Great organisation by the parents too.
The yoga classes
Early hours.
Friendly people - good classes.
Nice facilities, great location, wonderful sense of community!
Classes and commentarie
Friendly staff
Friendliness
Classes and pool
Love the opportunity for my child to have free play with her friends after school in the hours when I am still working. I never worry about her when she's in the care of the YMCA.