Lakettes Gymnastic Academy - Erie (PA)

1 /5 Rachel Wolfe: We really wanted to like this place. We heard great things but unfortunately our experience wasnt good. We had our son in the tiny tumbler program and at first he said he was having a lot of fun but after the first two weeks we noticed the kids were spending the majority of the class sitting down waiting their turn to do the activities. Today it seemed they were all having a lot of trouble sitting still and waiting and we noticed it seemed like some of the kids werent getting to take their turns. As soon as we got in the car our son told us the teacher wasnt letting them have their turns because they werent sitting on their circles. I truly do understand the kids need to listen to the rules and pay attention but it has to be hard to be 3-4 years old and told to sit still constantly and making them skip their turns only makes it worse. My son also had to use the bathroom today and when my husband knocked on the door for him to go back into the gym several times he was not let back in until he talked to another employee. The whole thing just seems odd so we decided to drop the class. I will say that from what we saw the older kids doing in the main gym the other classes look great!

1 /5 A G: I do not recommend leaving your child/ children alone in this environment. Staff is unprepared teenagers who are very inappropriate in their approach to the kids. This in response to my experiences with underage staff handling conflict between children by choosing children in the group to bully rather than having a followed protocol of calling parents or other policy. I walked into a chaotic scene and would not leave a child, especially a small child here. One of my initial concerns prior to seeing the above is that everything is really run down. It makes me think of how much of a red flag the run down equipment was. These kids running things are not qualified to manage an emergency, and the equipment appears to be in need of repair. What could this lead to? Something is going to happen and staff will be inept to respond due to them being kids/ teenagers. Maybe they are hoping for desperate parents. I hope this message is helpful to other parents. None of us need injury or trauma for our kids.

5 /5 Gation Te “Teæation”: All I ken say is that the gym is down the road about 500feet. The sign is on the corner. So if you are traveling and trying to find Lakettes Gymnastics Academy there located in the big gray gym to the left

5 /5 Andrew Durst: My oldest daughter has been with Lakettes for 2.5 years now while my youngest just started this year. I have nothing but fantastic things to say about the coaches. My sister was a member of Lakettes growing up and I wanted my girls to have that same experience she did. Would recommend to anyone!

5 /5 Meg Zimmerman: I LOVE Lakettes! I have had the pleasure of bringing both children to Lakettes 2x a week for almost 1 year. I have my daughter enrolled in weekly lessons, and bring both my son and daughter to kindergym 2x a week. The coaches are fantastic, personable, responsible, safety conscious, and sweet to me as well as my children. My daughter enjoys her lessons, loves her coach, and has developed a huge skill set in just a years time! I highly recommend Lakettes to those interested in "free play" / kindergym / open gym, or plan to register for lessons.