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Paragon Gym for Kids
4175 Plank Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407, United States
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Ke
Review №1

The staff is great. My daughter loves the ninja class and looks forward to it each week.

Sa
Review №2

Outside of the preschool gym this place is horrible. My daughter quit gymnastics for two years because of this place and how they treated her. Anyone looking to come here I suggest taking a drive outside of the area. Also its very telling what their core values or lack there of are in the responses. You can also tell who the favorites are. At this gym you are nothing but a number, easily replaced by a new number. I promise, if you travel outside of the area to some other gyms north or south you will find a community of professionals who are uplifting, kind, as well as disciplined and extremely knowledgeable. And they also are able to hold onto their staff a bit more.

Mi
Review №3

My son had a great time during a recent Birthday party. The staff person in charge was awesome, and so patient with all the kids. I cant wait to go again.

Er
Review №4

Our daughter has been attending gymnastics and ninja classes here for a couple years now. We actually had her in the old building so it was nice when they moved to the much larger building and closer to our side of town. The staff are friendly, the place is generally clean well, easy access, etc. and the prices are fair.

Je
Review №5

I never write reviews. I just found comfort in reading so many expressing their negative experience here because it’s all the same things:Unprofessionalism sums it up. rude staff- talks demeaning and doesn’t honor anything they say. They raise prices at random, late fees and tuition raises ...”they steal your money.”Two women actually Smiled at my face and one laughed when I was kindly and patiently explaining how I overpaid. I was asked to fill out a check for the wrong amount the month before..when I asked why it was so much..she caught herself said she was sorry that they’d take it off next months. But, when I was telling these women...one being a manager (sounds 12 years old) she just had a demeaning and repeated their policy like a robot. I get it..I put up with it. Accepted it. What I do not accept is the stealing of my money as they refused to honor what that employee told me they would do. What I do not accept is the disrespect, the smiling finding humor in another humans frustration ..pain.The policy she created is ridiculous and it traps people. It’s a selfish inhuman ...unwavering, policy. It’s gymnastics, not law and order people. But, it comes with the territory ..you sign up for it. That’s her Angle anyways..she’ll repeat it to you “you signed up for it when you started” yeah they know that you’re child will enjoy it..be improving ..learning new skills and making friends so they then raise your tuition randomly.Warning:Let me also warn you that many children got a bacteria infection from unclean mats. It smells like feet in there. You never really get use to it. You may have a random sub for your child’s class several times in just a few months time...she may be unpleasant/cold and let the children play more than learning..she takes it easy and you wonder if it’s fair..if it was a full class you paid for really. But. Nothing you express to the staff will matter. They don’t care about you. But I do, whoever you are reading this, I wish you luck if you decide to move forward with them anyways. Maybe your experience will be fine. I hope so 🙌🏻☀️❤️

Na
Review №6

My daughter was on team at Paragon before we moved out of the area. Paragon as a business is professional, welcoming, and the gym is beautiful. The coaches are amazing! They are extreamly knowledgeable in the sport of gymnastics. They love all the girls they work with and I feel that they are supportive of each girls individual journey. They offer constant encouragement and motivation. The team as a group were all kind and supportive of each other. The coaches encourage and require good sportsmanship from all team members. If all that wasn’t enough, Paragon always rocks the house at any meet they go to. I highly recommend this gym.

BL
Review №7

Nice spot on a hot day in the middle of summer,

Ma
Review №8

The management are the best, they keep checking the promotions and board and with us who have many kids & they make sure we’re aware of the trials.The instructions who been working with very hyperactive daughter Raise and shela are wonderful.We ♥️ It & will continue with my sons as well . I recommend to anyone this place.

Ch
Review №9

Favorite place to take my kids! Staff is incredible, and the building is well laid out, immaculately clean, and safe. The instructors are genuine and well versed. Im impressed with their creativity, professionalism and ability to Drive the bus. Their focus really is the development of their students. I recommend Paragon Gymnastics to everyone from young children to athletes of all ages. I am a parent of a 1 and a 5 year old.

Zh
Review №10

If gymnastics were easy, it would be called football : ) Alice Wonderland Beachler is a big fan of this place, where awesomeness happens! Thank you, Paragon, for training shining stars!

Re
Review №11

Staff was super friendly!

Je
Review №12

Great gym. Both kids love it!

me
Review №13

Let me start by saying that I never take the time to write reviews. After the expierence that I had today I felt like I needed to share and warn whomever has a child with autism will not make the same mistake I did. First there is one class for special needs children at 8AM that does not require parents and another at 12:45PM that does require the parents in the class. Which is fine but when I called to make an appointment the 12:45 class was booked so the lady offered the 8AM class Instead not saying there was any difference just that one is with a parent and the other is not. So after we get there my son who has autism went to the class for not even five minutes Shelli the lady that was working the class asked my son twice to do something she requested. He didn’t because he didn’t understand what she was asking so she went over to my husband and said that he shouldn’t be in the class and he should be in the 12:45 class. She also did that to another student who was in the same class as well. She seemed like she didn’t have patience for the children and it really seemed like she couldn’t handle them at all. If you are certified to work with children with special needs then you would know how to work with them I mean that’s the whole point of the class is to teach them in a fun way. They made it seem like oh sorry this is for the more high functioning class and the 12:45 class is for more of kids like your son. I was completely shocked that this is the kind of program they are running it literally seemed like a joke. I felt like it was unprofessional and they didn’t know what to do or how to deal with my child on the spectrum. For the money you pay it’s not worth it when it just seems like the people that work there are just there to monitor not really do anything to help your child. The front desk a lady named Megan didn’t seem like she was very sorry about what happened which is even more scary when taking your child with special needs to a place like this. I am very very disappointed and I will not be bringing my child back with the kind of prejudice I felt like I received. I hope this review will help any parent who wants to find a place where our kids with special needs can play, learn and still feel welcome and accepted for who they are.

Ga
Review №14

Went for a birthday party. Boys loved it. Time in party room was short but still a good time.

Ka
Review №15

My daughter loves it. She has the best teachers. They are all nice.

Ju
Review №16

In the past Paragon has been a great place, seemingly organized, and I did not have problems. Now, when you enroll your child, youre told many different things by different people working at the front desk, charging you more than what you should be charged (unless you know what is going on and you are able to argue/correct them). Theyve made changes to their program (for example - no more makeups offered, until everyone complained, and now they offer 1 make up), however, none of the changes are communicated to people enrolling. My daughter was enrolled in March, and then not enrolled again until October, so I was completely in the dark that so many changes had been made. When I called to speak with a manager regarding my concerns, and to get money refunded for a prorated 1/2 month (which I was told by 2 people at the front desk they could not prorate, only prorate if you start mid-month, which is the definition of prorate), they did eventually refund my money, but not before making me feel like everything was my fault as the customer (well the changes are on our website, well thats not how we work here, well you unsuscribed from the email, if you had stayed subscribed you would have known about the changes- which was b/c my daughter was not in the program for 7 months). The tone of the manager I spoke with was so rude, condescending, and defensive, before she finally apologized and refunded my $$. This place is a business. Yet they do not operate that way. As I told the manager, all of this information (changes, things I am expected to know, fees), all of this should be provided to me upfront when I enroll my child. I should not be expected to figure it all out, search the website, be subscribed to their emails. And all of those working the front desk should be well informed and knowledgeable about the changes and the fees. Not too mention, half the teachers they hire there look as if they want nothing to do with kids, could care less about what they are doing, no enthusiasm. My daughter, who used to love it there, now says she does not want to go, and I know it is because of the lack of energy and enthusiasm from staff members. This is just flat out, not good business. I hope they work on improving their communication and business practices.

Ta
Review №17

Brought my three kids here for gymnastics lessons my mom signed them up for. My oldest daughter told me class started at 11:30. Turns out the girls class starts at 11:30. My four year old sons started at 11. I ask at the front desk if he can do an alternate class. She tells me it is age baded and he cant do his sisters class. He is very sad. I sit and watch all the different classes going on and figure maybe there is another four year old class he can do today. So we go ask the girl at the desk. She informs me that they offer this class Monday through Friday. Today is Saturday, not exactly helpful when we are here today. Certainly not the flexibility they described to my mother when she signed them up. Having trouble believing they only offer one class time on a Saturday for four year olds. Just checked the class schedule for his age. They have three more classes today.

Ch
Review №18

Enrolled as a student in an Open Gym. Very good staffs and very good equipment. Too bad Im the eldest student during that time. Can someone be my friend when going to the gym? Just mail me tho ;)

B
Review №19

BEWARE: This place cares more about the money then the kids. Those who make TEAM BE PREPARED. Itll cost you a FORTUNE! There are fees to compete too. COSTLY MEET uniforms (100s of dollars!!). If you dont pay for it, your child wont compete. If you dont pay the fees your child is off the team.What bothers me the most is I spent over 2Gs in 3 months for meet outfits, competition fees, her team fees. We paid on time but ONE time my wife forgot to go by and pay and we get this email saying if you dont pay 250 by today your child wont be in the competition.As soon as I read that, the next day I took my child out IMMEDIATELY. Felt like they were intimidating my wife and I. Like pay or else KNOWING it will devastate the child if she cant compete. They use that against you. Your childs love for gymnastic. Their tactics are questionable.On the day I took her out. I was in SHOCK on how FILTHY and NASTY the gym and mats are. My wife handled it all. I had no idea. If I knew it was like that I would not had let my wife sign my daughter up. Its a germ magnet. They take NO PRIDE in keeping it CLEAN!!Do your child and yourself a favor DONT GO THERE.-----------------------------------------------------In response to the Owner.-----------------------------------------------------I understand where youre coming from. I understand you have to take any step possible to get the money owed. What I dont understand is if the cost is low why must you make strong demands to get the money owed? It shouldnt be difficult unless the fees are high and puts the parent in a position to where they struggle to pay, which puts youre company in the position to cover the child until they do.Another thing I dont understand is how the parent gets in that predicament in the first place. What is being said to the parents, by your company, to make them sign the child up. Is the child chosen by your company to be on a team?If this is so, a family who may not be able to afford it is already doomed from the start. Parents love their children. Theyll do whatever they can to see him/her happy and successful. When the parent cant fulfill that, they feel inadequate, they failed the child and therefore the child blames them or becomes bitter. Especially if the child LOVED being on the team then taken off. Image the pain the child endures. Imagine how the parents feel to see the child hurt over this matter.Now, Im no counselor by any means, this could be seen as speculation by many or few but as a parent, I would feel that way if I failed my daughter.As far as cleanliness, what you say and what I saw was two different things. By no means was the place clean, the huge gym section. I read other reviews online from other people who was there and they say the same thing, the place was dirty or nasty so we all cant be wrong. Feel free to Google it yourself.As I mentioned earlier, I understand, you have to do what you have to do to get payment. You spend all this money to clean the place, but what others see and you are two different things. Just my input, others may see this post differently.

Li
Review №20

I would give this place zero stars! I was extremely disappointed in the lack of unprofessionalism and rude staff. My daughter has autism and the instuctor was yelling at her when she didn’t understand what she was asking her to do. I was extremely upset and will never return to this horrible place. The class sizes are way too big for very little staff to manage the kids. Don’t waste your money here!

La
Review №21

He management.We donated a months tuition during the the move because they did not have makeup classes that fit our schedule, and we only had a certain amount of time to to do the make up classes in. So there went a months tuition down the drown. I hope you enjoyed the donation.Then after some medical issues we missed two classes and again, I was told there were NO classes that fit our schedule so we donated those as well because the makeup policy is two weeks.I gave the management a chance to make do right by us and talked to them in a kind, respectable manner, but they are more concerned about taking money from their loyal patrons then keeping those patrons loyal it seems. We just had our last class and we will not be returning unfortunately. This makes me very sad because my three year old LOVES Ms. Riesa and after a year of classes we were hoping to stay for the four year old class, but that will not be the case.

Ru
Review №22

My daughter attended at the old location in Central Park starting in 2010. She had tried out for the team and made it. The problem was the practices times were during the day during the summer, and early morning on Saturdays. We hadnt gotten to what the schedule would be during the school year. I emailed, and called the individual in charge of the team with questions, No response at all. When I called she was never available and the front desk staff referred me to her. This was the final straw for me, in a long list of issues that have come up. Once they moved to their new location, we decided to try out open gym. Disgusting and filthy, and were kept being told they were having a new building being built. Paragon you need to read these reviews and change.

Ly
Review №23

My kids went to paragon when they were in the old location and loved it. We took a break for a couple years for family reasons and now that #3 is 2 years old we thought we would go back and give it a try. Im so glad I did the free trial and didnt just sign up as I planned. They do not have A/C in their building... no, its not broken, they just dont have it. That is unacceptable. All 3 of my children were beet red when class was over and my toddler was absolutly miserable. The staff was clearly not thrilled with the working conditions either when asked why it was so hot... that is when I was told there is no air conditioning. It wasnt even a really hot day when we went, Id hate to see how hot that place gets when its nearly 100 outside. Those poor kids. My oldest was sick all evening from being overheated. We Wil not be back.

Ch
Review №24

After multiple years of my daughter going to Paragon, she has quit. There have been several issues over the years, from the lack of knowledge and common sense from the front desk staff, to the poor teaching from very young and immature instructors and laissez faire attitude from the owner. There is never any continuity in classes as different instructors are teaching different days/classes. The instructors change frequently and so has their testing and scoring. Having different instructors for different class days has led to very conflicting scores. It appears over the years that only the students on teams are pursued and given attention. My 10-year old daughter should not come to me and say she doesnt want to do gymnastics anymore because of the way her instructor talks to her and treats her.

La
Review №25

I go and do my gymnastics and it’s fun

Ma
Review №26

Kids learn a lot from the classes and have fun doing it

Do
Review №27

It is great I cant do different things

Ap
Review №28

The BEST gym!!!

La
Review №29

What is the cost

bj
Review №30

Awesome

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  • Address:4175 Plank Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407, United States
  • Site:http://www.paragongymnastics.com/
  • Phone:+1 540-548-4966
Categories
  • Gymnastics center
  • Children's party service
Working hours
  • Monday:Closed
  • Tuesday:Closed
  • Wednesday:9am–9pm
  • Thursday:9am–9pm
  • Friday:9am–9pm
  • Saturday:9am–9pm
  • Sunday:9am–10pm
Service options
  • On-site services:Yes
  • Online classes:No
Health and safety
  • Mask required:Yes
  • Temperature check required:Yes
  • Staff wear masks:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
  • Wi-Fi:Yes
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