They staff always seemed to talk down to my wife and I. They also kicked my child out for…read more"screaming to much". They claim to be a "christen" daycare but do not act like christens at all. When I confronted them the owner said "I'm the business owner I can do whatever I want and then they laughed at me to my face. I WOULD NOT recommend this child care to anyone.

Our Aldersgate Academy is all about the safety of the kids, and beginning education for the little…read moreones. The Academy is run by Miss Carol she and her staff have the kids safety and security and the educational needs in hand. We get calls from around the world of military families that have heard of our Academy, and with their transfer back to Dyess, they want their children enrolled. It is truly amazing to hear of the world wide calls and the happiness of their enrollment. Rooms are age specific and designed for education. Great staff, gear facilities and a new covered playground with complete building surround to keep the kids safe. This puts a great start on learning and builds our future with a great educational foundation.

Granddaughter loves it here. She has made some friends and enjoys going outside at playtime. She…read moreeven knows that it is a baseball field next door. She is learning a lot.

3 of my kids go to Wylie Highschool, the other day there was a tar leak, causing my kids to get…read moresick and have headaches. Instead of them sending the kids home, their school principal made an announcement saying that there is nothing they can do and went back to doing classes as normal. Tar smells just like gasoline because, they are both petroleum based products, which is know to make people extreme sick by inhaling the fumes!!!! How can I feel like my kids are safe when they are inhaling toxic fumes and getting physically sick at their own school!!! Who's gonna protect the kids if their own principal isn't!!!

I think those people are thinking of the Wylie school district in Wylie Texas not Abilene Texas. My…read morekids have been going to Wylie ISD in Abilene Texas for four years now and I've never heard of any racism we love the school district the teachers are great it's a great area. Very proud.

Be aware of this facility. They charged $40 for a phone call. Our bills are paid in full in…read moreadvance, so this ridiculous charge was paid. We communicate that such a charge was excessive. Then care was terminated without notice in the middle of the day.

My son has been going to this school for over a year now, and if think everyone there is amazing!…read moreThe staff have become like family to is. My son has a lot of severe allergies, and this school has gone out of their way to help ensure my son's safety and well being. Great teachers, great administration, the best preschool I've ever seen!

This school is a gem for the city of Abilene. My granddaughter has been attending St John's since…read morepre K. She is now in second grade and has just thrived there. She learned to read virtually overnight; however, what I have really noticed is how polite and kind she is to everyone. She is learning far more than the "three R's" at St John's. I live out of town and recently visited my family in Abilene. I went to chapel at St John's and then spent a few minutes visiting my granddaughter's class and a third grade class, taught by my daughter, who recently left public school teaching. I am a former teacher; my sister is a teacher. I had two aunts who were teachers, so I believe I can objectively say: St John's is a very special school.

From the owner: At St. John’s Episcopal School, it is our mission to provide an enriched academic program that…read moreemphasizes the development of each child’s potential within a caring and Christian environment.

I have tried many churches in Abilene, but whether a visiting student at McMurry 25 years ago, or a…read morenew wife and mother a decade later, or a divorcee years after that, no one has welcomed me and my family like AUMC. They are the true meaning of acceptance and Wesleyan culture. ​

I am biased, and need to justify this rating. We were looking for a church to call home. We tried…read moremany for many years. Then we tried Aldersgate. At the end of the sermon, my wife, and daughter looked at me and said we had found it. Very caring people. Welcoming folk, want to know you, help you in any way. The church renovated all the bathrooms and access to be accessible to all. As an example, communion comes to those in scooters, walkers or mobility chairs. Personal service. Additionally, we found a great Sunday school class to belong to. When it came time to join the church, our whole class stood with us as we joined. We have four missions in Abilene: McMurray University, Bowie grade school, our neighborhood, and our Pre school academy. My wife and I work with grade school kids tutoring after school. Very fulfilling, enriching and makes us feel better. I hope I've done our church service placing them on Yelp.

If you want your child to be safe and in the best of hands this is not the place to keep your…read morechildren. It seems like a wonderful at first. The owners have very charismatic personalities, which is misleading. They do not care about your child. I thank the lord that I worked there and saw what was going on. Do not be deceived! This place is terrible. They do not have a zero tolerance policy towards violence. If I teacher lays her had on a child they will not do anything about it. As in, "sometimes teachers just have a bad day". When I saw this I reported it to my boss, cps, and even went to the police station to file a report. No one cared. The teacher is also still employed there. Do not trust your child with Miss Elia. She does not possess the patience to speak to your child with respect. She does not have the character or capability to practice restraint when she becomes angry. She pinched children, mocked them, yelled constantly, threw things at them, pushed them into walls, yanked them by the arm and pulled them to the ground. If your child goes home with a bruise, it was her, I put my money on it!!! She plays favorites and the ones that she doesn't care about are left to do whatever they want. She will punish them the children that she hates and she will for the most part ignore them. One child in particular was left out of the games to play by himself in the corner. My heart broke for this little boy. He was the smartest one in the class. I encouraged him to do his work and he did it very quickly... I never once had to raise my voice to get those results. Every detail of what she did was reported. No one cared. They can't afford to fire her because they are so short staffed. But there's a reason they can't keep people as teachers and caregivers. People of quality can't tolerate the neglect and abuse, and those who do stay take advantage of their power. Most spend their days complaining about having to watch the children. And as a mother of one of the students this concerned me. If something happened and my child was put in danger I didn't trust the employees to see that he was safe. I wouldn't trust them to be honest about it either. The building is in shambles. I don't know how it passed inspection. I almost suspect some under the table pay offs. My last day working there, there was a thunderstorm watch and not once did anyone come to tell me the storm plan. The alarm went off and still no one came to give me instruction. (If the storm had been more serious like a tornado... forget it. We'd have all died.) Half of the building flooded and ceiling tiles were falling on children. So all the children were put into one room with a couple teachers. The rest of the teachers were cleaning up the water. When I went to check on my son I saw that the room had far too many children in it. I could barely walk through and I was scared of stepping on someone. I took my son into the room I was working in so that at least I could know that under my watch he would be safe. No one noticed that he was gone for several hours. And when they did notice they wouldn't allow him in the room with me. Their reasoning was that I needed to stick to state regulations; regulations that they ignored in the instance of child abuse. The hypocrisy infuriated me. I quit and pulled my son out of the program. We will not be back. The directors are very smart people. They know exactly how to evade responsibility, and mark my words they will. They care more about their income than their mission. I only worked there so that I could see my son throughout the day because I missed him. And I'm so glad that I got to see what was really going on!!! I care about my son more than I have words to say. And while I don't expect them to have the same love for him that I do, I do expect so much more out of his childcare. I understand that this facility is cheaper than most because it is nonprofit, in this case you get what you pay for, sometimes much less than that.

My kiddo has been going here for years and we've always liked the fact all of the people there…read morereally care about the kids. The front door stays locked and it's nice to know the kids are safe and protected.

This is the most unrealistic day care I've ever been too. I understand wanting to keep our kids…read moresave from the CCP virus. However when you checking the kids temp right after playing out side in 100*F temperatures the child in question will be warm. And sending then send the kid home and there siblings for 3 days and expect the parents to pay full price is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. Then we have the lack of care to the kids that I have seen. One my two kids always come home dehydrated, the two kids I have also are learning at at horrible rate. There cousins are the same age give or take a month or two. And are able to speak better, already know there alphabet, and understand much more about the world. However this day care hasn't don't much in this department. My two kids don't even speak vary well even with my daily practice and work with them. They don't know there alphabet and have a hard time with things in general. Basically I would never recommend this place to anyone's kids.

Our experience with the South Willis location was not consistent with what our family knew of the…read moreKindercare standard. The bathrooms routinely had dried poop on the tank and on multiple occasions I gagged walking in the front door from the smell of urine. The level of laziness in not properly cleaning or sanitizing carried over into the way my child was treated. I saw teachers texting almost daily and for weeks during drop off there was no acknowledgement or attempt to help my child adjust or become comfortable at the center. The center leadership is inconsistent in their communication with parents and very clearly does not value child development (only the avoidance of anything that requires the center and teachers to do their job). As a direct result of this center, I will never recommend kindercare or select a kindercare location for the care of child. If kindercare corporate allows any of their locations to be managed this way - I do not want any part of it.

Solid workout but gets crowded around 5:00 thats all. Gets the job done and is clean.read more

Great classes for seniors and great equipment and pickleball courts. We really love this place for…read moreworking out. Also not too crowded.