Earned the highest safety score in Xenia. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Best Infant Care
Earned the highest infant care score in Xenia. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.
Best Arts & Music
Earned the highest arts & music score in Xenia. This dimension reflects the depth and consistency of creative programming — visual arts, music, movement, and imaginative play.
Best Extracurriculars
Earned the highest extracurricular score in Xenia. This dimension covers enrichment programs — languages, STEM, yoga, cooking, field trips, and other activities beyond the core curriculum.
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childcare
YMCA at Shawnee in Xenia is a school-age enrichment provider offering before-school, after-school, and combined care for kindergarten through age 12. Operated by the YMCA across 70+ Greater Miami Valley locations, the program emphasizes social and emotional development through core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility, with homework help, recreational activities, and arts-based programming. The center accepts Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care (PFCC) subsidy and offers financial assistance through the Extra Hands Program scholarships, extending access to working families. As a school-age enrichment program only, it does not provide infant, toddler, or preschool care, limiting its scope to families with kindergarten-age children and older.
Safety5.0
Curriculum6.0
Art / Music5.0
Infant care5.0
Kindergarten readiness5.0
Teacher quality6.0
Compassion6.0
Management6.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars6.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Emphasizes social and emotional development guided by core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility. Offers developmentally appropriate activities including homework help and recreation for school-age children.
Programs & activities: Before-school, after-school, and combined before/after-school care for kindergarten through age 12; references remote/virtual learning support options.
What sets it apart: Operates across 70+ locations in the Greater Miami Valley area. Offers financial assistance through the Extra Hands Program scholarships and accepts Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care (PFCC); closed for major holidays plus two professional development days; online registration required with first-come, first-served enrollment.
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