Gymnastics Northwest - River Road Park and Recreation District

★★★★★marca carman

We had our 5 year-old son’s birthday party here and were very happy with the whole experience! We had around 13 kids and their parents, everyone was comfortable and had a great time! The kids had so many awesome things to play on. The staff was helpful and accommodating… We would definitely have another party here!

★Marley Diess

My daughter was in classes here for a year and a half with no conversations about goals or benchmarks to work towards to advance. The instructors were very young girls who are apathetic and clearly didn’t care about the students or what they were doing. The only 3 classes where my daughter received clear and good instructions were during spring and Christmas break when most of the rest of her class were absent and so there were only 2-3 students to teach. I suspect that the young girls “instructing” the classes only did so to reduce the amount that they had to pay for their own classes as they were on the competition team.

★★★Shayla Duke

The first class was fantastic. My daughter had such a great time. She loved it so much that she dropped out of the Oregon ballet academy to attend this place instead. I later learned that what she really loved the most was the fact that they had stamps instead of stickers like at the OBA. But once they found out that she was six and not five, they said that she could not attend the smaller class anymore. So they put her into the bigger class away from her friends. I double-checked to see if they still distributed stamps in the bigger class and was told sometimes they did but not every time. The next time my daughter attended she left crying in tears because everybody in the class got a sticker besides her. The reason was that they had ran out. I asked him if she could have a stamp instead. He said that's only for the younger kids class. Okay? Awkward but okay. The next class will be attended. My daughter lives in tears once again. I went up to check to see what the problem was. They said that she was not allowed to go on the high beam like the rest of the kids because she was not following instructions on the low beam and she was doing her own thing instead. This was devastating for my daughter. The next class she attended she was unfortunately sick and she walked in happy threw up immediately and obviously they asked her to leave the class. This was also quite traumatizing for her. But I can see their reasoning for obvious reasons.The final class which was the straw that broke the camel's back, we had arrived about a 20 minutes late because my daughter had a dentist appointment prior to coming and traffic was a bit backed up. She walked in and we even bought her a new leotard from their wreck upon. She walked in and we even bought her a new leotard from their rack upon entering. She went to join the class and was immediately told that she could not participate at all that day because she had missed the 15-minute window to warm up. She once again left in tears. She now says she wants to unalive herself over all of this! This place takes themselves way too seriously without a leg to stand on. They abruptly remove kids from classes upon them, aging out or having a birthday and separate them from their friends. If I'm the parent paying for the class and I show up late due to a dentist appointment Am I not entitled to receive what I've paid for? Or what's left of what I paid for rather? I would not recommend this place. It seems that the women who run it are quite insensitive to the emotional and social needs, not to mention the special needs of younger children that may be on the spectrum.

★★★★★Cayla B

I trained here as a kid and now I have my young kiddo started here and we love it! We started in the kid and parent class where I got to help her and as she got a little older she went to the next class, I don’t help her anymore but she’s still doing good and loving it! We have had multiple coach’s but they all know what they are doing! We love it here! Also, they do birthday parties too! It’s a great deal!!

★★★★★Steven Newman

My daughter has been coming here for almost 4 years now. She LOVES it here, and it's been such a huge part of her life so far. The facility is great, but it's really the teachers/coaches that make it what it is. They offer classes from 3 years old all the way up to adults (I believe). Really love this place! Edit: 10-05-2022 We still love this place. The people who work here are truly wonderful. It's been an absolute pleasure to have our daughter and son here.