The Gleason Family YMCA’s Sippican Early Learning Center in Marion recently received its National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation. This is the result of months of rigorous staff time to meet the high standards the association requires for education and care.

Massachusetts is working to increase the quality of early childhood programs by implementing a four level quality rating improvement scale.  The YMCA Sippican Early Learning Center has completed levels one and two and has documentation approved for level three.

With five branch sites YMCA South Coast has been working to meet the needs of our community for over 150 years. Everyone is welcome at the Y and financial assistance is available.  For more information, visit www.ymcasouthcoast.org.