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our preschool program is back! We offer mommy and me for babies as young as 18 months to 3 years, as well as preschool classes for 4, & 5 year old boys and girls! Call or email to reserve your spot!
A note from the President about the Preschool Philosophy.....
As the mother of two young daughters, I think it is necessary to develop every child to their full potential and give them confidence in themselves by teaching them to do things (skills) that they can show off to family, friends, and peers. Whether you want your child to play ball, the piano, or be a gymnast, you want them to be their best. Our programs will work intensely on developing your child into an athlete. After all who wants to be chosen last at kickball or red-rover? The fact is no child deserves teasing or poking fun of because they aren't as fast, strong, or coordinated as others. My first child was doing cartwheels at age two. If she didn't land on her feet, I wouldn't let her get a snack until she did and got it right! She soon taught herself the discipline to do it over on her own, without being encouraged to do so, until she landed on her feet! At the age of 8, she could do a full, standing back tuck, front throughs....you name it! However, my second daughter is not as naturally talented and while she throw fulls--she didnt master it until age 10? It just took her longer? We don't expcect her to be as good as her older sister. Remember! Every child has different strengths! My husband and I were both collegiate athletes and now are both coaches. We know firsthand what children are capable of, and how they will often suprise you! While our classes are sure to be lots of fun and fast moving, with lots of smiles and hugs, your child will learn the necessary tools to eventually take with them into the competitive sports environment.
Remember that a child's improvement is not based on "tricks" alone, but by their body awareness, body control, maturity, overall motor skills, coordination, and balance. Before she can increase her skill, she must increase her strength! I always say, "You can't win the Kentucky Derby with a mule", so remember that God gave us all very different gifts and your child can't be compared to another. Some children are not going to be great athletes. However, they can ALL improve!
Please give it one 'year' and then evaluate if your child is making progress. Some learn slower than others, but it takes TIME. One thing is guaranteed, they will not get better if they quit! At any time, you feel like you are not seeing ample progress, please meet with us so our staff can determine what improvements can be made in your child's learning curve.
Cheer Savannah All-Stars was founded in the fall of 2000. Our All-Star program is currently made up of 5 teams and approximately 100 girls ages 4-19. As the President & founder of Cheer Savannah, Inc., I thought some people might be interested in my history and credentials....
I started cheering as a mascot at age four while I took dance and gymnastics to sharpen my skills. Eventually, I dedicated myself to cheering for Bleckley County Schools in Cochran, GA where I was a NCA All-American for four years and captain my senior year. I cheered in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and earned an NCA Staff application my senior year. At 17, I started a cheerleading and tumbling business with my best friend whereby we coached over 80 students each month from ages 4-college.
After high school I attended college at Georgia Southern University. I was a member of the Southern Explosion Dance Team for three seasons, captain my last year, and choreographed our game-time & Nationals routine.
I met my dream guy, who happened to be a gorgeous football player at GSU and married the month after turning 21! We moved to Perry, GA, for his first football coaching job while I continued my cheer coaching at his school----Westfield Schools. While pursuing my communications degree from Mercer University in Macon, GA, as a senior project, I organized and hosted the first ever (and then annual) cheerleading competition exclusively for all of the private schools in Georgia. I am proud to have been instrumental in sanctioning cheerleading and helping host and organize the state cheerleading competition for the GISA.
After moving to Savannah for my husband's career in '98, I gave birth to the first of 2 baby girls and did not want work a traditional 40-hour per week office job. So I started teaching tumbling again as well as coaching various cheer squads around the city. I offered several clinics and camps and worked lots of free-lance jobs for different schools and rec programs. I was grateful to be a part of a sports camp every summer, whereby all of the proceeds were donated to Bethesda Home for Boys. While volunteering at Bethesda one weekend, I met a handsome and sweet young resident ---and as soon as I saw him smile, I knew God had a plan for us. At the time I felt like we could be a blessing in this young boy's life, however he turned out to be the biggest blessing in OUR lives! Now, we have the best son anyone could want, and Demarcus is the perfect big brother for Southern & Saylor. Besides, Danny & I could have never created a 6ft 2, 280 pound black kid on our own! :)
Cheer Savannah was officially started in 2000 when most schools decided they were not interested in hosting competitive cheerleading in our area. Only 24 girls responded to the ad in the paper and no-one was cut! So one little team and one little coach started it all---- rolling mats before and after every practice at a local school. Now 10 years later, we have earned 90-something National Titles (we've lost count), several Grand Champions, and several Innovative Choreography Awards at NCA's All-Star Nationals in Dallas, TX. In the fall of 2004, we were profiled in American Cheerleader Magazine as one of the top 20 programs in the country! Our senior teams have won a bid to worlds for the past 3 years, and our little kids are the winningest babies in the country! They have won 4 Cheersport National Titles in the past 5 years! So from little to big, we are passionate about developing championship athletes!
Some of my best coaches are my own cheerleaders who "student coach" while also cheering. Everyone at Cheer Savannah is so proud of our 3 alumni who are currently cheering on scholarships at UGA, in addition to the the ones at USC, & Valdosta! We have graduated several athletes to cheer among the college ranks throughout the years and have defintily found our nitch at develping collegiate Division 1 cheerleaders! But while we love to boast about the athletes who go on to cheer on scholarships at the next level, most of my athletes retire from cheering after high-school graduation. They go on to lead great lives and often send me letters of THANKS for the character lessons they learned and morals they developed while here. We are most proud of the Godly ladies of character and class we mold, not the cheerleaders.
I am just one piece of the puzzle though! The other pieces are my loyal athletes, all of the supportive parents, our passionate coaches, my devoted husband who loves and supports me, my beautiful 2 little girls who help me out by cheering on 5 teams between them---and who are patient enough to share me with the other 130 girls here. My big baby son who understands when I miss his football games at UGA because of a competition, my Mom and Mawmaw who miss me at their birthday parties, my South Georgia friends and family who just know I will never attend a wedding, birthday, funeral, or reunion because of my commitment to my athletes. They realize that my work is not just a "job", but a ministry.
And, I believe with all of my heart, God gave me this gym to influence kids and be a witness for Him. Cheerleading is just the avenue for reaching young people. It is my conviction! Most adults push religion down kids' throats and therefore, the kids rebel. My family and & I try to lead by example instead of by pressure. We try and show them a happily married couple, who love their children and parent them correctly, who are educated and successful in their fields, who love sports, who love life and friends and family, who are "normal", who like hiphop music, who thinks dancing is fun and not satanic, who understands when kids screw up, who sins every day and admits it, who tries not to judge others, and like them---falls short EVERY DAY and reveals their imperfections but, keeps trying. We started off eating tuna and struggling to put gas in our cars. Only through God's grace have we been blessed enough to lead such a fullfilling life.
Cheer Savannah started as my dream, but because of so many...has become a reality! I am forever indebted to you all. My Curry and the Curry family helped me get a jump start when the bank turned my request down to start this business! Andi & Todd Missroon kept me afloat and put us on the world-wide web and gave us an identity! All of my original families are just as responsible for this gym's success as I am. I was just a baby, and they raised me along with their kids, and saw my passion so did eveyrthing they could to support it. Thank God for all the blessings he continues to bestow in my life! I am am humble and grateful!
"Reach your hands up in the air and you can play with the stars, it's not the hand that your dealt but how your playin your cards!" Ludacris
"Blessed are the cracked, for it is US that let the light in!"
Thanks for your support!
