Cheer Hotline 7.23.26-7.30.26

ANNOUNCEMENTS 7.23-7.30.26

WE’RE HIRING!

Excite! Gym & Cheer is looking for a Preschool Gymnastics Coach to join our team.

We're Looking for Someone Who Is:

Warm, caring, and nurturing with a genuine love for young children.

Energetic, enthusiastic, and love being active.

Passionate about teaching children, not just supervising play.

Patient and encouraging while helping preschoolers develop gymnastics skills, coordination, confidence, and a love for movement.

Reliable, professional, and enjoy being part of a positive team environment.

Qualifications:

An active lifestyle and the ability to demonstrate and coach physical activities.

Gymnastics, cheer, dance, or other sports coaching experience is a plus, but we are willing to train the right person.

Availability for at least one afternoon each week 3:30-6:30 and morning opportunities available.

Part-time position with opportunities for additional hours and career advancement.

Apply today and become part of the Excite! Gym & Cheer family!

Competitive pay, Benefits, PTO and tuition discounts!

Apply here: https://www.excitegym.com/job-opportunities

ALL TEAMS: PARTNERING FOR SUCCES- A PARENT WORKSHOP

As mentioned in our handbook meetings at the beginning of the season, we will be having and mental health/life coach to be available to parents and athletes. We are excited to bring her in for a Parent Workshop! In this session, she will talk about how to help support your athlete in this unique sport, what you can do to help, and answer any questions or concerns you have. No sign-ups, no cost- just show up! She is VERY excited to meet you and to be a resource for you!

-When: August 4th 7-8pm for all cheer parents.

-Where: Excite Event Center- 2300 Highland Village Rd Building 9. Located across our parking lot behind Liquor King.

-Additional Notes: We kindly ask that athletes are not present for this meeting. Gymnastics parents will be in 6-7pm so please allow them to exit before entering.

ELITE TEAMS: JULY 27TH ADJUSTMENT

All levels of tumble will come in 6pm-7:30pm on July 27th. We have multiple athletes out of town or at camp so we will combine for this date. Elite flyer will still be running 7:15-8pm.

NOVICE/ PREP AND PREMIER PREP: IN HOUSE CAMP AND CHOROGRAPHY 7/27-7/31!

What to wear is in the "what to wear" section below.

These times are in ADDITION to your regular practice schedule. All athletes will attend their regular practice times AND the times below.

*We are aware of those that turned in absent requests, but please email cheer@ if you have any conflicts with the times below*

Monday July 27th: 9am-10:30am Mini Moanas/ 10:30:am-12:30pm Reckless

Tuesday July 28th: 9am-11am Ambition/ 11:30am-1:30pm Believe

Wednesday July 29th: 9am-10:30am Wish/ 11am-1pm Dazzle and Crush

Thursday July 30th: 9am-10:30am Tiny Tikis/ 11am-12:30pm Diamond Divas

Friday July 31st: 12pm-2:15pm-All teams for our fun day!! Wear swimsuit underneath an old or white tshirt (this may be thrown away after messy game), old athlete shorts and close-toed water shoes (no flip flops or crocs please). Athletes need to bring water bottle, beach towel and sunscreen. Be sure they have eaten lunch before arriving! Parents will drop off their athlete at the main entrance under the pavilion- no parents will be allowed inside the gym to accommodate for the space we need. Please make drop off quick- there will be a lot of athletes in attendance! For pick up, please pick up from the assigned area below:

-Wish, Tikis and Moanas pick up under the front pavilion.

-Diamond Divas, Believe and Dazzle pick up at the back side of the building by the trailers and trees.

-Crush pick up by the side double glass doors near handicap parking.

-Ambition and Reckless pick up at our Events Center across the parking lot. Located in Building 9 right across from Seven Mile and behind Liquor King.

ALL TEAMS: REGISTRATION FEE REMINDER

Reminder that our annual registration fee will be included with your August tuition at the end of this month.

ALL TEAMS: OBSERVATION VIEWING

As we get back to starting school and getting busier in the gym, we are kindly asking that team parents keep observation room viewing to a minimal to make space for our recreational athletes. Feel free to come in the next couple of weeks, but starting August 1st, we will need to keep that as clear as possible from team members.

We will be adding more classes with younger students that require parents to stay, so we will need all the space we can get.

This will also keep it fun for you to truly be surprised when checkpoints arrive! This makes those moments more special for your athletes and for you!

As we see when there is more space, we will do our best to assign times and days for you to come in.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation!

ALL TEAMS: TUMBLE CAMP ADDED!

Since our first camp was such a success, we wanted to offer an additional one before summer ends!

This will be on August 3rd and 4th from 1-3pm. Enrollments are now open online! Note: Any athlete can register and coaches will split based on skill the first day at camp.

Enroll Now: https://portal.iclasspro.com/excite/camp-details/36472?typeId=7&filters=%7B%22sorting%22:%22time%22%7D&campTypeName=Clinics&campTypeNamePlural=Clinics

ALL TEAMS: COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Next week Thursday we will be releasing our competition schedule for this season!

Reminders:

-Block off the ENTIRE day for the dates listed. We will not know what time we perform until the week of the event.

-Travel Events: If your team is travelling for an event, please refer to the detailed schedule for when you need to plan arrival and departure. It is extremely important that you follow these!

-2 versions of the schedule will be released; one program schedule and one detailed schedule. The program one lists all the events for the entire program, while the detailed schedule will list more information, including venue locations and any special notes for that event.

-While rare, there are times when adjustments are made by either Excite or the event companies. If any changes are made, we will note that on the hotline. Continue to check and be sure you are up to date!

-If you have any questions, please email in! We don’t want anyone feeling confused!

Competition Schedule:

-Program Schedule- https://d0d0e1bc-e1d4-4604-a089-339b86c6ae21.usrfiles.com/ugd/d0d0e1_c3ff83401a5c4aa490af5841945cc507.pdf

-Detailed Schedule- https://d0d0e1bc-e1d4-4604-a089-339b86c6ae21.usrfiles.com/ugd/d0d0e1_56f2c0bcd9324134b66841d6e5e1f833.pdf

ALL TEAMS: CHECKPOINT #1 PERFORMANCES!

As mentioned in our handbook meetings and listed in our handbook, we will be doing checkpoint performances these next couple of months! This is a chance for the athletes to perform and for you guys to come in and see what they have been working so hard on.

Our first checkpoint will be August 4th-6th.

How it will work: Parents will line up down the cheer hallway (the one past the women’s restroom heading towards the cheer floor). Coaches will let parents in to come in to watch. We ask that you keep this to 2 guests per cheerleader as space is limited. Once performances are done, parents and athletes will be released down that same hall.

Times:

Tuesday 8.4- Mini Moanas 5pm

Wednesday 8.5- Tiny Tikis 5:00pm Diamond Divas 6:15pm/ Gossip and Lady Ex 8:15pm

Thursday 8.6- Wish 5:00pm/ Believe 6:00pm/Dazzle 7:00pm/ Crush 7:15pm/ Ambition 8:15pm/ Reckless 8:30pm

ALL TEAMS: ATHLETE/ PARENT CONFERENCES UPDATED 7.16!

-Dates: 8/10-8/13 *no practices will happen this week! Only conferences

-Where: Excite Event Center- 2300 Highland Village Road Building 9 – across the main gym parking lot behind Liquor King.

-Who: Athlete and at least one parent/guardian

-Process: Due to the time required to get everyone in and coaches on multiple teams, we are having to adjust our plan. You will be emailed a Sign-up Genius link on Friday 7/17. We were only able to put time blocks in that are during or close to team practice times. This unfortunately means we will not be able to meet with everyone, we are so sorry about this! If it is already full and you would like to meet, please email into cheer@excitegym.com and we can work together to find a time within the following couple of weeks. SIGN UP OR EMAIL BY 7/27!

-Reminder: Since these times are so fast and will be back-to-back, we ask that if you have any specific questions or want to have a longer conversation about anything, that you email into cheer@ for us to set a different time to discuss. In these meetings, coaches will go over observations from summer practices, where they are excelling and areas to focus on. We are very excited to be able to do this!

1. WHAT TO WEAR

*Reminder that all athletes, regardless of age, must wear sports bras underneath clothing.*

*Bows and cheer shoes must be worn to all practices!* If you are new and do not have cheer shoes yet, you may wear athletic shoes until yours come in.

Now that athletes have received their practice wear, they need to wear THIS SEASON’S shirts using the assignments below. DATES: 7/27-7/31

-NOVICE: Practice- Black shirt and any shorts. Choreography Session- Wear Red Shirt. Fun Day 7/31- look in announcements section to see what to wear and bring!

-PREP: 1st practice (Mon or Tue depending on team) Black shirt and any shorts/ 2nd practice (Th) Red shirt and any shorts. Choreography Session- wear any black shirt and black shorts with hair in high pony tail with bow. Fun Day 7/31- look in announcements section to see what to wear and bring!

-PREMIER PREP: Tuesday practice Black tank and any shorts/ Thursday Red tank and any shorts. Choreography Session- wear any black shirt and black shorts with hair in high pony tail with bow. Fun Day 7/31- look in announcements section to see what to wear and bring!

-ELITE: Monday-White tank and any shorts/ Wednesday-Red tank and black shorts

2. PROSHOP

-SPIRIT SALE COMING NEXT WEEK!

We will be releasing our Spirit sale for you to order all things Excite! for competition season. The sale will run over tax free weekend so be ready to get ordering next weekend!

3. IMPORTANT DATES:

-July 27th-31st: Choreography and In House Camp for Novice, Prep and Premier Prep *MANDATORY* Each team will be assigned 1-2 Choreography sessions. On July 31st, all teams will come in for team bonding activities and fun! Times TBD.

-August 3rd-6th: Checkpoint #1 performance! Parents will come in the last 15 minutes of their final practice of that week to watch teams perform. Details on how this will work are in announcements section.

-August 10th-13th: In person athlete reviews offered- see information in Announcements section

-End of August: Checkpoint #2 performance! Times and details TBD

-September 4th-7th: Gym Closed. No team practices.

-End of September: Checkpoint #3 performance! Times and details TBD

-October 25th: Expo! *MANDATORY* This is our showoff to kick off competition season!

-October 31st: Gym Closed.

-November 22nd-28th: Gym Closed. Specialty camps and clinics available!

-December 21st- January 2nd: Gym Closed. Specialty camps and clinics

-March 14th-20th: Gym Closed. Specialty camps and clinics available!

BILLING DATES:

-July 31st: August Tuition and $40 Annual Registration Fee

-August 31st: September Tuition

-September 30th: October Tuition

- October 30th: November Tuition

-November 30th: December Tuition and Banquet Billing – each family will be billed for one athlete and one parent ticket for end of season banquets. Amount TBD

-December 30th: January Tuition

-January 29th: February Tuition and Travel Fees billed

-February 26th: March Tuition (Final Tuition payment for Novice and Prep Teams)

-March 31st: End of season for Novice and Prep. April Tuition for Premier Prep will be 50% with sending ending on April 15th. April Tuition for Elite teams- final tuition payment for season.

-April 15th: End of season for Premier Prep

-April 30th: End of season for Elite

4. ATTACHMENTS:

Coach Cell Numbers: To be used on day of absences, private lessons or emergencies:

*Please include ALL of your team coaches in your texts regarding practices/emergencies*

Alison Howard: 214-649-5624

Anna Nelms: 940-206-2516

Blake Covington: 972-286-0917

Chelsea Taylor: 214-663-0837

Destiny Studer: 972-904-4939

Emily Reyes: 214-577-6659

Faith Mendez: 817-707-5547

Morayna Johnson: 469-996-6229

Tatum Florendo: 580-980-1216

Tiffany Parker: 972-489-3024

Wicam Smith: 914-233-6770

Absent Request Form:

https://forms.wix.com/f/7096980674329968931