Each team has a Facebook page and a team chat where we communicate. There is also a booster page for communication with the booster club.

You can speak with a coach after practice, send a message to our Facebook business page or send an email to info@missioncheeracademy.com

Safety is our first and main priority, with a training program that focuses on the strength needed to correctly complete skills in a successful and progressive manner. Our coaches take a proactive approach with comprehensive drills focusing on coordination and body control necessary for skill retention.

We have skills cards for each athlete. Our All Star Director checks off the skills that are considered perfected and ready to compete. Our skills cards have a comprehensive list for each level and those levels are decided by what is required for our score sheet.

All Star cheerleading has 7 levels. Each level has its own requirements. For instance, elite level 1 requires tumbling like back and front walkovers. It requires stunting up to prep level single-leg stunts but those stunts must have someone holding their hand. In level 2 you can do prep level single-leg stunts without someone holding the hand and tumbling requires back handsprings. Each level gets a little harder with their requirements.

We compete on the Open Championship Series scoresheet for our Elite and Premier teams and the American score sheet for our half season and prep teams.

Yes. Once our competition schedule is set, it is set for the season. The only way it will change is if the Event Producer cancels or inclement weather.

This is different for each program:

Novice: Travels as far as Wildwood, NJ

Quarter Season: Wildwood, NJ

Prep: Travels as far as Maryland

Elite: Travels as far as Tennessee

Premier: Full travel team and isn’t limited to a specific area.

We typically release our schedule between July 1 and September 1 each year.

Yes and No. Our Elite and Premier teams will attend bid competitions. Our Prep teams will have a discussion with parents if a bid to The Grands is obtained and our Novice (half season) teams will not attend bid competitions.

A bid competition is an end of season competition that you need an invitation to. These are unlike our regular season events that we just have to register for. You may hear us say we were “invited” or “received an invitation to” instead of using the word bid.

No, End of season bid events are not guaranteed as you need to obtain a bid in order to attend. If a bid is obtained, the total cost of the competition (including competition fees, coaches fees, housing, food, pay, travel, etc) will be added up and divided by the number of athletes attending the event.

Quarter season is a program that begins in January and runs through April. They practice once weekly and do 2 competitions on the same weekend in Wildwood, NJ.

Novice is a half season program with less commitment for practices, minimal traveling and only 3 competitions (one in each month February, March and April). These teams begin practices in November.

Prep is a full season program with a bit more time commitment, and some traveling but nothing further than Maryland

Elite is a full season program with even more time commitment and traveling. They will attend a bid competition at the end of the season if a bid is obtained but will not go further than Tennessee

Premier is a full season, highly competitive, team that will be trying to obtain a bid to the All Star World Championships which is held in Orlando, Florida.

We currently have:

Mini Novice Level 1

Youth Novice Level 1

Youth Prep Level 1.1

Senior Prep Level 2.2

Junior Elite Level 2

Levels are not decided until after placements. When we place our teams we do so with success in mind. We place the teams in a way to assure they are successful in their division and level.

When forming our teams we look at age, maturity and ability. Some teams have age cut offs so age is our first factor. Maturity level, some of our teams are highly competitive and we need to know that our athletes can handle the schedule with ease. Ability, we look at ability in stunts, jumps and tumbling (all of these matter, no one more than the other). Tumbling must be competition ready. We do have a video in our family page that explains what is competition ready. On our score sheet, just being able to do a skill isn’t good enough, it needs to be perfected.

Yes, everyone makes a team at Mission Cheer.

Not all teams have requirements but some do. For this information, please check out our season packet which outlines the requirements for those specific teams.

This changes from competition to competition but this season the average number of teams we have competed against at each competition is 6.

No. Competition fees are built into assessment fees. The only fees charged outside of the fees listed are uniform, bow, practice wear and shoes if you choose to purchase through the gym.

Yes, we do have a booster club that offers fundraising throughout the season. We have had parents fundraise their entire season’s costs. We encourage all of our parents to get involved with the booster club to help defray costs.

You can find our current fees by going to our full season cheer page, filling out the short form and it will take you to our new season packet.

Yes, we have a booster club that offers fundraising opportunities throughout the season. We also offer monthly payments to make budgeting a breeze.

Yes, all of our programs except quarter season have tumbling included in their monthly tuition.

No, the cost of the uniform is outside of the monthly tuition and assessment fees.

Yes, there are music and choreography fees and they ARE included in the assessment fees.

The registration fee includes your placement practices, stunt placements, placement day, signing day and insurance.

The only extra costs throughout the season are the end of season bid events. All other fees are included in the monthly tuition and assessment fees unless otherwise specified in the 1^st question in this section

Yes. The gym has 2 required fundraisers in the season. One as the season begins and the second starts in January. The booster club has 1 required fundraiser per season (1 for all full season teams and 1 for all half and quarter season teams). Boosters will have more information about their fundraising as they are a separate entity from the gym

What makes us different is, we not only focus on training our athletes, but we also train our coaching staff. Working specifically on keeping an encouraging and upbeat atmosphere. We understand that young athletes go to school full time while maintaining other obligations. Keeping this in mind helps us keep the gym a happy, safe, and enjoyable environment.

Yes! All camps, clinics, workshops, private lessons and classes are open to the public

Yes, we offer private lessons at Mission Cheer. We have 5 coaches that offer lessons.

At Mission Cheer, we instill a culture of celebrating all accomplishments while supporting friendly competition. We support not only our fellow athletes but also our competitors. Often reminding our athletes that we want to win when our competitors are at their best. Our goal is to maintain a standard of unity within our program.

Blackout dates are the full 2 weeks before we go to competition. We black out these dates to make sure all athletes are at practices prior to competition in order to be better prepared to compete.

Sunday 3-5:30pm

Monday-Thursday 5:30-8:30pm

Friday Closed (unless we are holding Open Gym)

Saturday 9am-3pm

Each program has its own commitment level. We ask for you to make sure the commitment level you choose is one you can commit to the entire season. Attendance is mandatory. We are lenient in the summer as we know that families take vacations. Once the school year starts, we are more strict about attendance. We do require that all athletes attend boot camp at the end of June and choreography that is typically mid to late July.

Nighthawks (elite L2):

MCDA Christmas Classic (Saturday) 3^rd Place

MCDA Christmas Classic (Sunday) 5^th Place

Deep South Cheer Tour 3^rd Place with a bid to their Season Finale

Spirit Brands Garden State Championships 2^nd Place

MCDA Chocolate Town 2^nd Place and a bid to the All Star World Championships

Liberty Spirit Steel City Championship 1^st Place with a bid to their Grand Finale

ROC Spirit Justice League Championships 1^st Place

Mach One (prep level 1.1):

Spirit Brands Northeast Championship 1^st Place, Grand Champions and a bid to The Grands

Spirit Brands Garden State Championship 1^st Place, Grand Champions and a bid to The Grands

MCDA Thriller On The Miller 5^th Place

Major Generals:

Spirit Brands Garden State Championships 2^nd Place

MCDA Thriller On The Miller Superior Placement and high point with a Diamond bid to the Journey Championships Super Nationals

Mini Generals:

Spirit Brands Garden State Championship 2^nd Place

MCDA Thriller On the Miller Excellent Placement with a Ruby Bid to the Journey Championships Super Nationals

Mission Cheer Academy started in 2019 with 5 athletes in Kirby Park. By the end of 2019 there were 30 athletes enrolled. In 2020, after the pandemic we started all over with 9 athletes. For the 2024/25 season, we have 55 athletes on teams and 60 children in tumbling classes. Each year, we continue to grow

All 5 of our 1^st athletes have graduated from our program. Out of the 9 who restarted with us in 2020, 7 of those athletes kicked off Season 6 with us.