Spirits Blog

This Week At Spirits

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:48:29 -0500

1. This is the 3rd week of School-Year Session I!

2. The gym will be closed Saturday, September 4-Monday, September 6 so our staff may celebrate labor day/weekend without laboring. If you have classes on either Saturdays or Monday, contact the front office to schedule a make-up in another class or get your open gym passes. Remember make-ups must be done in the same session as the missed class. In the event of an absence the last week of the term, a make-up may be permitted in the first week of the subsequent session. We will be offering a special make-up class on Saturday mornings at 11:00 am (Sept 11, 18 & 25 for Fly Aways, Oct 2 and 9 for Aerials). These must be scheduled in advance and failure to show up results in a forfeiture of the make-up.

3. Check out the Personal Development Center outside the Tiger Den in the front office. Here you will find ways that our own coaches understand Charity. At our August Staff Clinic they filled out the adult Powerful Words project. They were only given 5 minutes to do so. Their answers were amazing and pretty much brought tears to my eyes. We do have the most amazing teachers in St. Louis! Each month the children will bring home age-appropriate "projects" as well. These require no more than 5 minutes to complete. We strongly encourage your child to do them as they will enhance their character development experience here at the gym. September projects will go home next week.

4. Our first pre-school open gym on the season is Friday, September 10 from 9:30-11:30 am. All pre-schoolers are welcome and those who are potty-trained may be left at the gym without parents. Our first school-age one is Saturday, September 11 from 12:00-2:00 pm. Everyone is welcome at these, but children 5.5 and under must be supervised (NOT SPOTTED) by a parent.

5. We have 2 special events coming up. The Open Gym on Saturday, September 18 (National Gymnastics Day) is being used as a fundraiser for Brendan's Buddies. In addition to Open Gym we will be holding a silent auction for private lessons. Look for more information about this soon.

6. Our 2nd special event is a Fly Away only open gym. This will be a one hour open gym that takes place on Saturday, September 25. It will be from 2:00-3:00 pm. The cost is only $4.00 for the hour and ONLY Fly Away students will be permitted. Look for the sign up sheet at the front desk.

7. We are opening 3 new classes for our gymnastics team athletes only. These classes are open to any team gymnast who wants to get a little extra structured time on an apparatus. Team Beam is on Mondays at 4-4:55 pm, Team Bars at 5-5:55pm. We have an additional Team Bars time on Thursdays at 4-4:55 pm. We need 3 athletes to make a class go, so if you are interested get your name on the list as soon as possible. The cost of the class is $65.00 a month.

This Week at Spirits

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:54:32 -0500

1. Our first school-year session begins TONIGHT, Monday, August 16!

2. We just got our new shipment in from GK. Lots of super cute leos to choose from! A great way to start the new year!

3. Opportunities for little ones around the gym:
Busy Bodies classes
Tumbling Tigers classes
Pre-school Open Gym
Pre-school Playdates and Lunch Bunch
Minds in Motion (our pre-school)

4. Tumbling/Cheerleading Opportunities at the gym:
Mondays:
Beg/Int Tumbling @ 5
Beg/Int Tumbling @ 6
Adv Tumbling @ 7
Gym and Cheer Combo Class @ 7
Tuesdays:
Tumbling 4 Cheerleading @ 6
Wednesdays:
Beg/Int Tumbling @ 7
Thursdays:
Cheerleading Competition Prep Class @ 6:30
Cheerleading Competition @ 7:30 (student must also be enrolled in Cheer Comp Prep at 6:30 to be in this class. This class buys a uniform and does exhibitions and competitions)

This Week At Spirits

Mon, 5 Jul 2010 15:42:16 -0500

1. Little Sunshine Camp (for our 3-5 year olds) is July 19-23. You can still register for this camp, but tshirts have already been ordered so your child would not receive a camp tshirt.

2. Super Star Camp (5.5 and up) is July 26-30. There is still time to register for this camp.

3. You may now begin registering for School-year Classes. Most class times that are currently going remain available during the school year. Follow this link to be taken to the class schedule page of our website:

http://www.spiritsgym.com/SpiritsGym/Schedules_and_Fees_SY.html

4. Something important to point out is that the Wednesday schedule of classes is almost exactly the same and the Monday schedule. The classes on Mondays tend to be so full that we copied the schedule to Wednesday in the hopes that some parents might like to give Wednesdays a try. For now, the gym isn't quite as busy nor is the parking lot.

5. You'll also notice some classes with an "*" by them. These classes are at times we are trying to fill the gym. They are earlier than our main schedule, so it is ideal for students. However, since they are new to our scheduling we are offering them at a $10 discount per 8-week session. The amazing teachers and curriculum remains the same, just a new class. Take a look.

6. Our many tumbling classes are such a success that we decided to bring back the Back Handspring Class and the Back Tuck Class. It is important to note that this is not a class where our coaches will just be spotting children through these two skills when they are not developmentally ready for them yet. These classes are completely designed around teaching and improving these two skills and they will be taught in a progressive manner of safety. For example, part of the Back Handspring class will include lots of handstands and handstand technique because a back handspring is basically jumping backwards to a handstand. Drills are designed to dissect and strengthen the skill for when the athlete is ready to put the skill together. An athlete must have a strong and technically consistent back handspring concept before being considered for the Back Tuck class.

7. We have some other exciting things planned for this school year, so as we are able to present them to you you may get another email from us.

This Week At Spirits

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:35:52 -0500

1. Spring Show and Special Olympics pics are up. Be sure to follow this link to view them: http://www.spiritsgym.com/SpiritsGym/Spring_Show_Photos.html.

2. This is the 4th week of our summer 9-week session.

3. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week is our cheerleading camp!

4. Beginning July 5th you will be able to register for school-year classes. The first place the class schedule will be available will be on our website.

5. Be looking for information about our summer sleepover! We only do it once a year! The coaches that are going to our National Gymnastics meetings will host a sleepover fundraiser to help offset their costs. Plan to attend and bring your friends!

6. We have two more camps this summer, Little Sunshine and Super Star. Little Sunshine is for kids ages 3-5. It takes place July 19-23. Super Star is for kids ages 5 and up. It takes place July 26-30. Be sure to sign up today.

Have a safe and fun 4th of July!

This Week At Spirits

Mon, 3 May 2010 13:03:02 -0500

1. Our Spring Show Open Gym Pizza Party is this Saturday, May 8th from 12:00-2:00 pm. Spring Show participants can work on their show routines and finish up with pizza.

2. The Spring Show is Saturday, May 15th. All Aerial Classes are in the 2:00 pm show. All Fly Away Classes and Hot Shots are in the 4:00 pm show.

3. This Saturday, May 8th, is the Early Pay Deadline for the June Little Sunshine and June Super Star Camps. We also have both of those camps in July. Other June camps are Team Camp and Cheerleading Camp.

4. Friday we have pre-school Open Gym from 9:30-11:30 am.

5. Saturday we have regular Open Gym from 12:00-2:00 pm.

6. If you haven't already seen them, we have 4 posters up of pictures from the Jungle Jam. The kids are so cute. You can also view them on our website, www.SpiritsGym.com. Click on Events, Jungle Jam, Photos or follow the following link to the Jungle Jam Photos (http://www.spiritsgym.com/SpiritsGym/Jungle_Jam_Photos.html).