- December 4, 2024
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Tessa Norton rocked her purple bow during practice.
The 2nd and 3rd grade campers enjoyed making new friends during the camp.
Caitlyn Cullen and Julia Coleman waited to hear what game their group would play next.
Caitlyn Cullen and Julia Coleman waited to hear what game their group would play next.
Foundation Academy varsity cheerleader Fabiola Aguirre entertained young campers with fun games while they waited to perform their routine.
Campers sat next to each other while other groups practiced their routines.
Campers were excited to learn more advanced moves and stunts during the camp.
Fourth and fifth graders practiced their routines in front of their fellow campers, leaders and coaches.
Liliana Mcafee was lifted toward the end of the K through 1st grade routine by Bailey Niederst, Hope Moses and McKinley Sims under their leader’s supervision Alexandria Kaminski.
Hope Moses loved her experience at the camp as she learned a number of new moves.
Foundation Academy senior Mia Sanders guided campers through their routine.
Girls lined up prior to start their routines and cheered each other up during their time on the mat.
Foundation varsity cheerleader Abbey Langhoff helped campers to remember the moves of their routine.
The entire cheer camp athletes and leaders with their matching uniforms.
The Foundation Academy cheer team celebrated its annual cheerleading camp from June 5 to 8 at the Leiferman Family Gymnasium in the Tilden Campus.
Every year, this camp helps young athletes to develop and nurture a passion for the sport in a Christ-like environment.
“We love putting on this event for the children because it’s really important to sort of funnel cheerleaders, get them excited about the cheerleading program — this is a great way to do that,” senior Mia Sanders said. “And, also, I really enjoy getting to impact these kids and getting a chance to see their faces light up when they learn something new.”
Campers of any level are taught age-appropriate fundamental skills of cheerleading during their time at camp.
“We practice our routine every day of the camp and we only have four days to get a whole routine, (which) i’s about 11 eight counts — which is 1:30 minutes — and we have to include a dance, a jump a partner stunt and a pyramid,” senior Rylan Marion said. “So, it’s pretty hard with little 10-year-olds, but we get it done and it always turns out really good in the end. It gets a little stressful when we are doing it, but i love how it turns out normally.”
Toward the end of the camp, athletes — which are separated in groups — had the opportunity to show their parents what they learned during the week.
“Teaching them the moves it’s really fun but it’s also really funny too,” Sanders said. “They enjoy learning new things, it’s kind of what they really enjoy most about it. We teach them motions, we teach them dance, we teach them a whole routine that they get to show their parents and, it’s just really fun to see how they interact with the material and how they interact with each other.”
