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Kathy Bakley
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Kathy Bakley is now
in her fourth year of teaching at the
Art of Gymnastics & Cheer. Her parent/tot
class has been filled since she began
teaching! Miss Kathy now also assistant
coaches the competition team! After
several years on the sidelines watching
her daughter Melissa, we noticed that
Kathy had an eye for the sport.
She was able to access the children's
skills and correct errors that were being
made. So, she decided to become
USAG safety certified. Since much
of her time was spent at the gym, she
figured she would put her new found skills
to good use. She has
excellent communication skills and her
friendly personality makes her an asset
to our facility. Kathy also studied
gymnastics in her younger years under
the direction of Miss Gerri Barber, who
ironically also taught some of our staff
members. Kathy also has amazing
vocal qualities! She sings as a
guest singer in a band and can be seen
many weekends in nightclubs, shows and
Atlantic City Casinos. One funny
side note: Miss Kathy once starred in
a production of "ALBUQUERQUE
TURKEY"!
Krystle Goodman
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Krystle has been
involved in gymnastics for over 14 years
where she competed on the elite level
circuit for over 5 years, earning numerous
awards in international competition. In
addition to winning a New Jersey State
Championship, Krystle is a 5 time Level
10 National Qualifier. She received her
safety certification through USA Gymnastic
Association and also holds certified CPR
certificates for adult, child and infants.
Outside of gymnastics, Krystle is also
a certified TAE BOE instructor. Krystle
holds dual Bachelors degrees in Business
Administration and Marketing from North
Carolina Wesleyan College.
Building on her
experience as an elite athlete and coaching
at several clubs, Krystle has developed
a program that will encourage a fun, positive
and developmental atmosphere for all children
who participate. Her goal is to share
her passion for living an active lifestyle
to all children. The rising epidemic of
child inactivity and obesity becomes a
greater concern every year, and the best
way to slow this trend is to encourage
a healthy and physically active lifestyle
at a young age. Teaching our children
now will instill values that can have
a lifelong impact on their future health
and physical fitness.
Kayla Best
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Kayla has been dancing since she was 3
years old. she has extensive training
in ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical and a
little tap and hip hop as well. Kayla
trained in Beaumont, TX at Marsha Woody's
Academy of Dance where she was also a
member of the Beaumont Civic Ballet Company
for 5 years. While in the BCB, she performed
in the Nutcracker in various roles including
mouse, soldier, prologue girl, and ginger.
At the age of 16, she began training under
Ginger Gondron at Dance Arts in Lumberton,
TX. At 18, she began assisting her in
classes and backstage at recitals. She
was also a member of the American Spirit
DanceCompany for one year at Oklahoma
City University and performed in the annual
choreography show 3 years in a row at
Oklahoma City University before transferring
to Lamar University. At Lamar, she studied
under Golden Wright in ballet and modern
and performed in the annual dance show.
As for cheerleading,
Kayla cheered at Lumberton High School
for 4 years. Each year, she competed with
many conventions such as Cheer Power,
National Cheerleading Association, and
Universal Cheerleading Association. As
a Junior, her team placed 7th in the Nation
out of 40 super large varsity squads.
Kayla's Senior year, her team ranked 3rd
in the nation. Kayla was a power tumbler
and perfromed many high level tumbling
passes.
Miss Kayla also
has an extensive musical theater background.
She performed in many musicals including
Grease (as Cha Cha and again later as
Sandy), Godspell (as Joanne), You're a
Good Man, Charlie Brown (as Sally), and
the world premiere of Urban Cowboy: The
Musical (as an ensemble cowgirl dancer).
Art of Gymnastics & Cheer is proud
to have Miss Kayla on board with us!
Dawn
Dougherty
(In House Resident Coach Advisor)
[Maternity Leave]
Dawn began participating in gymnastics
at age 8 in the Philadelphia Recreation
Program. She began teaching by the age
of 13. She competed in the Philadelphia
Public School Program during her high
school years where her team placed second
in the league in 1993. That same year
Dawn was nominated First Team All Public.
She went on to manage the Temple Men's
Gymnastic Program (a division I school)
for her first 3 years of college. She
participated in, and later on helped coordinate,
a summer gymnastics program for inner
city youth at Temple. More recently, Miss
Dawn has spent a season teaching beginner
tumbling at Woodstown Gymnastics. The
last 5 years Dawn has spent with the Art
of Gymnastics & Cheer - teaching tot,
beginner, and intermediate gymnastics.
Dawn is Safety Certified and an active
member of the USAG. Miss Dawn also
teaches equipment training. Her
student, Emilie was 3rd overall on the
floor exercise, 8th overall on the balance
beam and 11th overall All Around at the
New Jersey State Championships of USAIGC.
Dawn also has earned her KAT (Kinder Accreditation
Teacher Certificate, a certificate exclusively
for Pre-School Gymnastics Teaching).
Miss Dawn also has earned a certification
in
MELPD (Movement Education Lesson Plan
Development)
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