Grades K-3 Competitive Teams

PLEASE READ THIS IN FULL BEFORE REGISTERING FOR IMPORTANT IMFORMATION!

  • No tryout/evaluation required - registration available on a first come basis until a team fills.  Once a team fills, we will open a waitlist and notify you if a spot becomes available. 

  • Kindergarten athletes can choose to join our competitive 1st grade Opal team OR our kindergarten Sparkle team

  • Registration dates:

    • Fall 2024 & Spring 2025 athletes - February 17

    • Open to Public - February 21

 

Fall 2025 Season Costs for Grades K/1-3

  • Mandatory Fees:

    • $1300 season registration includes:

      • Practice tees

      • Competition Shoes

      • Practice and Competition Bows

      • 4 ICA competitions

      • Professional choreography and skills camps

      • Routine Music

      • 2 days a week practice at indoor gym with full cheer mats and access to additional practice time

      • Athlete ticket to end of year banquet

      • Athlete end of year gift

    • $100 per family mandatory fundraiser fee

    • $50 per athlete competition gift fee

    • $150 participation fee per family - returned if participation hours are completed

    • $165 State Fee if team earns a bid to State

  • Optional Fees:

    • $400 uniform - if necessary to purchase new

    • Warm-up jackets, bomber jackets, backpacks, practice wear available for sale at uniform fittings

  • $50 sibling discount available

 

Practice Schedule

  • Opal (kdg & 1st grade) Tuesdays & Thursdays 5pm-7pm with Coach Marissa

  • Turquoise (3rd grade) Mondays & Wednesdays 5pm-7pm with Coach Christina

 

Season Dates

  • Uniform Fittings - May 10

  • Practice Start Date - May 19 

  • Mandatory Practices Begin - June 16

  • No Contact Weeks - June 29 - July 13

  • Competitions - Qualifying Events:

* Cheercago - September 6 or 7

* Cheer Rodeo - September 20 or 21

* Cosmic Clash - October 4 or 5 

* Cheer Pink - October 18 or 19

* Spirit Spooktacular - October 25 or 26

 

  • Notes about Qualifying Events:

* Platinum teams in grades 1st through 8th will attend 4 qualifying competitions in attempts to earn bids to the State competition.  Attendance at every competition is mandatory to participate in the season.

* Each qualifying event is a one day event.  Although they are listed as 2 days, PCA will ***likely*** attend only one of the days.

* Our final schedule will be determined on May 10.  At this time, we ask that you keep all of these dates open as a potential competition date.  Unfortunately, we cannot give you any further information regarding our potential final schedule.

* It is possible that different teams may attend different competitions. We will do our best to minimize this as much as possible.    

 

State Competition

* State 2025 - November 15-16 AND November 22-23  

 

NEW THIS YEAR!!!!

State 2025 is now a 2 weekend event with the following format:

Day 1 - Saturday, November 15 AND Day 2 - Saturday, November 22

Day 1 - Sunday, November 16 AND Day 2 - Sunday, November 23

 

  • IF your team earns a bid to State, your athlete will be required to attend both weekends of competition and the practices during the week in between!  At this time, the grade levels for the different days (Saturday or Sunday) has not been determined.  The only thing we can be sure of is that if you are on Saturday of the first weekend, you will be on Saturday of the second weekend (same for Sunday).  WE KNOW this is a major change from last year and WE KNOW the second weekend is the weekend of Thanksgiving.  You MUST take this into account when determining your ability to continue with the Fall 2025 season!

 

*** Once you register, there will be NO REFUNDS given if a competition/State weekend becomes a conflict for you!  ***

 

Attendance Policy

  • Athletes are allowed a maximum of 4 absences during the season.  Exceeding the maximum number of absences will result in removal from the team with no refund given.

  • A missed choreography session counts as 2 absences.  

  • Practices within 2 weeks of a competition are mandatory for the athlete to participate in the competition.

  • Failure to attend a competition results in removal from the team with no refund given.

  • Practices within 2 weeks of State are mandatory - any absence during this time will result in the athlete being removed from the team for State.

  • Attendance at practices before mandatory practices begins are highly encouraged for your athlete’s development and for the success of the team.  Failure to attend these practices may affect your athlete’s role on the team as this is the time coaches are preparing for choreography.

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Go HERE To Register for our K-3rd Grade Teams