“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new”
Who We Are
Grace Cheer Academy (GCA) is a place for free expression and release, support and love, growth and balance, and physical and social development. It is a safe, positive place for young girls who just want to have fun.
GCA is not just any cheer school or club. Grace Cheer Academy was started on November 8, 2022, after Pastor Alexander White, Sr., of the Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church heard the vision and mission of Grace Cheer Academy. Pastor White, Sr. agreed to donate the 1,200 sq building to GCA until a gym is built for Grace Cheer Academy.
GCA’s mission is to help build the minds and bodies of young girls so they will believe that their uniqueness makes them strong and special in every way. Building up another female to be productive and create a strong foundation is truly the passion of GCA. Coach Jess has created lesson plans that will teach young girls soft and essential skills they can apply immediately in life.
“My focus is on the foundation of our young girls”- Coach Jess.
GCA gives young girls and their families options. They are taught cheer, dance, physical fitness, leadership skills, social development, etiquette skills, financial skills, how to serve others, and how to build relationships. Most of all, they are taught the love of Christ.
About The Foundation of GCA
“Do not fear[anything], for I am with you; Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; — Isaiah 41:10 [AMP]
Meet Our Head Coach
Coach Cadence has spent the last 11 years training in dance and tumble. She brings to the table her abundance of knowledge in tumble, dance, and form. She has the energy and God -like spirit needed to lead and guide our Stars. As a recent graduate she has experience in cheer, dance, tumble and in aerial arts.
Jessica E. Franklin is a Master-at-Arms Navy Veteran, a mother of two beautiful girls, and a wife of an Army National Guard Veteran, who is also best drummer in the South of Mississippi!. Coach Jess is also the Head Coach at GCA. She has obtained her Associates in Business administration, Bachelors and Masters in Sociology, NonProfit Organization Management, and Life Coaching Certification from American Military University. Coach also receive her certifications as a USA Cheer and Stunt Coach, Cheer Conditioning Fitness Coach, Zumba Fitness Instructor, and Etiquette Consultant. Coach Jess is dedicated to strengthening our community by building up the mind, bodies, and hearts of the ones who are known to hold up the institutions we all rely on, women. Our young girls will soon be women one day and with the training received at GCA, they will not only be great athletes but great all around STARS. My promise is to mentor, and mold them with the love and support needed to help them to be that strong backbone of any family, community, business,