Staff Program Director: Melissa Hinkel Melissa comes from a gymnastics family. Her parents organized and ran a gymnatics club in Raleigh. Melissa has been coaching gymnastics at both the team and recreational level. Prior to that she has taught Scottish Highland dance, ballroom dance, as well as Tae Kwon Do. USA Gymnastics Certifications USA Professional Member National Safety Certification Level 1-4 Skill Development Level 1-4 Skill Evaluator Kinder Accreditation for Teachers (KAT) Dance Certifications British Association of Teachers of Dance (BATD) Scottish Official Board of Highland Dance (SOBHD) Federation of United States Teachers and Adjudicators (FUSTA) BATD Bronze Level Ballroom Certification Other Associates Degree Early Childhood Development 1st Degree Black Belt - Tae Kwon Do CPR Trained Performed ballet, tap and jazz with dance company Won both state and regional gymnastics championships Won regional Scottish Dance championships, placed in Nationals Won both state and regional diving championships Studied under Bela Karolyi, coach of US National and Olympic Gymnastics team Director of Dance: Kasey Goodwin Kasey has trained extensively in jazz, ballet, acrobatics, tap, hip-hop, lyrical and gymnastics. She has additional training in latin ballroom dancing. Experience Associates in Science Degree in Dance from Utah Valley State College Professional Dancer with Carnival Cruise Lines Synergy Dance Company - Utah Valley State College Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pagent - Top 10 semi-finalist West Virginia University Dance Team Dance Instructor at Kat and Company Dance Studio (Morgantown, WV) Choreographer for University High School Dance Team (WV) Accomplishments Selected as the only dance major to perform with guest artist Kevin Giddins at the Martin Luther King Jr. Commenmoration at Utah Valley State College Full Scholarship to Success America dance, acting and singing program in NY City Star Systems dance competition - National and Regional Top Soloist Showstoppers National Dance Championships - top acrobat solo Showstoppers National Dance Championships - 9th overall top solo   Excel to Elite   *   8867 Six Forks Rd. Raleigh   *   919-848-3261