Home School Class

Northwest Aerials began on August 1, 1979 as a small program conducting classes at Seattle Pacific University in the evenings and Saturdays while the owner, Patti Gable, was attending the University of Washington. Upon Patti’s graduation from the UW, she moved the club to Kirkland in May of 1981 with enrollment less than 100 students.

Northwest Aerials was located across the street from its present location from May 1981 until August 1994, when we moved to our new home (the present location).

Featuring programs in gymnastics, dance, swimming and trampoline, NWA is the premier program in the Northwest. With over 23 years of experience, Northwest Aerials is one of the oldest and largest gymnastics and dance schools in the United States. In addition to offering the best quality of classes, the team program at NWA has produced over 200 state champions, 20 regional champions and 20 gymnasts on the United States and Regional National Teams. Our finest accomplishment has been the fact that 7 of our athletes have received collegiate scholarships in gymnastics, and we are the home of the 1999 National champion.

NWA, with Patti Gable as the meet director, has been the host for over 200 local competitions, 16 sectional competitions, and 22 state competitions, 2 regional competitions and 4 national competitions.

The owner of Northwest Aerials, Patti Gable, was a competitive gymnast for 6 years, reaching the top level of elite. She was a state, regional and national champion, as well as a qualifier to the Olympic trial competition. Her coaching experience over 30 years ago. She has been the USA Gymnastics Washington State Director from 1981-2004 and 2006 to present. Patti was inducted into the Washington State USAG Hall of Fame in 2005 as was Northwest Aerials as the first gym inducted into the Hall.

NWA is home of the best trained recreational staff. With their coaches education program, NWA is constantly training their staff to bring the best instruction to our athletes.

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