Meet the Staff at All-American!

The staff at All-American is specially trained by Patti Komara. Members are CPR and First Aid certified as well as USAG Safety Certified. Some members are USAG PDP, and Preschool Fundamentals certified. The staff loves children and realizes that FUN has to play a part in every lesson so the children will want to return.

Patti’s All-American is very fortunate to have such a large, qualified staff. The staff will try to maintain the same schedule throughout the year. However, your child may occasionally have a different teacher. All the staff utilizes the same lesson plans and curriculum sheets, but every instructor has their own style of teaching. Please help your child adjust to a new teacher if this occurs. Our enthusiastic staff is well trained through Patti Komara’s own teacher–training program and mentoring system. Many of the staff members are USAG Safety Certified, American Red Cross First Aid, and CPR Certified. All of the teachers are involved with year round in–service training as well as continuous video training. Our office staff is always here to help you. Our business hours during the school year are Monday thru Wednesday 8:30am - 9:00pm, Thursday 8:30am - 8:00pm, Friday 8:30am - 9:00pm, Saturday from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm, and Sundays from 12:00-4:00 pm

Patti Komara (President) In 1969, Patti Komara founded Patti's All-American gymnastics in Dyer, Indiana and it has since become one of the most successful gyms with gymnastics, dance, swimming, and a fitness based nursery school called Gym-N-Learn. Patti began speaking at national seminars in 1981 on preschool and school-age gymnastics and the business of owning a gymnastics school. Patti has spoken for Purdue University and national seminars for AAHPERD, AAETC, TMCA, USAIGC, IDEA, and USAG. She began her national seminars in 1986 and began putting her speeches on videotape and DVDs and then founded Patti Komara's Tumblebear Connection. Patti has since produced more than 80 instructional DVD's for instructors and owners. Presently she has written and sells books on yearly lesson plans for The internationally know Tumblebear Gym Program, School-age Gymnastics, Dancing Gym Bears, Yoga Bears, CheerBears, Gym-N-Learn, and her newest book on her very successful swim program. Patti has written over 50 articles on the gymnastics business. In 1995 Patti was selected by USA Gymnastics to be a member f the committee that created the KAT preschool gymnastics certification program and co-authored the KAT workbook. In 2003 she was named USAG Business Leader of the Year. In 2005 Patti was selected as Client of the Year by Action International and in 2006 was given the National Service Award by USAG at their annual business conference.

Patti's Awards and Achievements

A key speaker at national and international seminars since 1981.
Has led hundreds of gymnastics training workshops throughout the country and internationally.
Patti’s additional business The Tumblebear Connection has produced more than 80 instructional DVDs.
Patti co-authored the original KAT certification program.
In 2003 she was named USAG Business Leader of the Year.
In 2005 Patti was selected as Client of the Year by Action International.
In 2006 was given the national service award by USAG.
Town of Dyer (Indiana) gave recognition for being a published author and an expert in the gymnastics field.
In 2009 Patti was given an award of EXCELLENCE for business achievements made for the last 40 years.