Essentials Step Team 🔥

Essentials Under The BIG TOP🎪 We can’t wait to see you there as we perform at the pre-show this Friday, May 15th at 6:30pm. Check out @universoulcircus and grab your tickets from there! See you soon! #universoulcircus #ronclarkacademy #essentials #stepteam #thingstodoinatlanta

Please join us in congratulating our RCA alumni who were Spring 2026 D9 initiates! We couldn’t be prouder 🙌 #RCAgreeks #ronclarkacademyalumni

5X IN A ROW 😤🔥 @stompwarsusa Our kids won’t brag on themselves because they’re genuinely humble, but as they’re coaches we will never miss a chance to give them their flowers. They deserved this moment to celebrate! We had some of the longest days, the latest nights… it all payed off. Not just in the win, but in HOW they showed up for the craft, and more importantly, for each other. The whole step world got to witness what hard work, discipline, and real love looks like. One of the hardest parts of coaching is knowing when to step back. At some point, you can’t say anything else you just have to trust that they heard you, that they believed you, and that they’ll rise to the moment. This weekend… they did exactly that. Every single one of them. These kids got HEART. Tunnel vision. Discipline. And something you can’t teach—belief. They didn’t just want this… they WORKED for it. Earned it. Sacrificed for it. Because it’s easy to get comfortable at the top. Easy to assume it’ll always be yours. But they refused to be satisfied. They stayed hungry. Stayed locked in. Stayed together. And that’s why this one means something. Thank you, @stompwarsusa for having us! Thank you to our parents (current & past), our school family, and everyone that was rooting for us! Thank you to our coaches! @mrjbernadin @arauzed @drvcjones @zyan.wynn @cerharden @khamrynelder @nat_x2 @ Ms. Davis @notyo_averagejo #nationalchamps #stepteam #theessentials #ronclarkacademy #hbcu

Let’s Goooooo!! The @essentialsstepteam is READY for @stompwarsusa National Step Championships - 20th Anniversary. APRIL 11 - Arlington, TX. FEARLESS!!! Don’t Miss It. Come see them SHOW OUT!! Purchase Your tickets NOW at 👉🏽 👈🏽

RCA in South Africa🇿🇦 Did you know? The art of step has roots in the gumboot dance that developed among Black South African miners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wearing rubber “Wellington” boots in flooded mines, workers created rhythmic stomps, slaps, and claps as a way to communicate and express resistance. This percussive style later influenced stepping, which was adopted and expanded by historically Black Greek-letter organizations—the Divine Nine—in the United States as a powerful form of synchronized movement, storytelling, and cultural pride. The Essentials Step Team embraced the opportunity to share how it has evolved in our country.

On day 2 of EXP, the Essential Step Team shows appreciation to the guests for showing much energy and love on their first day at RCA! 🤩 Today’s crowd was so LIT and the D9s were in the building so you KNOW we had to do a D9 ROLL CALL! 📋🔥 Shoutout to all educators who are a part of a divine nine organization! “… and THAT’S how you start yo Friday morning!” 💥

Guess who is back🥹 New Year, New Dances, Same Kiddos Keeping Me Young❤️ • First two days back and we’re already at it lol. Love creating moments like this with all of them! 🎥: @alecmyrick x @thecoachkip 👀👁️: @khamrynelder #ronclarkacademy #nohands #explore #reelitfeelit #thesekidskeepmeyoung

The best time of the year——@ronclarkacademy homecoming where 200+ alumni come back to their middle school to celebrate. Here we have the @essentialsstepteam alumni joining the current step team students for the legacy step. Never gets old 🔥 —— #ronclarkacademy

LEGACY. @essentialsstepteam @ronclarkacademy

Day 4 of spirit week was a hit! 6️⃣7️⃣ Day! We took our own spin on the viral trend of 6/7 and made it a spirit week day. Kids were encouraged to come in something creative that represented the NUMBER 6 or 7. It was fun seeing our scholars show their creative take on this! • Costume ideas were: • SixFlags (6 people with flags) • The Outsiders (characters from the musical that took place in 1967) • 7Eleven Stand • 67 Artist • Six girls 7 Dreamers • Photos of when you were 6 & 7 • Twins as a 6 & 7 • A Sick Seven And more! • All in all, it was fun, a success and a great time! Kids being kids nothing more nothing less. 💙✌🏾 #67 #ronclarkacademy #spiritweek

Now THAT’S how you start your Friday mornings! 💥

Shoutout to @marvel ’s @dominiquethorne for stopping by RCA last week to spend some time with our scholars. Our @essentialsstepteam welcomed her in style and then she got a chance to sit down for a fireside chat about her life and her new series @marvelstudios series, “Ironheart.” Our students are stoked to check it out when it drops on the 24th! —— #ronclarkacademy