Week of August 26, 2013
What a great first week! Thank you to all the cheers for a wonderful fundraiser event. Details to come on what we raised and information on choreography! If you did not contribute, plan to sell butter braids as an offset.
This week in cheer (also see calendar):
Monday, Aug 26: Peak: 3:30-5pm
Tuesday: Practice, cafeteria 3:00
Wednesday, Aug 28: Peak: 3:30-5pm
Thursday: Practice, Cafeteria 3:00, Core meeting @5:30
Friday: FIRST GAME!!!! Away at Chatfield Jeffco Stadium: Cheers arrive at 6pm. Provide your own transportation and DO NOT BE LATE. Kickoff is at 7:30pm. It is the Broncos Game of the Week!
*See captains for practice wear this week. Friday: Wear TRAIL uniform - navy spanks - CT Game Bow.
Upcoming financial obligations:
Sept 11th: Team fees due: $200. Covers all comp entry fees, misc needs for program and cheers, team gifts, uniform supplements, etc. Sell Butter braids as an individual fundraiser to offset costs.
Sept 19th: October/November tumbling due: $105
October 8: December tumbling due: $58
Nov 11th: $90 athletics fee due to Athletics Office - not Cheer.
Upcoming competitions:
Oct 26th: Battle on the Ridge
Nov 2nd: UCA Cheer Regionals: Pueblo - Nationals Bid Comp
Nov 12: Leagues @ EHS
Nov 16: UCA Mile High Regionals: Location TBD - Nationals Bid Comp
Nov 23: Info TBD
Dec 6: State Meet
This Tuesday we will have a spectator practice for interested male athletes. Use word-of-mouth to invite interested male athletes. Thursday at 6pm there will be a pre-tryout meeting for interested male athletes. We are not looking for female athletes at this time. There will be an announcement made for this meeting at school. Tryouts for male athletes will be held on Sept 3rd. Try to see if you can find an interested guy to come out for cheer!
Have a great week!
Coach
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Update: Upcoming Events week of August 17th and Sept 7
Good morning, cheer families!
Two changes to the calendar - add the Fitness Festival to your calendar for September 7th - we have a football game that afternoon, so it will be a busy day for us cheers. The Fitness Festival is our opportunity to introduce ourselves to all of Cherry Creek Schools - every cheer and pom program will be there to support the runners, and we certainly want to be the team to watch! Wear your burgundy/silver/white CT uniform, girl cheers wear hair in a full pony with solid navy game bow ribbon to Fitness Festival. We will wear Trail unis to the game and reverse our bows.
I also added a run-through making event on Saturday, August 31st from 9 - 12. What we will do instead is have a short practice on Friday August 23 (currently scheduled as a ?) and then spend the remainder of the time putting together all run-throughs for our home football games. Our Saturdays are pretty full in September. It would be nice for all of us to get a Saturday off, especially because the competition season is looming. :)
Sell, sell, sell! Applebee's tickets! Sell to everyone! Sell! Sell! If you need more, I have enough tickets to feed an army! Remind your guests that the event ends AT 10am, so come with enough time to eat breakfast. If you haven't picked up your tickets yet, please see me Monday to do so. Remember to bring your ticket $ to the event on Saturday. Write on the outside of the envelope the number of adult tickets sold and the number of child tickets sold so that we can match up. Remember, we get $7 for every adult and $3 for every child. Do not exchange tickets with any other cheer - we have the tickets numbered for each athlete.
There is a CU Cheer camp on Saturday, August 24th from 9 - 5pm. Kelsey Rauh, former CT Cheer and current CU cheer, is helping to host the event. If you are interested in attending, I will have flyers available on Monday. You can work early shift at Applebee's and then head up to the camp.
Events for this week and reminders:
Monday: burgundy/silver/white unis to school. See notes from last week. Peak practice. LEAVE the parking lot ASAP! Change clothes at Peak. Traffic getting out of the school will be, as always, a nightmare. Once you are past that obstacle, you can arrive on time. Let's look forward to taking this as a challenge to stay ahead of the game! Please drive safely above all other goals. See info from captains on practicewear.
Tuesday: Practice immediately after school in cafeteria: 2 hrs, 15 mins from the time stretching begins. It's up to you to determine our final end time. Time is the great equalizer. Let's use it. See info from captains on practicewear. We will sign up for time slots for the Applebee's fundraiser on Tuesday and also have an all-team meeting. Practice outcome: finish comp cheer.
Wednesday: Peak practice. (See Monday's notes).
Thursday: Practice after school (See Tues notes). Practice outcome: clean comp cheer.
Friday: Short practice and run-through making. Practice outcome: Stunt progression, make all run throughs, goal end time: 4:30pm.
Saturday: Applebee's fundraiser!!!! I'm excited! CU Cheer camp after - see me if you're interested in attending.
Sunday: As always, NO contact between coaches and athletes.
**EVERYONE must match at practice. Conditioning opportunities exist!
You all are great! Have an awesome first week of school and represent us well!
Coach
Two changes to the calendar - add the Fitness Festival to your calendar for September 7th - we have a football game that afternoon, so it will be a busy day for us cheers. The Fitness Festival is our opportunity to introduce ourselves to all of Cherry Creek Schools - every cheer and pom program will be there to support the runners, and we certainly want to be the team to watch! Wear your burgundy/silver/white CT uniform, girl cheers wear hair in a full pony with solid navy game bow ribbon to Fitness Festival. We will wear Trail unis to the game and reverse our bows.
I also added a run-through making event on Saturday, August 31st from 9 - 12. What we will do instead is have a short practice on Friday August 23 (currently scheduled as a ?) and then spend the remainder of the time putting together all run-throughs for our home football games. Our Saturdays are pretty full in September. It would be nice for all of us to get a Saturday off, especially because the competition season is looming. :)
Sell, sell, sell! Applebee's tickets! Sell to everyone! Sell! Sell! If you need more, I have enough tickets to feed an army! Remind your guests that the event ends AT 10am, so come with enough time to eat breakfast. If you haven't picked up your tickets yet, please see me Monday to do so. Remember to bring your ticket $ to the event on Saturday. Write on the outside of the envelope the number of adult tickets sold and the number of child tickets sold so that we can match up. Remember, we get $7 for every adult and $3 for every child. Do not exchange tickets with any other cheer - we have the tickets numbered for each athlete.
There is a CU Cheer camp on Saturday, August 24th from 9 - 5pm. Kelsey Rauh, former CT Cheer and current CU cheer, is helping to host the event. If you are interested in attending, I will have flyers available on Monday. You can work early shift at Applebee's and then head up to the camp.
Events for this week and reminders:
Monday: burgundy/silver/white unis to school. See notes from last week. Peak practice. LEAVE the parking lot ASAP! Change clothes at Peak. Traffic getting out of the school will be, as always, a nightmare. Once you are past that obstacle, you can arrive on time. Let's look forward to taking this as a challenge to stay ahead of the game! Please drive safely above all other goals. See info from captains on practicewear.
Tuesday: Practice immediately after school in cafeteria: 2 hrs, 15 mins from the time stretching begins. It's up to you to determine our final end time. Time is the great equalizer. Let's use it. See info from captains on practicewear. We will sign up for time slots for the Applebee's fundraiser on Tuesday and also have an all-team meeting. Practice outcome: finish comp cheer.
Wednesday: Peak practice. (See Monday's notes).
Thursday: Practice after school (See Tues notes). Practice outcome: clean comp cheer.
Friday: Short practice and run-through making. Practice outcome: Stunt progression, make all run throughs, goal end time: 4:30pm.
Saturday: Applebee's fundraiser!!!! I'm excited! CU Cheer camp after - see me if you're interested in attending.
Sunday: As always, NO contact between coaches and athletes.
**EVERYONE must match at practice. Conditioning opportunities exist!
You all are great! Have an awesome first week of school and represent us well!
Coach
Friday, August 16, 2013
Friday, August 16 Update: Applebee's and Waivers!
If you didn't get the Remind101, the Applebee's tickets are ready! Please see your respective coach ASAP to get them. If you can't pick them up today before 3pm, they will be at Peak on Monday, or stop by my office to pick them up during the day. Please sell your tickets, and return the money in the envelope they were passed out in. On the front of the envelope, indicate how many adult tickets were sold and how many "kid 10 and under" tickets were sold so we can match up the money. If you need more tickets, we have PLENTY!!! Just come to my office! This is our big fundraiser for choreography! Each adult ticket sold earns $7 for the program, and each child ticket sold earns $3 for the program. We will have shift sign-ups to wait tables on Tuesday at practice. This is going to be fun! Sell to your friends, your family, your neighbors, your pet chinchilla, anyone! I don't know if they will allow us to sell tickets at the door, but we will try to do that, as well.
Waivers for Peak are absolutely due on Monday. If you did not submit your bright orange waiver and do not bring it Monday, you may not participate in tumbling. This is a liability issue for Peak. The previous waivers were updated during the time we passed them out and the time we started classes, which is why we need to do a second waiver. Again, your priority on Peak practice days is to get out of the parking lot by 2:50pm to get to tumbling class on time!
Waivers for Peak are absolutely due on Monday. If you did not submit your bright orange waiver and do not bring it Monday, you may not participate in tumbling. This is a liability issue for Peak. The previous waivers were updated during the time we passed them out and the time we started classes, which is why we need to do a second waiver. Again, your priority on Peak practice days is to get out of the parking lot by 2:50pm to get to tumbling class on time!
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Hi, Cheers and Cheer families!
The rest of this week...
We will have practice on Wednesday at PEAK from 3:30-5pm.
Thursday is the 9th grade barbecue - all 9th graders should attend! Have some fun! Because we lose practice space to the family night, we will not practice. We did not get approval for "Flip for a Tip" at the Family night, but I think we might have the chance to try and use this fundraiser elsewhere.
Friday there will be no cheers or poms at the 9th grade orientation. Let's just take the day off, rest up, and get ready for the school year!
Next Week:
Monday Aug 19: Wear your NEW uniform to school! Girls wear hair half up with a white cheer bow. All cheers wear your new cheer shoes. Do NOT wear warm ups in the hallway or put on warm up pants under your skirt. You should be in full uni all day - if the classrooms are cold (usually science rooms) you can wear your full warm up in class. Practice at PEAK at 3:30. Take care of yourself and plan ahead for rides. See captains for practicewear. Girl cheers: Wear a bow!
Tuesday Aug 20: Practice in the cafeteria immediately after school. We will run a 2 hr, 15 minute practice from the moment stretching begins. If mats are rolled out at 3 and we are stretching, we will be done by 5:15. Don't dawdle! See captains for practicewear. Girl cheers: Wear a bow!
Wednesday Aug 21: Practice at PEAK. See above. See captains for practice wear. Girl cheers: wear a bow!
Thursday Aug 22: Practice in the cafeteria after school. Again, 2 hrs 15 mins from the moment stretching begins. Get mats, get changed. See captains for practicewear. Girl cheers: wear a bow!
Friday Aug 23: Practice in the cafeteria after school. Again, 2 hrs, 15 mins. Free day for practicewear!
Saturday, Aug 24: Fundraiser at Applebees! Start selling tickets NOW! Minimum 8 tix - $12 per adult, $8 for kids 10 and under. Plan to work a shift (2-3 hours) on Saturday waiting on our friends and family! This will be FUN!
The rest of this week...
We will have practice on Wednesday at PEAK from 3:30-5pm.
Thursday is the 9th grade barbecue - all 9th graders should attend! Have some fun! Because we lose practice space to the family night, we will not practice. We did not get approval for "Flip for a Tip" at the Family night, but I think we might have the chance to try and use this fundraiser elsewhere.
Friday there will be no cheers or poms at the 9th grade orientation. Let's just take the day off, rest up, and get ready for the school year!
Next Week:
Monday Aug 19: Wear your NEW uniform to school! Girls wear hair half up with a white cheer bow. All cheers wear your new cheer shoes. Do NOT wear warm ups in the hallway or put on warm up pants under your skirt. You should be in full uni all day - if the classrooms are cold (usually science rooms) you can wear your full warm up in class. Practice at PEAK at 3:30. Take care of yourself and plan ahead for rides. See captains for practicewear. Girl cheers: Wear a bow!
Tuesday Aug 20: Practice in the cafeteria immediately after school. We will run a 2 hr, 15 minute practice from the moment stretching begins. If mats are rolled out at 3 and we are stretching, we will be done by 5:15. Don't dawdle! See captains for practicewear. Girl cheers: Wear a bow!
Wednesday Aug 21: Practice at PEAK. See above. See captains for practice wear. Girl cheers: wear a bow!
Thursday Aug 22: Practice in the cafeteria after school. Again, 2 hrs 15 mins from the moment stretching begins. Get mats, get changed. See captains for practicewear. Girl cheers: wear a bow!
Friday Aug 23: Practice in the cafeteria after school. Again, 2 hrs, 15 mins. Free day for practicewear!
Saturday, Aug 24: Fundraiser at Applebees! Start selling tickets NOW! Minimum 8 tix - $12 per adult, $8 for kids 10 and under. Plan to work a shift (2-3 hours) on Saturday waiting on our friends and family! This will be FUN!
Hi, Cheers!
A few (more) updates and reminders:
The Applebee's location for Saturday, August 24th is at Iliff and 225 from 8-10am. At practice on Tuesday, we will have a sign up for you to work one of 3 shifts: Shift 1 will be from 7:45-9am. Shift 2 will be from 8-9:15, and shift 3 will be from 8:45-10am. Those of you who are interested in going to the CU Cheer camp, plan to work the 7:45-9am shift and head on out to the camp after. All families/friends who are eating need to be out by 10 am, so encourage purchasers to allow themselves enough time to eat and be out by 10. We will not be doing the silent auction at this event. We will keep the silent auction in our back pockets if we get a bid to Nationals and do this event again. ;)
For MONDAY August 19th practice and all tumbling practices forward...your priority is to get out of the parking lot by 2:50 pm at the absolute latest. That gives you six minutes from the final bell to find your carpool and get on the road. My suggestion is to change clothes at Peak or change during lunch and wear practice wear under warm ups to fourth period (if you have one). I would rather have you at Peak on time and 1 or 2 minutes late in to the gym than dressed and waiting in the school lot waiting in traffic and 15 minutes late to practice. Every minute late you leave from school translates in to waiting 5-6 extra minutes in traffic lines. Just get out of the lot. Coach Scott and I are in the same boat as you are, fighting the same traffic. Get out of the lot. Get out of the lot. Get out of the lot. What is the goal? Get out of the lot.
Also, I was almost late today because I took 470 to Broadway and there is construction at Broadway and 470. If you are choosing to take 470, exit at University. Head Left on the off-ramp. Turn right on Dad Clark. Turn right in to the 24 Hour Fitness parking lot. No traffic backups. Fewer traffic lights. Happy drivers. On time cheerleaders. Happy Coach.
Girl cheers: please await information from captains regarding how to wear hair on Monday at school - we were at an impasse this evening at tumbling.
Please plan to arrive at school on Thursday at 5:30 unless you hear otherwise from Tiffany or Diego if you are planning to attend the freshman family night tomorrow evening for a half point community service. Wear Trail uniforms (captains please confirm if this is not what we decided, but I think that was what we chose), hair down or in a white bow. I will be around all day at school, so come see me if you have questions.
If I don't see you tomorrow, good luck at school on your first day on Monday! Above all, represent the cheer program well! There are many people who are expecting great things out of us this year and we will absolutely deliver on those expectations! Remember what we have been working for as athletes. In all of your interactions with others, keep your eyes on the goal - leaving a legacy for CT cheer.
A few (more) updates and reminders:
The Applebee's location for Saturday, August 24th is at Iliff and 225 from 8-10am. At practice on Tuesday, we will have a sign up for you to work one of 3 shifts: Shift 1 will be from 7:45-9am. Shift 2 will be from 8-9:15, and shift 3 will be from 8:45-10am. Those of you who are interested in going to the CU Cheer camp, plan to work the 7:45-9am shift and head on out to the camp after. All families/friends who are eating need to be out by 10 am, so encourage purchasers to allow themselves enough time to eat and be out by 10. We will not be doing the silent auction at this event. We will keep the silent auction in our back pockets if we get a bid to Nationals and do this event again. ;)
For MONDAY August 19th practice and all tumbling practices forward...your priority is to get out of the parking lot by 2:50 pm at the absolute latest. That gives you six minutes from the final bell to find your carpool and get on the road. My suggestion is to change clothes at Peak or change during lunch and wear practice wear under warm ups to fourth period (if you have one). I would rather have you at Peak on time and 1 or 2 minutes late in to the gym than dressed and waiting in the school lot waiting in traffic and 15 minutes late to practice. Every minute late you leave from school translates in to waiting 5-6 extra minutes in traffic lines. Just get out of the lot. Coach Scott and I are in the same boat as you are, fighting the same traffic. Get out of the lot. Get out of the lot. Get out of the lot. What is the goal? Get out of the lot.
Also, I was almost late today because I took 470 to Broadway and there is construction at Broadway and 470. If you are choosing to take 470, exit at University. Head Left on the off-ramp. Turn right on Dad Clark. Turn right in to the 24 Hour Fitness parking lot. No traffic backups. Fewer traffic lights. Happy drivers. On time cheerleaders. Happy Coach.
Girl cheers: please await information from captains regarding how to wear hair on Monday at school - we were at an impasse this evening at tumbling.
Please plan to arrive at school on Thursday at 5:30 unless you hear otherwise from Tiffany or Diego if you are planning to attend the freshman family night tomorrow evening for a half point community service. Wear Trail uniforms (captains please confirm if this is not what we decided, but I think that was what we chose), hair down or in a white bow. I will be around all day at school, so come see me if you have questions.
If I don't see you tomorrow, good luck at school on your first day on Monday! Above all, represent the cheer program well! There are many people who are expecting great things out of us this year and we will absolutely deliver on those expectations! Remember what we have been working for as athletes. In all of your interactions with others, keep your eyes on the goal - leaving a legacy for CT cheer.
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