Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Week of Jan 29 - Feb 8th

Hello, Cheer families!

A few quick announcements - you should have gotten a final invoice for your cheer - they were handed out Tuesday.  There are NO NEW fees added to this invoice, just the remaining balances from previous invoices.  Keep in mind that if you are tumbling January through March, there will be an additional fee.

These invoices DO NOT reflect Winter Athletic fees.  Winter athletic fees ($90) are due to the Athletics office.  Get those in ASAP to the Athletics office.

Reminder that the senior parent banquet meeting is moved to Tuesday, Feb 4th at 6pm.  Same location.

 Cheers:  Practices have begun for the pep assembly.  We are doing the State Routine.  Please DO NOT miss practice for ANY REASON from now until the Assembly.  We will try to get in to the gyms one night for a full-out practice prior to the assembly.  As soon as I have that date, I will be sure to let you know so you can schedule accordingly.  If it's a late practice, it will likely be February 11th from 7 - 8:30pm to give folks time to adjust work schedules.  Please plan for this with your employers just in case.  Stay healthy, stay eligible!  We will treat this performance like a pre-comp performance schedule.  Our last scheduled practice will be Feb 11 for the whole team - after that, pre-season workouts will begin.  You will still be required to cheer games you are scheduled for through the remainder of the basketball season/playoffs.  Workout schedule TBD next week.

Parents, We need scrapbook picture help!  If you have ANY pictures of your cheer from the season, please print those out and send them with your cheer to scrapbooking days next week!  I do have some, and I will bring what I have, but we all have different photos that should be shared.

Seniors...pics are due on the 31st to Meredith Collins!

Here is the schedule for the remainder of this week and next:

Wed, Jan 29th:  Game vs. Arapahoe
Thurs, Jan 30th:  Wrestling vs. GHS - pack the gym.  Arrive at 6:40
Friday, Jan 31st:  SENIOR PICTURES DUE.  Double header and mini-cheer performance.  Early group, arrive at 5:10.  Late group, 6:45.  If you are early group, reminder that you are in the performance at halftime for the boy's game.  You do not have to cheer the boys game if you are not "on" but the halftime performance you will need to be present for.  Our little cheers need bases and spots!  Please be helpful with hucking mats.
Saturday, Feb 1:  No Practice
Sunday:  NO ATHLETE CONTACT - GO BRONCOS!
Monday, Feb 3:  Peak
Tue, Feb 4:  PHOTO WITH UNIFIED CHEER AFTER SCHOOL.  Practice to follow
Wed, Feb 5:  Practice in Cafeteria 3 - 5
Thursday, Feb 6:  Scrapbooking at 4pm at Michaels
Friday, Feb 7th:  Scrapbooking at 4pm at Michaels
Sat, Feb 8th:  No practice
Sun, Feb 9th: NO ATHLETE CONTACT

Stay healthy, have a good week!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Week of Jan 22-31st

Happy Wednesday!

Check the calendar!  Tryout dates are up and running!  Please see the times/dates for pre-tryout meetings - they are separate for returners and New-To-CT athletes.  This will hopefully streamline the process. 

Kiddie clinic this Saturday, don't forget!

Here is the schedule for the rest of this week and next:

Jan 22:  OFF
Jan 23:  Mid-Year Evals (you should have signed up for a time with Coach D last night at EHS.
Jan 23:  Wrestling:  Arrive at 6:40 - groups 3, 4, 5 
Jan 24:  Boys bball arrive at 6:40 - groups 1, 2, 3
Jan 25:  Mini Cheers Clinic!!!!  Arrive at 7:30am - you will be done at around 11:30am DO NOT BE LATE.
Jan 26:  NO ATHLETE CONTACT.
Jan 27:  Peak
Jan 28:  Practice 3-4:30 (We will begin working through State routine again for upcoming pep assembly)
Senior Parent meeting for banquet at the Bible's house!  Senior parents, watch for an email with the address!  Time moved to 6:30pm.  
Jan 29:  Girls bball - groups 3, 4, 5 arrive at 6:40
Jan 30:  Wrestling - arrive at 6:40 groups 2, 3, 4
Jan 31:  Bball - early group  1, 2, 5 - arrive at 5:10  late group 2, 3, 4 arrive at 6:45 Mini Cheers perform at halftime. If you aren't  on for the game, you only need to do the halftime. 

Feb 1:  No Practice
Feb 2:  NO ATHLETE CONTACT

Have a great week!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Week of Jan 15 - 25th

Hi, cheers!

Here is the update for this week -

Please be sure to pass out your flyers and spread the word for the kid's clinic!  We need to get the word out!  Reminder that we will have an 8th grade ONLY clinic in the end of February, so this clinic is NOT for 8th graders.  Any age up to 7th grade is welcome!

Practice our dance for the kiddos - we won't have another practice before the clinic because of a heavy game schedule next week combined with a short week.

SENIOR PARENTS:  We will have a banquet pre-meeting on January 28th at 6pm.  Location TBD.  If there is anyone who can volunteer their house for us to meet, please let me know!  No pressure - we can meet at school if we have to.

We are working on trying to get a photo shoot done for the Varsity.  Stay tuned.

One switch to the schedule - the game scheduled for the 22nd has been moved to the 21st.  It's a double header, so this impacts EVERYONE -  We've mentioned this at practice last week, so it shouldn't be a complete surprise - it's also against EHS, so it will be big!


February 4th we have a photo scheduled with the Unified cheer after school and right before practice.  Bring all of your uniforms in case we do the other photo shoot that day.

February 6th and 7th at 4pm we will be our scrapbooking days at Michaels for our end-of-year scrapbooks!  Bring/print any pictures you want in the scrapbook for the 2013-2014 season!  Any pics you have from camp, games, competitions, etc are welcome!  We have the scrapbooking room for the whole afternoon, so plan on getting your pages done during that time so we can get them printed in time for the banquet.

January 25th is our kids clinic!  Cheers:  arrive at 7:30 AM for set up!  Be sure to double check witch coach to see when you are a demo and when you teach.  ALL varsity cheers are expected to be at the clinic!

I will send home an invoice with any outstanding cheer balances on Tuesday.  There are no new additions to the financials (with the exception of those continuing at Peak) - this bill is only to collect outstanding fees.  There are no new fees due.  Reminder that winter athletic fees are probably past due.  Be sure to hand those in to the athletics office - not to me.  They will withhold your letter!  Be sure to take care of that through them!

Schedule upcoming:
Wed, Jan 15:  Double header vs. GHS
Thur, Jan 16th:  OFF
Friday, Jan 17th:  OFF
Saturday, Jan 18th:  OFF
Sun:, Jan 19th:  NO ATHLETE CONTACT
Mon, Jan 20th:  No school!
Tue, Jan 21st:  Double header vs. EHS:  Groups 1, 4, 5 early  (5:10 arrival)  Groups 2, 3, 4 late (6:45 arrival)
Wednesday, Jan 22:  No practice
Thursday:  Jan 23rd:  Boys wrestling Groups 3, 4, 5/Mid-Year Evals for returners**
Friday, Jan 24th:  Boys bball vs. Mullen Groups 1, 2, 3 - arrive at 6:40
Saturday, Jan 25th:  KIDDIE CLINIC!!!  Arrive at 7:30am!  You will be done by about 11:45.
Sunday, Jan 26th:  NO ATHLETE CONTACT

**If you are a returner, your mid-year will take place on Jan 23 before the wrestling match if you are cheering, or right after school if you are not cheering.  Stay tuned for the schedule.  We may have to split to two days.

Have a good long weekend!  Finish strong for finals!
Coach









Saturday, January 11, 2014

Weekly Update Jan 10 - 24th

Welcome back!

A couple of announcements - most of us are continuing at Peak!  We will have a final count/cost sometime next week.  If you haven't paid your Peak fees from October, November, December - they are well overdue!  You can pay Oct/Nov/Dec and Jan/Feb/Mar in one check if you'd like.

 We are starting to get the ball rolling on the banquet.  Stay tuned, and if you would like to help, we'd love to have you help!

Kiddie camp is scheduled for January 25th.  If you need more flyers to pass out, just shoot me an email.  I'll send some with your cheer.  This clinic is NOT for 8th graders.  I want to see 8th graders as a separate entity so I can look at the cheers who might be incoming for the team next year.

Finals next week!  Please get your studying in EARLY since we have a heavy game load this week, as well.

PLEASE watch your eligibility during the first couple of weeks of the new semester - one missing assignment can translate in to an F very easily.  Stay on top of your school work.

Here is the schedule:

Mon, January 13:  PEAK
Tue, Jan 14:  Game vs. Legend groups 2, 3, 4 - arrive at 6:40pm
Wed, Jan 15:  Game vs. GHS:  Groups 1, 4, 5 early (arrive at 5:10) Groups 2, 3, 5 late (arrive at 6:45)
Thursday, Jan 16:  OFF - no practice
Friday, Jan 17th:  OFF  - no practice
Sat, Jan 18th:  OFF - no practice
Sun, Jan 19th:  NO ATHLETE CONTACT.
Mon, Jan 20th:  School Break - no practice
Tue, Jan 21st:  School Break - no practice
Wed, Jan 22nd:  Double Header vs. EHS Groups 1, 4, 5 arrive at 5:10.  Groups 2, 3, 4 arrive at 6:45.
Thurs, Jan 23:  Mid-year evaluations for all returners 3 - 6 pm (you will have a 15-20 min time slot between these hours - the rest of the time is yours to spend)
Wrestling vs. OHS groups 3, 4, 5 arrive at 6:40pm
Frid, Jan 24th: Boys bball vs Mullen Groups 1, 2, 3 arrive at 6:40
Saturday, Jan 25th:  Kiddie Clinic!
Sunday, Jan 26th:  NO ATHLETE CONTACT.

 
An early piece of information for returners:  Camp for returners will be June 16 - 19th this year at CSU again.  We will have a summer break from July 3rd through August 4th.  As you are planning your summer, please keep in mind that if we want to be successful, we must all be at practice.  There will be a very heavy practice schedule in June.  Fridays will be OFF in June.  Details will follow, but I wanted to give a general idea for those who are vacation planning.  Make every effort to be at summer practice - we build the majority of our comp routine in the summer and your attendance helps secure your spot on the competition floor.

Good luck on finals!  Study hard!